Live By Night – Review Christopher Preston January 12, 2017 Reviews What makes a “bad film”? Does the whole shebang have to be rotten? Or is it just aspects - the director, the cast, the story, the idea? It might be these questions, and probably a few more, that will...
Your Week In Film: TIFF, Affleck’s Return, Sorkin’s Debut, Deathstroke, and more! Stephen O'Nion September 9, 2016 News 1. Toronto International Film Festival kicks off with The Magnificent Seven This week the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) kicked off with Antoine Fuqua's The Magnificent Seven. Unsurprisingly for...
Your Week In Film: Batman’s Villains, Chan’s Oscar, Thor’s Vacation, and more! Eddie Falvey September 2, 2016 News 1. Has Ben Affleck revealed the identity of the latest Batman villain? Yeah, probably. It sure looks like Batman has himself a new villain, and Jared Leto is nowhere to be seen. On Monday, the growl behind...
Suicide Squad – Review Joni Blyth August 5, 2016 Reviews It’s tough to follow a masterpiece, but it can be tougher to follow a failure. While the new Ultimate Edition has made some headway into redeeming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, all eyes are on Suicide...
“Why So Serious?”: The Evolution of the Joker Henry Gatrell August 3, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features The Joker is among the most formidable and fear-inspiring villains ever to grace the screen. He has become incredibly versatile and adaptable, his behaviour impossible to predict, leaving viewers vulnerable to...
Batman V Superman: A Second Chance? Joni Blyth July 26, 2016 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance Picture the scene: it’s March of this year. Warner Bros. executives are sitting in a conference room. The atmosphere is chilly, and it’s not the air-con. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, a film decades...
Your Week In Film: DC, Disney’s Dollars, And Lots More Stephen O'Nion May 20, 2016 News 1. Warner Bros. reorganises DC division, sets up a Harley Quinn spinoff After the $870 million-grossing “failure” that was Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Warner Bros. has made significant changes to...
Top 10 Voice Acting Performances Daniel Orton April 12, 2016 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Alla Nazimova, the famed Broadway star of the early 1900s, apparently once said that “sincerity and the correct use of the voice are the greatest things in the art of acting.” So without further ado...
Your Week In Film: Batman, Blade Runner, Boycotts and More Stephen O'Nion April 1, 2016 News We're still fresh to this News malarkey so this week we thought we'd change the format of things. We'll still cover industry news as well as the movings and shakings of those projects in production, but...
Batman Begins: The Caped Crusader’s Early Years Christopher Preston March 31, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Batman and Superman are currently clobbering each other through cinemas around the globe, but where did it all begin? One Room With A View casts the Bat Signal back through time, past the Nolan-noughties, past...
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – Review Christopher Preston March 24, 2016 Reviews Zack Snyder loathes Superman just as much as the Bat of Gotham does. His two-film mauling of the Son of Krypton has been been far worse than anything dealt out in this movie’s brawl. The second, important...
Best Films Never Made #26: George Miller’s Justice League David Brake August 18, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features 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...
A Beginner’s Guide To… Tim Burton Calum Baker August 13, 2015 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features If there's one thing Tim Burton's excellent at, it's directing films. Equally, if there's one thing Tim Burton's terrible at... it's directing films. 30 years since his feature debut, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure,...
Win The LEGO® Movie On DVD! David Brake July 4, 2014 Competitions 2 Comments To celebrate the release of THE LEGO® MOVIE, AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL HD FROM JULY 7TH AND 3D, BLU-RAY AND DVD ON JULY 21ST, we've got a competition for five lucky people to win a copy of THE LEGO®...
12 Rounds With Bobby Holland Hanton Hugh Blackstaffe June 17, 2014 12 Rounds, Behind The Curtain, Features 17 Comments 12 Rounds is the latest feature from One Room With A View as we celebrate the talent behind the blockbuster action we see on screen. From military advisers to stunt performers, we're going 12 rounds with...