Author Rory Steabler

True Romance turns 25 today. A quarter-century after that love letter to sex, violence, and Elvis Presley hit screens (and bombed), we have to ask ourselves: we’re all pretty much over Quentin Tarantino,...

The Mission: Impossible movies have developed a reputation, over the course of the last few sequels, for spectacular exploits and derring-do on the part of star Tom Cruise. As superspy Ethan Hunt, Cruise has...

Despite containing elements of both, Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts is not quite a Western or a revenge flick. Where those genres indulge in violence for a bit of schlocky fun, Marlina is a lot more...

Being long-time fans of Sergio Leone's work, and with a new remaster hitting cinemas, we at ORWAV thought it would be timely to look at how the director made A Fistful of Dollars. His first Western is widely...

The first thing to come to mind when someone mentions Pacific Rim – and now its sequel, out this Friday – is bombastic cartoon violence between kaiju monsters and giant mecha, writ large in 3D-IMAX glory....

https://vimeo.com/255663937 Newly released on Vimeo, Terminally Happy is an unsettling science-fiction short from writer-director Adina Istrate. The premise seems mundane at first: Louis (Alastair...

There’s no such thing as truth! Everyone has their own truth. So claims Margot Robbie’s Tonya Harding – somewhat dubiously – over the trailer for I, Tonya. The film adapts the true story of...

The late Ursula Le Guin was a master of well-crafted, thought-provoking fantasy and science fiction. Her novels and short stories are as vital now as they ever have been, as the last few weeks have seen idiots...

The Book of Life bears more than a passing resemblance to Pixar’s Coco, out this week. Obviously, both are based around the Mexican tradition of the Day of the Dead, and involve protagonists going on a...

Almost a decade ago, the 2008 Academy Awards saw an influx of Westerns. No Country for Old Men took the Best Picture statuette (among others), while nominations for sound and cinematography were dished out to...

The title of The Greatest Showman, out this week, refers to the 19th-century circus entrepreneur P.T. Barnum, though it could just as well refer to the movie’s star. Hugh Jackman has proved again and again...

https://vimeo.com/247645868 Merry Christmas! Why not celebrate the festive season with the residents of Marigold House Assisted Living Facility as they enjoy their annual Elvis concert? Why not...

Spoiler Warning: The Brothers Bloom is best watched with little foreknowledge. This article explicitly discusses the ending. The Last Jedi should provide Rian Johnson with an interesting balancing act. The...

With The LEGO Ninjago Movie opening in the UK this weekend, it looks like the LEGO film franchise is building fast. Ninjago is the second spinoff this year, and two more entries are expected in 2019: The LEGO...

The Ornithologist feels something like the slow cinema of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, until director João Pedro Rodrigues folds in a survival-thriller plot, an encounter with Jesus, and a dizzying display of...