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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...

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...

This latest effort to adapt the hit video game franchise for the big screen bears more than a passing resemblance, bizarrely, to Mad Max: Fury Road; in that they're both about men of few words who assist a...

What if DC were level with Marvel? Scratch that, what if they were ahead? One film had the potential to make it happen nearly a decade earlier. The mastermind was George Miller; the man who made our ears and...

Halfway through this glorious year of film that we call 2015, we’ve decided to take stock and write about our favourite movie moments so far. We’ll save worrying about the best films of the year until...

The Western genre is sumptuously classical, historically entwined with cinema since its birth - and yet it is also helplessly turbulent, subject to postcolonial criticism for the histories it depicts in its...

This year has brought with it a huge number of (incredibly) long-awaited sequels. We've just witnessed the reopening of Isla Nubar in Jurassic World, next month we'll go back in time for Terminator...

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...

Last year saw a number of risky ventures defy the odds. None more so than Guardians of the Galaxy, which became the smash hit of the summer and ranks as one of the best Marvel has ever produced. So what...

Boyhood is our Number One for 2014, but let's be honest... the whole of 2014 was a stellar year. How can 2015 possibly match it? Well, we've done our research and here are 30 candidates in line to take your...

At its very best, cinema not only influences its audience but changes the very medium around it; a great film builds itself as it plays, showing you how to view it and redefining itself in real time. And this...

Spider-Man: Far From Home is the perfect film to follow the triumph and heartbreak of Avengers: Endgame, and deliver a fitting epilogue to Marvel’s Phase 3. It’s a teen film in every meaning of the word,...

2018 has seemingly had no end. With noise and gloom surrounding our everyday lives, it's time to reflect upon a fantastic year in the world of film. The One Room With A View Top 20 films of 2018 has arrived....

Needless to say, this article contains spoilers for the Twin Peaks TV series as well as the film. When Twin Peaks ended in 1991, it went out on 50 of the strangest, most wonderfully obtuse minutes of...

Adaptations: they're never as good as the book. Lord of the Rings purists would mostly agree, and though Ang Lee and Emma Thompson did an Oscar-winning number on Sense and Sensibility, there's no way any of...