Author Kambole Campbell

Screenwriter and, as of recently, director Taylor Sheridan has carved out a niche for himself making tense crime sagas in various American landscapes, characterised by unflinching depictions of violence, razor...

Charlize Theron’s latest action vehicle, Atomic Blonde, oversteers a little in its attempt to escape the limiting description of being “John Wick, but starring Charlize Theron”. Former stuntman and...

The Emoji Movie struggles to know its audience from the very beginning. It wants to be an earnest film about the wonders of the inside of a smartphone, but also wants to mock teenagers for depending on them....

Our list of the 50 greatest blockbusters ever made, as voted for by the ORWAV writers and editors, approaches the halfway mark... 30. The Incredibles (2004) A superhero film without the limits of...

Trey Edward Shults' second feature is one that comes from a place of deep anguish. As the director himself has previously pointed out, the film was made following the death of a relative, and the first thing...

Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy. One good movie, one great movie, and one movie we don't talk about. Or is there more to it than that? In anticipation of the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming, Kambole and...

With the recent release of Okja on Netflix's world famous and immensely popular streaming service alongside a quite limited cinematic release, we decided to get together and have a chat about Netflix's methods...

From the first car chase – set to ‘Bellbottoms’ – Baby Driver makes its mission clear in a manner not unlike Damien Chazelle's crossover hit La La Land: this is another untraditional musical....

Like the mixtapes that helped to set the first apart from its cohorts, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is energetic and irreverent, equal parts silly and sad. There’s so much energy in the film that it...

The Hatton Garden Job, from the very beginning, is an exhausting waste of time. There's nothing in this film that inspires joy, instead, it's a two-hour long stare into an abyss where creativity has died and...

The first in years not to star the late Paul Walker, Fast and Furious 8 continues the franchise’s trend of one-upping itself when it comes to implausible vehicular action – along with some pretty solid...

Even ignoring the anime adaptation, Rupert Sanders’ take on Ghost in the Shell feels like well-trodden ground. Many (or all) of the film's stylistic cues feel borrowed, whether it’s the gratuitous...

The second release this month that has received a savage backlash from social media based on its casting of a white protagonist, the casting of Scarlett Johansson in Rupert Sanders' adaptation of Ghost in...

Anna Biller might be the closest thing cinema has to a one-woman show. As with her other works, The Love Witch sees her produce, write, direct and edit, as well as design the sets and costumes. The result is a...

“Violence - the supreme authority from which all other authority is derived” - Lt. Jean Rasczak, Starship Troopers RoboCop. Total Recall. Starship Troopers. Paul Verhoeven has made a career out of films...