It’s Complicated: The Ongoing Battle Between Social Media And Film David Brake April 29, 2015 Analysis, Close-Up, Features You’ve Got Mail is one of the best films about social media. Apparently. Going further down this list, at number eight, it’s Tron, and holding up the middle is The Matrix. As you’ve already gathered,...
By The Book: Watchmen Phil W. Bayles April 28, 2015 Analysis, By The Book, Features Welcome to By The Book, in which we take a look at cinematic adaptations of literary works. This feature is less a review of the merits and shortcomings of the films themselves, rather a study of the films as...
Interview Hell: Robert Downey Jr. vs. Krishnan Guru-Murthy Madeline Joint April 24, 2015 Analysis, Features, Opinion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALBwaO-rAsE Poor RDJ. As a dedicated film fan, there’s a very good chance you’ve been in love with him at some point, but Channel 4 presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy is...
Love And Race In Samson and Delilah Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan April 24, 2015 Analysis, Close-Up, Features "I have only questions," stated director Warwick Thornton when asked by Sight and Sound about his 2009 Camera d'Or-winning feature film debut, Samson and Delilah. It is not surprising, given the film’s...
The Age of Ultron and Hollywood’s Expansion into Asia Andrew Daley April 23, 2015 Analysis, Close-Up, Features The upcoming release of Avengers: Age of Ultron heralds a change in the mindset of Western cinema, a breath of fresh air for Hollywood as they dust off the time-worn unwritten rules of film and turn their...
A Beginner’s Guide to… The Marvel Cinematic Universe Madeline Joint April 22, 2015 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features Simply, if you haven’t heard of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (which you totally have if you’ve been anywhere near a cinema, TV, billboard, another person or a Burger King since 2008): they are a series of...
Spoiler Warning! Marvel’s Biggest Problem Bertie Archer April 21, 2015 Analysis, Features, Opinion Avengers, Assemble! Captain America? A-okay. Iron Man? Check. Hawkeye? Here. Thor? Another! Yes, your favourite heroes (Batman is so noughties) are back for another round of comic-book battling, and I'm not...
By The Book: Child 44 Nick Evan-Cook April 19, 2015 Analysis, By The Book, Features Welcome to By The Book, in which we take a look at cinematic adaptations of literary works. This feature is less a review of the merits and shortcomings of the films themselves, rather a study of the films as...
No Subtitles Please, We’re British: Is Cinema Being Whitewashed? Phil W. Bayles April 16, 2015 Analysis, Features, Opinion The idea that the English language has a monopoly in cinema should surprise absolutely nobody. The power of Hollywood meant American culture dominated screens for more than a century, and for as long as there...
Scene Stealers: Vanessa Redgrave in Atonement David Brake April 14, 2015 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers It’s rare that a film hangs upon a single point. A small moment that affects the entire direction, feel and impact of a film. By Atonement's end, Vanessa Redgrave shoulders this responsibility. In the final...
A Beginner’s Guide to… Rock Docs Conor Morgan April 12, 2015 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features It seems that, nowadays, pretty much any band or artist you care to name from any genre of music has a documentary about them - which understandably makes it difficult to know where to begin. Never fear, ORWAV...
Top 10 Natural Disaster Movies Patrick Taylor April 11, 2015 Analysis, Features, Top 10 The release of Force Majeure sees a welcome return to that most reliable of film genres – the natural disaster movie. This got us thinking about the "classics" of this peculiar cinematic niche. Not many of...
A Beginner’s Guide To Keanu Reeves Eddie Falvey April 10, 2015 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features Where does one begin with Keanu Reeves? Recently endowed with an (un)healthy dose of the Nic Cage effect – that is, being caught on the slippery slope of diminishing returns – Keanu is now one of the most...
A History of Disney Princesses – How Have They Changed? Tori Brazier April 7, 2015 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Disney is an institution synonymous with princesses. They are the owners of a mammoth marketing and merchandising machine that has seen their heroines make regular (and often overwhelming) appearances at any...
The Show Must Go On: When Actors Die During Production Daniel Orton April 3, 2015 Analysis, Close-Up, Features What do Oliver Reed, Brandon Lee, Natalie Wood and Paul Walker all have in common? The answer to that rather macabre pub quiz question is that all of them are examples of actors who have died during production...
