When Harry Met Sally – My First Time Film Review Sophie Butcher April 5, 2020 Reviews In this new series of articles, our writers are watching classic films for the first time. This time we have Sophie catching up on the 1989 romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally. Driving to New York...
Top 10 Unconventional Romantic Comedies Rachel Brook July 27, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Sundance hit The Big Sick lands in UK cinemas on Friday. This relationship comedy is unconventional for at least two reasons. First, its tale of illness renders the leading lady (Zoe Kazan) comatose for a...
A Love Letter to…When Harry Met Sally… Patrick Taylor December 11, 2015 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia In 1989, a film about two friends forever raised the bar for the romantic comedy genre. When Harry Met Sally… posed the question: “Can men and women ever just be friends or does sex always get in the...
Love Lives of Supporting Characters: It’s Not All About Harry and Sally Olivia Luder February 14, 2015 Analysis, Close-Up, Features 1 Comment It’s Valentine’s Day: the perfect time to catalogue the most iconic couples in all their romantic glory. But for most of us, coupled up or not, Valentine’s never quite seems to live up to the movie...
Where Did All The Good Ones Go? The Death of the Romcom Olivia Luder January 22, 2015 Analysis, Features, Opinion 1 Comment Romantic comedies don’t win awards. Rarely are they rapturously received, and they’re an easy cinematic target for the average armchair critic. Formulaic, clichéd and predictable, much of the criticism...
Christmas Gift Guide: Action Hero and Kings and Queens of Comedy Tom Bond December 15, 2014 Competitions 3 Comments It’s that most wonderful time of the year, full of food and films for all to enjoy, and here at ORWAV we thought we’d do our bit to get you in the Christmas spirit with a gift guide for all your festive...
Welcome to the ’80s: More Than Just A Rom-Com Rachel Brook August 21, 2014 Features, Nostalgia, Welcome to the 80s In June 1985, just two months after the release of John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club, Joel Schumacher delivered an outrageously underrated spiritual sequel in the form of St. Elmo’s Fire. Sharing stars Judd...