Where Are They Now?: Shaun of the Dead Louise Burrell April 8, 2019 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? 15 years ago, the team behind cult Channel 4 sitcom Spaced released their love letter to zombie films, Shaun of the Dead. While it had all the jumps, scares, and apocalyptic doom of a great zombie movie, it...
Spotlight: Lily James’ Journey From Disney Princess to Dancing Queen Katy Moon July 19, 2018 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Much like her spiritual predecessor Keira Knightley, at this point it’s difficult not to picture Lily James in a corset. From Downton Abbey, Disney’s Cinderella, Tolstoy’s Natasha Rostova and even...
The Heist Film: A History Alice Rooney June 19, 2018 Analysis, Close-Up, Features As a common sub-genre of crime films, the heist is going through a renaissance. In recent years, we have moved from the likes of The Bank Job, a film where Jason Statham does exactly what the title says on the...
Short of the Week – The Heist Carmen Paddock September 11, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/230559377 Summer 2017 has seen two excellent heist films – Baby Driver and Logan Lucky – in cinemas, so it seems appropriate to celebrate a four-minute spoof of the genre. The...
Your Week In Film: Drivers, Detectives and Dark Wizards Stephen O'Nion July 7, 2017 News 1. Melissa McCarthy will try and solve the Happytime Murders In the seedy underbelly for the City of Angels, crime is ever present. It’ll take two detectives, with different outlooks, experiences and skin...
Team Talk – Baby Driver Louise Burrell July 2, 2017 Reviews Edgar Wright's Baby Driver finally came screeching into cinemas this week, set to what is arguably one of the greatest soundtracks in recent years and featuring a superb cast made up of the likes of Kevin...
Top 10 Movie Moments of 2017… So Far Tom Bond June 28, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 It’s the end of June, so that means it’s time for our favourite ORWAV tradition: the listing of our top 10 movie moments of the year so far, spoilers and all. You’ll get lists thrown at you ad...
Why The World’s End is Edgar Wright’s Best Film Phil W. Bayles June 26, 2017 Analysis, Features, Opinion "To err is human! So... err... " Hype can be a cruel mistress. After the first two instalments of Edgar Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy were respectively one of the best British horror movies of the century so...
Why Shaun of the Dead is Edgar Wright’s Best Film Sinead McCausland June 20, 2017 Analysis, Features, Opinion Fans often underestimate the staying power of Shaun of the Dead, the first of Edgar Wright's "Three Flavours Cornetto" trilogy. When held up against Wright's more recent films like Hot Fuzz, The World's End,...
Baby Driver – Review Kambole Campbell June 19, 2017 Reviews From the first car chase – set to ‘Bellbottoms’ – Baby Driver makes its mission clear in a manner not unlike Damien Chazelle's crossover hit La La Land: this is another untraditional musical....
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...
Short of the Week – The Fly Phil W. Bayles December 5, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/139863591 Way back in 2003 director Edgar Wright shot the music video for Mint Royale's 'Blue Song', which starred Noel Fielding as a getaway driver waiting for three bank robbers...
