CEL Mates: The Illusionist (2010) Conor Morgan May 7, 2014 CEL Mates, Features, Independent 2 Comments The Illusionist is Sylvain Chomet’s long-awaited follow up to The Triplets of Belleville, based on a controversially unproduced script written by French comic Jacques Tati and released in 2010. It was...
O Father, Where Art Thou? – Part 1: The Combat Film Chris Davies May 5, 2014 Analysis, Close-Up, Features 4 Comments From Ancient Greece to Star Wars, the Bible to Breaking Bad, throughout history the father figure has been a major feature in dramatic storytelling. This is especially evident in film, but in post-9/11...
Star Wars Episode VII: Goodbye To The Expanded Universe David Brake May 4, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off 2 Comments BEWARE: Spoilers for the Star Wars Expanded Universe ahead. "In order to give maximum creative freedom to the filmmakers and also preserve an element of surprise and discovery for the audience, Star...
The Nearly Men of Hollywood Patrick Taylor April 29, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off For so long, Henry Cavill bore the mantle of Hollywood’s ultimate nearly man. Having narrowly missed out on landing the roles of James Bond, Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent, Empire magazine dubbed him the...
CEL Mates: Fear(s) of the Dark Conor Morgan April 28, 2014 CEL Mates, Features, Independent CEL Mates is a new feature about alternative animated films you may not have seen, but probably should; all outside of the Disney/Pixar, Dreamworks and Studio Ghibli fare that dominate the world of animation....
Shakespeare at 450: His Top Ten Adaptations on Film David Brake April 27, 2014 Analysis, Features, Top 10 165 Comments Shakespeare. It's the most famous name in the English language, ringing proudly out across the British Isles. From his first works on stage around the 1590s to Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing in 2012,...
The Citizen Kane of Awful: LOL Tom Bond April 26, 2014 Features, Nostalgia, The Citizen Kane of Awful 1 Comment Cast: Miley Cyrus, Douglas Booth, Ashley Greene, Demi Moore Director: Lisa Azuelos Writers: Lisa Azuelos, Kamir Aïnouz Estimated Budget: $11 million U.S. Gross: Unknown When people...
Where Are They Now?: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone David Brake April 20, 2014 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? 1 Comment It's been 4752 days since Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone hit the silver screen. In that time, the world found out who Barack Obama was, the iPod/iPhone/iPad all entered existence and Facebook &...
Stories from the Set: Roman Holiday Chris Davies April 19, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Features, Stories from the Set 1 Comment A girl leaps from the bed and runs to the window. Outside people dance in the warm Italian night as she watches, longing to join them. She may be a princess, but her royal duties bind her; her capacious and...
Best Films Never Made #15: Alain Resnais’s Spider-Man Tom Bond April 18, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features 1 Comment Andrew Garfield, Marc Webb, Tobey Maguire, Sam Raimi: what if Alain Resnais and Henry Winkler were added to that list? It seems improbable, but once upon a time the legendary director of the French New Wave...
Making It Big: Somewhere The King David Brake April 16, 2014 Features, Independent, Making It Big 1 Comment Students, eh? A mass band of mad, crazy, drink riddled folk acting as a burden to society, right? Well, there are a few who buck the trend. Although we can't comment on the filmmaker's relation with madness...
Music of the Movies: Wes Anderson Andy J Smith April 13, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies When it comes to stylised quirkiness and off-the-wall humour, there is one film maker who stands out against all others, and that is the inimitable writer and director Wes Anderson. Having carved himself a...
Big Screen/Small Screen: Mad Men and the Movies Calum Baker April 12, 2014 Analysis, Close-Up, Features 2 Comments From The Apartment to Planet of the Apes, by way of Lane Pryce’s beloved The Bridge on the River Kwai: In advance of the Mad Men Season 7 premiere this Sunday, ORWAV takes a look at all things cinematic in...
The Movies & Me: John Michael McDonagh David Brake April 11, 2014 Features, Nostalgia, The Movies & Me Welcome to our new feature, The Movies & Me. In this monthly feature, we will be talking with the biggest names in film to find out their loves & loathings of the cinematic world. Leading Irish...
The Citizen Kane of Awful: Titanic – The Legend Goes On Tom Bond April 10, 2014 Features, Nostalgia, The Citizen Kane of Awful 1 Comment Cast: Lisa Russo, Mark Thompson-Ashworth, Silva Belton Director: Camillo Teti Writer: Camillo Teti Estimated Budget: Unknown U.S. Gross: Unknown When I say Titanic, what do you think of?...
