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The Snowtown Murders (2011)

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Justin Kurzel

Writer: Shaun Grant

(Story by Shaun Grant & Justin Kurzel)

(Based on the books “Killing for Pleasure” by Debi Marshall and “The Snowtown Murders” by Andrew McGarry)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged abuse, adam arkapaw, adelaide, andrew mcgarry, anna mcleish, assault, australian, biography, crime, criminal, daniel henshall, debi marshall, dog, drama, jed kurzel, justin kurzel, kangaroo, killing for pleasure, lucas pittaway, murder, murderer, murders, neighborhood watch, rape, sarah shaw, serial killer, sexual abuse, shaun grant, snowtown, snowtown murders, the snowtown murders, thriller, true crime, true story, veronika kenet | Leave a comment

Flight (2012)

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Writer: John Gatins

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2012, aa, accident, addict, addiction, airplane, alan silvestri, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, bruce greenwood, cancer, cocaine, crash, denzel washington, don burgess, don cheadle, drama, drugs, drunk, farm, flight, flight attendant, heroin, investigation, jack rapke, james badge dale, jeremiah o'driscoll, john gatins, john goodman, kelly reilly, laurie macdonald, lawyer, melissa leo, minibar, nadine velazquez, overdose, piers morgan, pilot, plane crash, prison, robert zemeckis, steve starkey, walter f. parkes | Leave a comment

The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Joel Coen

Writer: Joel Coen

(Based on the play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare)

Posted in Drama, Thriller, War | Tagged 2021, adaptation, alex hassell, assassin, assassination, bertie carvel, black and white, brendan gleeson, bruno delbonnel, carter burwell, corey hawkins, denzel washington, drama, frances mcdormand, garry melling, history, joel coen, kathryn hunter, kind, lady macbeth, lucian johnston, macbeth, miles anderson, murder, play, power, reginald jaynes, robert graf, scotland, scottish, shakespeare, theater, thriller, tragedy, treason, war, william shakespeare, witch, witches | Leave a comment

Shithouse (2020)

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Cooper Raiff

Writer: Cooper Raiff

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 2020, abby quinn, amy landecker, autumn dea, california, college, color blind, comedy, cooper raiff, depressed, depression, divi crockett, drama, dylan gelula, freshman, jack kraus, jay duplass, joy sunday, logan miller, lonely, olivia welch, party, ra, Rachel klein, romance, school, sex, shithouse, softball, sophmore, stuffed animal, university, will youmans | Leave a comment

Raising Arizona (1987)

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Writers: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

One of my favorite comedies.

Posted in Comedy, Crime | Tagged 1987, arizona, baby, barry sonnenfeld, carter burwell, coen brothers, comedy, convenience store, convict, cop, crime, criminal, desert, diaper, ethan coen, family, frances mcdormand, holly hunter, joel coen, john goodman, kidnap, kidnapped, kidnapping, m. emmet walsh, michael r. miller, nicolas cage, parole, phoenix, police, prison escape, prisoner, raising arizona, randall cobb, robbery, sam mcmurray, stick up, tempe, trailer, trey wilson, william forsythe | Leave a comment

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Writer: Robert Zemeckis

(Based on the story by Charles Dickens)

Bad!

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Drama, Fantasy | Tagged 1800s, 2009, a christmas carol, adventure, alan silvestri, animated, animation, bank, banker, bob hoskins, candle, cary elwes, chains, charles dickens, christmas, christmas carol, christmas eve, colin firth, drama, family, fantasy, future, gary oldman, ghost, greed, holiday, holidays, jack rapke, jim carrey, lesley manville, leslie zemeckis, money, past, present, robert presley, robert zemeckis, robin wright, robin wright penn, scrooge, spirit, steve starkey, victorian | Leave a comment

Sweetie (1989)

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jane Campion

Writers: Gerard Lee & Jane Campion

(Story by Jane Campion)

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 1989, australia, australian, comedy, drama, family, funeral, genevieve lemon, gerard lee, jane campion, john maynard, karen colston, marriage, married, martin armiger, mental illness, mentally ill, question mark, sally bongers, sex life, sister, sisters, sweetie, tea leaves, veronika haussler, veronika jenet | Leave a comment

Wit (2001)

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols

Writers: Emma Thompson & Mike Nichols

(Based on the play by Margaret Edson)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2001, academic, adaptation, audra mcdonald, cancer, christopher lloyd, college, doctor, drama, eileen atkins, emma thompson, english, harold pinter, henryk Mikołaj gorecki, hospital, john bloom, jonathan m. woodward, margaret edson, mike nicols, nurse, ovarian cancer, poem, poet, poetry, professor, seamus mcgarvey, simon bosanquet, sonnet, terminal, treatment, university, wit | Leave a comment

Two Friends (1986)

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jane Campion

Writer: Helen Garner

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1986, 2 friends, australia, australian, backwards, bill russo, drama, emma coles, friend, friends, friendship, helen garner, high school, jan chapman, jane campion, julian penney, kris bidenko, kris mcquade, martin armiger, relationship, stephen leeder, teenagers, two friends | Leave a comment

Drive (1997)

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steve Wang

Writer: Scott Phillips

This movie rules! Dumb DTV action in the best way. Great fight sequences.

Posted in Action, Martial Arts, Science Fiction | Tagged 1997, action, brittany murphy, california, david williams, drive, fight, fighting, Hitman, ivan ladizinsky, james shigeta, john pyper-ferguson, kadeem hardison, karaoke, kung fu, los angeles, mark dacascos, martial arts, masaya kato, michael g. wojciechowski, michael leahy, mitsuru kurosawa, motel, road trip, san francisco, sci-fi, science fiction, scott phillips, steve wang, tracey walter, walter werzowa | Leave a comment

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