Opinion

On June 29th, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made one of the biggest changes in its history, inviting nearly 700 new members in an attempt to diversify a membership that was increasingly...

It’s been over six months since the Hunger Games series ended and the world is crying out for another decent YA adaptation. Divergent did not prove to be diverting, The Maze Runner left us totally lost and...

Since its release in 2004 Mean Girls has quickly cemented itself as a classic teen comedy. In the years since, the popularity of the genre has petered out into minor successes like Easy A and embarrassing...

Before it was possible to potter off to the cinema for some entertainment, stories were told on the stage. And with so many classic pieces of drama continuing to be reproduced over hundreds of years, when...

There’s a long history of antiheroes in film with the likes of Tyler Durden, Travis Bickle and Captain Jack Sparrow all taking their slightly unhinged turns in the spotlight. An antihero can be defined...

Being a teenager is a terrifying and confusing time. But, as with most things in life, movies can help. Movies about being a teenager can often lend a helping hand in trying to understand what can be a mighty...

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the fantastic and under appreciated Unbreakable on November 22nd, One Room With A View looks back at the director M. Night Shyamalan, his early promise, and where it all...

Endings are hard. For a series with millions of fans, with a thousand different opinions, endings are downright impossible; to get it right is to deliver the spectacular climactic finale loyal fans have hung...

Ever since Jaws exploded into the popular consciousness in the summer of 1975 the world has been at the mercy of blockbuster film franchises. Usually (but not always) building upon highly successful source...

It's 116 days till the Oscars. It's early November, and yet we do not have our champion for Best Picture. Well, we may have several. Usually we will have our frontrunners by now, but at present, anybody could...

With the Spectre of the next Bond film looming on the horizon, here at ORWAV we've been revisiting that age-old question: just who is the best Bond*? Is it Sean Connery, the man who defined the role? Or...

Daniel Craig is the ideal Bond. He encapsulates everything that Bond is and has evolved to be since 007 first emerged into existence from the smoky Royale-les-Eaux casino in Ian Fleming’s 1953 novel Casino...

What. An. Intro. Bond has always favoured an explosive entry, and GoldenEye takes the pre-title sequence to new heights. Literally. Twice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9kmL9cghXw Following Timothy...

Timothy Dalton got a bit of a raw deal when he finally relented to take on the mantle of Bond, James Bond in 1987. He was first asked 20 years before in 1967, but felt he was far too young at only 21 years...

No matter what Eon do to keep 007 a part of the cultural moment - Brosnan's inherent '90s-ness, Craig's impassive reactions to things like The Internet - Bond is not fundamentally a modern character. Even in...