Top 10 Weird Roles of Film Stars Jack Blackwell August 16, 2016 Analysis, Features, Top 10 In the upcoming Nine Lives (out on 17 August), Kevin Spacey plays a man turned into a cat. It's an odd career choice given the huge star-power injection Spacey has recently received thanks to Netflix’s House...
Top 20 Films of 2015: 7. Ex Machina Patrick Taylor December 25, 2015 Analysis, Features, Top 10 “What happens to me if I fail your test?” What indeed. The year’s most interesting film? You’d be hard pressed to find a rival with the same scientific clout as this, Alex Garland’s directorial...
Top 20 Films of 2015: 8. The Martian Daniel Orton December 24, 2015 Analysis, Features, Top 10 If you aren’t a fan of having sex in public places then seeing The Martian was probably the most fun you could have had in a cinema in 2015. The Martian is the story of the eponymous Mark Watney (Matt...
Top 20 Films of 2015: 9. The Look of Silence Calum Baker December 23, 2015 Analysis, Features, Top 10 "If I came to you like this during the military dictatorship - what would you have done to me?" "You can't imagine what would have happened." I'll start by pointing out something fortuitous: the focus of...
Top 20 Films of 2015: 10. Amy Sian Brett December 23, 2015 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Back in the mid noughties, Amy Winehouse was more than just a name. Through a meteoric rise to fame, followed by a descent into drugs, she became the punchline to your jokes. A shorthand description of someone...
Top 10 Unexpected Dance Scenes in Film Tom Bond May 28, 2015 Analysis, Features, Top 10 There are plenty of classic films about dancing, from The Red Shoes to Black Swan, but there are also plenty more where the characters slip in a two-step or a spot of dirty dancing out of the blue. Man Up is...
Top 10 Natural Disaster Movies Patrick Taylor April 11, 2015 Analysis, Features, Top 10 The release of Force Majeure sees a welcome return to that most reliable of film genres – the natural disaster movie. This got us thinking about the "classics" of this peculiar cinematic niche. Not many of...
Top 10 Movie Moments of 2014… So Far Tom Bond June 28, 2014 Analysis, Features, Top 10 1 Comment Here at ORWAV we’re not going to bore you with a Best Films of 2014 round-up just because we’re halfway through the year. Instead, our writers are here to offer something different, with the specific...
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...
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...