The Muppet Christmas Carol – The Ultimate Christmas Movie Chris Davies December 19, 2013 Analysis, Features, Opinion 7 Comments It’s nearly Christmas! To celebrate, the writers of One Room With A View are going to present their arguments as to why their choice is the Ultimate Christmas Movie. After David argued for Die Hard and Steve...
The Hobbit As Three Films: Why Peter Jackson Is Right Chris Davies December 18, 2013 Analysis, Features, Opinion 2 Comments With the recent release of The Desolation of Smaug, Peter Jackson’s second instalment of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, the argument “I don’t see why it needs to be three films when it’s such a small...
A Beginner’s Guide To… Michael Bay Chris Davies December 17, 2013 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features 4 Comments One of Hollywood’s most financially successful filmmakers yet often critically derided, Bay has directed films such as Bad Boys, The Rock, Pearl Harbor and the Transformers trilogy. During the 1980s, two...
Die Hard 2 – The Ultimate Christmas Movie Stephen O'Nion December 17, 2013 Analysis, Features, Opinion 6 Comments It’s nearly Christmas! To celebrate, the writers of One Room With A View are going to present their arguments as to why their choice is the Ultimate Christmas Movie. We hope you enjoy the features and please...
Die Hard – The Ultimate Christmas Movie David Brake December 12, 2013 Analysis, Features, Opinion 26 Comments It's nearly Christmas! To celebrate, the writers of One Room With A View are going to present their arguments as to why their choice is the Ultimate Christmas Movie. We hope you enjoy the features and please...
A Beginner’s Guide To… The Coen Brothers Chris Davies December 10, 2013 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features 3 Comments Brothers Joel and Ethan Coen have created critically-acclaimed films in a range of genres for the past thirty years, including The Big Lebowski, Fargo, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and No Country for Old...
The 25 Worst Accents In Movies Ever David Brake December 3, 2013 Analysis, Features, One Off 2 Comments Accents are a key part of any actor's repartee. Any good actor can deliver a performance that could move a grown man to tears or could make a fully packed cinema laugh raucously at their comedic aplomb BUT if...
A Beginner’s Guide To… Ridley Scott Chris Davies December 3, 2013 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features 1 Comment Ridley Scott is one of Britain’s finest filmmakers, with a career spanning almost forty years and including such iconic films as Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma and Louise and Gladiator. Born in North-East...
Top 10 Movie Flops of 2013 David Brake November 28, 2013 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Thanks to the wonderful people at Forbes (via BoxOfficeMojo), the biggest flops - financially speaking - have been revealed for 2013. Even with very little movie knowledge, the candidates are pretty obvious to...
Extremely Premature Oscar 2014 Predictions David Brake November 9, 2013 Analysis, Features, One Off 7 Comments With Oscar-buzzed films emerging from the woodwork, it seems it's high time to start making wild predictions months before the ceremony/nominations announcement. We won't do every category just yet as that's...
7 Films You Should See At The 2013 BFI London Film Festival David Brake September 16, 2013 Analysis, Features, Top 10 With the opening of the 57th BFI London Film Festival fast approaching, we take a quick look at the films we'll definitely be covering this year. Courtesy of Regency Enterprises 12 Years A Slave Dir:...
Gigli and the Fan Boys: Why Affleck Should Be Given a Chance David Brake August 25, 2013 Analysis, Features, Opinion 1 Comment The internet went to town following Warner Bros.' announcement that two-time Academy Award winner Ben Affleck, aged 41, is to be the new Bruce Wayne in Batman vs. Superman/Man of Steel 2. Social networks were...
R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen David Brake May 7, 2013 Analysis, Features, One Off 1 Comment “They were considered B pictures because they were made on a tight budget. But we outlived many of the A pictures made at the same time” – Ray Harryhausen This morning, May 7, 2013, a film great left...