The official podcast of OneRoomWithAView.com, looking at the very best of film every month. Join Christopher Preston and Dan Orton as they roam the beautiful realms of cinema.
As promised, the boys are back. The second in a series of lockdown episodes focuses in on a double bill of Martin Scorsese mob movies, discussing last year's 'THE IRISHMAN' and 1990's 'GOODFELLAS' (recorded in November 2019). Alongside Something Old, there is Something New as Christopher puts a modern classic up on The Shelf. Listen now.
The times they are a changing. After a brief hiatus, Christopher and Dan have finally become bored enough to produce a newish episode of The One Room With A View Show. Observing social distancing (by some 20 miles), the boys have produced this, the very first in a series of lockdown episodes. Today's show is mostly comprised of content recorded at the end of 2019 (but never broadcast) where Christopher and Dan share their top tens of last year as well as discuss the previous decade. What, you've got something better to do? Listen now!
To celebrate the arrival of Quentin Tarantino's ninth film Christopher and Dan have selected his three most recent films to review: Inglorious Bastards, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, and look ahead to what to expect from Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood. NB - this episode was recorded before the release of Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood.
Take the red pill and enter The Matrix special podcast with Christopher and Dan. In this episode they look back at the pop cultural sci-fi phenomenon that was the The Matrix trilogy, and chat about the future of the franchise. NB - this episode was recorded before news of a fourth film was announced.
To infinity, and beyond! In this episode Christopher and Dan take a look back at all four...that's right FOUR Toy Story movies,from the first way back in 1995 right up until this year's fourth outing for Woody and Buzz.The guys have quite literally grown up with this franchise, but aren't ready to put away childish things just yet.
For the last month, audiences keep asking if they're back, and ORWAV haven't really had an answer. But, now? Yeah, I'm thinking they're back. Christopher and Dan go mano a mano with not one, not two, but THREE chapters in the ever-growing JOHN WICK saga for SOME FILMS OLD, SOME FILM NEW, before Dan calls in his father for DADS DESCRIBING FILMS. Christopher then reopens THE SHELF for a film very close to his heart. Download now.
Under the banner of what might be their longest episode title yet, Christopher Preston and Daniel Orton assemble to say goodbye to the MCU as we currently know it with a thorough examination of AVENGERS: ENDGAME. This conclusion goes toe-to-toe with other franchise (end)game change, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE GAME, before the boys discuss their own favourite Marvel-ous moments. From one indie to another, the boys RELOAD SOMEFILM NEW to discuss the exquisitely disarming and charming EIGHTH GRADE before calling it a day for another month. Ears, meet podcast.
Happy International Women's Day! Christopher Preston and Dan Orton bring old friend of the show, Tori Brazier (a real-life female) to join in on the celebrations and discuss this year's CAPTAIN MARVEL as well as 2017's WONDER WOMAN for SOME FILM OLD, SOME FILM NEW. Christopher then Reloads Some Film New as he heads back into the past, examining the controversial new documentary LEAVING NEVERLAND, surrounding the sexual abuse allegations against Michael Jackson. The boys round off a bumper episode via an arbitrary conversation on this year's Oscars. Come on, get downloading.
Christopher Preston and Dan Orton return to take a stroll down Beale Street in the Moonlight to discuss the immaculate recent filmography of master director, Barry Jenkins on The One Room With A View Show. Dan regenerates the critically acclaimed 'Which Chris Said This?' segment after a few seasons off, and the boys discuss Ben Affleck's un/timely exit (Batflexit)from the DCEU and what this means for Gotham City, before Christopher redirects the podcast to France for the much needed return of 'I Can't Understand You, But It Looks Bloody Good'. Life is a series of opportunities. Grab this one by the ears.
There's no SPLIT decision: The ORWAV Show is an UNBREAKABLE GLASS-terpiece. In amongst the puns, Christopher and Dan climb aboard M. Night Shyamalan's Eastrail 177 Trilogy for SomeFilm Old, SomeFilm New, a movie series spanning nearly two decades and which features 2000's UNBREAKABLE, 2017's SPLIT, and this year's concluding chapter, GLASS. Dan uncovers a VICE den as he Reloads SomeFilm New, then the boys discuss and debate what might save 2019 from the ever grasping claws of existential misery. Love film? Tune in.
