Love Actually (2003)
Multiple intertwined London relationships unfold across the five weeks leading up to Christmas, from the Prime Minister to schoolchildren.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
This archive collects the films featuring Chiwetel Ejiofor reviewed at Master of Worlds — 7 titles spanning “American Gangster (2007)”, “Doctor Strange (2016)”, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)”, “Four Brothers (2005)”, “Inside Man (2006)”, “Love Actually (2003)”, and “The Martian (2015)”. Seen together they form a substantial cross-section of Chiwetel Ejiofor’s screen work, and the reviews approach them as storytelling first. The questions are consistent — what the performance asks of the audience, how it serves the structure of the film, and what holds up on a second or third viewing. Watching one actor across this many roles makes the craft legible in a way a single film cannot: the recurring instincts, the range, the choices that separate a memorable performance from a forgettable one. The collection is curated rather than exhaustive, built from films reviewed in depth at Master of Worlds, and it grows as further titles are added.
Inside Man (2006)
Spike Lee’s 2006 Manhattan bank heist. Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster. Real plot mechanics, not just style.
Four Brothers (2005)
John Singleton’s 2005 Detroit revenge film. Wahlberg, Tyrese, André Benjamin, Garrett Hedlund as adopted brothers. Update of Sons of Katie Elder.
American Gangster (2007)
Ridley Scott’s 2007 Frank Lucas biopic. Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in parallel protagonist tracks. Vietnam-Harlem heroin connection.
The Martian (2015)
The Martian is the rare mainstream science fiction film that treats its science as the point rather than as decoration. Ridley Scott directed. Drew…
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) — Review
Sam Raimi’s horror direction, the Illuminati fan-service massacre, the magic system violation, and Wanda’s unjustified heel turn. At 3/10.
Doctor Strange (2016) — Review
Cumberbatch as a specifically arrogant intellectual protagonist, Tilda Swinton’s Ancient One, reality-folding combat. The MCU mystical foundation at 8/10.