Missing Link – Review Phil W. Bayles April 3, 2019 Reviews The world of animation has been going through some major evolution in recent years, with films like The LEGO Movie and its spin-offs or Into the Spider-Verse pushing the boundaries of what the medium can look...
The Front Runner – Review Joni Blyth January 13, 2019 Reviews This review was originally published as part of our London Film Festival coverage on 15/10/2018. It’s a tough time to talk about America; any film covering politics is drawn into the vortex of the...
The Front Runner – LFF 2018 Review Joni Blyth October 15, 2018 Reviews It’s a tough time to talk about America; any film covering politics is drawn into the vortex of the current climate. The Front Runner is no exception; in positioning itself as something of a quasi-origin...
The Greatest Showman – Review Katy Moon December 26, 2017 Reviews In true Barnum spirit, director Michael Gracey’s dazzling musical The Greatest Showman embraces his subject’s famous proclivity for massaging the truth. The man who once paraded elderly ex-slave Joice Heth...
The Prestige Is More Than Just Two Great Twists Rory Steabler December 26, 2017 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia The title of The Greatest Showman, out this week, refers to the 19th-century circus entrepreneur P.T. Barnum, though it could just as well refer to the movie’s star. Hugh Jackman has proved again and again...
Your Week In Film: Democrats, Dunham, Dennison and Deadpool Stephen O'Nion June 30, 2017 News 1. Maybe Power Rangers would have worked as a PG Power Rangers flopped. It wasn’t a complete surprise, but considering the kitsch factor and the potential for global appeal, it was still a little bit of a...
Your Week In Film: Ridley, Robbie, Racing Cars and more! Stephen O'Nion March 10, 2017 News 1. Ridley Scott has another Alien in him, not like John Hurt did If we asked who’s excited for the new Alien film, we’re sure we’d get a positive response. If we asked who’s pumped for six more...
Why Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine Is The Best There Is At What He Does Naomi Soanes February 28, 2017 Analysis, Features, Opinion Let’s face it: the world was a much warmer, cosier place back in 2000 when 20th Century Fox’s rebooted X-Men franchise first hit our screens. Gladiator was about to become one of the most beloved films of...
Logan – Berlinale 2017 Review Christopher Preston February 17, 2017 Reviews “Right or wrong, it’s a brand,” Alan Ladd’s Shane philosophises in the western which bears his name. “A brand sticks. There’s no going back.” The line has been included in Logan, the widely...
Was X-Men: The Last Stand Really That Bad? Patrick Taylor May 17, 2016 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance The conclusion to a second X-Men franchise is upon us. 2011’s X-Men: First Class sent us back to the swinging sixties with Charles Xavier and his groovy mutations and now it comes to a head in X-Men:...
Eddie the Eagle – Review Conor Morgan March 30, 2016 Reviews Whilst Eddie the Eagle may use every cliche in the book, and takes some major poetic licence for narrative's sake (the requirement of a qualifying distance, Hugh Jackman’s entire character... ), Taron...
Chappie – Review Bertie Archer March 7, 2015 Reviews From the brief setup and first exhilarating droid deployment (complete with bot’s-eye view camerawork), Chappie appears to fulfill the premise’s potential to be this director’s masterwork. Watch with...
One Room With A View’s Top 20 Films of 2014: 20-11 David Brake December 19, 2014 Analysis, Features, Top 10 3 Comments So here we go. Based on UK release dates, the team at One Room With A View have voted, and we can now reveal our Top 20 Films of 2014. What a great year of film it has been. X-Men: Days of Future Past...
Second Chance: X-Men Origins: Wolverine Bertie Archer November 23, 2014 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance Why is X-Men Origins: Wolverine considered the bastard child of the blockbusting X-Men? Although it is far from the best X-Men film available, there is nothing to suggest that Origins needs relegating from...
Second Chance: Van Helsing David Brake September 7, 2014 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance 1 Comment Roger Ebert was right. In amongst the resounding cacophony of negative noise, one man stood strong against the tide engulfing Stephen Sommers’ 2004 film. He simply states at the end of his review, ‘Van...