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The ground is littered with fantastic and fascinating titles that just failed to make our top 100 films of the decade: Margaret, Blade Runner 2049, Foxtrot. Somehow Michael Pearce’s “moody”, empty Ramsay...

Without further ado, for the festive season – the IMDb Trivia Chorus: On the first day of Christmas, Mission Impossible: Fallout gave to me… three thousand set-ups, thirteen helicopters, six...

It's the sixth outing for the Mission: Impossible franchise, yet rather than becoming lazy and stale the exploits of Ethan Hunt are still proving thrilling to fans – perhaps more so than ever. Our...

No one expected Mission: Impossible - Fallout to be bad, but the risk of repetition runs rampant. Any fears that this franchise would flounder without its trademark one-and-done directors can be promptly put...

The Mission: Impossible movies have developed a reputation, over the course of the last few sequels, for spectacular exploits and derring-do on the part of star Tom Cruise. As superspy Ethan Hunt, Cruise has...

No one expected Mission: Impossible - Fallout to be bad, but the risk of repetition runs rampant. Any fears that this franchise would flounder without its trademark one-and-done directors can be promptly put...

1. Fox goes back to the drawing board for the X-Men franchise With Hugh Jackman bowing out of Wolverine duties after Logan and Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy and Nicholas Hoult all out...

Despite often being talked about as a great director, it’s fair to say that Brian De Palma is also a controversial one whose greatness occasionally requires reconsideration and qualification. Few would argue...

For decades now there has been an increasing symbiosis between TV and film. In the past there was a strong temptation to go bigger, and adapt a show for the big screen to reach a wider audience, condensing...

Normally when we talk about a certain actor stealing a scene, it’s an instance when they’ve completely owned a particular portion of screentime and left the audience wishing they’d return. In the case of...

The stunt industry, specifically stunt professionals, are criminally overlooked by the Oscars. In an effort to draw much-needed attention to this underrepresented yet essential arm of filmmaking, ORWAV is...

Ethan Hunt: super-spy, quasi-leader of top-secret government agency, and foundation of $2 billion film franchise. The humble 1960s American television show on which the series is based has been left far...

Ethan Hunt has done it again, but better. With a complex plot and credible enemy, Rogue Nation puts Hunt through his paces. Cruise is more than up to the challenge, proving that he is in total control of...

Every four weeks, ORWAV explores the movie month ahead through the medium of song! Upcoming releases, notable births and anniversaries and a general celebration of the films, directors, technicians and...