Leelee Sobieski Archives

Deep Impact (1998)

Rating: ★★

May 31, 1999Asteroid Collision/Disaster Movie

Big serious attempt at creating an asteroid collides with Earth film, this came out the same year as Armageddon. Despite arraying much acting talent and effects artistry, this disappears into a melodramatic blandness

Director: Mimi Leder

Actors: Téa Leoni, Robert Duvall, Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman, …

Category: Science Fiction

31 May 199910 October 2025 by Roog

The Glass House (2001)

Rating: ★★★

Sep 16, 2001Evil Foster Parents Psycho-Thriller

A modest and reasonably effective psycho-thriller about a brother and sister who are adopted after the death of their parents only to find their step-parents have sinister intent

Director: Daniel Sackheim

Actors: Leelee Sobieski, Stellan Skarsgård, Diane Lane, Trevor Morgan, …

Category: Horror

16 September 200128 October 2025 by Roog

Joy Ride (2001)

Rating: ★★★½

Oct 5, 2001Road Movie Psycho-Thriller

Teens on a road trip play a practical joke using an old CB radio but prank a psychopathic truck driver. A film where director John Dahl delivers the goods with considerable style

Director: John Dahl

Actors: Paul Walker, Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, Jim Beaver

Category: Horror

5 October 200125 November 2023 by Roog

Hercules (2005)

Rating: ★★★

Dec 14, 2008Greek Mythological Hero

What approach can this Hallmark mini-series take that hasn't been exhausted by the numerous other Hercules films? Answer: Simply tell the Greek myth as it was written. At which it does not too badly

Director: Roger Young

Actors: Paul Telfer, Elizabeth Perkins, Leelee Sobieski, Sean Astin, …

Category: Fantasy

14 December 200831 October 2025 by Roog

The Wicker Man (2006)

Rating: ★

Nov 18, 2007Pagan Religion

The 1973 version of The Wicker Man is a cult classic; this is one of the worst remakes of all time that gets nothing about the original right, blunts its themes about religion and tosses in crude shocks and killings

Director: Neil LaBute

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Molly Parker, Leelee Sobieski, …

Category: Horror

18 November 200726 March 2026 by Roog

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)

Rating: ★★½

May 24, 2009Epic Fantasy Adventure/Videogame Adaptation

Another of Uwe Boll’s videogame adaptations and one of his better. Boll is seeking to emulate the 00s epic fantasy fad and succeeds with some great action choreography from Ching Siu-Tung

Director: Uwe Boll

Actors: Jason Statham, Burt Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Matthew Lillard, …

Category: Fantasy

24 May 200917 April 2026 by Roog

Branded (2012)

Rating: ★★

Nov 8, 2016Brand Names Revealed as Parasitic Entities

An ambitious film in its depiction of a near-future Russia and satire on the media. The latter half has the hero undergo a mystical experience and discover that advertising brands are living entities that feed on human need

Director: Alexander Doulerain, Jamie Bradshaw

Actors: Ed Stoppard, Leelee Sobieski, Jeffrey Tambor, Max Von Sydow

Category: Science Fiction

8 November 201610 December 2025 by Roog