Few podcasts can truly boast of being supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, but you better believe this one can. Christopher Preston and Dan Orton drive to Cherry Tree Lane (both past and present)to check in on Mary Poppins and ask about her Return in SOME FILM OLD, SOME FILM NEW, before the boys decide on who truly is the most magical Santa Claus in cinema history. Sporadic feature RE-VIEW turns up just in time to assess the fall-out from last year's STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI before the pair trade their Top 10s of 2018 in FRANKLY, MY YEAR, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN. Can your Christmas be complete without a listen of The ORWAV Show? I wouldn't risk it. Listen now.
This month, go the distance with Christopher Preston and Dan Orton. The boys step into the ring with both this year's CREED II and its spiritual forefather Rocky IV. And if that hasn't broken you, spit into a bucket, gather yourself, and be swung through the multi-verse as Dan teases SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (out now!) The boys then swing at the nose of the new FANTASTIC BEASTS flick while masquerading in a GREAT DEBATE, before you may recuperate back into your corner with Dan's Netpix. It ain't over until it's over (so, should be done within the hour). Listen now.
They're back! Yes, after answering the call from literally no- one, Christopher Preston and Dan Orton return to the airwaves are a sixth month hiatus to kick off The One Room With A View Show's sixth season. "What is coming up on the show?" you may well ask, and if you did, well, listen up: the boys are going to be taking on Michael Myers both old and new in a HALLOWEEN retrospective, while Christopher heads back into a new colourised time for Peter Jackson's seminal THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD. If things couldn't get more terrifying, Dan loads his father's musings up into the podcast to tease and terrify Christopher. Ears, meet podcast. Listen now.
To Infinity and Beyond! Join Christopher and Dan as they look back at 2008's IRON MAN and the journey that has propelled him towards AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, the first chapter of the culmination of Marvel's decade-long plan, in SomeFilm Old, SomeFilm New. Dan regenerates Which Chris Said This? with a Marvel-Chris special before spitting at Christopher for setting up a Challenge Dan. The boys finally reminisce about ten years of the MCU in an episode that was not originally billed as a Marvel special. Thanos demands you download now.
Poor Joaquin Phoenix. In this month's The ORWAV Show, he's the Schrödinger's cat of SomeFilm Old, SomeFilm New - simultaneously I'M STILL HERE and YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE. Christopher then rants and raves about our inevitable ANNIHILATION and why Netflix releases can be so important, before the boys drift back to TITANIC's release and subsequent colossal (good synonym) Oscar victory - via macabre Twitter live feeds. You'd honestly be an idiot to miss out - and you're not an idiot, are you...?
They say life begins at fifty, but do podcasts? Christopher Preston and Dan Orton aim to answer that question as they celebrate The One Room With A View Show's big 5-0, and what better way to commemorate their golden episode by examining the PTA/DDL partnership. Yes, PHANTOM THREAD and THERE WILL BE BLOOD make up SomeFilm Old, SomeFilm New. The boys then indulge in some podcast navel-gazing, looking back over their own SFO, SFN history, before issuing each other a challenge. Fifty episodes in, you know the score: new episode, same podcast. Now drink your milk shake. Drink it up!
"I am not a crook!" Well, you can be the judge as Christopher and Dan join forces with The Washington Post of the '70s in a journo doublebill of THE POST and ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN in SomeFilm Old, SomeFilm New. Bob, Christopher's Dad, places Dan on the ropes with a new addition of Dad's Describing Films, then the boys head back to Germany, 2008, and THE WAVE for the much anticipated return of I Can't Understand You But It Looks Bloody Good. Download...now!
Quite recently, in a recording studio fairly, fairly local... THE ONE ROOM WITH A VIEW SHOW! Christopher Preston and Dan Orton must return to Ahch-To to confront THE LAST JEDI before heading back in time to examine RIan Johnson's, the galaxy's latest architect, first BRICK in the wall. The rest of the usual filmic debris is scrapped for this podcast, replaced with FRANKLY, MY YEAR, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN - the boys' annual round up of their favourite movies of the year. Listen now. Yule'd be mad to miss out.
There's been a murder! Two, in fact, and both in the exact same location. Christopher and Dan must use the little grey cells to power up Some Film Old, Some Film New this month which climbs on board both Sidney Lumet's 1974 version of MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS before moving carriage to 2017's Branaghmated version. Christopher then finds a way to do something Ben Affleck can only dream of and segue successfully out of JUSTICE LEAGUE in Some Film New: Reloaded before Dan casts his beady eyes across this month's Netpix. Listen...right...now.
Christopher and Dan plead the fifth (season) as The One Room With A View Show returns. They begin with an ending, the apocalyptic third chapter of Thor's saga through the MCU, RAGNAROK, before making comparisons, contrasts, and contradistinctions with WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS. Dad's Describing Films returns the etymological paintbrush to the steely grip of Dan's father, the boys discuss what went on in their annual hiatus, and finally some Halloween picks for the spooky season. Download now. Ah, go on.
