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For over a decade now it has been impossible for a mainstream film to be released without some form of visual effects (or VFX). Digital technologies have permanently changed the way films are made. This is...

Watching films at home has its own charm. It's a comfortable experience, and one you have complete control over. But there's nothing quite like seeing a film on the big screen, in a room full of other people,...

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...

Welcome to One Room With A View’s (soon-to-be) LIVE coverage of the 88th Academy Awards! Tonight’s ceremony in Los Angeles will be hosted by Chris Rock, whereas our ceremony will be hosted by yours...

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...

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...

Hello! One Room With A View is on the long list for the UK Blog Awards 2016 in the Arts & Culture category. Yay! This is our first time up for any sort of award, and we're pretty thrilled about...

How the hell is it 2016? Time sure flies when you've had a year of film that good. In 2015 we were graced with Carol, Ex Machina, Inside Out, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian and Mission: Impossible - Rogue...

In hindsight the purchase of Star Wars makes perfect sense. The Disney canon resonates with audiences on a deeply personal level, while their commercial clout transmits that intimacy on a global scale. This...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… It is a period of gut-wrenching anticipation. ONE ROOM WITH A VIEW, writing from a hidden base, have decided to watch all six Star Wars films… In a row....

With Halloween behind us, and cinemas panicking about how Scouts can survive an undead outbreak, we offer a REAL Scout’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. So, I’m a Scout, or rather a member of The UK...

There's a new James Bond film out! Not sure if you're aware of it, there hasn't been much written about it. It’s meant to be very good indeed and, it turns out, it’s actually the 24th in a series of films...

At the start of the 2015 London Film Festival, festival director Clare Stewart announced it was "the year of the strong women". Our summary of the best of the festival suggests that she just might have been...

The Gift explores the unsettling relationship between two men who went to school together, and are reunited randomly. Seemingly innocent at first, it quickly turns suspicious, as there appears to be something...

Okay ORWeenies, it's that time of year again. After we punted for Gone Girl, Interstellar, Inherent Vice, Into the Woods, Unbroken and Foxcatcher last time (as well as Theory of Everything, Imitation Game,...