Dominic West Archives

A Christmas Carol (1999)

Rating: ★★★★

Oct 31, 2008Miser's Redemption

For my money, the best adaptation of the multiply-filmed Charles Dickens tale. Patrick Stewart is a great Scrooge and the film respects the story, giving its milieu and central character life as a tale for adults

Director: David Jones

Actors: Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Joel Grey, Saskia Reeves, …

Category: Fantasy

31 October 200810 December 2023 by Roog

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999)

Rating: ★★★

May 15, 1999Shakespeare Adaptation/Fairy Enchantments

Amid Kenneth Branagh's dynamic cinematic revival of Shakespeare in the 1990s, there was this all-star adaptation of Shakespeare's whimsy about fairy enchantments

Director: Michael Hoffman

Actors: Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Calista Flockhart, …

Category: Fantasy

15 May 199929 July 2026 by Roog

The Forgotten (2004)

Rating: ★★★

Nov 8, 2004Erased Memories

Julianne Moore discovers her late son has been erased from photos and people's memories eventually leading her to an explanation involving mysterious aliens

Director: Joseph Ruben

Actors: Julianne Moore, Gary Sinise, Dominic West, Alfre Woodard, …

Category: Science Fiction

8 November 200425 October 2025 by Roog

Hannibal Rising (2007)

Rating: ★★

Feb 26, 2007Hannibal Lecter Origin Story

Building on the successes of the Hannibal Lecter films, this is a prequel that goes back sets out to tell an origin story of how the young teenage Hannibal came to be who he was during World War II

Director: Peter Webber

Actors: Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Rhys Ifans, Dominic West, …

Category: Horror

26 February 200711 March 2026 by Roog

300 (2007)

Rating: ★★★★

Apr 19, 2007Fantasticised Historical Battle/Graphic Novel Adaptation

Zack Snyder's adaptation of the classic Frank Miller graphic novel about the Greek battle of Thermopylae. In replicating the look of the original's panels, Snyder pushes what would otherwise be a standard historical film into something extraordinarily stylised and fantastic

Director: Zack Snyder

Actors: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, …

Category: Fantasy

19 April 20079 April 2022 by Roog

Punisher: War Zone (2008)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 21, 2010Comic-Book Vigilante

The Punisher (2004) with Thomas Jane was a dud among the 2000s Marvel Comics adaptations. Here the role is recast with Ray Stevenson and director Lexi Alexander gets the dark, violent tone of the comic-book right

Director: Lexi Alexander

Actors: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Doug Hutchison, Colin Salmon, …

Category: Science Fiction

21 March 20105 July 2026 by Roog

Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)

Rating: ★★½

Nov 1, 2012Nazis Invade England/Satiric Alternate History/Puppet Film

A puppet film about a satiric Nazi invasion of England in World War II. Imagine It Happened Here by way of Team America. This has its amusements but is uneven

Director: Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry

Actors: Ewan McGregor, Timothy Spall, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West, …

Category: Fantasy

1 November 201212 May 2026 by Roog

Johnny English Reborn (2011)

Rating: ★½

Nov 3, 2011Incompetent Spy Comedy

Rowan Atkinson is a very funny man but try as I might I cannot get into these Johnny English films - they seem at best lame Austin Powers castoffs with gags designed for the single digit age range

Director: Oliver Parker

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Dominic West, Rosamund Pike, Gillian Anderson, …

Category: Science Fiction

3 November 201122 October 2020 by Roog

Appropriate Adult (2011)

Rating: ★★★

May 26, 2017True-Life Serial Killer

TV mini-series about British serial killing husband and wife duo Fred and Rosemary West. While not uninteresting, this merely depicts the aftermath of Fred's arrest and the relationship with a volunteer helper

Director: Julian Jarrold

Actors: Emily Watson, Dominic West, Robert Glenister, Sylvestra Le Touzel, …

Category: Horror

26 May 201718 November 2025 by Roog

The Awakening (2011)

Rating: ★★★½

Jul 21, 2012Victorian Ghost Story

A classic British ghost story that produces an exceedingly haunted atmosphere at times, although falls apart in a highly contrived M. Night Shyamalan twist ending

Director: Nick Murphy

Actors: Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Isaac Hampstead-Wright, …

Category: Horror

21 July 201225 December 2020 by Roog

John Carter (2012)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 9, 2012Planetary Adventure/Edgar Rice Burroughs Adaptation

While the film bombed, it emerges as a fairly good and faithful, lavishly produced adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ swashbuckling planetary adventure

Director: Andrew Stanton

Actors: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Dominic West, Samantha Morton, …

Category: Science Fiction

9 March 201226 August 2026 by Roog

Finding Dory (2016)

Rating: ★★★½

Jun 25, 2016Pixar Animation/Talking Fish

Pixar have never been the same since giving in to sequelitis. This sequel to Finding Nemo is not perfect but this has a winning array of new characters and some delightfully madcap comic set-pieces

Director: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane

Actors: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neill, Kaitlin Olson, …

Category: Fantasy

25 June 201626 August 2026 by Roog

Tomb Raider (2018)

Rating: ★★

Oct 6, 2018Videogame Adaptation

This reboot of the film series based on the videogame franchise is a mixed affair. Certainly, the perpetually non-acting Angelina Jolie is replaced by Alicia Vikander who gives Lara Croft living, breathing emotions

Director: Roar Uthaug

Actors: Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, …

Category: Fantasy

6 October 201814 June 2026 by Roog