It would feel cliche to say that “they don’t make them like this anymore” but watching Knives Out, it becomes clear why the cliche exist. Aside from perhaps Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express, which itself is around the … Continue reading Knives Out (2019) Review
Ben and Dave return with a discussion of the best movie openings. The greatest beginnings to movies get discussed here, from Raiders of the Lost Ark through to Up. As well as movie openings, there are two very different quizzes and … Continue reading Views from the Sofa Podcast: Season 3 Episode 13 – Best Movie Openings
Ben and Dave return with a look at the Best of the 1980s, year by year. Just as they did with the 70s, they look at the best films of each year, while also looking at some of the more unusual … Continue reading Views from the Sofa Podcast: Season 3 Episode 10: Best of the 80s
Ben and Dave take a look at the 1970s and the best movies this decade produced. Well Ben does… Instead Dave takes a look at the best titles of this decade and creates his own movies (it has to be heard … Continue reading The Views from the Sofa Podcast Season 3 Episode 3: Best of the 70s
Pixar could be accused of creating a cheap cash-grab sequel with Cars 2. Cars wasn’t the greatest of Pixar movies and certainly wasn’t critically acclaimed but it did make a huge amount of money, particularly in merchandise, so a sequel seemed … Continue reading Pixar Month: Cars 2 (2011) Review
Another fortnight and another podcast! Following the Dwayne Johnson special comes the Mission: Impossible – Fallout special which has plenty to discuss. As well as a full review of the movie, Ben and Dave also discuss pertinent questions such as; Can … Continue reading Views from the Sofa: The Movie Podcast! Spoiler-filled Mission:Impossible – Fallout special
In his fairly swift career as an actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has faced some formidable foes. From Jason Stathamm, to a massive lizard through to weather… Johnson has beat them all but has he beat the best. I present you … Continue reading Dwayne Johnson Month: The Rock versus… (Opponents I want to see Dwayne Johnson face)
Success can breed familiarity and complacency so it wouldn’t surprise anyone if Marvel started to drop the ball on their Cinematic Universe but Black Panther seems to be showing that the studio has ambitions and plans beyond their universe-building event … Continue reading Black Panther (2018) Review
Views from the Sofa’s 100 Greatest Scenes is a list of the 100 greatest moments in the movies. This could be long introductions, moments of action or great dialogue between characters. The scenes are in no particular order and come from … Continue reading 100 Greatest Scene Number 27: Church Fight
It is the summer, which means it is the perfect time for a Views from the Sofa themed series. Last year was Month of Bond but this year will be slightly less intensive and slightly fewer movies to cover as I … Continue reading Final Frontier Fortnight – The Launch!
