The Oscars 2015 | 87th Academy Awards | Live Blog David Brake February 22, 2015 Analysis, Features, One Off Welcome to One Room With A View's (soon-to-be) LIVE coverage of the 87th Academy Awards! Tonight's ceremony in Los Angeles will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, whereas our ceremony will be hosted by yours...
BAFTA Results 2015 David Brake February 8, 2015 Analysis, Features, One Off So there we have it. The BAFTAs have been doled out for another year and the big winners are largely what we expected. The Grand Budapest Hotel leads the pack with 5 gongs, and Boyhood and The Theory of...
What Are The Biggest Film Gambles For 2015? Patrick Taylor January 17, 2015 Analysis, Features, One Off Last year saw a number of risky ventures defy the odds. None more so than Guardians of the Galaxy, which became the smash hit of the summer and ranks as one of the best Marvel has ever produced. So what...
Golden Globes 2015 Results David Brake January 12, 2015 Analysis, Features, One Off The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has spoken! The Golden Globes 2015 results are in and there's a strong selection of winners. Richard Linklater's tremendous Boyhood scooped Best Motion Picture - Drama...
ORWAV’s 30 Films To Be Excited About In 2015 David Brake December 31, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off Boyhood is our Number One for 2014, but let's be honest... the whole of 2014 was a stellar year. How can 2015 possibly match it? Well, we've done our research and here are 30 candidates in line to take your...
Two Smart Sci-Fis To Watch After Interstellar David Brake November 15, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off 1 Comment Ever since Stanley Kubrick turned the sci-fi film into an art form, the rise of the intelligent sci-fi thriller - more cerebral than shoot-em-up - has been slow but steady. Now Christopher Nolan, the king of...
Best Films to Watch at Home this Halloween Patrick Taylor November 1, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off Halloween is upon us. The nights are drawing in. Our cinemas are haunted by modern horrors such as The Babadook and Annabelle. Fear not, however, for you needn't venture out into the dark to get your scare...
Podcast: Season One of The One Room With A View Show David Brake July 21, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off Welcome to our round-up of The One Room With A View podcast! Season One has reached its conclusion so it's time to relive and recap the best bits and to encourage you to get subscribe, download and enjoy!...
YouTube: Films To Watch After The World Cup David Brake July 16, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off 1 Comment It's been 4 days since the World Cup ended. Sigh. How do we carry on with life? Can you even remember what we did before the seemingly all-consuming football phenomenon? Well, we must persevere and One Room...
YouTube: What Is The Bechdel Test? David Brake June 28, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off Welcome one and all! Our YouTube is alive & well again so we'd like to share with you our latest video: What is the Bechdel Test? A test that has now become a staple evaluation tool to all to judge the...
Star Wars Episode VII: Goodbye To The Expanded Universe David Brake May 4, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off 2 Comments BEWARE: Spoilers for the Star Wars Expanded Universe ahead. "In order to give maximum creative freedom to the filmmakers and also preserve an element of surprise and discovery for the audience, Star...
The Nearly Men of Hollywood Patrick Taylor April 29, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off For so long, Henry Cavill bore the mantle of Hollywood’s ultimate nearly man. Having narrowly missed out on landing the roles of James Bond, Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent, Empire magazine dubbed him the...
Star Wars Episode VII Cast Revealed David Brake March 17, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off 2 Comments With Star Wars: Episode VII set for release in just 21 months, the internet has used its sleuthing skills to maximum effect and discovered the cast of the latest feature. With hyperbole abounding, it's time to...
Impossibly Early Predictions: The 87th Academy Awards Calum Baker March 10, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off 1 Comment We've had a week to come down. A week to talk about how great Cate Blanchett and Lupita Nyong'o were, how, er, unique Kim Novak's presentational style was, and how incredibly predictable the Academy Awards...
The Roomies (a.k.a The One Room With A View Awards!) David Brake February 23, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off With the Academy Awards exactly a week away, it is time to introduce the first ever One Room With A View awards. Surely not another film award ceremony? Absolutely! We've got all the traditional categories you...