Rebecca Ferguson Archives

Hercules (2014)

Rating: ★½

Jul 26, 2014Greek Mythological Hero's Ordinary Exploits

Dwayne Johnson starring Hercules film that just wants to be a big dumb cartoon without a brain cell in its body. This takes the interesting approach that Hercules was an ordinary man whose exploits were all down to PR

Director: Brett Ratner

Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, John Hurt, …

Category: Fantasy

26 July 201414 March 2026 by Roog

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 1, 2015Spy/Action Film

The Mission: Impossible films have become superbly polished vehicles with exotic locales, death-defying stuntwork and spectacular action sequences. This enacts it all well; the main problem is that Ghost Protocol is such a tough act to follow that this cannot help but fall in its shadow

Director: Christopher McQuarrie

Actors: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 August 20157 July 2023 by Roog

Life (2017)

Rating: ★★★

Jun 10, 2017Alien Organism Amok on the International Space Station

This is essentially Alien as a scientifically grounded space film like Gravity where an original alien menace attacking aboard the International Space Station

Director: Daniel Espinosa

Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada

Category: Science Fiction

10 June 201725 June 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

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

Rating: ★★★

Dec 29, 2018Spy/Action Film

The sixth of the Mission: Impossible films. Not the best of the series but Tom Cruise and associates have everything polished to an expertly honed formula by now and the film is a kinetic ride of intensive and often jaw-dropping action sequences

Director: Christopher McQuarrie

Actors: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, …

Category: Science Fiction

29 December 201810 September 2025 by Roog

The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 29, 2021Modern-Day Arthurian Legends

Joe Cornish gained much buzz with Attack the Block. His follow-up film concerns a kid who inherits Excalibur. Cornish has fun translating elements of the Arthurian legends to the present-day

Director: Joe Cornish

Actors: Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Patrick Stewart, Angus Imrie, Rebecca Ferguson, …

Category: Fantasy

29 March 202115 June 2026 by Roog

Men in Black: International (2019)

Rating: ★

Aug 3, 2019Alien Coverup Conspiracy Agency

The original Men in Black was a witty parody of alien coverup conspiracies; the sequels became slapstick films about pop-up aliens and gadgets hidden behind everyday things. This offers little that is new

Director: F. Gary Gray

Actors: Tessa Thompson, Chris Hemsworth, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, …

Category: Science Fiction

3 August 20196 July 2026 by Roog

Doctor Sleep (2019)

Rating: ★★★

Feb 1, 2020The Shining Sequel

Mike Flanagan, one of the most exciting genre names in recent years, takes on Stephen King's book sequel to The Shining, managing the daunting balancing act of both adapting the book and turning it into a sequel to the Stanley Kubrick film

Director: Mike Flanagan

Actors: Ewan McGregor, Kyliegh Curran, Rebecca Ferguson, Cliff Curtis, …

Category: Horror

1 February 20207 August 2025 by Roog

Reminiscence (2021)

Rating: ★★★

Sep 4, 2021Memory Retrieval Device/Future Noir

Lisa Joy, co-creator of tv’s Westworld, directs a work of future noir in an ingenious plot involving a memory recording device and Hugh Jackman obsessed with a missing woman

Director: Lisa Joy

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandie/Thandiwe Newton, Cliff Curtis, …

Category: Science Fiction

4 September 202130 October 2022 by Roog

Dune Part One (2021)

Rating: ★★★★

Oct 30, 2021Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah

Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic SF novel comes with a determination to give the story and its richly detailed world faithful life on screen. Villeneuve adapts freely in many areas but gets the complexity of the saga

Director: Denis Villeneuve

Actors: Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, …

Category: Science Fiction

30 October 202115 October 2025 by Roog

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

Rating: ★★★★

Oct 21, 2023Spy/Action Film

The seventh of Mission: Impossible films with Tom Cruise still on great form at age 61. He and the team raise the bar for the series to a new high

Director: Christopher McQuarrie

Actors: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, …

Category: Science Fiction

21 October 202313 September 2025 by Roog

Dune Part Two (2024)

Rating: ★★★★

Apr 20, 2024Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah

The second part of Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic SF novel Dune, this delves more deeply into the world of the Fremen, although starts to diverge more from the book

Director: Denis Villeneuve

Actors: Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, …

Category: Science Fiction

20 April 202413 November 2025 by Roog

A House of Dynamite (2025)

Rating: ★★★½

Nov 14, 2025Nuclear Attack

Kathryn Bigelow makes a strong return to form with a film about the lead-up to an imminent a nuclear attack on the US. Made with a documentary-like urgency that convinces you this is the way that the real thing would play out

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Actors: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris, Anthony Ramos, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 November 20256 June 2026 by Roog

The Magic Faraway Tree (2026)

Rating: ★★

Jul 18, 2026Magical Tree Adventures

Adaptation of a book by famous children’s writer Enid Blyton about a series of adventures in a magical tree. Blyton would be turning in her grave at some of the changes and modernisations

Director: Ben Gregor

Actors: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Rebecca Ferguson, Jennifer Saunders, …

Category: Fantasy

18 July 202618 July 2026 by Roog

Mercy (2026)

Rating: ★★

Feb 27, 2026Future A.I. Judicial System

Director Timur Bekmambetov makes a film in the Screenlife process where the screen becomes a computer screen. Set a near future L.A. where the judicial system has been replaced by an A.I

Director: Timur Bekmambetov

Actors: Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Kali Reis, Annabelle Wallis, …

Category: Science Fiction

27 February 20262 August 2026 by Roog