Die Hard – The Ultimate Christmas Movie David Brake December 12, 2013 Analysis, Features, Opinion 26 Comments It's nearly Christmas! 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. We hope you enjoy the features and please...
Nebraska – Review Christopher Preston December 11, 2013 Reviews 1 Comment Nebraska has a destination, but Alexander Payne is in no hurry to get us there. His new movie ambles along gently; clippity-clopping towards its pot of gold, while it gazes back into the past. Its strength...
Oldboy (2013) – Review Christopher Preston December 10, 2013 Reviews Chan-wook Park's Oldboy squints into a broken mirror. It sees not a reflection but a remake; Spike Lee's version of events gurns back - the very definition of a pointless movie. Stripped of the original's...
The Act of Killing – Review Christopher Preston December 10, 2013 Reviews 1 Comment Prepare yourself for The Act of Killing. For two hours you will keep the company of men who shrug off torture, laugh at rape, and consider murder as fodder for interesting anecdotes. Indonesia, post the...
Making It Big: Wisdomkeepers, Paqo Andino David Brake December 6, 2013 Features, Independent, Making It Big So far in our quest to show you the great and glorious of the Kickstarter world, we've touched projects from all different backgrounds & genres - documentaries, animations and sci-fi shorts to name but a...
Making It Big: The Million Dollar Duck David Brake November 24, 2013 Features, Independent, Making It Big So far in Making It Big, we've promoted gorgeous stop motion animations to feature length psychological thrillers - all within the boundaries of the fictional. Therefore it's time to support the factual with a...
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Review David Brake November 22, 2013 Reviews 1 Comment Katniss Everdeen is an inspiration to all. She’s feisty, honest, kickass and real. All of this derives from Jennifer Lawrence. From start to (especially) finish, she impresses. However, her brilliance...
Saving Mr. Banks – Review Christopher Preston November 18, 2013 Reviews 1 Comment Disney doing Disney, featuring Walt Disney. There was always going to be more than a spoonful of sugar to help this medicine go down, but the helping is so large in Saving Mr. Banks, it threatens to send you...
Making It Big: Three’s A Crowd David Brake November 18, 2013 Features, Independent, Making It Big In this installment of Making It Big, we're focusing on the little guy. About 4 inches tall to be precise. We're giving a boost to a new stop-motion film based in the U.K. from award winning animator, Trevor...
Short Term 12 – Review Christopher Preston November 13, 2013 Reviews 2 Comments An independent movie focusing on the consequences of child abuse does not sound like the year’s most uplifting film but, somehow, Short Term 12 has managed to be just that. Set almost entirely within a...
Blue is the Warmest Color – LFF Review Christopher Preston November 5, 2013 Reviews Blue is the Warmest Color’s reputation precedes it, for its graphic depiction of lesbian sex if not its Palme d’Or win earlier this year. But step over the controversy, and what you’ll find is a very...
Making It Big: Still David Brake November 1, 2013 Features, Independent, Making It Big In this next installment of Making It Big, we enter the horrors of the mind & witness our lead Alice Weldon survive her increasingly disturbing dreams following her recent hospitalization as well as...
12 Years a Slave – LFF review Christopher Preston October 31, 2013 Reviews 3 Comments No longer must Chiwetel Ejiofor suffer the slight of being labelled an "up-and-coming" actor. His performance in 12 Years a Slave ensures that he can trade in that tired soundbite and replace with another:...
Enough Said – Review David Brake October 26, 2013 Reviews 1 Comment James Gandolfini’s final bow is an impeccably performed, hugely likeable, entirely naturalistic romantic comedy for grown-ups. Avoiding the usual pitfalls and pratfalls of the genre, Holofcener’s...
Best Films Never Made #3: Neill Blomkamp’s Halo David Brake October 21, 2013 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features 10 Comments In amongst the dusty annals of the best films never made, one blockbuster lies atop the pile. Widely known and anticipated for the last eight years, the ultimate videogame film adaptation, and the one film...