Thomasin McKenzie Archives

The Changeover (2017)

Rating: ★★

Mar 26, 2018Young Adult/Teen Witch's Journey

Adaptation of a book by NZ author Margaret Mahy. Mahy has a sublimely poetic turn of phrase in the writing but the film strips the book down to the point we get no more than a by-the-numbers Young Adult work

Director: Miranda Harcourt, Stuart McKenzie

Actors: Erana James, Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynskey, Lucy Lawless, …

Category: Fantasy

26 March 201813 January 2026 by Roog

Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Rating: ★★

Feb 15, 2020Young Nazi Boy with Adolf Hitler as an Imaginary Companion

The story of a young Nazi boy who has Adolf Hitler as an imaginary companion gained awards acclaim but swings between Hogan's Heroes slapstick and a tender story about overcoming racial prejudice

Director: Taika Waititi

Actors: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi, …

Category: Fantasy

15 February 202013 May 2026 by Roog

Old (2021)

Rating: ★★★½

Oct 1, 2021Beach Where People Rapidly Age

M. Night Shyamalan gets more of a bad rap than he is due. I am happy to argue that this, which is set around a beach where people rapidly age, is one of his best films to date

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Actors: Gael Garcia Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, …

Category: Horror, Science Fiction

1 October 20215 September 2024 by Roog

Last Night in Soho (2021)

Rating: ★★★½

Nov 27, 2021Ghosts of 1960s Soho

Edgar Wright creates a dazzlingly stylish recreation of 1960s London in a work with Thomasine McKenzie as a modern girl haunted by ghosts of the era’s dark underside

Director: Edgar Wright

Actors: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg, …

Category: Horror

27 November 202118 December 2025 by Roog