ORWAV’s Top 100 Films of the 2010s: #60-41 Calum Baker December 14, 2019 Analysis, Features, One Off, Top 10 Our countdown of the Top 100 Films of the Decade continues apace as we start reaching the titles with some very high aggregate scores. Debate continues to rage over the relative merits of (usually heavy)...
ORWAV’s Top 100 Films of the 2010s: #80-61 Calum Baker December 13, 2019 Analysis, Features, One Off, Top 10 At its very best, cinema not only influences its audience but changes the very medium around it; a great film builds itself as it plays, showing you how to view it and redefining itself in real time. And this...
ORWAV’s Top 100 Films of the 2010s: #100-81 Calum Baker December 12, 2019 Analysis, Features, One Off, Top 10 Another decade, another dollar – billions and billions of dollars, that is, spent on both making and watching films. Early 2010 saw Avatar clamber to the first-ever $2 billion gross, becoming the biggest...
Top 10 Space Movies Jack Blackwell September 17, 2019 Analysis, Features, Top 10 As the most inhospitable, difficult to reach, and mysterious place that humans have ever explored, the depths of space have long held a great fascination for filmmakers. Whether it’s in the fantasy context...
Tarantino: A Ranking Chris Edwards August 13, 2019 Analysis, Features, Top 10 With the filmmaker's latest, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, set to drop this week, surely this is the best time to argue over which of the previous entries in Quentin Tarantino's filmography can be held up as...
Top 10 Movie Moments of 2019… So Far Tom Bond July 5, 2019 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Every summer we like to glance back at the first half of the year and ask that all-important question: which specific moments in film did you love, regardless of the quality of the film itself? Because it's...
Yesterday and Cinema’s Best Jukebox Musicals Carmen Paddock June 26, 2019 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Yesterday, which opens in the UK this week, imagines a world where Sergeant Pepper, Eleanor Rigby, and a yellow submarine live only in the mind of Jack Malik – a street musician whose life changes when he is...
X Rated: Every X-Men Film Ranked James Andrews June 4, 2019 Analysis, Features, Top 10 As the "will they, won't they?" saga of the X-Men's migration into the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues following Disney's takeover of Fox, the mutant franchise returns for what could be the final go-around...
From Short to Feature: Six Notable Expansions Carmen Paddock May 30, 2019 Analysis, Features, Top 10 After beginning life as a 13-minute short film, Thunder Road arrives in UK cinemas this week. The original depiction of a police officer awkwardly yet poignantly mourning his recently deceased mother through...
10 Moments That Defined Marvel’s Avengers Tom Bond April 23, 2019 Analysis, Features, Top 10 It's been a long old road to reach the Endgame. 21 films, a crowd of super-powered, wise-cracking heroes, and the biggest box office phenomenon of the 21st century all come to a (sort of) end when Endgame hits...
Top 10 Stephen King Adaptations Alice Rooney April 3, 2019 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Given Stephen King’s relentless success as an author, it seems only natural that gripping adaptations of his work should match this success on screen. Over 50 of King’s novels and short stories have been...
The Most Dangerous Games: Cinema’s Best Puzzles Sophie Maxwell January 29, 2019 Analysis, Features, Top 10 For some, the thought of being trapped in a small room with a limited time to solve puzzles and escape is sheer nightmare fuel. Maybe your boss thinks such activities are the perfect team-building exercises....
Seriously Funny: 10 Times Comedians Played it Straight Thom Denson January 10, 2019 Analysis, Features, Top 10 With the upcoming releases of both Stan & Ollie and Beautiful Boy, starring funnymen Steves Coogan and Carell respectively, it felt as good a time as any to shine the light on a selection of other...
ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2018: #1 – Phantom Thread J B Queree December 31, 2018 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Phantom Thread eludes being pinned down, with beguiling mastery. From the word go, you are never quite sure where it is heading, or exactly what sort of film you are watching, but – much like leading lady...
ORWAV’S Top 20 Films of 2018: #2 – The Shape of Water Josefine Algieri December 30, 2018 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Even nearly 12 months after its initial UK release, Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water has lost none of its magic. The film not only captured the hearts of critics, but also of cinemagoers worldwide,...