Black Widow – Review Anahit Behrooz July 9, 2021 Reviews This article contains spoilers for Avengers: Endgame Say what you will about the MCU, it is without a doubt cinema’s most punctual franchise. With 23 films released over 11 years, the arrival of a new...
ORWAV’s Top 100 Films of the 2010s: #60-41 Calum Baker December 14, 2019 Analysis, Features, One Off, Top 10 Our countdown of the Top 100 Films of the Decade continues apace as we start reaching the titles with some very high aggregate scores. Debate continues to rage over the relative merits of (usually heavy)...
John Wick vs. The World: The Action Film’s Evolution Chris Edwards May 17, 2019 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Action movies aren't what they used to be. With the incredible advancement of CGI allowing for ever-increasing financial success, modern action has become all about sequels, remakes and adaptations. This...
How Avengers: Endgame Critiques Franchise Cinema Tom Bond May 5, 2019 Analysis, Features, Opinion This article contains spoilers for Avengers: Endgame What do you mean critiques? It’s the epic crowning glory of the biggest franchise experiment in film history! Twenty-one films of character...
What’s Next for Marvel’s Women After Black Widow’s Endgame? Alex Goldstein May 1, 2019 Analysis, Features, Opinion Poor Black Widow. Introduced as a skin-tight catsuit, deemed a "monster" for her infertility, and finally sacrificed in favour of a grief-stricken revenge murderer who happens to be a dad. She doesn’t even...
Team Talk – Avengers: Endgame Naomi Soanes April 28, 2019 Reviews It feels like it’s been a long wait since last year’s Infinity War, with only Captain Marvel and Ant-Man and the Wasp to satiate our MCU cravings after the fallout of Thanos’ snap. With this much hype...
Avengers: Endgame – Review Jack King April 23, 2019 Reviews Eleven years in the making, Avengers: Endgame is the finale to Marvel’s epic cinematic universe, one which has consistently broken box office records and won vast critical praise, combining its blockbuster...
10 Moments That Defined Marvel’s Avengers Tom Bond April 23, 2019 Analysis, Features, Top 10 It's been a long old road to reach the Endgame. 21 films, a crowd of super-powered, wise-cracking heroes, and the biggest box office phenomenon of the 21st century all come to a (sort of) end when Endgame hits...
Captain Marvel – Review Stephanie Watts March 5, 2019 Reviews Captain Marvel is an origin story that’s been a long time coming: the first Marvel female superhero to get her own movie, since the franchise kicked off 11 years ago with Iron Man. This feels like a...
Chris Hemsworth: Not Just a Pretty Face Carmen Paddock October 12, 2018 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Drew Goddard’s Bad Times at the El Royale – out this week – looks like a hell of a ride, especially with the stellar ensemble cast. Chris Hemsworth's role might be one of the smaller ones, but the...
For Better or Worse: How Has Marvel Changed Cinema? James Andrews April 26, 2018 Analysis, Features, Opinion 10 years and 18 movies in, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has taken a superhuman grip of both the box office and modern popular culture – and, for now at least, it shows no signs of letting go. But...
Who Will Die in Infinity War? Jack Blackwell April 25, 2018 Analysis, Features, One Off As the official Most Hyped Film Of All Time, Avengers: Infinity War is a source of non-stop speculation about its story. As the culmination of 10 years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it should be an...
Avengers: Infinity War – Review Bertie Archer April 24, 2018 Reviews Thanos has been waiting a long time, but by Titan it was worth the wait. With notable exceptions, Marvel has a villain problem – no more. Thanos is an imposing menace, ruthlessly efficient yet surprisingly...
ORWAV Debate: Who is Marvel’s Best Chris? Kambole Campbell October 25, 2017 Analysis, Debate, Features Marvel Studios' cinematic universe has all but taken over the the global box office, much like the crypto-fascist team the "Avengers" at its centre (just kidding). The decade-spanning, 18-film franchise owes...
What Are the Best Blockbusters of All Time? 40-31 Phil W. Bayles July 12, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 On Monday we started to list the 50 greatest blockbusters ever made, as voted for by the ORWAV writers and editors. Today, the quest continues... 40. The Mummy (1999) Some blockbusters are...