Tom Taylor Archives

The Dark Tower (2017)

Rating: ★

Oct 21, 2017Stephen King Adaptation/Portal to a Parallel World

Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman gives us an utterly mangled version of Stephen King's Dark Tower series that has little resemblance to the books, yet makes little sense if you haven't read them

Director: Nikolaj Arcel

Actors: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Abbey Lee, …

Category: Fantasy

21 October 201725 January 2026 by Roog

The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 29, 2021Modern-Day Arthurian Legends

Joe Cornish gained much buzz with Attack the Block. His follow-up film concerns a kid who inherits Excalibur. Cornish has fun translating elements of the Arthurian legends to the present-day

Director: Joe Cornish

Actors: Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Patrick Stewart, Angus Imrie, Rebecca Ferguson, …

Category: Fantasy

29 March 202115 June 2026 by Roog

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (2025)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 21, 2026Time Traveller

A completely mad and all over the place film with Sam Rockwell as a time traveller (or madman) arrived at a diner to recruit six people on a mission to save the world from an evil A.I.

Director: Gore Verbinski

Actors: Sam Rockwell, Juno Temple, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña, …

Category: Science Fiction

21 March 20267 August 2026 by Roog