Debate: What Makes A Great Blockbuster? Tom Bond June 22, 2017 Analysis, Debate, Features What makes a great blockbuster? Action? Romance? Explosions? A huge budget? We’ve made it our mission to answer that question once and for all, ahead of our upcoming ORWAV blockbuster season. We’ll be...
Best Films Never Made #39: Joss Whedon’s Wonder Woman Carmen Paddock May 30, 2017 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features The DC Extended Universe is rapidly expanding this year; while one film shy of Marvel’s 2017 output, hopes are high for Wonder Woman and Justice League to redeem the lacklustre receptions given to last...
Ang Lee’s Hulk: The Superhero Blockbuster That Was Ahead Of Its Time Phil W. Bayles February 8, 2017 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance 2 Comments In 2017, it’s increasingly difficult to remember a time when superhero movies weren’t one of the biggest pop-culture phenomena in history. Way back at the beginning of the millennium, however, the genre...
What’s The Best Marvel Film? Phil W. Bayles April 27, 2016 Analysis, Debate, Features This week sees the release of Captain America: Civil War, the other big superhero punch-up of 2016. But as Steve Rogers and Tony Stark come to blows over the ethics of being a costumed hero, we at ORWAV are...
A Beginner’s Guide to… The Marvel Cinematic Universe Madeline Joint April 22, 2015 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features Simply, if you haven’t heard of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (which you totally have if you’ve been anywhere near a cinema, TV, billboard, another person or a Burger King since 2008): they are a series of...
Spoiler Warning! Marvel’s Biggest Problem Bertie Archer April 21, 2015 Analysis, Features, Opinion Avengers, Assemble! Captain America? A-okay. Iron Man? Check. Hawkeye? Here. Thor? Another! Yes, your favourite heroes (Batman is so noughties) are back for another round of comic-book battling, and I'm not...
The ORWAV Playlist – April 2015 Calum Baker April 2, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies 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...
ORWAV’s 30 Films To Be Excited About In 2015 David Brake December 31, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off 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...
Thor: The Dark World – Review David Brake November 5, 2013 Reviews 3 Comments The overwhelming problem with Thor 2 is it’s undeniably successful at ticking boxes. It’s got explosions, jokes and Loki galore - but where’s the beef? To explain, there are just too many characters....
51 Pieces of Movie Trivia You May Not Know David Brake August 19, 2013 Features, Nostalgia, Ten Degrees of Trivia 5 Comments You've had 50 slices of movie trivia so let's go one better. Literally. ENJOY! 1. Die Hard originated from the failed script of Commando 2. 2. Samuel L. Jackson demanded that the studio keep Snakes on a...
50 Slices of Movie Trivia You May Not Know David Brake May 8, 2013 Features, Nostalgia, Ten Degrees of Trivia 23 Comments 1. Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho was the first film to ever show a toilet flush. 2. After Jaws, Spielberg tried to hang around the movie set for Alfred Hitchcock's 1976 film Family Plot in the hope of...
