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The Snowman (2017) Review

December 20, 2020 Ben

The Snowman starts strongly and creepily. It has a great opening which seems to set the scene for the mystery which is about to play out and creates a terrifying, snowman building serial killer. Even better is the type of … Continue reading The Snowman (2017) Review

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The Endless (2017) Review

June 3, 2020 Ben

The initial hook and opening act of The Endless is fantastic. You are sucked into this mystery surrounding two cult escapees who have a fuzzy memory of what they had previously experienced and are not sure their lives have improved … Continue reading The Endless (2017) Review

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The Best of the Rest 2018: Searching (2018) Review

January 29, 2019January 27, 2019 Ben

The concept of a whole movie done entirely from a computer screen is not a new one. Although not loved by many, I enjoyed the horror movie Unfriended which used the same storytelling device that Searching uses. Searching is not a … Continue reading The Best of the Rest 2018: Searching (2018) Review

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100 Greatest Movies Month: Mulholland Drive (2001) Review

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 Ben

This month we review a selection of movies from Empire’s 100 Greatest Movies list. Today is Number 74: Mulholland Drive. All the ingredients seem to be there for a fantastic mystery thriller. A girl with amnesia, a keen wannabe actress, the … Continue reading 100 Greatest Movies Month: Mulholland Drive (2001) Review

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Unconventional Christmas Movies: Rare Exports (2010) Review

December 23, 2016December 23, 2016 Ben

Christmas is a time to watch all the classic movies, from Home Alone to It’s a Wonderful Life. This year, Views from the Sofa is taking a more unconventional look at Christmas with five movies which may not exactly spread … Continue reading Unconventional Christmas Movies: Rare Exports (2010) Review

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Dark Places (2015) Review

December 12, 2016December 11, 2016 Ben

You can’t blame the producers and studio behind Dark Places for hoping it would be a sleeper hit. Based on a novel by the writer of Gone Girl, starring an accomplished actress in the lead role, centered around a drip-fed mystery … Continue reading Dark Places (2015) Review

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Memento (2000) Review

December 9, 2016December 8, 2016 Ben

Memento is a movie which shouldn’t work. It is a story told backwards, trying to help the audience see things from the perspective of central character Leonard, who has a condition which means he has no short-term memory. This means that … Continue reading Memento (2000) Review

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True Story (2015) Review

October 17, 2016October 16, 2016 Ben

The hook for True Story is exactly that… that this is a true story. It begins in a very intriguing way as well, with James Franco’s suspected murderer using Jonah Hill’s shamed journalist’s name when he is arrested. It brings the … Continue reading True Story (2015) Review

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The Girl on the Train (2016) Review

October 13, 2016October 12, 2016 Ben

The Girl on the Train will certainly hold your interest. It is a story with plenty of twists, turns, red herrings and ponderous moments that for at least the first two-thirds of the movie, you will be gripped, wondering on the … Continue reading The Girl on the Train (2016) Review

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Vertigo (1958) Review

July 25, 2016July 25, 2016 Ben

Like some of the classic Alfred Hitchcock movies, Vertigo changes direction and plot point repeatedly. It sets up the vertigo of the title quickly, with James Stewart’s Scottie almost falling to death in a chase of a criminal. From then on … Continue reading Vertigo (1958) Review

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