The Double – Review Christopher Preston April 3, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment The Double sees Jesse Eisenberg thumping his two favourite masks - milksop and scumbag - together as if they were a pair of cymbals. This doppelgänger nightmare is something we should want to digest...
Muppets Most Wanted – Review Christopher Preston April 2, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment Muppets Most Wanted isn’t the Muppets resting upon their laurels. It’s them lounging on a throne crafted from pure nostalgic complacency. Ricky Gervais picks up where Jason Segel and Amy Adams left off....
Starred Up – Review Christopher Preston March 20, 2014 Reviews Starred Up serves its porridge with bits of broken glass. It grins as it spits teeth, just as likely to erupt into another volcanic episode of violence as it is to cough up a pearl of prison wisdom. Jack...
300: Rise of an Empire – Review Christopher Preston March 4, 2014 Reviews 2 Comments 300 was brawny entertainment back in 2006, pumped full of radioactive testosterone. But this feeble sort-of sequel exhibits a warrior well past its prime. Weak and saggy, the once-chiseled abs have melted into...
Non-Stop – Review Christopher Preston March 3, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment In recent years, Liam Neeson has punched one half of a Middle-Eastern crime family, identity thieves, a pack of wolves, and the other half of said Middle-Eastern crime family. Now he has to punch an endangered...
Need For Speed – Review Christopher Preston February 27, 2014 Reviews A song scabs over the penultimate scene of Need For Speed (or Braking Bad) before it hits you that it’s actually a truly dreadful cover of Dylan’s 'All Along The Watchtower'. This mangled arrangement...
The LEGO Movie – Review Christopher Preston February 18, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment The LEGO Movie is a chocolate box of joy. Some jokes may not taste as good as others, but you are never too far away from something you’re going to adore. Lord and Miller have done it again, this time...
RoboCop (2014) – Review Christopher Preston February 10, 2014 Reviews 2 Comments Lay down your pitchforks. Extinguish your torches. José Padilha’s RoboCop reboot is most definitely not the disaster we expected (and perhaps even hoped for). A philosophical twist on the original story...
Kim Jong-Il & Hollywood: A Tale of Kidnapping, Videotapes and Sean Connery David Brake January 28, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off "All our movies are filled with crying and sobbing. I didn't order them to portray that kind of thing" - Kim Jong-Il "The cinema occupies an important place in the overall development of art and literature....
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – Review Christopher Preston January 26, 2014 Reviews 2 Comments Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is an old song being covered by a new band. Spies, baddies, countries at stake. There is even a rivalry between America and Russia. Fancy that! Chris Pine is a likeable lead, but...
The One Room With A View Show Christopher Preston January 23, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off The iTunes store is a dense jungle of content. It has become overgrown with mp3s and mp4s, singles, albums, compilations, movies and TV shows, books and even collections for University study. But machete your...
Top 10 Films of 2013: Sophie David Brake December 29, 2013 Analysis, Features, Top 10 As 2013 draws to a close, it’s time to reel off One Room With A View’s Top Ten Films of 2013. Each writer will list their top ten and we’ll reach an ultimate list at the end. To achieve this, we’ll be...
Top 10 Films of 2013: Christopher Christopher Preston December 29, 2013 Analysis, Features, Top 10 As 2013 draws to a close, it’s time to reel off One Room With A View’s Top Ten Films of 2013. Each writer will list their top ten and we’ll reach an ultimate list at the end. To achieve this, we’ll be...
Top 10 Films of 2013: David David Brake December 26, 2013 Analysis, Features, Top 10 1 Comment As 2013 draws to a close, it's time to reel off One Room With A View's Top Ten Films of 2013. Each writer will list their top ten and we'll reach an ultimate list at the end. To achieve this, we'll be using a...
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...