Jon Peters Archives

Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

Rating: ★★

Jul 5, 2002Psychic Link with a Serial Killer

Faye Dunaway is a fashion photographer who gains a psychic link into the mind of a killer. From a John Carpenter script but the thriller plotting is never up to the chic suggestiveness the film is given

Director: Irvin Kershner

Actors: Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Rene Auberjonois, Brad Dourif, …

Category: Horror

5 July 200220 October 2025 by Roog

Batman (1989)

Rating: ★★★★★

Mar 26, 2000Comic-Book Superhero

The origins of the dark brooding superhero on film. Tim Burton borrows from the graphic novels of the era and gives us a beautiful, stunningly designed film that digs deep inside the psychological recesses of the masks and funny faces

Director: Tim Burton

Actors: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, …

Category: Fantasy

26 March 20008 November 2024 by Roog

Wild Wild West (1999)

Rating: ★

Jul 10, 1999Western Spy Film/TV Series Remake

The big screen remake of the 1960s Western/spy mashup tv series is transformed into an overblown and painfully unfunny Will Smith vehicle that loudly signals it is taking none of itself seriously

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Actors: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek, …

Category: Science Fiction

10 July 199930 September 2022 by Roog

Superman Returns (2006)

Rating: ★★★★

Jun 21, 2006Comic-Book Superhero

This has a bad reputation but Bryan Singer does a wonderful job in bringing Superman back to the screen in a version surprisingly reliant on the Christopher Reeve films. The superheroics soar and Kevin Spacey makes for the best screen Lex Luthor ever

Director: Bryan Singer

Actors: Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden, …

Category: Science Fiction

21 June 200616 September 2020 by Roog