Tagged Marvel

Captain America technically shouldn't work on screen. The fundamental top-line interpretation is that he's a chest-beating, red-white-'n'-blue überpatriot who could appear obnoxious, removed and...

This week sees the release of Captain America: Civil War, the other big superhero punch-up of 2016. But as Steve Rogers and Tony Stark come to blows over the ethics of being a costumed hero, we at ORWAV are...

The Weekly Report All news contained herein corresponds to the world of film. The Weekly Report will seek to cover general film news that has emerged over the last seven days. 88th Academy Awards...

The last time we saw Deadpool, he had his mouth sewn up and his head cut off in the much maligned X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Seven years later, Ryan Reynolds is the suited-up, gun-happy Merc with a Mouth once...

Hollywood has always enjoyed the suave English gentleman actor, ever since the days of Cary Grant and David Niven, and award-winning films and blockbuster movies alike continue to be staffed by the likes of...

Welcome to what will be a new staple weekly feature for One Room With A View. That's it, ORWAV is doing the news - film news, that is, none of this real life crap. You lucky buggers, you. Here's the...

In hindsight the purchase of Star Wars makes perfect sense. The Disney canon resonates with audiences on a deeply personal level, while their commercial clout transmits that intimacy on a global scale. This...

We know James McAvoy best for X-Men and Atonement, but he’s so much more than Professor X.  His upcoming role as the eponymous Victor Frankenstein means it’s as good a time as any to focus on the...

Bruce Campbell, the mighty chin, has a long association with his friend, director Sam Raimi. Campbell is almost as regular a feature in Raimi's films as his beloved Oldsmobile Delta 88, 'The Classic'. This car...

Fantastic Four holds restraint, care and pride in the hands of its new-found origin story, but that seems to be all it cares about. As the story develops, real effort and exposition runs its course,...

"I'm an apex predator." This is the chilling reality rarely explored in the superhero genre: if you have superpowers, you're top of the food chain. Even Batman's more sombre, existential antics are...

Ant-Man is the hidden gem of all recent superhero films. Douglas and Rudd battle on a goliath technoscale; facing down corporations, dejected daughters and supervillains alike. This faux-heist escapade...

Simply, if you haven’t heard of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (which you totally have if you’ve been anywhere near a cinema, TV, billboard, another person or a Burger King since 2008): they are a series of...

Age of Ultron moonwalks assuredly past Second Album Syndrome, but doesn’t get to be the Avengers’ The Empire Strikes Back. It’s a barnstorming cyclone of spectacle, yet never manages to recapture how...

Avengers, Assemble! Captain America? A-okay. Iron Man? Check. Hawkeye? Here. Thor? Another! Yes, your favourite heroes (Batman is so noughties) are back for another round of comic-book battling, and I'm not...