Birds of Prey – Review Jack Blackwell February 5, 2020 Reviews With dull, failed reboots like Men in Black and Hellboy, and heinous franchise finales like Rise of Skywalker and Dark Phoenix, 2019 was a bad year for blockbusters. Thankfully, 2020 seems to be here to set it...
5 Cameo Performances That Didn’t Live Up To The Hype Phil W. Bayles June 13, 2018 Analysis, Features, One Off One of the most exciting parts about the build-up to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom was the news that the legendary Jeff Goldblum would be reprising his role as chaotician/rock star/sex god Ian Malcolm. Our...
Justice League Is Here, But Why Is DC Still Lagging Behind? Carmen Paddock November 15, 2017 Analysis, Features, Opinion The long-lived superhero zeitgeist is one of the twenty-first century’s defining cinematic movements. Marvel’s announcement of a five-year ‘Phase Three’ plan and Warner Bros’s announcement of a...
Your Week In Film: Suicide Squad, Cena, Star Wars and more! Stephen O'Nion August 4, 2017 News 1. Don’t panic, but Star Wars: Episode IX just got a new writer Despite the fact that director Colin Trevorrow and his writing partner Derek Connolly have been working on the script for Star Wars: Episode...
Your Week In Film: Theron, Manson, Gibson and more! Stephen O'Nion July 14, 2017 News 1. Guy Ritchie can show you the world (when he finds a leading man) Regarding a film that still requires a pinch in the arm to believe it exists, Guy Ritchie’s Aladdin has stalled. The Hollywood Reporter...
Music of the Movies – Guardians of the Galaxy vs Suicide Squad Jack Blackwell April 25, 2017 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies In 2016, DC had its true launch of its MCU-rivaling cinematic universe and, in doing so, made two films with obvious Marvel counterparts. They actually managed to beat the Feige machine to the Hero-vs-Hero...
Top 20 Films of 2016: 6. The Neon Demon Christopher Preston December 26, 2016 Analysis, Features, Top 10 “Beauty isn’t everything. It's the only thing.” 2016 has been the year of the troll. Since ORWAV's last Top Ten, Britain has wrenched herself out of the European Union, Donald Trump has gone from...
Your Week In Film: Harley Quinn, Predator, The Toxic Avenger, and more! Stephen O'Nion September 16, 2016 News 1. Harley Quinn set to return with a new squad of misfits Now that the dust has settled, let's please call Suicide Squad what it was: a frustratingly profitable piece of crap. Well, as the history of...
Why Do We Never Hear About Female Method Actors? Olivia Luder August 23, 2016 Analysis, Features, Opinion If you’ve been paying even a little attention to the media circus around Suicide Squad, you’ll have heard about what Jared Leto’s been up to. Dead pigs, used condoms, boxes of bullets: you name it,...
Your Week In Film: Tatum Splashes, Box Offices Bust, Fantastic Sequels, and the Return of Mel Gibson… Stephen O'Nion August 5, 2016 News 1. Channing Tatum will play a mermaid in remake of Splash, obviously Channing Tatum is no stranger to reboots; there’s the pair of Jump Street films, the adaptation of G.I. Joe, and the upcoming Men In...
Suicide Squad – Review Joni Blyth August 5, 2016 Reviews It’s tough to follow a masterpiece, but it can be tougher to follow a failure. While the new Ultimate Edition has made some headway into redeeming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, all eyes are on Suicide...
“Why So Serious?”: The Evolution of the Joker Henry Gatrell August 3, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features The Joker is among the most formidable and fear-inspiring villains ever to grace the screen. He has become incredibly versatile and adaptable, his behaviour impossible to predict, leaving viewers vulnerable to...
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...
ORWAV’s 30 Films To Be Excited About In 2016 David Brake January 3, 2016 Analysis, Features, One Off How the hell is it 2016? Time sure flies when you've had a year of film that good. In 2015 we were graced with Carol, Ex Machina, Inside Out, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian and Mission: Impossible - Rogue...
Music of the Movies: Rap Music Eddie Falvey August 27, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies For the most part, the reception to the incoming (in the UK, at least) N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton has been surprisingly positive. Despite boasting a running time that rivals Gladiator - the film...