Tom at the Farm – Review Janz Anton-Iago April 3, 2014 Reviews Spectacularly prolific French-Canadian wunderkind Xavier Dolan returns to the scene with his fourth feature (note: he's just turned 25), a brooding, beguiling thriller set amid the Quebecois countryside where...
The Double – Review Christopher Preston April 3, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment The Double sees Jesse Eisenberg thumping his two favourite masks - milksop and scumbag - together as if they were a pair of cymbals. This doppelgänger nightmare is something we should want to digest...
Non-Stop – Review Christopher Preston March 3, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment In recent years, Liam Neeson has punched one half of a Middle-Eastern crime family, identity thieves, a pack of wolves, and the other half of said Middle-Eastern crime family. Now he has to punch an endangered...
RoboCop (2014) – Review Christopher Preston February 10, 2014 Reviews 2 Comments Lay down your pitchforks. Extinguish your torches. José Padilha’s RoboCop reboot is most definitely not the disaster we expected (and perhaps even hoped for). A philosophical twist on the original story...
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – Review Christopher Preston January 26, 2014 Reviews 2 Comments Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is an old song being covered by a new band. Spies, baddies, countries at stake. There is even a rivalry between America and Russia. Fancy that! Chris Pine is a likeable lead, but...
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: Christopher Christopher Preston 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...
The Counselor – Review Chris Davies November 19, 2013 Reviews 1 Comment With a script by acclaimed novelist Cormac McCarthy, Scott’s latest is a movie of ideas given form as a thriller. Unjustly savaged by critics, the philosophical dialogue is at times difficult to follow...
Making It Big: Still David Brake November 1, 2013 Features, Independent, Making It Big In this next installment of Making It Big, we enter the horrors of the mind & witness our lead Alice Weldon survive her increasingly disturbing dreams following her recent hospitalization as well as...
Captain Phillips – Review Chris Davies October 26, 2013 Reviews 2 Comments Based on the true story of Richard Phillips’ struggle against four Somali pirates who hijack his cargo ship, Paul Greengrass’ latest is a tense and unrelenting thriller. Shot using the vérité techniques...
Mystery Road – LFF Review Chris Davies October 21, 2013 Reviews Australian filmmaker Ivan Sen writes, directs, photographs, scores, and edits his latest film, Mystery Road, revealing him to be a jack of all trades and master of… some. Clearly inspired by Westerns,...