The Top Five Jane Austen Adaptations
Another year, another Jane Austen adaptation. Autumn de Wilde's Emma is the latest in a multi-million dollar legacy for the beloved author who, though she saw some success in her lifetime, suffered a great...
ORWAV Oscars 2020 – The Results
Not to brag, but we had a pretty great set of nominations for the ORWAV Oscars this year. We took the Academy's top picks enhanced them with some underappreciated gems, especially of the uncut variety. So...
Has the DCEU Found its Winning Formula?
It has been a tough decade for DC fans. For some, it has just been one expensive disappointment after another. For others, like me, who have mostly enjoyed the output, it has been years of watching this...
ORWAV Oscars 2020: The Nominations
Oscars season has arrived early this year, and with it comes one of the most eclectic sets of nominees we've seen in quite some time. Big hitters include a long-take (not one-take) WWI film, a serious...
Youth at War in Jojo Rabbit and 1917
The 2020 Oscars season sees two wartime period pieces in its Best Picture race: Jojo Rabbit and 1917. At first glance, this seems their only similarity – it's not even the same war. Comedy legend Taika...
1917 is the Best Video Game Movie Ever Made
Sam Mendes’ 1917 has picked up a slew of nominations this awards season, including nine for the BAFTAs and 10 for the Oscars, and it’s not hard to see why. This is a war movie that manages to feel both...
ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2019: #1 – The Favourite
Surprising combinations are the spice of life. Country music and hip hop, footballers’ wives and hard-boiled sleuthing – 2019 has been a great year for the unexpected mash-up, and none have proven quite as...
ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2019: #2 – Knives Out
Rian Johnson is a man who loves breaking rules. He broke just about every rule in the book when he was given the reins to Star Wars, and some of the most unpleasant people on the internet are still giving him...
ORWAV’s Top 20 films of 2019: #3 – Eighth Grade
Kids today, eh? They don’t know they’re born. They’ve never had it better, but they spend all their time glued to their phones, living their lives through social media. That’s the easy, lazy criticism...
ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2019: #4 – The Irishman
“God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.” —Paul Valéry In 2019, the average life expectancy of a male in the US sits at 76. Robert De Niro is 76. Martin Scorsese is...
ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2019: #5 – Midsommar
– 2019 has been a great year for film. As this list has illustrated and will continue to illustrate, 2019 saw bountiful returns from budding auteurs Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk) and Greta...
ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2019: #6 – If Beale Street Could Talk
‘Every black person born in America was born on Beale Street, born in the black neighbourhood of some American city, whether in Jackson, Mississippi, or in Harlem, New York. Beale Street is our legacy. This...
ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2019: #7 – Us
The doppelgänger is an age-old figure of dread. A portent of doom or impending misfortune, they’re often hellbent on eliminating and supplanting the ‘original’. They represent the uniquely horrific...
ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2019: #8 – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Much has been made of Quentin Tarantino’s plans to retire after ten films. With Once Upon a Time in Hollywood being his ninth, it seems there’s still plenty of life in him – yet it's difficult to...
ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2019: #9 – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
At the end of the decade, media seems to be moving further away from the noughties’ nihilism. Perhaps audiences need a break from the relentless inhumanity highlighted in 24/7 news cycles. Perhaps a...