This season's dead, this season's dead, long live Stephen King! The summer (and this fourth season of The ORWAV Show) concludes with a brief look at just four of the Master of Horror's adaptive filmography. Christopher and Dan wander through time and genre to review CARRIE (1976), STAND BY ME, THE GREEN MILE (just one of Dan's Dad's favourite films), and this year's THE DARK TOWER (just one of the pair's least favourite films). Join us for the last time until October. Download now.
Films. Together. Strong. Time to go ape with Christopher and Dan as they blast through time and space, heading straight for the PLANET OF THE APES, alongside all of its landmarks: the first and best, Tim Burton's 2001 “reimagining”, and the critically acclaimed prequel trilogy RISE, DAWN, and now WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES. Download now. We won't make a monkey out of you, we promise.
There's a wrong way, and there's a Wright way. Join Christopher Preston and Dan Orton as they traverse the entire kingdom as laid out by Edgar Wright, spanning the Wild West in Cornish Pastiche A FISTFUL OF FINGERs, three different flavours of ice-cream (and genre) in THE CORNETTO TRILOGY, a city full of evil exes in SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, and the criminal underworld of bank heists and fast cars in BABY DRIVER. How's that for some fried gold?
They would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for those pesky listeners... Christopher Preston and Dan Orton use this Xtra episode of The ORWAV Show to right some wrongs: namely, Preston must do battle with all four movies in THE SCORPION KING franchise while Orton must use all his grey cells to generate a sequel to GONE GIRL. Will the boys prevail? For God's sake, download and find out.
We are Groot! Christopher Preston and Dan Orton team up to discuss GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 and SCOOBY-DOO for reasons you will have to tune in for on Some Film Old, Some Film New. Netflixagories makes a welcome (depending on your viewpoint) return to proceedings and the boys go head to head in the next heat of Which Dan Said That?, then three new trailers dock in Trailer Park. Download, a-holes.
Go, go ORWAV Rangers! Christopher Preston and Dan Orton unite to take on two generations of Power Rangers then cast their gaze over to Berlin to snuffle through the debris from the recent Berlinale Film Festival. The R rated, fan-made Power Rangers reboot is also discussed, Bob Preston returns in Dad's Describing Films, and Dan sticks a tale as old as time up on The Shelf. Download. You know you want to.
You know what? There isn't enough award ceremonies this year. Christopher Preston and Dan Orton have a mandate to remedy the situation, providing the online film world with the only ceremony that matters. Who is this year's Unsung Hero? Which line of dialogue is the season's best? Which lucky film will win the much converted Bob Preston's Best Power Ranger Movie inaugural award? Tune in to find out.
Nananananananana, ORWAV! The dynamic duo, Christopher Preston and Dan Orton, return for a brand new episode of The One Room With A View Show! BAM! Some Film Old, Some Film New (The Lego Batman Movie and Batman - The Movie! WHAM! I can't understand you but it looks bloody good (Toni Erdmann)! POW! Dad's Describing Films! BIFF! Netpix! Download it now!
In this bitesize episode, Christopher and Dan examine the ethical fallout and consequences of digitally resurrecting dead talent. Is this a brave new world? Or a morbid indignity? Apparently debates don't get greater than The Great Debate.
Here's to the fools who dream. Christopher and Dan join LA LA LAND and SINGIN' IN THE RAIN on the cinematic dancefloor, tippity-tapping through reviews for Some Film Old, Some Film New before Christopher locks and stocks LIVE BY NIGHT into Some Film New: Reloaded. A round of Which Dan Said This? pits the boys together and things are rounded off with a much needed game of Netflixagories. You'd be foolish to miss out. Honest.
Top 10s are so 2016. If you're a fan of arbitrary lists, you're going to love this: Christopher and Dan each give the rundown of their favourite films of last year. And guess what? It's free of charge. Take a listen now.
Christopher Preston and Dan Orton climb aboard ROGUE ONE to do battle with MONSTERS as the siren of the final podcast of the year blares. The boys stay in a galaxy far away as they look back on their euphoric critique of THE FORCE AWAKENS last year in brand-new feature RE-VIEW. Which Dan Said This? pits the boys in their second bout of the season, before everything is settled over the Christmas table. Yule be mad to miss out.
