James D'Arcy Archives

Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)

Rating: ★½

Nov 17, 2004Demonic Possession

Prequel to The Exorcist concerning the young Father Merrin. Production company Morgan Creek dumped Paul Schrader’s original version of the film and brought in the perpetually terrible Renny Harlin to make something scarier but Harlin’s pop-effects remain tepid

Director: Renny Harlin

Actors: Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy, Alan Ford, …

Category: Horror

17 November 200419 October 2025 by Roog

An American Haunting (2005)

Rating: ★

Dec 2, 2007"True" 19th Century Haunting

Film based on the supposed real-life Bell Witch Haunting of the 19th Century. Director Courtney Solomon's constant efforts to make us jump become so tedious that they produce no effect at all.

Director: Courtney Solomon

Actors: Donald Sutherland, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Sissy Spacek, James D'Arcy, …

Category: Horror

2 December 200718 November 2025 by Roog

Rise (2007)

Rating: ★★

Mar 7, 2008Vampire Hunter

Overlooked at the time it was released, this is a stylish and quite well made film with Lucy Liu playing a vampire hunter

Director: Sebastian Gutierrez

Actors: Lucy Liu, Michael Chiklis, James D'Arcy, Carla Gugino, Mako, …

Category: Horror

7 March 20088 May 2025 by Roog

Hitchcock (2012)

Rating: ★★★★

Dec 1, 2012The Making of Psycho

A non-fiction film about Alfred Hitchcock and the making of Psycho. The script does a great job nailing the psychological undertows and the parts are brought to life with several tour-de-force performances

Director: Sacha Gervasi

Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Danny Huston, Scarlett Johansson, …

Category: Horror

1 December 201216 March 2026 by Roog

In Their Skin (2012)

Rating: ★

Nov 8, 2012Home Invasion Thriller

Canadian-made home invasion thriller that reminds of Michael Haneke's Funny Games. A film that seems set to brutalise a middle class couple's sensibilities only to slip into utter tameness

Director: Jeremy Power Regimbal

Actors: Joshua Close, Selma Blair, James D'Arcy, Rachel Miner, …

Category: Horror

8 November 201217 April 2026 by Roog

Cloud Atlas (2012)

Rating: ★★★

Oct 24, 2012Cross-Historical Epic

A cross-historical epic from The Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer. An uneven film driven more by its determination we view it as an epic. Surely a studio publicist's nightmare, it grasps at the meaning of it all yet eludes telling audiences what it is about

Director: Lana/Larry Wachowski, Lilly/Andy Wachowski, The Wachowskis, Tom Tykwer

Actors: Tom Hanks, Jim Broadbent, Halle Berry, Doona Bae, …

Category: Science Fiction

24 October 20123 January 2026 by Roog

Jupiter Ascending (2015)

Rating: ★★★½

Feb 7, 2015Space Opera

The Wachowskis set out to make a space opera adventure in the Star Wars vein. As always, the elevate every genre they take on and the film is packed with astonishing action sequences and wild, mind-expanding ideas

Director: Lana/Larry Wachowski, Lilly/Andy Wachowski, The Wachowskis

Actors: Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, …

Category: Science Fiction

7 February 201516 May 2026 by Roog

The Snowman (2017)

Rating: ★★

Dec 24, 2017Norwegian Serial Killer Thriller

International production based on a series of books about a Norwegian detective. This flopped badly and was called confusing. Mostly, it is a serial killer thriller that fails to hold you gripped with its unfoldings

Director: Tomas Alfredson

Actors: Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonas Karlsson, …

Category: Horror

24 December 201724 July 2026 by Roog

Life Like (2019)

Rating: ★

Jun 14, 2021Android Servant

There have been some extremely good films about androids and A.I. in the last few years. This one about an android manservant is so ridiculous it should have been played as a comedy

Director: Josh Janowicz

Actors: Addison Timlin, Steven Strait, Drew Van Acker, James D'Arcy, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 June 202125 June 2026 by Roog

LX 2048 (2020)

Rating: ★★★½

Mar 7, 2022Future Cloning and Virtual Reality

A film I went into with no expectation that quickly creates a fascinating future and offers some ingeniously original treatments of cloning and Virtual Reality themes

Director: Guy Moshe

Actors: James D'Arcy, Anna Brewster, Delroy Lindo, Gabrielle Cassi, …

Category: Science Fiction

7 March 20227 March 2022 by Roog