Billy Magnussen Archives

The Brass Teapot (2012)

Rating: ★★

Jul 5, 2013Magic Teapot That Produces Money When People Are Hurt

Comedy with a head-scratching premise where a couple discover a teapot that produces money whenever they hurt themselves. Such a loopy premise could work as a black comedy but this plays itself as a frothy light fantasy

Director: Ramaa Mosley

Actors: Juno Temple, Michael Angarano, Stephen Park, Billy Magnussen, …

Category: Fantasy

5 July 201328 December 2025 by Roog

Into the Woods (2014)

Rating: ★

Dec 25, 2014Fairytale Parody Musical

A lumbering, stagebound adaptation of Stephen Sondheim musical that lamely dips into the fairytale parody that Shrek and other films tapped far more engagingly over a decade ago

Director: Rob Marshall

Actors: Meryl Streep, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Emily Blunt, …

Category: Fantasy

25 December 201422 April 2026 by Roog

Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

Rating: ★★

Mar 8, 2019Cursed Artworks

This gets full marks for an eye-catching title, even if it is one that has next to no relevancy in the film. The film itself is set in the world of art dealership and concerns a series of cursed paintings that kill all who seek to acquire them

Director: Dan Gilroy

Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge, …

Category: Horror

8 March 201914 April 2020 by Roog

No Time to Die (2021)

Rating: ★★½

Nov 19, 2021James Bond Film

Daniel Craig’s swansong as James Bond but it no longer seems a Bond that Ian Fleming would recognise leading to the question of whether James Bond still has any relevance in 2021

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga

Actors: Daniel Craig, Lea Seydoux, Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, …

Category: Science Fiction

19 November 202128 February 2022 by Roog

Spy Kids: Armageddon (2023)

Rating: ★★½

Oct 7, 2023Juvenile Spy Adventures

Robert Rodriguez revisits his juvenile spy capers franchise after a twelve year absence. Not perfect but it improves over the last couple of sequels

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Actors: Zachary Levi, Gina Rodriguez, Connor Esterson, Everly Carganilla, …

Category: Science Fiction

7 October 20237 October 2023 by Roog

Lilo & Stitch (2025)

Rating: ★★

Jul 19, 2025Disney Animation in Live Action/Malevolent Alien Creature

The Disney live-action remake machine continues with this version of the hit 2002 animated film about a cuddly malevolent alien creature. As with most of the Disney remake, the original looks flat in live-action

Director: Dean Fleischer Camp

Actors: Maia Kealoha, Sydney Elizabeth Agudong, Chris Sanders, Zach Galifianakis, …

Category: Science Fiction

19 July 202530 July 2026 by Roog