Rachel Weisz Archives

Chain Reaction (1996)

Rating: ★★

Mar 15, 2001Techno-Thriller

Thriller with Keanu Reeves wrongfully accused and on the run from authorities in the quest for a process that creates cheap energy from water. A rehash of director Andrew Davis's The Fugitive mostly construed around its set-pieces

Director: Andrew Davis

Actors: Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz, Fred Ward, …

Category: Science Fiction

15 March 200120 July 2024 by Roog

The Mummy (1999)

Rating: ★★

May 11, 1999Revived Mummy/Adventure

Nominal remake of the Boris Karloff The Mummy, which has now been inflated into a big budget Indiana Jones adventure. Stephen Sommers lets the film overspill with CGI spectacle but the exercise is deflated by a jokey, unserious attitude

Director: Stephen Sommers

Actors: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, …

Category: Horror

11 May 19993 May 2021 by Roog

The Mummy Returns (2001)

Rating: ★

May 6, 2001Revived Mummy/Adventure

Sequel to the 1999 The Mummy. Here Stephen Sommers amplifies everything in that film by a factor of ten where the constant bombardment by the spectacular reaches an point of absurd overkill

Director: Stephen Sommers

Actors: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, John Hannah, …

Category: Fantasy, Horror

6 May 20013 May 2021 by Roog

Constantine (2005)

Rating: ★★

Mar 7, 2005Occult Investigator/Comic Book Adaptation

Adaptation of DC’s Hellblazer comic-book that gets the Hollywood treatment where all of the character's background and look has been thrown out and the part badly miscast with Keanu Reeves

Director: Francis Lawrence

Actors: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Peter Stormare, Shia LaBeouf, …

Category: Horror

7 March 200526 July 2024 by Roog

Eragon (2006)

Rating: ★

Feb 11, 2007Epic Dragon Fantasy

A dragon fantasy adapted from a popular book series that has Lord of the Rings wannabe stamped all over it and only unimaginatively follows in Peter Jackson's footsteps

Director: Stefen Fangmeier

Actors: Ed Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Rachel Weisz, Robert Carlyle, …

Category: Fantasy

11 February 200719 October 2025 by Roog

The Fountain (2006)

Rating: ★★

Feb 26, 2007Mystical Quest for Immortality

Darren Aronofsky's version of 2001: A Space Odyssey. A cryptic and baffling story that takes place in three different eras, all featuring the same actors. Aronofsky engages in much symbolic interplay but what is happening is a scratch of the head

Director: Darren Aronofsky

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Fernando Hernandez, …

Category: Science Fiction

26 February 20076 June 2025 by Roog

Fred Claus (2007)

Rating: ★★

Nov 18, 2007Santa's Brother

A Christmas film with Vince Vaughn as Santa's younger brother, a petty street hustler. A promising sarcastic tone falls into easy predictable routines and characters arcs

Director: David Dobkin

Actors: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Kevin Spacey, John Michael Higgins, …

Category: Fantasy

18 November 20078 February 2026 by Roog

The Lovely Bones (2009)

Rating: ★

Jan 17, 2010Murdered Girl Looks on From the Afterlife

A film about a dead girl trying to stop her paedophile murderer from the afterlife. A grim story becomes a visual effects vehicle wrecked by Peter Jackson's overblown amateur hour symbolism

Director: Peter Jackson

Actors: Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Rachel Weisz, …

Category: Fantasy

17 January 201029 July 2026 by Roog

Dream House (2011)

Rating: ★

Nov 4, 2011Haunted House/Reality Bender

Maybe one of the worst cases of a trailer ruining the film by giving away the big mid-film surprise. The film itself is an absurdly contrived Shutter Island copy that has nothing else up its sleeve beyond its big surprise

Director: Jim Sheridan

Actors: Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts, Marton Csokas, …

Category: Horror

4 November 201115 October 2025 by Roog

The Bourne Legacy (2012)

Rating: ★★

Aug 9, 2012Spy Action Film

A reboot of the Jason Bourne series with Jeremy Renner replacing Matt Damon. The exhiliratingly kinetic action scenes are watered down, while the plot lacks the same focus. The first of the series to enter genre territory however

Director: Tony Gilroy

Actors: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Dennis Boutsikaris, …

Category: Science Fiction

9 August 201228 December 2025 by Roog

Oz: The Great and Powerful (2013)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 8, 2013The Wizard of Oz Prequel

Sam Raimi's prequel to The Wizard of Oz is now; the story of how a conman fools an entire land rather than of an innocent girl just trying to find her way home. The reconceptualisation of Oz comes with a colourful sweep

Director: Sam Raimi

Actors: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, …

Category: Fantasy

8 March 20131 February 2026 by Roog

The Lobster (2015)

Rating: ★★★

Oct 10, 2015Future Where Everyone Must Be in a Relationship/Black Comedy

Yorgos Lanthimos makes a deadpan black humour SF film set in a future where one is forced to find their perfect romantic partner or else be turned into an animal

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

Actors: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Angeliki Papoulia, Lea Seydoux, …

Category: Science Fiction

10 October 20154 July 2026 by Roog

Black Widow (2021)

Rating: ★★★

Jul 17, 2021Marvel Comics Adaptation

The first MCU film to emerge since the Great Pause of the pandemic, the question is whether one of the least interesting characters in The Avengers can carry a film all by herself

Director: Cate Shortland

Actors: Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Rachel Weisz, …

Category: Science Fiction

17 July 20217 July 2025 by Roog