Birds of Prey – Review Jack Blackwell February 5, 2020 Reviews With dull, failed reboots like Men in Black and Hellboy, and heinous franchise finales like Rise of Skywalker and Dark Phoenix, 2019 was a bad year for blockbusters. Thankfully, 2020 seems to be here to set it...
Has the DCEU Found its Winning Formula? Katy Moon February 4, 2020 Analysis, Features, Opinion It has been a tough decade for DC fans. For some, it has just been one expensive disappointment after another. For others, like me, who have mostly enjoyed the output, it has been years of watching this...
Bombshell – Review Tori Brazier January 17, 2020 Reviews “Blood coming out of her… wherever” was, regrettably, an instantly recognisable moment from Trump’s presidential campaign. Megyn Kelly, the Fox anchor he was describing, takes centre stage in...
ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2019: #8 – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Thom Denson December 29, 2019 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Much has been made of Quentin Tarantino’s plans to retire after ten films. With Once Upon a Time in Hollywood being his ninth, it seems there’s still plenty of life in him – yet it's difficult to...
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Review Tom Bond August 14, 2019 Reviews This review was originally published as part of our Cannes Festival coverage on 23/05/2019. It’s impossible to view Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as anything other than a filmmaker in the twilight of his...
Mary Queen of Scots – Review Tom Bond January 17, 2019 Reviews It’s hard to imagine a juicier historical story to film. Two rare female leaders in 16th century Britain, locked in fights for their crowns, their heritage and their lives – all while trying to steal each...
Terminal – Review Carmen Paddock July 15, 2018 Reviews Over the course of a deliberately convoluted timeframe, shady characters cross paths and double-cross one another in a neo-noir cityscape (think Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet meets a dystopian Alice in...
I, Tonya – Review David Brake February 25, 2018 Reviews "I was loved for a minute, then I was hated. Then I was just a punch line," so says Margot Robbie at the end of her tour de force performance in I, Tonya. A tragic finale to the tale of infamous ice-skater...
“I Never Did This”: The Unreliable Narrator from Rashomon to I, Tonya Rory Steabler February 20, 2018 Analysis, Features, Top 10 There’s no such thing as truth! Everyone has their own truth. So claims Margot Robbie’s Tonya Harding – somewhat dubiously – over the trailer for I, Tonya. The film adapts the true story of...
Your Week In Film: Stephen King and The Lion King – together at last! Stephen O'Nion November 3, 2017 News The last seven days has obviously seen allegations mount against actors, directors and producers alike. Kevin Spacey, James Toback, Brett Ratner, Dustin Hoffman, Jeremy Piven and many others have had their...
Goodbye Christopher Robin – Review Bertie Archer October 2, 2017 Reviews Goodbye Christopher Robin is a quintessential delight. Deftly handling both the debilitating impacts of conflicts unimaginable and the delightful insights of childish imagination, the tone is serious without...
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...
Your Week In Film: Awards Season, DC Cohesion and Vin Diesel’s Treason Stephen O'Nion December 16, 2016 News 1. La La Land and Moonlight are looking golden, me ol’ china plate The Golden Globes—Hollywood’s generous, chuckling uncle of an awards ceremony—has announced its list of favourite nieces and...
Suicide Squad – Review Joni Blyth August 5, 2016 Reviews It’s tough to follow a masterpiece, but it can be tougher to follow a failure. While the new Ultimate Edition has made some headway into redeeming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, all eyes are on Suicide...
The Legend of Tarzan – Review Phil W. Bayles July 11, 2016 Reviews It’s more than a century since Edgar Rice Burroughs first created Tarzan, and in that time he’s been the subject of more than 200 films. It’s not hard to see the romantic appeal the character has held...