Ruth Negga Archives

Isolation (2005)

Rating: ★★★

Sep 24, 2014Parasitic Infections

Irish horror film about a series of deadly parasites amok on a rural farm. Playing like a serious version of the NZ comedy Black Sheep (but with cows), this has a grim, grimy atmosphere to it that does produce some undeniable effect

Director: Billy O'Brien

Actors: John Lynch, Sean Harris, Ruth Negga, Essie Davis, …

Category: Horror

24 September 201417 December 2024 by Roog

World War Z (2013)

Rating: ★★★½

Jun 22, 2013Zombie Apocalypse

You wonder what this can do with such an overworked genre as the zombie apocalypse. It is not a film that reinvents the wheel for the genre but spins the basics out into an exciting, international locale hopping survival story

Director: Marc Forster

Actors: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, David Morse, …

Category: Horror

22 June 201321 May 2026 by Roog

Warcraft (2016)

Rating: ★★

Jun 18, 2016Computer Game Adaptation/Epic Fantasy

Adapted from the videogame, this is a third hand rehash of the basics of Tolkien. Secondly, it looks like a giant CGI cartoon where almost anything interesting about the world has been sidelined in favour of fantasy action

Director: Duncan Jones

Actors: Travis Fimmel, Toby Kebbell, Paula Patton, Ben Schnetzer, …

Category: Fantasy

18 June 201627 February 2026 by Roog

Ad Astra (2019)

Rating: ★★★★

Dec 14, 2019Mission to the Outer Reaches of the Solar System

In the same vein as Gravity and The Martian, this depicts spaceflight with scrupulous scientific regard. Essentially Apocalypse Now in space with Brad Pitt on a mission to Neptune to find his father who has gone rogue

Director: James Gray

Actors: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, Ruth Negga, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 December 20196 November 2025 by Roog