ORWAV’s Top 100 Films of the 2010s: #100-81 Calum Baker December 12, 2019 Analysis, Features, One Off, Top 10 Another decade, another dollar – billions and billions of dollars, that is, spent on both making and watching films. Early 2010 saw Avatar clamber to the first-ever $2 billion gross, becoming the biggest...
Le Mans ‘66 – LFF 2019 Review Rory Steabler October 10, 2019 Reviews It’s hard to think of a better recent example of dad-approved lazy-afternoon viewing than James Mangold’s Le Mans ‘66. Its combination of old-fashioned motorsports, tough-guy heroes, and loving...
Debate: The Winners and Losers of the 2018 Oscars Nominations Carmen Paddock January 24, 2018 Analysis, Debate, Features 1 Comment Yesterday was the day many film fans have been waiting for: the 2018 Oscars nominations have been revealed! To celebrate and debate the (delightful and outrageous) results of this announcement are Copy Editor...
Top 20 Films of 2017: #20 to #11 David Brake December 20, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 It’s here! The One Room With A View Top 20 films of 2017 has arrived. If you thought 2017 was a poor year for movies, you didn't watch enough movies. At the very least, you didn't watch the right moves....
Top 10 Movie Moments of 2017… So Far Tom Bond June 28, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 It’s the end of June, so that means it’s time for our favourite ORWAV tradition: the listing of our top 10 movie moments of the year so far, spoilers and all. You’ll get lists thrown at you ad...
Your Week In Film: LEGO, Tron, Pooh, King Kong Stephen O'Nion March 3, 2017 News 1. The Oscars happened Right, that was easy. Next? 2. Jay Z has his head In the Heights Lin-Manuel Miranda may not have added the O to his EG_T on the weekend, but the creative polymath did get something...
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...
Your Week In Film: Eastern Promises, Western Capitalism and Poop Stephen O'Nion January 20, 2017 News 1. MLK weekend is a fairly unhappy holiday for new releases The Martin Luther King holiday weekend in the US is usually a chance for a blockbuster to open big against the awards bait swamping the cinema....
Your Week In Film: Rising Stars, Deadpool, Han Solo and more! Stephen O'Nion January 6, 2017 News 1. Nominations announced for BAFTA Rising Star Award We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: democracy simply doesn’t work. That said, the “as voted for by you” BAFTA Rising Star Award has a...