Your Week In Film: LEGO, Tron, Pooh, King Kong Stephen O'Nion March 3, 2017 News 1. The Oscars happened Right, that was easy. Next? 2. Jay Z has his head In the Heights Lin-Manuel Miranda may not have added the O to his EG_T on the weekend, but the creative polymath did get something...
Why Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine Is The Best There Is At What He Does Naomi Soanes February 28, 2017 Analysis, Features, Opinion Let’s face it: the world was a much warmer, cosier place back in 2000 when 20th Century Fox’s rebooted X-Men franchise first hit our screens. Gladiator was about to become one of the most beloved films of...
How Dane DeHaan Mastered The Low-Budget Drama Naomi Soanes February 24, 2017 Analysis, Features, Spotlight By now you've probably seen the trailer for A Cure for Wellness, a movie that could easily turn out to be the most bizarre of 2017. It’s a far cry from the usual spiel for director Gore Verbinski,...
Your Week In Film: Batman, BAFTA, Biopics! Stephen O'Nion February 17, 2017 News 1. The BAFTAs happened February 12 saw the 70th British Academy Film Awards take place at the Royal Albert Hall. As is the custom, seats were sat in, drinks were drunk and awards were awarded. Annoyingly...
Fifty Shades Darker – Review Danielle Davenport February 12, 2017 Reviews Fifty Shades Darker is a movie critics will love to hate, and yet the film will inevitably entice viewers in their intrigued millions. Both perspectives are understandable. "Escapism" is the epitomising...
Best Films Never Made #36: Forrest Gump 2 Joni Blyth January 31, 2017 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features When you really think about it, Forrest Gump is a weird movie. Pitch it in the abstract - "let’s send this random hayseed careening through recent history like a southern Doctor Who" - and it sounds...
Pablo Larraín: Bringing Edge to the Period Biopic Nick Evan-Cook January 19, 2017 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Chile is not all lovely wine, productive copper mines, and functional yet attractive attacking football - in recent years its diverse, powerful and cultured arthouse cinema industry has enjoyed a strong and...
Zero Days – Review Eddie Falvey January 7, 2017 Reviews Alex Gibney sits comfortably beside the likes of Asif Kapadia and Joshua Oppenheimer as one of the best documentarians working today. After the likes of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, the Oscar winning...
Your Week In Film: Rising Stars, Deadpool, Han Solo and more! Stephen O'Nion January 6, 2017 News 1. Nominations announced for BAFTA Rising Star Award We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: democracy simply doesn’t work. That said, the “as voted for by you” BAFTA Rising Star Award has a...
ORWAV’s 30 Films To Be Excited About In 2017 David Brake January 4, 2017 Analysis, Features, One Off 2016 was a great year of film. Honest to God, our Top 20 was the strongest it's ever been. And we're not too bad at predicting the frontrunners either. Captain America: Civil War, Everybody Wants Some!!, The...
Top 20 Films of 2016: 8. Anomalisa Conor Morgan December 23, 2016 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Despite all of the numerous terrible things that have happened, 2016 has at least given us some truly original films. We’ve seen such leftfield ideas as a punk rock siege led by neo-Nazi Captain Picard,...
Top 20 Films of 2016: 20 to 11 David Brake December 20, 2016 Analysis, Features, Top 10 It’s here! The One Room With A View Top 20 films of 2016 has arrived. It’s been an extraordinary year of cinema - despite the troubling situations elsewhere. This was one of the closest years we’ve seen...
The ORWAV Christmas Gift Guide 2016 Tom Bond December 14, 2016 Competitions 2016 has been a bit of a shitshow. Half the western world has been stunned by that shock political duo, Trump and Brexit, and if you weren’t disappointed by them, then you were definitely rocked by the...
A Beginner’s Guide to… Spike Lee Joints Kambole Campbell December 1, 2016 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features “By any means necessary” – the mantra that often opens Spike Lee’s films – would appear to reflect the director's core beliefs: the absolute necessity of equality for African Americans, by any means...
The Perks of Being the Wallflower: Logan Lerman Naomi Soanes November 17, 2016 Analysis, Features, Spotlight What’s the first film that springs to mind when you say the name Logan Lerman? Percy Jackson? Maybe even The Perks of Being a Wallflower? But for some, this name wouldn’t strike any recognition at all....