Scene Stealers: Ian McShane in Hot Rod Joni Blyth April 10, 2019 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers He’s Al Swearengen. He’s Lovejoy. He’s Odin. He’s Lancashire’s greatest export since the Jelly Baby. You know him, you fear him, you can’t resist his wild eyes – Ian McShane has us all in the...
I Need a Hero… But is it Richard Madden? Naomi Soanes April 19, 2016 Analysis, Features, Spotlight How much do we really know about Richard Madden? Sure, uttering his name strikes images of Red Weddings, Fairy Godmothers, and a seriously racy turn in 2015’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover. But could this be the...
Spotlight: Tom McCarthy Calum Baker February 2, 2016 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Tom McCarthy is known for many things: he’s a critically well-liked writer-director whose most recent film, Spotlight, is garnering accolades around the world. He’s a very recognisable “That guy!”...
The Transporter Refueled – Interview with Ed Skrein David Brake September 2, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Features, Interview You may have seen Frank Martin in his previous Jason Statham incarnations, but now this franchise is being refuelled with Ed Skrein at the helm. In The Transporter Refueled the English actor portrays...
Second Chance: Troy Tori Brazier July 23, 2015 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance Defending Troy is enough to get you excommunicated from the Classics community - for there is a lot wrong with the 2004 Hollywood blockbuster, adapted from Homer’s epic poem the Iliad. There is, however,...
Ambition – Review Danielle Davenport November 5, 2014 Reviews Ambition affords an unusual luxury to ORWAV; only 6 minutes, 39 seconds to discuss in our economical 100 words… It is an impressive and dizzying 399 seconds in which a space mission meets philosophy,...
Pompeii – Review Chris Davies May 2, 2014 Reviews 2 Comments While Gladiator was a modernised and engaging pastiche of the ancient historical epic, Pompeii is written and delivered with the soulless hum of a photocopier. Things heat up around the midway point,...