Orlando Jones Archives

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter (2000)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 27, 2003Western Outlaws/Vampire Saloon

The second and best of the From Dusk Till Dawn sequels. This takes the story back and retells it in a Western setting where it offers some clever twists on the original

Director: P.J. Pesce

Actors: Marco Leonardi, Michael Parks, Rebecca Gayheart, Temura Morrison, …

Category: Horror

27 April 200323 October 2025 by Roog

Evolution (2001)

Rating: ★★

Jun 8, 2001Rapidly Evolving Alien Lifeforms/Comedy

Ivan Reitman comedy that is essentially a rehash of his earlier hit Ghostbusters but where instead of ghosts he has a team investigating rapidly alien lifeforms at a meteor crash site

Director: Ivan Reitman

Actors: David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore, Seann William Scott, …

Category: Science Fiction

8 June 200119 October 2025 by Roog

The Time Machine (2002)

Rating: ★★

Apr 9, 2002Time Travel/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Remake of the classic H.G. Wells novel that comes with the novelty of being directed by Wells's great-grandson. More disappointingly it prefers to merely remake the 1960 film rather than return to the book

Director: Simon Wells

Actors: Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Orlando Jones, Mark Addy, …

Category: Science Fiction

9 April 20023 May 2020 by Roog

Primeval (2007)

Rating: ★★

Apr 19, 2009Giant Killer Crocodile

One of several killer crocodile films that came out in 2007. This has some big-budget CGI effects but is cliched and was overshadowed by far better entries from the same year with Rogue and Black Water

Director: Michael Katleman

Actors: Dominic Purcell, Orlando Jones, Jurgen Prochnow, Gideon Emery, …

Category: Horror

19 April 200929 June 2026 by Roog

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (2009)

Rating: ★★

Nov 2, 2009Young Adult/Vampire Wars/Circus of Freaks

Adaptation of a series of Young Adult books that should have emerged as Harry Potter made with the sensibilities of a Tim Burton. But the result fails to come to life in Paul Weitz's hands

Director: Paul Weitz

Actors: John C. Reilly, Chris Massoglia, Josh Hutcherson, Michael Cerveris, …

Category: Horror

2 November 200929 September 2025 by Roog

Seconds Apart (2011)

Rating: ★★★½

Aug 18, 2012Evil Psychic Twins

A wonderfully cool film about malevolent twins with psychic abilities. that is an astonishingly assured effort where the various set-pieces come with the confidence of a director who has been working in the genre for years

Director: Antonio Negret

Actors: Orlando Jones, Edmund Entin, Gary Entin, Louis Herthum, …

Category: Horror

18 August 201214 March 2024 by Roog