Tenet – Review Rob Salusbury August 24, 2020 Reviews If there’s one thing Christopher Nolan loves, it's spectacle. And chaos. And headaches. Okay, so there are several things that Nolan is passionate about, and they’re all very much present in Tenet....
King of Thieves – Review Naomi Soanes September 19, 2018 Reviews With so many great heist movies already in existence, many even involving the great Michael Caine (see: The Italian Job, Gambit, Get Carter), it’s a wonder that Marsh felt the need to tell a story so...
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...
Going In Style – Review Joni Blyth April 9, 2017 Reviews With the stop-start pacing of an OAP on a golf cart, Going in Style wastes its first act trudging through ham-fisted politics before abruptly shifting into high gear to speed through the heist itself....
Youth – Review Nick Evan-Cook January 31, 2016 Reviews Michael Caine's best work in years and a strong supporting cast isn't quite enough to lift the evocative, elegant yet slight Youth beyond the (admittedly absorbing) curio it is. If nothing else, the...
A Love Letter To… The Great Beauty Nick Evan-Cook January 26, 2016 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia “I was looking for the Great Beauty… but… I didn’t find it.” So says the aging and ennui-ridden Jep, when asked why he didn’t make more of his life in the artful and exquisite The Great Beauty. On...
The Last Witch Hunter – Review Phil W. Bayles October 25, 2015 Reviews It’s easy to see how Vin Diesel, a self-declared D&D fanatic, would be drawn into the world of The Last Witch Hunter. There are flashes here and there of a fantasy universe as richly drawn as John...
Stonehearst Asylum – Review Stephen O'Nion April 26, 2015 Reviews This is not a horror film. To say more would spoil the surprise(s). Instead, know that Stonehearst Asylum is frequently fantastic, utterly assured, and fully committed to pulling one genre switcheroo after...
Interstellar – Review Christopher Preston October 31, 2014 Reviews Interstellar is magnificently ambitious. It is just a shame that narrative appears to be the stubbiest finger upon the grasping palm of its lofty aspirations. Nolan’s space odyssey detonates some of the...
Maybeland: Children of Men Madeline Joint July 13, 2014 Features, Independent, Maybeland In 2027 the youngest human on Earth is killed. None will come after him. They’ve all stopped: there are no more pregnancies, no more births, no more babies, and no answers. In the chaos of the 18 years since...
Mr. Morgan’s Last Love – Review Stephen O'Nion July 11, 2014 Reviews Last Love begins with Michael Caine attempting an American accent and wandering the streets of a rose-tinted Paris, in mourning. Having fallen in with Poésy, herself nursing issues - “I like your beard,...
The Trip to Italy – Sundance London Review Tom Bond April 26, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment La bella Italia, La Dolce Vita – it’s all on display in this glorious Grand Tour, full of good friends and good food and, most of all, full of laughter. Brydon, and Coogan in particular, are less...
The Muppet Christmas Carol – The Ultimate Christmas Movie Chris Davies December 19, 2013 Analysis, Features, Opinion 7 Comments It’s nearly Christmas! To celebrate, the writers of One Room With A View are going to present their arguments as to why their choice is the Ultimate Christmas Movie. After David argued for Die Hard and Steve...
The 25 Worst Accents In Movies Ever David Brake December 3, 2013 Analysis, Features, One Off 2 Comments Accents are a key part of any actor's repartee. Any good actor can deliver a performance that could move a grown man to tears or could make a fully packed cinema laugh raucously at their comedic aplomb BUT if...