Timothy Dalton Archives

Flash Gordon (1980)

Rating: ★★★

Jun 20, 2000Campy Space Opera

Dino de Laurentiis climbed aboard the Star Wars fad with this remake of the classic serial. Against expectation, the film's campy tone and eye-popping sets and costumes work and it has become an audience favourite

Director: Mike Hodges

Actors: Sam Jones, Max Von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Brian Blessed, …

Category: Science Fiction

20 June 200024 February 2026 by Roog

The Doctor and the Devils (1985)

Rating: ★★★

Feb 15, 200119th Century Grave Robbers

Anglo-horror director Freddie Francis returned to make this period adaptation of an old Dylan Thomas script about the body snatchers Burke and Hare. A literate script boosted by a fine cast

Director: Freddie Francis

Actors: Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce, Stephen Rea, Julian Sands, …

Category: Horror

15 February 200118 August 2020 by Roog

Brenda Starr (1989)

Rating: ★

Aug 1, 2000Girl Reporter Comic-Strip Adaptation

Disastrous Brooke Shields starring film adaptation of the famous comic-strip about a girl reporter. Nobody involved is taking the show seriously and everything is blown into camp farce.

Director: Robert Ellis Miller

Actors: Brooke Shields, Timothy Dalton, Tony Peck, Diana Scarwid, …

Category: Fantasy

1 August 200011 December 2025 by Roog

Possessed (2000)

Rating: ½

Jul 3, 2007The "True Story" That Inspired The Exorcist

Steven E. de Souza directs a film that supposedly tells the true story that inspired The Exorcist but in practice is just another excuse to trot out the possession and exorcism cliches

Director: Steven E. de Souza

Actors: Timothy Dalton, Henry Czerny, Jonathan Malen, Christopher Plummer, …

Category: Horror

3 July 200714 July 2026 by Roog

Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

Rating: ★★★½

Dec 16, 2003Toon Adventures

Joe Dante makes a toon film winding in dozens of cameos from Warner Brothers cartoon characters. The results prove enormously playful and creative. Infinitely more creative and fun that the Space Jam films

Director: Joe Dante

Actors: Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, Timothy Dalton, …

Category: Fantasy

16 December 200328 June 2026 by Roog

Hercules (2005)

Rating: ★★★

Dec 14, 2008Greek Mythological Hero

What approach can this Hallmark mini-series take that hasn't been exhausted by the numerous other Hercules films? Answer: Simply tell the Greek myth as it was written. At which it does not too badly

Director: Roger Young

Actors: Paul Telfer, Elizabeth Perkins, Leelee Sobieski, Sean Astin, …

Category: Fantasy

14 December 200831 October 2025 by Roog

Toy Story 3 (2010)

Rating: ★★★½

Jun 19, 2010Pixar Animation/The Secret Life of Toys

After such high standards with the previous two films, there is considerable onus on Pixar when it comes to this third entry nevertheless they manage to wring some strong and effective new twists on the familiar

Director: Lee Unkrich

Actors: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Ned Beatty, Don Rickles, Joan Cusack, …

Category: Fantasy

19 June 20106 May 2025 by Roog