The ORWAV boys are on the hunt for FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM in a Potter themed Some Film Old, Some Film New while Christopher's dad makes his debut in Dads Describing Films (much to Dan's chagrin). Dan's back with an Aussie based Netflix before the pair unleash the very first Verses of Cont onto an undeserving internet audience (which examines both BIRTH OF A NATION old and new). A much needed Housekeeping session finishes this episode. Subscribe, download, whatever. Just listen.
Back by underwhelming popular demand, The One Room With A View Show goes fourth! Christopher Preston and Dan Orton put on the rails with a thorough examination of this month's THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN and 2014's GONE GIRL, before the boys discuss what went on in the cinema during their September hiatus. Christopher then launches the "brand new feature" Which Dan Said This? (possibly loosely based on Which Chris Said This?) and the pair go toe to toe with THE GUV'NOR, the new Lenny McLean documentary, in Some Film New: Reloaded. October is rounded off with a second visit to Dads Describing Films, in which Dan's dad might vaguely outline three esteemed entrants into cinema. Download, free of charge, now.
It's the end of the summer and the end of Season 3. The small screen explodes into silver pieces as a quadrant of British sitcoms leap from TV to film and this final ORWAV show special. The boys head to Malia and Australia with The Inbetweeners for the movie outings, then join Alan Partridge inside a radio station siege in ALPHA PAPA. A trip to Ireland next for MRS BROWN'S BOYS; D'MOVIE, before ORWAV heads on the road with David Brent for this year's LIFE ON THE ROAD. Listen now!
All aboard the Catbus, as Christopher and Dan meander their way through four films from the legendary Studio Ghibli, helped along the way by playful imp; Ersin Ali. First stop: MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO, also calling at: GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE, and finally WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE. It's the second in our 2016 Summer of Specials, and the boys are celebrating all things Ghibli to mark the apparent end of the studio's output. A bittersweet journey.
Fight the Brexit Blues with this podcast as Christopher and Dan are joined by ORWAV's editor and head honcho, television's own David Brake, to blast through the landmarks of Roland Emmerich's destructive career. INDEPENDENCE DAY, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, 2012, and this year's INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE are all torn apart, rebuilt, and torn apart again because, while Emmerich had 20 years to prepare, so did ORWAV. Listen now.
It's a kind of Malick as Christopher and Dan review KNIGHT OF CUPS and BADLANDS in Some Film Old, Some Film New, before the pair pull out a slew of brand new features from their collective top hat. Dads Describing Films (another Ronseal segment) premieres then Christopher has to pitch an almost impossible continuation of THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY to Dan in brand-new Worse Things Happens At Sequel. Things get heated as the duo square off in this season's decisive finale of Which Chris Said This? then the curtain is lifted on S3's upcoming specials. One dream, one goal, one podcast. Listen now.
Just the bear necessities this month as Christopher and Dan flick through THE JUNGLE BOOKs past and present in Some Film Old, Some Film New. A tense, decisive Which Chris Said This? ensues before The Shelf is wiped down for its latest inductee. Dan brings back We Don't Know What You're Saying But It Looks Bloody Good and Chris finishes proceedings off by reloading Some Film New with a Kaufman bullet. Go on. Have a listen.
It's Bat-Dan v. Super-Dawn: Dawn of Just Chris this month on The One Room With A View Show as the boys spend this month's Some Film Old, Some Film New pits the Son of Krypton against the Bat of Gotham. Christopher and Dan also discuss the future of the DCCU in wider terms, before resuming their own eternal battle: Which Chris Said This? The battle continues in Batman V. Superman as Christopher backs MASK OF THE PHANTASM and Dan bets on SUPERMAN RETURNS. Reconciliation can only be found through the grand reopening of TRAILER PARK. You best click SUBSCRIBE now.
Anyone familiar with Preston-Orton lore will know The One Room With A View show is the phoenix from Friday Night Film's ash. The boys return to their alma mata, XpressionFM, where they first teamed up against the world of cinema, as part of the station's 40th Anniversary celebrations. So, in lieu of the traditional new episode, ladies and gentleman, please welcome to the stage, for one final time (they've said that before) Mr Christopher Preston and Mr Dan Orton for a very special FRIDAY NIGHT FILM... (on a Saturday afternoon...)
The One Room With A View Show returns. Christopher Preston and Dan Orton defrost THE REVENANT from the ice and hook BIRDMAN from the skies in Some Film Old, Some Film New, before the boys go head to head again in Which Chris Said This?. Old favourite Netflixagories is unearthed for the first time in 2016, then the pair take a moment of reflection to mourn the sad passing of both David Bowie and Alan Rickman. This episode ends with a beginning: a look at what 2016 has in store for the silver screen.
