Tom Hanks: Spielberg’s Everyman Hero James Andrews January 16, 2018 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Saving Private Ryan. Catch Me If You Can. The Terminal. Bridge of Spies. And now, The Post. What do they all have in common? Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. As their fifth collaboration – a '70s-set...
From Stage To Screen: How Mark Rylance Ruled Hollywood Tori Brazier July 22, 2017 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Sir Mark Rylance is currently having a bit of a moment on the international stage – and one which looks set to continue this week with the release of Christopher Nolan’s war epic Dunkirk. Until recently...
2016 Oscar Nominations: Did They Get It Right? Patrick Taylor January 14, 2016 Analysis, Debate, Features So, the Academy Awards are upon us once more and this year's band of intrepid nominees have been released into the wild to vie for golden-statue-glory on 22nd February. We've assembled a crack team of our own...
A Beginner’s Guide To…Tom Hanks Patrick Taylor December 1, 2015 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features In many respects, Thomas Jeffrey Hanks is Mr Hollywood. He has starred in some of the most critically acclaimed films of the last 25 years, bagging a couple of Oscars along the way. Beyond his acting work...
Top 10 Cold War Movies Calum Baker November 27, 2015 Analysis, Features, Top 10 The decades-long Cold War is, in many ways, one of the most literary of all international conflicts - which is why, perhaps, it hasn't found as perennial a home on screen as some of its louder cousins. That...
Bridge of Spies – Review Tom Bond November 25, 2015 Reviews For someone so universally loved, Steven Spielberg can be quite a divisive director. Sometimes his sentimentality and upstanding morals warm your heart, and sometimes they stick in your throat. Bridge of Spies...
The Oscar Goes To… ? The 2016 Oscars Race May Be The Closest Yet David Brake November 4, 2015 Analysis, Features, Opinion It's 116 days till the Oscars. It's early November, and yet we do not have our champion for Best Picture. Well, we may have several. Usually we will have our frontrunners by now, but at present, anybody could...
The ORWAV Playlist – November 2015 Calum Baker November 3, 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...
Impossibly Early Oscar Predictions – 2015-16 Calum Baker March 3, 2015 Analysis, Features, One Off 2 Comments Okay ORWeenies, it's that time of year again. After we punted for Gone Girl, Interstellar, Inherent Vice, Into the Woods, Unbroken and Foxcatcher last time (as well as Theory of Everything, Imitation Game,...