Rob Brydon Archives

MirrorMask (2005)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 11, 2007Fantastical Dream World

Neil Gaiman and comic-book artist Dave McKean create a venture into a fantasy world with an extraordinary level of visual imagination and peopled with a remarkable panoply of creations. The results are quite unlike any other film you have seen

Director: Dave McKean

Actors: Stephanie Leonidas, Rob Brydon, Jason Barry, Gina McKee, …

Category: Fantasy

11 February 20078 January 2025 by Roog

Cinderella (2015)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 14, 2015Fairytale Adaptation

Live-action remake of the Disney animated film. This varies little from the well-worn elements of the story to the point of over-familiarity but director Kenneth Branagh manages a lush and beautifully staged effort

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Actors: Lily James, Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett, Holliday Grainger, …

Category: Fantasy

14 March 20152 January 2026 by Roog

The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016)

Rating: ★★

Apr 30, 2016Snow White and the Huntsman Sequel

Sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman. Despite low expectations, this emerged better than one thought it would. It has a better director and seems much more at home being an epic fantasy than the first film

Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan

Actors: Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Emily Blunt, Charlize Theron, …

Category: Fantasy

30 April 20165 November 2025 by Roog

Early Man (2018)

Rating: ★★

May 19, 2018Aardman Animation/Prehistoric Sports Comedy

Claymation film from Aardman Animations that is in effect a prehistoric comedy like The Flintstones or The Croods mixed up with a sports film, but is Aardman's slightest work so far

Director: Nick Park

Actors: Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, Timothy Spall, …

Category: Fantasy

19 May 201828 January 2026 by Roog