Entebbe – Review Joni Blyth May 13, 2018 Reviews This film was previously reviewed on 22/02/18 as part of Berlinale. The hijacking of Air France 139 was the work of numerous factions allied to a range of political causes, and their interplay is one of the...
Spotlight: The Irresistible Rise of Daniel Brühl Nick Evan-Cook May 9, 2018 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Here’s a tough one: how do you make a cinema audience sympathise with a WW2 Nazi? It’s probably best that he doesn’t buy into the regime - no-one would like that. It would help to make him reject the...
7 Days in Entebbe – Berlinale 2018 Review Joni Blyth February 22, 2018 Reviews The hijacking of Air France 139 was the work of numerous factions allied to a range of political causes, and their interplay is one of the most intriguing elements of 7 Days in Entebbe. Disappointingly, this...
The Cloverfield Paradox – Review Tom Bond February 5, 2018 Reviews When a film is released with next to no warning or hype, it means one of two things: a car crash is being cleaned up before too many people see it, or the finished film is so good it will grab attention...
The Promise – Review Tori Brazier January 19, 2017 Reviews An impressive amount of access - and diligence - sets this true crime documentary apart from others. The Promise's angle of Jens Söring's possible (and protested) innocence - he claims to have provided a...
The Colony – Review Tori Brazier July 9, 2016 Reviews Focusing on the now infamous Colonia Dignidad of Paul Schäfer, undisturbed in the Chilean countryside for near forty years, The Colony reads like something from the warped dystopian genre currently so beloved...
Alone In Berlin – Berlinale 2016 Review Eddie Falvey February 16, 2016 Reviews It's true that not all good stories make for good films; what Vincent Perez's plodding, predictable, utterly perfunctory WWII drama fails to recognise is that it doesn't even have a particularly good story on...
Burnt – Review Alex Flood November 7, 2015 Reviews Bradley Cooper sizzles as manic head chef Adam Jones in this undercooked restaurant drama about a former drug addict in search of career redemption in the big city. Barreling his way through scene after...
Woman in Gold – Berlinale 2015 Review David Brake February 15, 2015 Reviews Following in the vein of Simon Curtis' last feature My Week with Marilyn, Woman in Gold is a safe yet surprisingly moving film. Mirren is on startling form, delivering one-liners and thoughtful...
A Love Letter To… Good Bye Lenin! Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan January 20, 2015 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia For many, their first exposure to Spanish-German actor Daniel Brühl was in 2009's Inglourious Basterds, or even more recently in 2013's Rush. However, Brühl has been acting since the beginning of the new...
Joyeux Noël – The Ultimate Christmas Movie David Brake December 22, 2013 Analysis, Features, Opinion 3 Comments It’s nearly Christmas, and to celebrate, the writers of One Room With A View are going to present their arguments as to why their choice is the Ultimate Christmas Movie. After David argued for Die Hard,...
Extremely Premature Oscar 2014 Predictions David Brake November 9, 2013 Analysis, Features, One Off 7 Comments With Oscar-buzzed films emerging from the woodwork, it seems it's high time to start making wild predictions months before the ceremony/nominations announcement. We won't do every category just yet as that's...