The Inbetweeners 2 - Review
The Actual Best Christmas Movies, Statistically
Marcus Beard
Analysis, Features, Stat Attack
Why The World's End is Edgar Wright's Best Film
Best Films Never Made #37: Neill Blomkamp's Alien 5
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ORWAV's Top 20 Films of 2020: #3 – Little Women
Anahit Behrooz
Editor note - While Little Women was released on the 26th December 2019 in the UK, due to time constraints our group of writers did not get the chance to vote for it in last year's Top 20. For that reason, we...
ORWAV Oscars 2020 – The Results
Analysis, Features, One Off
Not to brag, but we had a pretty great set of nominations for the ORWAV Oscars this year. We took the Academy's top picks enhanced them with some underappreciated gems, especially of the uncut variety. So...
ORWAV Oscars 2020: The Nominations
Oscars season has arrived early this year, and with it comes one of the most eclectic sets of nominees we've seen in quite some time. Big hitters include a long-take (not one-take) WWI film, a serious...
Little Women – Review
Ben Flanagan
Walking out of Little Women, it's hard to think that a more perfect adaptation of an already perfect novel exists. Sense and Sensibility (1995) and The Age of Innocence (1993) perhaps come close, but neither...
Why Every Generation Needs its Own Little Women
Analysis, By The Book, Features
Every generation gets its own adaptation of Little Women, and here is ours, with its first trailer released today. But just how well has Greta Gerwig cast her adaptation compared to past...
ORWAV's Top 20 Films of 2018: #4 – Lady Bird
There's a line in a song I think about a lot. I think it might be true. You can change your clothes/ Change your hairstyle, your friends, cities, continents/ But sooner or later your own self will always...
How Young Adult Shook Up the Mainstream
This Friday will deliver Tully, a drama about motherhood from the stunning team of director Jason Reitman, writer Diablo Cody and actress Charlize Theron. Reitman and Cody, of course, first worked together on...
Isle of Dogs – Review
Joni Blyth
This film was previously reviewed on 19/02/18 as part of Berlinale Festival. It's hard to decide which elements of Isle of Dogs are the definitive "perfect fit" for Wes Anderson. Obviously Fantastic Mr....
Isle of Dogs – Berlinale 2018 Review
It's hard to decide which elements of Isle of Dogs are the definitive "perfect fit" for Wes Anderson. Obviously Fantastic Mr. Fox has already proven that stop-motion and anthropomorphic animal antics gel...
Lady Bird – Review
This film was previously reviewed on 15/10/17 as part of London Film Festival. Though Greta Gerwig has had plentiful scripting experience to complement her always exciting acting career, Lady Bird marks...
Greta Gerwig vs. the Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Rhys Handley
Analysis, Close-Up, Features
Raised on a diet of Penny Lane, Ramona Flowers and Summer Finn, boys do not stand a chance when it comes to perceiving the unseen depths and desires of the women in their lives. If every girl who hangs with...
Saoirse Ronan: Innocence and Experience
Greta Gerwig's eagerly-anticipated first feature as director, Lady Bird, is finally here on Friday. Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, the triple-threat chose not to star in the film herself, yet a cast...
Lady Bird – LFF 2017 Review
Though Greta Gerwig has had plentiful scripting experience to complement her always exciting acting career, Lady Bird marks her debut in the world of directing (and writing alone). We're very pleased to...
Your Week In Film: Box Office, Bale, Bettany and Bond
1. Colin Trevorrow out as Star Wars director What is going on at Star Wars towers? A statement, released Wednesday on the official Star Wars website, reports that Colin Trevorrow – he of Jurassic World and...