Chris Hemsworth: Not Just a Pretty Face Carmen Paddock October 12, 2018 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Drew Goddard’s Bad Times at the El Royale – out this week – looks like a hell of a ride, especially with the stellar ensemble cast. Chris Hemsworth's role might be one of the smaller ones, but the...
Spotlight: The Irresistible Rise of Daniel Brühl Nick Evan-Cook May 9, 2018 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Here’s a tough one: how do you make a cinema audience sympathise with a WW2 Nazi? It’s probably best that he doesn’t buy into the regime - no-one would like that. It would help to make him reject the...
Top 10 Sports Films Naomi Soanes March 29, 2016 Analysis, Features, Top 10 It’s no secret that sport is emotive. But what defines the sports genre? Is it a film where the plot centres around the buildup to a big sporting event? Or is it simply a film that contains a sport? The...
A Love Letter To… Good Bye Lenin! Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan January 20, 2015 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia For many, their first exposure to Spanish-German actor Daniel Brühl was in 2009's Inglourious Basterds, or even more recently in 2013's Rush. However, Brühl has been acting since the beginning of the new...
Top 10 Biopics of the Last Decade Daniel Orton October 4, 2014 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Last month we took a look at the somewhat odd, but not unwelcome, increase in films based on factual events. 221 such films have been released since 2000; 200 were released in the century before that. That...
Top 10 Films of 2013: Stephen Stephen O'Nion December 30, 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: 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...
Extremely Premature Oscar 2014 Predictions David Brake November 9, 2013 Analysis, Features, One Off 7 Comments With Oscar-buzzed films emerging from the woodwork, it seems it's high time to start making wild predictions months before the ceremony/nominations announcement. We won't do every category just yet as that's...