Timothy Olyphant Archives

Scream 2 (1997)

Rating: ★★½

Nov 5, 2000Slasher Sequel Parody/Deconstruction

Wes Craven’s Scream was a clever and witty homage to/deconstruction of the slasher film of the 1980s; for the sequel, he and Kevin Williamson naturally turn to deconstructing the slasher sequel

Director: Wes Craven

Actors: Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Jamie Kennedy, …

Category: Horror

5 November 200025 March 2026 by Roog

Dreamcatcher (2003)

Rating: ★★

Apr 27, 2003Alien Body Snatchers/Stephen King Adaptation

Lawrence Kasdan directs an adaptation of the Stephen King novel about a group of men on a weekend get together in the woods who find themselves in the midst of an alien invasion

Director: Lawrence Kasdan

Actors: Thomas Jane, Morgan Freeman, Jason Lee, Timothy Olyphant, …

Category: Science Fiction

27 April 200323 March 2026 by Roog

Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Rating: ★★

Aug 17, 2007Action Film/Socially Catastrophic Hack Attack

The fourth of the Die Hard films and the only one that enters into genre territory with Bruce Willis now fighting a catastrophic hack attack that disables the entire US

Director: Len Wiseman

Actors: Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Timothy Olyphant, Cliff Curtis, …

Category: Science Fiction

17 August 200728 June 2026 by Roog

Hitman (2007)

Rating: ★★

Dec 15, 2007Videogame Adaptation/Action

Disappointing film adaptation of the videogame from Xavier Gens that comes with unremarkable action scenes, a script filled with holes and Timothy Olyphant miscast as Agent 47

Director: Xavier Gens

Actors: Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, …

Category: Science Fiction

15 December 200712 July 2024 by Roog

A Perfect Getaway (2009)

Rating: ★★

May 3, 2011Tourist Psycho-Thriller

David Twohy has shown himself a standout screenwriter and director with the Riddick films but came unstuck with this effort where tourists in Hawaii come to believe their traveling companions are wanted killers. A film killed by far-fetched twists

Director: David Twohy

Actors: Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich, Kiele Sanchez, …

Category: Horror

3 May 20119 February 2025 by Roog

The Crazies (2010)

Rating: ★★

Mar 9, 2010Madness Inducing Biospill

George Romero's underrated classic gets a makeover amid the 00/10s fad for remakes of 70s/80s horror films. Alas, Romero's modest classic about a madness-inducing biospill has a big-budget thrown to emerge as just another zombie film

Director: Breck Eisner

Actors: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson, Danielle Panabaker, …

Category: Horror

9 March 201014 January 2026 by Roog

I Am Number Four (2011)

Rating: ★

Feb 25, 2011Alien Teenager on Earth/Young Adult

Produced by Michael Bay and directed by the perpetually insipid D.J. Caruso, this is no more than a Young Adult high school version of Disney's Witch Mountain films concerning an alien teenager with psi powers

Director: D.J. Caruso

Actors: Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Callan McAuliffe, Teresa Palmer, …

Category: Science Fiction

25 February 20113 September 2025 by Roog

Rango (2011)

Rating: ★★★★

Mar 13, 2011Animation/Talking Animal Western Homage

Gore Verbinski makes an eccentrically different animated homage to the Western, all cast with talking animals. The animation comes from Industrial Light and Magic and is quite unlike any other animated film.

Director: Gore Verbinski

Actors: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Ned Beatty, Alfred Molina, …

Category: Fantasy

13 March 201121 February 2025 by Roog

Missing Link (2019)

Rating: ★★½

Jul 27, 2019Bigfoot Comedy/Stop-Motion Animation

Amiable knockabout stop-motion animated film from Laika Entertainment, although the title is a misnomer and the film is actually about a Bigfoot rather than a Missing Link

Director: Chris Butler

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Zach Galifianakis, Zoe Saldana, Timothy Olyphant, …

Category: Fantasy

27 July 20194 July 2026 by Roog