Anna Paquin Archives

X-Men (2000)

Rating: ★★★★

Jul 14, 2000Comic-Book Superheroes

Bryan Singer’s dynamic and exciting adaptation of the Marvel Comic title fairly much kicked off the massive fad for Marvel superheroes in the 00s/10s. This was also the film that mad Hugh Jackman into an international superstar.

Director: Bryan Singer

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Anna Paquin, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 July 200010 October 2024 by Roog

Darkness (2002)

Rating: ★★

Apr 11, 2005Haunted House/Occult Conspiracy

From Jaume Balaguero, a film that assembles a decent cast and broods with suggestions of a haunted house and occult conspiracies but never does much to let it pay off

Director: Jaume Balaguero

Actors: Anna Paquin, Iain Glen, Lena Olin, Giancarlo Giannini, …

Category: Horror

11 April 200525 June 2020 by Roog

X2 (2003)

Rating: ★★★

May 5, 2003Comic-Book Superheroes

Bryan Singer's immediate sequel to X-Men, this ups the number of new mutant characters, although only sporadically manages to kick in with the spectacular superheroic action sequences the first film had

Director: Bryan Singer

Actors: Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Brian Cox, …

Category: Science Fiction

5 May 200310 October 2024 by Roog

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Rating: ★★

Jun 21, 2006Comic-Book Superheroes

Brett Ratner inherits the X-Men franchise from Bryan Singer for the third film in the series and promptly killed it off (after this point everything became prequels featuring Young X-Men). Ratner's handling of the superheroic action lacks Singer's exhilaration or any affinity for the characters

Director: Brett Ratner

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen, …

Category: Science Fiction

21 June 200612 October 2024 by Roog

Trick ‘R Treat (2008)

Rating: ★★

May 20, 2010Halloween Horror Anthology

Disappointing Bryan Singer produced horror anthology set around Halloween where its potential is frequently dragged down by over-emphatic direction

Director: Michael Dougherty

Actors: Dylan Baker, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Leslie Bibb, …

Category: Horror

20 May 20108 May 2025 by Roog

Scre4m (2011)

Rating: ★★★½

Apr 16, 2011Slasher Sequel Parody/Deconstruction

Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson return to the Scream franchise to turn out the fourth and best sequel yet. The opening scene alone is the funniest one has seen in a film in some time

Director: Wes Craven

Actors: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Emma Roberts, …

Category: Horror

16 April 201125 March 2026 by Roog

The Good Dinosaur (2015)

Rating: ★★★

Dec 6, 2015Pixar Animation/Dinosaur Befriends Caveboy

Pixar have never been the same since they slipped into the easy familiarity of sequelitis. This is essentially a boy and his dog story but played out with a dinosaur and a caveboy, but also an alternate history tale

Director: Peter Sohn

Actors: Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, …

Category: Fantasy

6 December 20156 May 2026 by Roog