Jon Davison Archives

The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

Rating: ★★★★

Jun 19, 2003Witches vs the Devil/War of the Sexes Comedy

Deliriously frothy and enjoyable George Miller film with Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer as three witches who conjure forth Devil figure - Jack Nicholson in full barnstorming mode

Director: George Miller

Actors: Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, …

Category: Fantasy

19 June 200329 September 2022 by Roog

RoboCop 2 (1990)

Rating: ★★★

Jan 6, 2011Cyborg Cop

With a script co-written by Frank Miller, this sequel is a leaner work that abandons the campier excesses of its predecessor while expanding on its ideas with considerable ingenuity

Director: Irvin Kershner

Actors: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Belinda Bauer, Gabriel Damon, …

Category: Science Fiction

6 January 201113 September 2026 by Roog

Starship Troopers (1997)

Rating: ★

Jul 29, 2010War with Aliens

A travesty of Robert Heinlein's classic SF novel from Paul Verhoeven. Heinlein's philosophical argument for militarism is junked in favour of blackly comic mindless violence

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Actors: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Patrick Muldoon, …

Category: Science Fiction

29 July 201013 September 2026 by Roog

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2003)

Rating: ★★

Jun 19, 2005War with Aliens/Alien Body Snatchers

A passable video-released sequel to Starship Troopers the heads more in the direction of a body snatchers film. Directed by stop-motion animator Phil Tippett

Director: Phil Tippett

Actors: Richard Burgi, Ed Lauter, Ed Quinn, Lawrence Monoson, …

Category: Science Fiction

19 June 200513 September 2026 by Roog