You have to be very selective when making comic book movies. With characters like Wonder Woman, that have been around so long that there is a lot of aspects to her character that work well on-screen and a lot which … Continue reading Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) Review
Deadpool took the superhero template and blew it out of the water. It lampooned the genre, poked a stick at the poe-faced seriousness and managed to laugh at itself, the biggest characters and stars and still come out with a quality … Continue reading Teen Titans Go to the Movies (2018) Review
Whether it was an official decision or not, the fact that Warner Bros is moving away from a shared DC Cinematic Universe is a good one. This is because it gives the movies starring the DC characters the room to breathe … Continue reading Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020) Review
Rather than call Gotham Knight a movie, it is instead a collection of anime inspired animated stories which piggyback on the success of Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins. The tones are uneven, the stories random and the animation varying in success. … Continue reading Batman: Gotham Knight (2008) Review
If there was ever a case for DC having a wealth of worthy material that they could take their stories from, it would be an animated movie like New Frontier. Not held by the restrictions of a big budget, tent-pole summer … Continue reading Justice League: New Frontier (2008) Review
The Joker is one of the most iconic villains in comic book, and subsequently movie, history. He is also a character that benefits most from mystery and very little backstory. This was seen best with Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, … Continue reading Joker (2019) Review
The “Death of Superman” is one of the biggest events in comic history. It was a huge moment which spanned various comic-book titles, introduced new characters and gave us a key story which is ripe to be adapted for the big … Continue reading Superman: Doomsday (2007) Review
I don’t like superhero origin movies. There have been so many over the years that it is fairly clear what is going to happen and how. The formula for an effective origin movie is so well-worn that even the most recent … Continue reading Shazam! (2019) Review
Ben and Dave return for another episode dedicated to one specific movie and have an in-depth, spoiler-filled chat about DC’s newest superhero – Shazam! Not before they talk about the new Star Wars trailer, whether The Lion King should be a … Continue reading Views from the Sofa Podcast – Season 3, Episode 8: Shazam! Special
Ben and Dave return with a new episode running down the Movie Universes they would most like to live in. This includes discussions about the pros and cons of stopping time while also debating how much of a rubbish Jedi Ben … Continue reading Views from the Sofa The Podcast: Season 3 Episode 7 – Top 5 Movie Universes
