Movies starring Andy Serkis

Shiner (2000)

99 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

Back in 1998 Guy Ritchie gave us "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" a modern cockney crime movie which was snappy, violent, funny and not the sort of thing you would watch if you were easily offended. Now if anyone was per...

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

179 mins     Action , Adventure , Fantasy      

Everyone who loves movies has them, movies which do little for you but the masses absolutely love them making you feel the odd one out. For me there are three movies where I am in the minority because "The Lord of the Rings" ...

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

201 mins     Action , Adventure , Fantasy      

Those who have read my reviews of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" will already know what I am going to say about "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King",...

13 Going on 30 (2004)

94 mins     Comedy, Romance      

"13 Going on 30" is one of those movies that takes the tried and tested idea of a child suddenly becoming an adult and dealing with the adult world but with a child like innocence. This idea has been explored in countless mov...

King Kong (2005)

187 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama, Romance      

King Kong was a big ape; "King Kong" is a big movie but only one of them needed to be big. You see whilst the King Kong we watch in "King Kong" the movie is a glorious creation, a big ape of gigantic proportions the movie its...

The Prestige (2006)

130 mins     Drama, Fantasy, Thriller      

"The Prestige" is at times quite a magnificent movie, it has atmosphere, style, intrigue and a few dark alleys which it leads you down but it also falls short most notably in stretching the boundaries of believability too far...

Stormbreaker (2006)

93 mins     Action , Adventure , Family      

To put it simply "Stormbreaker" or to give it its full title "Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker" is basically a James Bond junior, another movie which has a teenage boy turning super spy. Now I have never read Anthony Horowi...

Flushed Away (2006)

85 mins     Adventure , Animation, Comedy      

So Aardman gives us a CGI version of a clay-mation and it is both interesting and entertaining with that curved look of "Wallace & Gromit" but dare I say even more detail and tone which wouldn't be financially feasible doing ...

Inkheart (2008)

106 mins     Adventure , Family, Fantasy      

"Inkheart" is a movie with a semi decent idea for a fantasy movie and one which I am sure the intention was to awaken young minds to the adventures which lie between the covers of books. But whilst it has all the pieces of th...

The Cottage (2008)

92 mins     Comedy, Crime, Horror      

The Cottage (2008) British horror comedy featuring a bungled kidnapping which goes wrong when they end up attacked by a farmer in a nearby house...

Animals United (2010)

93 mins     Animation, Comedy, Family      

Okay so let me make this simple we have a bunch of animals from all over the world who would probably kill each other if placed in the same room uniting because mankind is destroying their homes. That is it, that is what you ...

Burke and Hare (2010)

91 mins     Comedy, Thriller      

Both Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis have featured in some memorably enjoyable movies but it isn't a case that all they touch turns to gold. Take "Burke and Hare" which is directed by none other than John Landis; this movie looks ...

Brighton Rock (2010)

111 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

Brighton Rock: Sam Riley stars as Pinkie Brown in this Rowan Joffe version of Graham Greene's 1938 novel shifting the story to the 1960s...

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010)

115 mins     Biography, Drama, Musical      

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll: Andy Serkis stars in this biopic of Ian Dury who defied the odss and convention...

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

105 mins     Action , Drama, Sci-Fi      

I have been one of those film fans who have not been bothered by the "Planet of the Apes" movies, those which I have watched have entertained but I have never gone wild about them. So when I finally got around to watching "Ri...

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011)

107 mins     Action , Adventure , Animation      

I reckon regular readers of my reviews may think I had a sad childhood because I always say things such as I never read it as a child. The thing is that the things I enjoyed as a child haven't been made into movies; make of t...

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

130 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) 10 years after the pandemic swept the planet Caesar is Chief of a group of apes who have to deal with the ramifications of a small group of humans entering their territory...

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

136 mins     Action , Adventure , Fantasy, Sci-Fi      

Thank you J.J. Abrams for making me feel the excitement I felt as a child when I watched "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope" for the first time and in doing so reminding me why I love movies so much, I had started to forget....

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

152 mins     Action , Adventure , Fantasy      

Movie Review - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson...