Why You Should Read Mortal Engines Before Seeing the Film Joni Blyth December 6, 2018 Analysis, By The Book, Features Let’s be real, there’s like a 50/50 chance that Mortal Engines is going to be any good, let alone do right by its source material. Fans of the book will agree that Peter Jackson, director of Lord of the...
How One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Mastered the Art of Adaptation Calum Baker April 13, 2017 Analysis, By The Book, Features 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...
Christmas Gift Guide: Silver Screeners and Family Friendly Film Tom Bond December 16, 2014 Competitions 2 Comments It’s that most wonderful time of the year, full of food and films for all to enjoy, and here at ORWAV we thought we’d do our bit to get you in the Christmas spirit with a gift guide for all your festive...
Christmas Gift Guide: Arthouse Addict and Sci-Fi Superstar Tom Bond December 14, 2014 Competitions 2 Comments It’s that most wonderful time of the year, full of food and films for all to enjoy, and here at ORWAV we thought we’d do our bit to get you in the Christmas spirit with a gift guide for all your festive...
A Love Letter To… Life Of Pi Danielle Davenport November 8, 2014 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia I first saw Life of Pi in immersive, delicate and dreamlike 3-D, and left the cinema enraptured by the story I’d seen. The spectacle of the film offered adventure, emotion, allegorical insight, and stunning...
CEL Mates: Sita Sings The Blues Conor Morgan August 31, 2014 CEL Mates, Features, Independent Sita Sings the Blues is a 2008 film written, produced and directed by Nina Paley, who also features in the film. In a rather unorthodox fashion, the entire film is created using the Adobe animation program...
Maybeland: Children of Men Madeline Joint July 13, 2014 Features, Independent, Maybeland In 2027 the youngest human on Earth is killed. None will come after him. They’ve all stopped: there are no more pregnancies, no more births, no more babies, and no answers. In the chaos of the 18 years since...
Mr. Morgan’s Last Love – Review Stephen O'Nion July 11, 2014 Reviews Last Love begins with Michael Caine attempting an American accent and wandering the streets of a rose-tinted Paris, in mourning. Having fallen in with Poésy, herself nursing issues - “I like your beard,...
In Secret – Review Stephen O'Nion May 17, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment In Secret feels like a film that has sat in stasis, waiting - to get made, for its cast to stabilise, for its leads to maybe even make it big. In a claustrophobic, stagey Paris primarily existing within a...
The Book Thief – Review Stephen O'Nion February 27, 2014 Reviews It may span the most significant decades of last century, but The Book Thief pretty much boils down to girl-lives-with-family, girl-learns-to-read - for two hours. Over John William’s all-pervading score,...
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory: The Most Interesting Movie Ever Made? David Brake February 24, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Features, Stories from the Set Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is one of the most celebrated children's films of all time. Infectious songs, eccentricities beyond compare and a surprising darkness that lingers in the mind, Willy...
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty – Review David Brake December 16, 2013 Reviews Dreamers can live a solitary existence, their greatest works performing to an audience of one. Walter Mitty attempts to break that notion through expensive effects and a can-do attitude. Regrettably, the...