Behind The Curtain

In X-Men: Apocalypse, we find our favourite group of mutants in 1983, dealing with more than just the fashions of the time. An ancient, powerful and extremely angry creature named Apocalypse has awakened after...

If there’s one label that would never fit Terrence Malick as a director, it’s ‘conventional’. From a 20-year wait for a new film between 1978’s Days of Heaven and 1998’s The Thin Red Line, to not...

Captain America technically shouldn't work on screen. The fundamental top-line interpretation is that he's a chest-beating, red-white-'n'-blue überpatriot who could appear obnoxious, removed and...

Every so often a celebrity death comes so unexpectedly that it unites the world. We saw this phenomenon occur in January with the sudden and devastating death of David Bowie; now, we witness it once again with...

In 2019, Harrison Ford will once again don cinema’s most famous fedora for the fifth time. Yet if our latest Best Film Never Made had seen the light of day, it’s unlikely we would have seen another Indiana...

"God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness." So begins Chilean auteur Pablo Larraín's latest opus El Club, which...

John Hughes made plenty of perfect films in his time. There was the irrepressible charm of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, led by Matthew Broderick, and the soulful rebellion of The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink...

For the second year in a row, we've created a big bumper-size playlist for you to whack on in advance of tonight's Academy Awards!  What more can we say, other than "enjoy, hope you have fun, hope you're not...

The stunt industry, specifically stunt professionals, are criminally overlooked by the Oscars. In an effort to draw much-needed attention to this underrepresented yet essential arm of filmmaking, ORWAV is...

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” - H.P. Lovecraft H.P. Lovecraft was the father of cosmic horror. A man who...

The last time we saw Deadpool, he had his mouth sewn up and his head cut off in the much maligned X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Seven years later, Ryan Reynolds is the suited-up, gun-happy Merc with a Mouth once...

Every four weeks, ORWAV explores the movie month ahead through the medium of song! Upcoming releases, notable births and anniversaries and a general celebration of the films, directors, technicians and...

A fight on Everest? It seemed incredible. But in 2013 news channels around the world reported an ugly brawl at 21 000ft as European climbers fled a mob of angry Sherpa mountain guides. What had happened to the...

This week Variety reported that Disney have spent several parsecs (yes, I know, distance) auditioning thousands for the role of at least two lifetimes: Young Han Solo. With Rogue One thought to be positioned,...

Every four weeks, ORWAV explores the movie month ahead through the medium of song! Upcoming releases, notable births and anniversaries and a general celebration of the films, directors, technicians and...