Top 20 Films of 2017: #5 – Dunkirk
In May 1940, 400,000 allied soldiers found themselves stranded on the beaches of Dunkirk, penned in by German troops and sitting ducks for attacks from the Luftwaffe. What followed was a huge evacuation...
Top 20 Films of 2017: #6 – La La Land
“People love what other people are passionate about. You remind them of what they’ve forgotten.” – Mia (Emma Stone) What’s in a dream? It’s the gap between fantasy and reality. It’s what makes...
Top 20 Films Of 2017: #7 – The Handmaiden
Damn, Maddie took my opening line. OK then, The Handmaiden is exquisite. Few films this year feel as complete. Usually the best works have one quality that makes them stand out, whether that be a stellar...
Top 20 Films of 2017: #8 – Toni Erdmann
You've no doubt heard the old Italian joke (well, the joke quoted in Watchmen at least) about the depressed man who, passing through a small town, decides enough is enough and he needs help. "Dottore," he...
Top 20 Films of 2017: #9 – Call Me By Your Name
Call Me by Your Name is hot. Yes, the performances are at times breathtaking, the script is measured and moving, and both score and cinematography are masterful. The story of the relationship between American...
Top 20 Films of 2017: #10 – The Death of Stalin
Guard 1: Should we investigate... ? Guard 2: Should you shut the f*** up before you get us both killed? *Spoilers ahead* Armando Iannucci’s return to the big screen was widely lauded (including...
Top 20 Films of 2017: #20 to #11
It’s here! The One Room With A View Top 20 films of 2017 has arrived. If you thought 2017 was a poor year for movies, you didn't watch enough movies. At the very least, you didn't watch the right moves....
Top 10 Performances by First Time Actors
Finding the right actors for a film is often a gruelling process, even when using the most conventional channels. To abandon these mainstream techniques in the name of authenticity can sometimes seem like...
Top 10 Extreme Weather Films
What is it about films featuring extreme weather that’s so comforting? Is it that it makes us feel safe and warm? Or is it more that the films that feature these bouts of disastrous weather are all the more...
Top 10 Unconventional Romantic Comedies
Sundance hit The Big Sick lands in UK cinemas on Friday. This relationship comedy is unconventional for at least two reasons. First, its tale of illness renders the leading lady (Zoe Kazan) comatose for a...
What Are the Best Blockbusters of All Time? 10-1
Only 10 remain of the 50 greatest blockbusters ever made. Tensions are high, you can feel the hum of excitement in the air as faint gasps cut the silence. Elsewhere, chairs yawn with the sound of bottoms...
What Are the Best Blockbusters of All Time? 20 – 11
It's nearly time for the top ten! Our ranking of the best blockbusters of all time approaches its closing stages. 20. Spider-Man 2 (2004) Probably the best onscreen iteration of Marvel’s most...
Top 10 World War II Movies
It hardly needs be said that World War II has been a cinematic goldmine pretty much since it started. A terrifyingly huge and barbarically violent industrial conflict on a scale never seen before or since, it...
What Are the Best Blockbusters of All Time? 30 – 21
Our list of the 50 greatest blockbusters ever made, as voted for by the ORWAV writers and editors, approaches the halfway mark... 30. The Incredibles (2004) A superhero film without the limits of...
What Are the Best Blockbusters of All Time? 40-31
On Monday we started to list the 50 greatest blockbusters ever made, as voted for by the ORWAV writers and editors. Today, the quest continues... 40. The Mummy (1999) Some blockbusters are...