Tim Piggott-Smith Archives

Clash of the Titans (1981)

Rating: ★★

Apr 14, 2001Greek Mythology Adventure

This would be the last of the films made by stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen where he turns his creations towards conducting another Greek Mythology adventure. With an all-star cast playing the Greek gods.

Director: Desmond Davis

Actors: Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith, …

Category: Fantasy

14 April 20013 January 2026 by Roog

Johnny English (2003)

Rating: ★

May 5, 2003Incompetent Spy Comedy

Spy movie parody with Rowan Atkinson as an inept agent who is constantly tripping over his own feet. It is Austin Powers reconceived as a Mr Bean film but offering little that is funny.

Director: Peter Howitt

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Tim Piggott-Smith

Category: Science Fiction

5 May 200330 March 2020 by Roog

V for Vendetta (2006)

Rating: ★★★★

Apr 2, 2006Graphic Novel Adaptation/Totalitarian Future England

Adaptation of the Alan Moore graphic novel with a script from The Wachowskis. Moore's repudiation aside, this is a fine and literate work that retells the story of an anarchist trickster and potently politicises it for the era of the George W. Bush.

Director: James McTeigue

Actors: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, …

Category: Science Fiction

2 April 20061 March 2025 by Roog

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Rating: ★★

Mar 9, 2010Alice in Wonderland Adaptation/Epic Adventure

Tim Burton takes on Lewis Carroll but Carroll gets lost beneath Burton doing his usual quirky eccentric thing and a plot that seems to want to turn Alice's adventures into a modern epic fantasy

Director: Tim Burton

Actors: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, …

Category: Fantasy

9 March 20105 December 2024 by Roog