A short time ago, in a recording booth not so far away, Christopher Preston and Dan Orton blast off The One Room With A View Show's STAR WARS themed episode. Some Film Old, Some Film New nudges A NEW HOPE and gently shakes THE FORCE AWAKENS, before the boys head towards the disaster that is THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL to join Han and Chewie and company for Life Day. Dan tries to even the score in a STAR WARS themed Which Chris Said This? then the pair hoists one of the saga's most beloved episodes up onto the shelf. All of this plus the boys' individual Top 10s of 2015. We find your lack of download...disturbing.
Buh dum buh! Buh dum buh! Buhdahdahdah! You know their names, and they are back! Christopher Preston and Dan Orton team up to take on Bond, James Bond - CASINO ROYALE and SPECTRE, to be precise, for Some Film Old, Some Film New. This episode also sees the bad blood boiling over WHICH CHRIS SAID THIS? finally settled, before The Great Debate explodes back into action with a discussion over simultaneous multi-platform film releases. TRAILER PARKS trundles over the horizon, dragging along the STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS final trailer and the first trailer for Duncan Jones' WARCRAFT, then a weary Dan finishes the most arduous quest of his life in the long awaited Challenge Chris/Challenge Dan.
The boys are back for their brand new third season! Christopher Preston and Dan Orton return after their summer break to review SUFFRAGETTE and 2011's THE IRON LADY for Some Film Old, Some Film New. The boys then discuss the likes of THE MARTIAN, LEGEND, MACBETH, and IRRATIONAL MAN in What's Gone On While We've Been Gone, before Dan attempts to equalise in Which Chris Said This?. The season's premiere finishes with Christopher dusting off a cinematic idol to stick up on The Shelf, and Dan delivering this month's Netpix. The third season is the charm - download now! With thanks to: Focus Features, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, The Weinstein Company, Sony Pictures Classics, Paramount Pictures, United Artists, and John Deley and the 41 Players.
This podcast, should you choose to listen to it, contains The One Room With A View's MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE special. Christopher Preston and Dan Orton have cobbled together their own IMF agency as they are joined by ORWAV.com staff members, Miss Olivia Luder(from last year's X-MEN Summer Special) and Mr Patrick Taylor, to discuss Missions #1-5. The ONLY thing missing is Ving Rhames. This message will self-destruct after you've clicked Subscribe.
Sir Christopher Lee, one of the world's most beloved actors, sadly passed away on 7 June 2015 at the age of 93. Christopher and Dan, both huge fans of his work, share their memories from some of his most iconic roles in this special retrospective podcast.
Summer is here, which can only mean one thing: The One Room With A View summer specials! Will there be guests? You bet jurass there will be as Christopher Preston and Dan Orton are joined by ORWAV staff members, Mr Tom Bond and Miss Danielle Davenport, to swashbuckle their way through a podcast 65 million years in the making. The quartet chat their way through JURASSIC PARK, THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK, JURASSIC PARK III and 2015's JURASSIC WORLD. Ears, meet conversation. Click download now!
What a lovely day! Christopher Preston and Dan Orton rev up the wagons as they chart the scorched history of Mad Max's from his titular debut to this year's MAD MAX: FURY ROAD in Some Film Old, Some Film New. The boys then ponder (for an unprecedented third month in a row) just Which Chris Said This? Then Christopher makes a desperate, heart-felt plea for Jim Carrey to come home soon. Netflixagories sets up a duel for the ages, before Dan wipes down The Shelf and unveils its fourth inductee. That's May for you; you'd be mad not to download.
ORWAV's mightiest heroes, Christopher Preston and Dan Orton, assemble to discuss the Marvel Cinematic Universe's cataclysmic THE AVENGERS and AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON. The boys then haul Which Chris Said This? back into the limelight, before Dan reloads Some Film New by looking at this year's THE DUFF. Christopher leaps back into the MCU to deliver his DAREDEVIL-ish Netpix, and the year's most earth-shattering trailers are all most definitely chewed upon in Trailer Park. Can I get a 'Download!'?
You shall go to the ball! Christopher and Dan's Fairy Godmother has left two glass slipper shaped films in the form of Disney's animated and Branaghmated CINDERELLAs. Dan introduces the brand new feature to Christopher in the pilot of Which Chris Said This? before the boys wrestle with the politics behind teasers and trailers. This month's podcast ends with the hatching of a new Netpix recommendation. Click 'Download', people!