Helena Bonham Carter Archives

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994)

Rating: ★★

May 8, 2000Frankenstein Adaptation

An adaptation of Frankenstein made as companion piece to Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula. Kenneth Branagh creates a lush production but the attempts to emulate Coppola's sensuality go awry

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Robert De Niro, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Hulce, …

Category: Horror

8 May 20008 July 2026 by Roog

Mighty Aphrodite (1995)

Rating: ★★★★

Jul 15, 2002Comedy/Greek Tragedy Spoof

One of Woody Allen's most warmly funny films of the 90s with a side-splitting and award-winning performance from Mira Sorvino. Throughout, Allen gently spoofs Greek tragedy.

Director: Woody Allen

Actors: Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Rapaport, …

Category: Fantasy

15 July 20028 January 2025 by Roog

Fight Club (1999)

Rating: ★★★★★

Oct 20, 1999Brawling Clubs/Anarchist Revolution/Split Personality

David Fincher tackles Chuck Palahniuk's novel about secret brawling clubs. Maybe the only major studio film with an openly anarchist manifesto. Brilliant, incendiary, all over the map plotwise and thoroughly unique

Director: David Fincher

Actors: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, …

Category: Fantasy

20 October 19996 July 2025 by Roog

Planet of the Apes (2001)

Rating: ★★½

Jun 27, 2001Planet of Talking Apes

Tim Burton's much disliked remake. Certainly, the ape makeups are superb. While Burton touches many points with the original, he has dropped the biting satire in favour of adventure, while the ending left everyone scratching their heads

Director: Tim Burton

Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Roth, Estella Warren, …

Category: Science Fiction

27 June 20015 September 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 Burton's characteristic quirkiness seems buried by such a blandness you suspect he has been replaced by a clone of Ron Howard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

Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

Rating: ★★★★

Sep 16, 2005Aardman Animation

Aardman Animation spread the seemingly universal appeal of their Wallace and Gromit short films out onto the big screen with deliriously nonsensical results

Director: Nick Park, Steve Box

Actors: Peter Sallis, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes

Category: Fantasy

16 September 20052 January 2025 by Roog

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Rating: ★★

Sep 16, 2005Gonzo Children's Film/Fantastical Candy Factory

Tim Burton's remake of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a peculiarly lifeless confection that fails to find any of the zaniness of the original, something that one would have thought would have been Burton's forte

Director: Tim Burton

Actors: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, …

Category: Fantasy

16 September 200517 October 2024 by Roog

Corpse Bride (2005)

Rating: ★★★★

Oct 31, 2005Stop-Motion Animated Gothic

Tim Burton's successor to The Nightmare Before Christmas where Burton co-directs another venture into stop-motion animation that takes place in a similar dark and beautifully stylised world

Director: Mike Johnson, Tim Burton

Actors: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Joanna Lumley, …

Category: Fantasy

31 October 200511 January 2026 by Roog

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Rating: ★★

Feb 3, 2008Murderous Barber Musical

Tim Burton takes on the film version of the Stephen Sondhiem musical about a murderous barber, featuring Johnny Depp in the title role. But disappointingly, Burton still makes the same film he always does

Director: Tim Burton

Actors: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, …

Category: Horror

3 February 20083 May 2026 by Roog

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Rating: ★★★½

Jul 11, 2007Young Wizard

The fifth and in my opinion the best of the Harry Potter films. It is the first film where we see the darkening of emotions and the children growing up as storm clouds gather. Much of the show is stolen by Imelda Staunton

Director: David Yates

Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon, Rupert Grint, …

Category: Fantasy

11 July 200714 March 2026 by Roog

Terminator Salvation (2009)

Rating: ★★

Jun 6, 2009War Against the Machines

The fourth Terminator film is slightly better than you would expect of something directed by the empty-headed McG. There are some undeniably spectacular action sequences, although the film still stands too much in the shadow of what has gone before

Director: McG

Actors: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood, …

Category: Science Fiction

6 June 20098 September 2024 by Roog

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Rating: ★★½

Jul 17, 2009Young Wizard

Sixth of the Harry Potter films, this feels like a step back from what its predecessor built up. The film suffers from trying to cram all of J.K. Rowling's book into its running time and ends up being frustratingly mannered

Director: David Yates

Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Rupert Grint, …

Category: Fantasy

17 July 200914 March 2026 by Roog

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010)

Rating: ★★★

Nov 17, 2010Young Wizard

The penultimate chapter in the Harry Potter series surprisingly strips out most of the effects and is much slower, more character driven, while moving the saga towards an epic conclusion

Director: David Yates

Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, John Hurt, …

Category: Fantasy

17 November 201030 October 2025 by Roog

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Rating: ★★

Mar 9, 2010Alice in Wonderland Adaptation/Epic Adventure

Tim Burton takes on Lewis Carroll but Carroll gets lost beneath Burton doing his usual quirky eccentric thing and a plot that seems to want to turn Alice's adventures into a modern epic fantasy

Director: Tim Burton

Actors: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, …

Category: Fantasy

9 March 20105 December 2024 by Roog

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

Rating: ★★★

Jul 15, 2011Young Wizard

I've never been a huge fan of the Harry Potter series but the final chapter rounds out the boy wizard saga in rousing style, mounting an epic-sized battle and finding characters depths that hold some of the best writing of the series

Director: David Yates

Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, …

Category: Fantasy

15 July 20111 July 2021 by Roog

Dark Shadows (2012)

Rating: ★★

May 10, 2012TV Series Comedy Remake/Vampire/Family Saga

Tim Burton's slide into mediocrity continues with this comedic update of the cult Gothic soap opera tv series, which is now played at a level of cartoonish unseriousness that resembles the Addams Family

Director: Tim Burton

Actors: Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Grace Moretz, …

Category: Horror

10 May 201215 January 2026 by Roog

Cinderella (2015)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 14, 2015Fairytale Adaptation

Live-action remake of the Disney animated film. This varies little from the well-worn elements of the story to the point of over-familiarity but director Kenneth Branagh manages a lush and beautifully staged effort

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Actors: Lily James, Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett, Holliday Grainger, …

Category: Fantasy

14 March 20152 January 2026 by Roog

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

Rating: ★★

Jun 4, 2016Alice in Wonderland Sequel

Sequel to the 2010 Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland. This has even less in common with Lewis Carroll's book sequel than its predecessor did – a total of two scenes. The sets and effects are just pretty eye candy

Director: James Bobin

Actors: Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, …

Category: Fantasy

4 June 20167 November 2025 by Roog

DragonHeart: Vengeance (2020)

Rating: ★★

Jul 11, 2021Dragon Fantasy

Quite why the largely forgotten DragonHeart has produced four sequels is beyond me. Where does such a loyal fanbase come from that they keep churning out more of these films?

Director: Ivan Silvestrini

Actors: Jack Kane, Joseph Millson, Helena Bonham Carter, Arturo Muselli, …

Category: Fantasy

11 July 202111 July 2021 by Roog

The House (2022)

Rating: ★★★★

Mar 15, 2024Stop-Motion Animation Anthology

An anthology of stop-motion animated shorts set around the same house. Each episode is quite different but all three stories strike an admirably dark and absurdist tone and are beautifully made

Director: Emma de Swaef, Marc James Roels, Nikki Lindroth von Bahr, Paloma Baeza

Actors: Mia Goth, Helena Bonham Carter, Matthew Goode, Paul Kaye, …

Category: Fantasy

15 March 202414 November 2025 by Roog