Pacific Rim Uprising – Review Jack Blackwell March 22, 2018 Reviews With its lacklustre US box office and director Guillermo del Toro busy winning Oscars, a sequel to the wonderful monsters vs robots extravaganza Pacific Rim looked unlikely. Five years later, the sequel has...
Scene Stealers: Charlie Day in Pacific Rim Rory Steabler March 21, 2018 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers The first thing to come to mind when someone mentions Pacific Rim – and now its sequel, out this Friday – is bombastic cartoon violence between kaiju monsters and giant mecha, writ large in 3D-IMAX glory....
A Love Letter To…Attack The Block Stephanie Watts March 20, 2018 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia A concrete estate in London, a gang of teenagers roaming the streets, and…aliens from outer space? Yes, it’s the surprising sci-fi comedy Attack The Block, in which a group of inner city kids must defend...
What Are the Best Blockbusters of All Time? 20 – 11 Tom Bond July 18, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 It's nearly time for the top ten! Our ranking of the best blockbusters of all time approaches its closing stages. 20. Spider-Man 2 (2004) Probably the best onscreen iteration of Marvel’s most...
What Are the Best Blockbusters of All Time? 30 – 21 Kambole Campbell July 14, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Our list of the 50 greatest blockbusters ever made, as voted for by the ORWAV writers and editors, approaches the halfway mark... 30. The Incredibles (2004) A superhero film without the limits of...
Pacific Rim: The Most Awesome Dumb Movie Of The Last Decade David Brake July 12, 2016 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia 2016 has some terrible writers. No one’s been found in the shower (yet) to reveal this was all a dream. Deaths, nasty politics, economic and social breakdowns; our flames of joy are being extinguished with...
Your Week In Film: Box Offices, Biopics, Boyega, Banks, and more… Stephen O'Nion June 10, 2016 News 1.Warcraft: The Beginning conquers China, Europe Although Duncan Jones’ Warcraft: The Beginning looks like it might even struggle to make second place at this week’s US Box Office - against The Conjuring...
News of the Week – 26th Feb 2016 Stephen O'Nion February 26, 2016 News 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. Berlinale 2016 As...
Best Films Never Made #30: Guillermo Del Toro’s At the Mountains of Madness David Brake February 18, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features 1 Comment “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” —H.P. Lovecraft H.P. Lovecraft was the father of cosmic horror. A man who...
Alien, Gravity, and Pacific Rim: The Radical Notion That Women Are People David Brake March 5, 2014 Analysis, Features, Opinion 63 Comments PSA: this piece isn't an argument over whether Stone, Mori, or even Ripley do or don't pass this or that feminist reading. Whilst this writer's opinion is that they do, that particular discussion is already...
Top 10 Films of 2013: Sophie David Brake December 29, 2013 Analysis, Features, Top 10 As 2013 draws to a close, it’s time to reel off One Room With A View’s Top Ten Films of 2013. Each writer will list their top ten and we’ll reach an ultimate list at the end. To achieve this, we’ll be...
Top 10 Films of 2013: David David Brake December 26, 2013 Analysis, Features, Top 10 1 Comment As 2013 draws to a close, it's time to reel off One Room With A View's Top Ten Films of 2013. Each writer will list their top ten and we'll reach an ultimate list at the end. To achieve this, we'll be using a...