Arabian Nights: Volume 1 (The Restless One) – Review Tom Bond April 23, 2016 Reviews Portuguese director Miguel Gomes brings an inventive approach to an issue plaguing much of Europe over the last few years: economic ruin. The stories of austerity and redundancy have grown increasingly...
Jane Got A Gun – Review Tom Bond April 21, 2016 Reviews Like Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man and countless other projects from development hell, Lynne Ramsay’s Jane Got a Gun is a film that will only ever exist in audience’s minds. It’s curious then, if nothing...
Welcome to Me – Review Tom Bond March 27, 2016 Reviews Welcome to Me is powered by a phenomenal performance from Kristen Wiig as Alice Krieg, a woman with borderline personality disorder who starts her own TV show. She nails Alice’s complex character and even...
What’s the Best Batman Film? Tom Bond March 23, 2016 Analysis, Debate, Features Ladies and gentleman, please take your seats for the warm-up fight, Batman v Batman v Batman (the fact we couldn’t find enough writers for a Superman debate probably tells you who would win the main contest...
The Citizen Kane of Awful: Men With Brooms Tom Bond March 15, 2016 Features, Nostalgia, The Citizen Kane of Awful In Men With Brooms, a curling team reunites with the help of Leslie Nielsen, as they attempt to win the ‘Golden Broom’ tournament. Or, as the DVD blurb describes it: “A comedic journey which takes...
What’s The Best YA Film? Tom Bond March 10, 2016 Analysis, Debate, Features This week sees the Young Adult sub-genre stumble onwards into yet another dystopian future with the release of The Divergent Series: Allegiant. The sub-genre has thrived since the early noughties when the...
Short of the Week – Darth Maul: Apprentice Tom Bond March 7, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djo_91jN3Pk Star Wars fans have long wished to see more of Darth Maul, one of the most exciting but short-lived villains in the series’ history. Darth Maul: Apprentice...
Best Films Never Made #31: John Hughes’ Oil and Vinegar Tom Bond March 1, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features John Hughes made plenty of perfect films in his time. There was the irrepressible charm of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, led by Matthew Broderick, and the soulful rebellion of The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink...
Short of the Week – Visible Tom Bond February 29, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/153748114 Visible is an inspiring short film about the importance of being yourself, delivered with an intriguing sci-fi twist. In this future Earth, most people have inexplicably...
ORWAV Oscars 2016 – The Results Tom Bond February 29, 2016 Analysis, Features, One Off It's the moment every film fan has been waiting for...the results of the ORWAV Oscars! Will our shock front-runner Ex Machina sweep the board? Will Leo pick up his first ORWAV Oscar to sit on his mantelpiece...
Scene Stealers: Brie Larson in Scott Pilgrim vs The World Tom Bond February 24, 2016 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers This weekend, Brie Larson is going to win her first Best Actress Oscar for Room. Trust me. It will be a well-deserved honour after her complex, emotional performance in the film, and a long-overdue reward for...
ORWAV Oscars 2016 – The Nominations Tom Bond February 23, 2016 Analysis, Features, One Off As the 2016 awards season rumbles to a close, here at ORWAV we felt it was about time someone crashed the party. With the #OscarsSoWhite once more, and some big names like Todd Haynes and Quentin...
What Is Shia LaBeouf’s #Elevate And Why Might It Be His Best Art Yet? Tom Bond February 19, 2016 Analysis, Features, One Off Shia LaBeouf has done something weird again. This time, the erstwhile film star has continued his fondness for performance art with #ELEVATE, a YouTube stream documenting his conversations inside the lift...
The Survivalist – Review Tom Bond February 13, 2016 Reviews The Survivalist’s plot of a man living in a dangerous, post-apocalyptic world after its oil runs out feels deceptively new, but it ends up treading the same ground as countless other films, books and TV...
A Bigger Splash – Review Tom Bond February 13, 2016 Reviews You never really know how much you need to see Ralph Fiennes dancing until it’s happening in front of your eyes. His boogie by an Italian poolside is typical of the joie de vivre and impish flirtation that...