Triangle of Sadness Review – Cannes Film Festival 2022 Alysha Prasad May 29, 2022 Reviews Repeat after me: "Money! Money! MONEY!" Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness stars Harris Dickinson and Charlbi Dean as Carl and Yaya, a hot model couple who just can’t stop arguing about who should pay...
Zombieland: Double Tap – Review Louise Burrell October 21, 2019 Reviews A sequel that no one really asked for or expected, Zombieland: Double Tap arrives 10 years after its predecessor. The first instalment offered guts and gore and was far from taking itself seriously, with...
ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2018: #7 – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Tori Brazier December 27, 2018 Analysis, Features, Top 10 A lot has happened since Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri streaked onto cinema screens in early January. A bachelor brought his girlfriend home to meet a bunch of crazy rich Asians in Singapore...
Solo: A Star Wars Story – Review Tom Bond May 25, 2018 Reviews This film was previously reviewed on 16/05/18 as part of Cannes Film Festival. Is it possible to have too much of a good thing? Film franchises prompt that question on a daily basis, with every...
Solo: A Star Wars Story – Cannes 2018 Review Tom Bond May 16, 2018 Reviews Is it possible to have too much of a good thing? Film franchises prompt that question on a daily basis, with every semi-successful character or creation plundered for as many sequels and spin-offs as audiences...
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Review Jack Blackwell January 7, 2018 Reviews A sensationally funny and affecting dark comedy, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri arrived at Venice just as the festival was hitting a slump, and reinvigorated it with a fiery passion. Martin...
The Glass Castle – Review Rachel Brook October 7, 2017 Reviews The Glass Castle doesn’t just beg the question of where the line between eccentric and irresponsible parenting lies; it dives headlong into the murky grey area in between. This is where we remain for the...
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Venice 2017 Review Jack Blackwell September 4, 2017 Reviews A sensationally funny and affecting dark comedy, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri arrived at Venice just as the festival was hitting a slump, and has reinvigorated it with a fiery passion. Martin...
War for the Planet of the Apes – Review Christopher Preston July 7, 2017 Reviews Like a virus, Hollywood has evolved to survive. Its most recent business has been to sidle towards us, camelhair overcoat flapped open, exposing fix upon fix stitched into the lining – each one an...
Wilson – Review Rachel Brook June 9, 2017 Reviews The grumpy old(er) man comedy is a great tradition. See Alexander Payne’s About Schmidt, or the forthcoming A Man Called Ove for examples of hilarious cantankerousness ultimately giving way to a heartwarming...
The Edge of Seventeen – Review Naomi Soanes December 3, 2016 Reviews Move over John Hughes – Kelly Fremon Craig is in the house. And she’s just penned AND directed one of the best coming-of-age films of 2016. But while relative newcomer Craig’s work is a delight to...
Your Week In Film: MacGruber 2, Mute, Michael Shannon and more! Stephen O'Nion September 30, 2016 News 1. Jon Favreau just can’t wait to be king (of the box office)—will direct live-action Lion King The Jungle Book made $966 million worldwide—and that doesn’t even include that sweet, sweet action...
Now You See Me 2 – Review Bertie Archer July 3, 2016 Reviews Now You See Me 2’s pledge is simple: to be Now You See Me all over again. It’s no mistake or misdirection - this is the same trick they did last time. That doesn’t spoil all of the fun though - the...
Triple 9 – Review Alex Flood February 21, 2016 Reviews Director John Hillcoat is a master of the visceral, slightly depressing mood, so it's a surprise that he's whipped a completely different rabbit out of the hat with Triple 9. This occasionally clever...
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – Review Christopher Preston November 24, 2014 Reviews The Hunger Games hasn’t given birth to twins. Instead, it has stretched out the limbs of its concluding chapter to the point of cracking dislocation. The bite of the adaptation’s first instalments has...