Dev Patel Archives

The Last Airbender (2010)

Rating: ★★★

Jul 3, 2010Epic Fantasy Adventure

Live-action film adaptation of the popular animated tv series, this was widely seen as a disaster and a nail in the coffin of the career of M. Night Shyamalan. i am one of the few that liked the film and Shyamalan's creation of a complex and superbly designed world

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Actors: Noah Ringer, Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, …

Category: Fantasy

3 July 201013 July 2024 by Roog

Chappie (2015)

Rating: ★

Mar 7, 2015Artificial Intelligence/Robot Becomes Self-Aware

Neill Blomkamp's film about A.I. turns into Short Circuit dropped into the militarised future of RoboCop. Of all the rich possibilities in the idea, all we get is a goofy comedy with a pimped-out carjacking robot

Director: Neill Blomkamp

Actors: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Ninja, …

Category: Science Fiction

7 March 20151 January 2026 by Roog

The Green Knight (2021)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 28, 2021Chivalric Quest

David Lowery has emerged as a director to watch in the last few years. Here he conducts a beautifully sparse and more ambiguous take on the legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Director: David Lowery

Actors: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Sean Harris, Sarita Choudhury, …

Category: Fantasy

28 August 202128 October 2025 by Roog

Rabbit Trap (2025)

Rating: ★★★

Jan 23, 2026Folk Horror

Another entry in the burgeoning Folk Horror genre, a moody work about a couple of musicians living in the Welsh countryside in the 1970s befriend a very mysterious boy who shows them the secrets of the landscape

Director: Bryn Chainey

Actors: Dev Patel, Rosy McEwen, Jade Croot, Nicholas Sampson

Category: Fantasy

23 January 202623 January 2026 by Roog