Live-Action Disney Remakes: Cynical Cash Cows or New Takes on the Classics? Carmen Paddock March 25, 2019 Analysis, Debate, Features Dumbo hits UK cinemas this week, and it promises a stellar cast, some tear-jerking animation, and a hopeful return to form by Tim Burton. While judgement cannot yet be passed on the film itself, the most...
Bryan Singer, the Oscars, and Separating the Art From the Artist – Debate Tom Bond January 31, 2019 Analysis, Debate, Features Bohemian Rhapsody was recently nominated for several Oscars, including Best Picture, and while many have queried that on grounds of merit, a more urgent worry is the presence of director Bryan Singer. He was...
Debate: Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, or Buster Keaton? Carmen Paddock January 8, 2019 Analysis, Debate, Features Stan & Ollie – a lovingly constructed biopic of an ageing Laurel and Hardy – hits cinemas this week. To celebrate, One Room with a View’s Naomi, Louise, and Tom have come together to argue the merits...
Who’s the Best Spider-Man? Carmen Paddock December 11, 2018 Analysis, Debate, Features With Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse out tomorrow, audiences will be treated to a new version of a beloved, oft-portrayed superhero. Or more accurately, new versions – Miles Morales might be at the heart...
Debate 2.0: What is the Best Marvel Movie? Kambole Campbell April 24, 2018 Analysis, Debate, Features It’s the eve of the release of Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel’s last-ever instalment of their 10-year-old Cinematic Universe (just kidding, these films will exist long after you and I are dust). It’s the...
Debate: The Winners and Losers of the 2018 Oscars Nominations Carmen Paddock January 24, 2018 Analysis, Debate, Features 1 Comment Yesterday was the day many film fans have been waiting for: the 2018 Oscars nominations have been revealed! To celebrate and debate the (delightful and outrageous) results of this announcement are Copy Editor...
Debate: What’s the Best Pixar Film? Tom Bond January 17, 2018 Analysis, Debate, Features 1 Comment With Pixar’s latest film Coco out this Friday, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to do what we love the most: argue about film. Our writers Rhys Handley and Jack Blackwell, and Features Editor...
ORWAV Debate: Who is Marvel’s Best Chris? Kambole Campbell October 25, 2017 Analysis, Debate, Features Marvel Studios' cinematic universe has all but taken over the the global box office, much like the crypto-fascist team the "Avengers" at its centre (just kidding). The decade-spanning, 18-film franchise owes...
Is Netflix a Good Place for New Films? Kambole Campbell July 1, 2017 Analysis, Debate, Features 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...
Debate: What Makes A Great Blockbuster? Tom Bond June 22, 2017 Analysis, Debate, Features What makes a great blockbuster? Action? Romance? Explosions? A huge budget? We’ve made it our mission to answer that question once and for all, ahead of our upcoming ORWAV blockbuster season. We’ll be...
Was Scarlett Johansson the Right Choice for Ghost in the Shell? Kambole Campbell March 29, 2017 Analysis, Debate, Features 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...
Is La La Land Just The Artist All Over Again? Phil W. Bayles February 1, 2017 Analysis, Debate, Features Here at ORWAV, we just can't stop talking about La La Land. And with good reason - Damien Chazelle's modern take on old-school Hollywood has been nominated for an impressive 14 Academy Awards, and enchanted...
Debate: The Winners And Losers of Oscar Nominations 2017 Tom Bond January 24, 2017 Analysis, Debate, Features After two disappointing years of #OscarsSoWhite the Academy have gone some way to improving the diversity of their nominations, with nods for the likes of Denzel Washington, Bradford Young and Barry...
Was Resurrecting Peter Cushing For Rogue One A Masterstroke Or The Start Of A Worrying Trend? Tom Bond December 22, 2016 Analysis, Debate, Features You’ve probably seen Rogue One by now, and if you haven’t - go buy a ticket! Once you’ve seen it you’ll undoubtedly have thoughts about the appearances of Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher as Grand Moff...
What’s the Best X-Men Film? Tom Bond May 18, 2016 Analysis, Debate, Features With the impending X-Men: Apocalypse just around the corner it seems like the perfect time to look back at what the world’s finest mutant franchise has offered us over the years. Today we have Sophie Wing,...