ORWAV’s Unlikely Picks for the 2018 Oscars Tom Bond January 22, 2018 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Every year your favourite films are robbed (robbed, you hear me!) of the little gold statues they deserve. And we all know why. Despite the bold changes begun in the wake of #OscarsSoWhite, the Academy...
The Lost City of Z – Review Christopher Preston March 26, 2017 Reviews The modern world has shrunk to a claustrophobic size – we can carry most of it around in our pockets. Countries have continued to magnetise, shackling themselves to one another with political, social, and...
High-Rise – Review Tori Brazier March 19, 2016 Reviews High-Rise is quite the experience: weird, twisted, debauched – and sometimes downright confusing in its meanderings between multiple characters and bizarre scenarios. The claustrophobic atmosphere of the...
Burnt – Review Alex Flood November 7, 2015 Reviews Bradley Cooper sizzles as manic head chef Adam Jones in this undercooked restaurant drama about a former drug addict in search of career redemption in the big city. Barreling his way through scene after...
American Sniper – Review Tom Bond January 17, 2015 Reviews Is it possible to laud individual greatness when it’s in service of an unjust cause? This is what Eastwood tries in American Sniper, and he fails miserably. Chris Kyle’s skill and bravery are undeniable...
Impossibly Early Predictions: The 87th Academy Awards Calum Baker March 10, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off 1 Comment We've had a week to come down. A week to talk about how great Cate Blanchett and Lupita Nyong'o were, how, er, unique Kim Novak's presentational style was, and how incredibly predictable the Academy Awards...
