Billy Crudup Archives

Princess Mononoke (1997)

Rating: ★★★★★

Nov 30, 1999Anime/Epic Fantasy

Stunning work of fantasy from Hayao Miyazaki. Made on an epic-sized story canvas and with a breathtaking beauty, this is one of the few original screen works to capture something of the nature and scale of written epic fantasy

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Actors: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, Gillian Anderson, …

Category: Fantasy

30 November 199911 February 2025 by Roog

Big Fish (2003)

Rating: ★★

Mar 9, 2004Tall Tales

Tim Burton film where Albert Finney plays a habitual teller of tall tales whose son sets out to find the truth. Burton's characteristic quirkiness seems buried by such a blandness you suspect he has been replaced by a clone of Ron Howard

Director: Tim Burton

Actors: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, …

Category: Fantasy

9 March 20045 July 2026 by Roog

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

Rating: ★★★½

Jun 21, 2006Spy/Action Film

For his third outing in the series, Tom Cruise made a smart bet on giving the reins to J.J. Abrams who turns in the most enjoyable entry to that point. One of the best moves is casting Philip Seymour Hoffman as the villain

Director: J.J. Abrams

Actors: Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Monaghan, …

Category: Science Fiction

21 June 20068 September 2026 by Roog

Watchmen (2009)

Rating: ★★★★

Mar 8, 2009Comic-Book Superheroes

Zack Snyder's adaptation of Alan Moore's groundbreaking graphic novel is exceedingly faithful to the original. Often called unfilmable, Snyder articulates the material in ways that quite surprise

Director: Zack Snyder

Actors: Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earl Haley, Malin Akerman, …

Category: Science Fiction

8 March 20095 July 2026 by Roog

The Watch (2012)

Rating: ★★

Aug 3, 2012Neighbourhood Watch vs Alien Invaders Comedy

An uninspired comedy about a neighbourhood watch encountering alien invaders that falls somewhere between Ghostbusters and The ‘Burbs. The film's virtues lie less in the weak premise than in the director allowing the stars to freely improvise with occasionally funny results

Director: Akiva Schaffer

Actors: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, …

Category: Science Fiction

3 August 201225 September 2025 by Roog

Alien: Covenant (2017)

Rating: ★★

Jul 9, 2017Alien Prequel

Ridley Scott makes a further Alien prequel that is an improvement on Prometheus. While the first half gives us the stuff of aliens hunting humans, the second less interestingly doglegs off into the story of a mad android

Director: Ridley Scott

Actors: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, …

Category: Science Fiction

9 July 201711 November 2025 by Roog

Justice League (2017)

Rating: ★★

Dec 30, 2017Comic-Book Superheroes

Zack Snyder completes his run through DC superheroes with mixed results. The introduction of the characters works well but Snyder too readily throws established continuity out the window, while the visual dourness becomes tedious

Director: Zack Snyder

Actors: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, …

Category: Science Fiction

30 December 201727 February 2026 by Roog

Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)

Rating: ★★★★

Mar 27, 2021Comic-Book Superheroes

Zack Snyder’s original cut of Justice League is a magnificent work that restores much character depth and story. I would far rather watch this than any of the recent MCU films

Director: Zack Snyder

Actors: Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, …

Category: Science Fiction

27 March 202127 February 2026 by Roog