The Hobbit As Three Films: Why Peter Jackson Is Right Chris Davies December 18, 2013 Analysis, Features, Opinion 2 Comments With the recent release of The Desolation of Smaug, Peter Jackson’s second instalment of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, the argument “I don’t see why it needs to be three films when it’s such a small...
A Beginner’s Guide To… Michael Bay Chris Davies December 17, 2013 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features 4 Comments One of Hollywood’s most financially successful filmmakers yet often critically derided, Bay has directed films such as Bad Boys, The Rock, Pearl Harbor and the Transformers trilogy. During the 1980s, two...
Die Hard 2 – The Ultimate Christmas Movie Stephen O'Nion December 17, 2013 Analysis, Features, Opinion 6 Comments It’s nearly Christmas! To celebrate, the writers of One Room With A View are going to present their arguments as to why their choice is the Ultimate Christmas Movie. We hope you enjoy the features and please...
30 Parcels of Christmas Movie Trivia David Brake December 15, 2013 Features, Nostalgia, Ten Degrees of Trivia It's Christmas once more and what better way to get into the festive fun than with some trivia you may not know about your favourite Christmas movies. Below you'll find 30 parcels of knowledge waiting for you...
Die Hard – The Ultimate Christmas Movie David Brake December 12, 2013 Analysis, Features, Opinion 26 Comments It's nearly Christmas! To celebrate, the writers of One Room With A View are going to present their arguments as to why their choice is the Ultimate Christmas Movie. We hope you enjoy the features and please...
A Beginner’s Guide To… The Coen Brothers Chris Davies December 10, 2013 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features 3 Comments Brothers Joel and Ethan Coen have created critically-acclaimed films in a range of genres for the past thirty years, including The Big Lebowski, Fargo, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and No Country for Old...
Best Films Never Made #4: Darren Aronofsky’s Batman Patrick Taylor December 8, 2013 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features 1 Comment About a year and a half has elapsed since Christopher Nolan’s fabled Dark Knight trilogy reached its conclusion. Such was the success of Nolan’s stewardship of the comic book legend, Warner Bros. was...
Making It Big: Wisdomkeepers, Paqo Andino David Brake December 6, 2013 Features, Independent, Making It Big So far in our quest to show you the great and glorious of the Kickstarter world, we've touched projects from all different backgrounds & genres - documentaries, animations and sci-fi shorts to name but a...
The 25 Worst Accents In Movies Ever David Brake December 3, 2013 Analysis, Features, One Off 2 Comments Accents are a key part of any actor's repartee. Any good actor can deliver a performance that could move a grown man to tears or could make a fully packed cinema laugh raucously at their comedic aplomb BUT if...
A Beginner’s Guide To… Ridley Scott Chris Davies December 3, 2013 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features 1 Comment Ridley Scott is one of Britain’s finest filmmakers, with a career spanning almost forty years and including such iconic films as Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma and Louise and Gladiator. Born in North-East...
Top 10 Movie Flops of 2013 David Brake November 28, 2013 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Thanks to the wonderful people at Forbes (via BoxOfficeMojo), the biggest flops - financially speaking - have been revealed for 2013. Even with very little movie knowledge, the candidates are pretty obvious to...
Making It Big: The Million Dollar Duck David Brake November 24, 2013 Features, Independent, Making It Big So far in Making It Big, we've promoted gorgeous stop motion animations to feature length psychological thrillers - all within the boundaries of the fictional. Therefore it's time to support the factual with a...
Making It Big: Three’s A Crowd David Brake November 18, 2013 Features, Independent, Making It Big In this installment of Making It Big, we're focusing on the little guy. About 4 inches tall to be precise. We're giving a boost to a new stop-motion film based in the U.K. from award winning animator, Trevor...
Extremely Premature Oscar 2014 Predictions David Brake November 9, 2013 Analysis, Features, One Off 7 Comments With Oscar-buzzed films emerging from the woodwork, it seems it's high time to start making wild predictions months before the ceremony/nominations announcement. We won't do every category just yet as that's...
Making It Big: Still David Brake November 1, 2013 Features, Independent, Making It Big In this next installment of Making It Big, we enter the horrors of the mind & witness our lead Alice Weldon survive her increasingly disturbing dreams following her recent hospitalization as well as...