Short of the Week: Emily Eddie Falvey November 16, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFVw6Bw0HFY While Eddie Redmayne stole The Theory of Everything's limelight for his exquisite performance as Stephen Hawking, it is well worth remembering that Felicity...
From 18 to U: When Famous Directors Turn Family Friendly Olivia Luder November 13, 2015 Analysis, Close-Up, Features “We're kids, not monsters,” Carmen Cortez declares in Robert Rodriguez’s family friendly epic Spy Kids 2. But crazy scientist Dr Romero just doesn’t get it: “What's the difference?” he...
2015: The Year The Bubble Began To Burst? Eddie Falvey November 12, 2015 Analysis, Features, Opinion Ever since Jaws exploded into the popular consciousness in the summer of 1975 the world has been at the mercy of blockbuster film franchises. Usually (but not always) building upon highly successful source...
Making It Big: Dragon’s Lair: The Movie David Brake November 11, 2015 Features, Independent, Making It Big For nearly two decades, Don Bluth and Gary Goldman were the leading lights in the animated film world, creating countless classics. To name but a few, we're talking The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The...
A REAL Scout’s Guide: To the Zombie Apocalypse Andrew Daley November 10, 2015 Analysis, Features, One Off With Halloween behind us, and cinemas panicking about how Scouts can survive an undead outbreak, we offer a REAL Scout’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. So, I’m a Scout, or rather a member of The UK...
Short of the Week: Escargore Bethany White November 9, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/mdsnz/escargore Beheaded. Flambéed to death. Exposed to lethal amounts of radiation. These are just a few of the macabre fates of the stars in this short. But if you’ve overdone...
Making It Big: A Place Among the Undead Tom Bond November 5, 2015 Features, Independent, Making It Big Every generation has its iconic vampires: from Dracula to The Lost Boys, Interview with the Vampire to Buffy, and True Blood to Twilight. Now, the star of one of those shows has taken to Indiegogo to create...
The Oscar Goes To… ? The 2016 Oscars Race May Be The Closest Yet David Brake November 4, 2015 Analysis, Features, Opinion It's 116 days till the Oscars. It's early November, and yet we do not have our champion for Best Picture. Well, we may have several. Usually we will have our frontrunners by now, but at present, anybody could...
The ORWAV Playlist – November 2015 Calum Baker November 3, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies 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...
Short of the Week – 97% David Brake November 2, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/143233550 Finding love in the modern digital age? We've been here before. Eight minutes of dialogue-free drama? Well, we've seen that before too. Yet similarity does not equate to...
Scene Stealers: Bruce Campbell in the Spider-Man Trilogy Conor Morgan October 30, 2015 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Bruce Campbell, the mighty chin, has a long association with his friend, director Sam Raimi. Campbell is almost as regular a feature in Raimi's films as his beloved Oldsmobile Delta 88, 'The Classic'. This car...
Bondathon: the ORWAV Bond Marathon Stephen O'Nion October 29, 2015 Analysis, Features, One Off There's a new James Bond film out! Not sure if you're aware of it, there hasn't been much written about it. It’s meant to be very good indeed and, it turns out, it’s actually the 24th in a series of films...
Every Bond Theme, Ranked By Lyric Calum Baker October 28, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies The Eon James Bond theme tunes may be some of the most famous and iconic music moments in cinema, but they're not without their absurdities - chief among these being some ridiculous and unforgivable lyrics....
Best Films Never Made #28: James Bond’s Warhead David Brake October 27, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features A story 50 years in the making: as with many stories we tell in this series, it concludes with an unhappy ending. Not for a studio, or the character of James Bond and his legacy, but one man. His name was...
A Beginner’s Guide To… James Bond Alex Flood October 26, 2015 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features What do you get if you mix dazzling good looks and irresistible charm with an array of outlandish gadgets and a pretentious signature cocktail? Only the most iconic movie character of all time. Yup, you...
