Pete Postlethwaite Archives

Split Second (1992)

Rating: ★★

Jun 2, 2005Satanic Alien Serial Killer

A mishmash of Alien copy and supernatural serial killer film set in a drowned future London with a script that makes no real sense. The film's buddy cop relationship starring Rutger Hauer does have its amusements.

Director: Tony Maylam

Actors: Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Neil Duncan, Alun Armstrong, …

Category: Science Fiction

2 June 20056 August 2020 by Roog

DragonHeart (1996)

Rating: ★★★

May 28, 2000Rogue and Dragon

This places an amusing spin on the standard dragon fantasy, having the dragon and its would-be slayer team up to fool the peasantry out of money. The Sean Connery-voiced dragon looks like a big CGI cartoon

Director: Rob Cohen

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, David Thewlis, Dina Meyer, …

Category: Fantasy

28 May 200014 October 2025 by Roog

James and the Giant Peach (1996)

Rating: ★★★★

Dec 1, 2000Fantastical Journey/Stop-Motion Animation/Roald Dahl Adaptation

Henry Selick's follow-up to The Nightmare Before Christmas, a Roald Dahl adaptation filled with enormous visual creativity as a boy and several talking insects set forth on a sea journey in a giant peach

Director: Henry Selick

Actors: Paul Terry, Miriam Margolyes, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite, …

Category: Fantasy

1 December 200012 May 2026 by Roog

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

Rating: ★½

Aug 14, 2001Genetically Engineered Dinosaurs Amok

The first sequel to the massive success of Jurassic Park where Steven Spielberg returns to direct with a script that seems a mishmash of loose ends that only weakly rehashes the original

Director: Steven Spielberg

Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Vince Vaughn, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 August 200128 July 2026 by Roog

The Divine Ryans (1999)

Rating: ★★★

Sep 26, 1999Family Saga/Father's Ghost/Surreal Dreams

Canadian family saga told through the eyes of a young boy growing up amid a strange extended Newfoundland family. Featuring a number of fantastical elements.

Director: Stephen Reynolds

Actors: Pete Postlethwaite, Wendel Meldrum, Robert Joy, Rick Boland, …

Category: Fantasy

26 September 199916 October 2025 by Roog

Alice in Wonderland (1999)

Rating: ★★★

Jun 30, 2003Alice in Wonderland TV Adaptation

A fairly reasonable tv mini-series adaptation of Lewis Carroll – a version that excels in terms of design and in using The Jim Henson Workshop to bring the Wonderland creatures to life

Director: Nick Willing

Actors: Tina Majorino, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, Christopher Lloyd, …

Category: Fantasy

30 June 200315 February 2026 by Roog

Rat (2000)

Rating: ★★★½

May 30, 2004Man Transforms into a Rat

Rather charming Steve Barron film in which Pete Postlethwaite turns into a rat. The delights are the perfect nonchalance in which everyone accepts the situation

Director: Steve Barron

Actors: Imelda Staunton, Pete Postlethwaite, John Wilmot, Frank Kelly, …

Category: Fantasy

30 May 20047 September 2019 by Roog

Aeon Flux (2005)

Rating: ★★

Feb 25, 2006Dystopian Future/TV Series Remake

Disappointingly watered down live-action adaptation of the cult animated series. Karyn Kusama creates some interesting visuals but eventually everything lapses to Hollywood formula

Director: Karyn Kusama

Actors: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Sophie Okonedo, Jonny Lee Miller, …

Category: Science Fiction

25 February 200611 November 2025 by Roog

Dark Water (2005)

Rating: ★★

May 2, 2005Japanese Ghost Story Remake/Haunted Apartment

The English-language remake of Hideo Nakata's ghost story made by Walter Salles. This version is surprisingly faithful to the original but entirely miscues Nakata's jolt ending

Director: Walter Salles

Actors: Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Ariel Gade, Tim Roth, …

Category: Horror

2 May 200517 February 2026 by Roog

The Omen (2006)

Rating: ★★

Jun 21, 2006The Biblical End of the World/The Anti-Christ

The classic 1976 Anti-Christ film is given the remake treatment. The production look slick but quickly disappears into forgettability

Director: John Moore

Actors: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, David Thewlis, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, …

Category: Horror

21 June 200624 January 2025 by Roog

The Age of Stupid (2009)

Rating: ★★

Sep 11, 2009Environmentally Devastated Future/Global Warming Documentary

Using the framework of an SF film, told from the perspective of a devastated future, this is a documentary about Global Warming, although one that falls short of making a convincing argument

Director: Franny Armstrong

Actors: Pete Postlethwaite

Category: Science Fiction

11 September 200911 November 2025 by Roog

Solomon Kane (2009)

Rating: ★★★

Jul 21, 2010Puritan Era Sword and Sorcery/Robert E. Howard Adaptation

Reasonable adaptation of Robert E. Howard's stories about a Puritan warrior, an entry in the 00s sword-and-sorcery fad that comes with a welcomely dark edge

Director: M.J. Bassett

Actors: James Purefoy, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Pete Postlethwaite, Mackenzie Crook, …

Category: Fantasy

21 July 201016 September 2025 by Roog

Inception (2010)

Rating: ★★★★★

Sep 23, 2010Dream Espionage

Christopher Nolan's The Matrix. Concerning an action theme that invade people's dreams, this is a bold, brilliantly original SF film driven by ideas - a film that succeeds beautifully on all levels

Director: Christopher Nolan

Actors: Leonard DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page/Elliot Page, Tom Hardy, …

Category: Science Fiction

23 September 201017 April 2026 by Roog

Clash of the Titans (2010)

Rating: ★

Apr 3, 2010Greek Mythology Adventure

Heavily disappointing remake of the Ray Harryhausen film where the replacement of Harryhausen's stop-motion animation with CGI fails to achieve any magic

Director: Louis Leterrier

Actors: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, …

Category: Fantasy

3 April 20106 October 2024 by Roog