Monthly Archives: December 2012

The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Judd Apatow Writers: Judd Apatow & Steve Carell

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 40 year old virgin, catherine keener, collector, comedy, elizabeth banks, gerry bednob, jane lynch, jonah hill, judd apatow, kat dennings, leslie mann, paul rudd, relationship, romance, romany malco, seth rogen, sex, steve carell, the 40 year old virgin, toys, virgin | Leave a comment

Les Miserables (2012)

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Tom Hooper Writers: William Nicholson (Based on a novel by Victor Hugo) (Based on a musical by Claude-Michel Schonberg & Alain Boublil and Herbert Kretzmer)

Posted in Drama, Musical | Tagged 2012, adaptation, amanda seyfried, anne hathaway, cameron mackintosh, cosette, drama, eddie redmayne, fantine, france, french revolution, helena bonham carter, hugh jackman, javert, jean valjean, les miserables, musical, russell crowe, sacha baron cohen, samantha barks, slavery, tom hooper, victor hugo, william nicholson | Leave a comment

Sideways (2004)

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Alexander Payne Writers: Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor (Based on a novel by Rex Pickett) Haven’t seen this since the theaters. Still really great.

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 2004, actor, affair, alexander payne, california, comedy, divorce, drama, jessica hecht, jim taylor, m.c. gainey, marriage, napa valley, paul giamatti, rex pickett, sandra oh, sideways, teacher, thomas haden church, virginia madsen, wine, wine country, writer | Leave a comment

Frankenweenie (2012)

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Tim Burton Writer: John August (Based on a screenplay by Leonard Ripps and an original idea by Tim Burton) I liked it! Certainly one of the better Burton movies of the last decade. I admire that he used his … Continue reading →

Posted in Animated, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror | Tagged 2012, animated, catherine o'hara, christopher lee, comedy, danny elfman, death, dog, fantasy, frankenstein, frankenweenie, horror, john august, martin landau, martin short, monsters, pet, reanimation, tim burton, tom kenny, winona ryder | Leave a comment

Dredd (2012)

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Pete Travis Writer: Alex Garland (Based on characters created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra) Going into this I really had not much hope for it but once it came out and actually got good reviews I got interested. … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Drama, Science Fiction | Tagged 2012, action, adaptation, alex garland, carlos ezquerra, comic book, dredd, future, john wagner, judge dredd, karl urban, lena headey, olivia thirlby, pete travis, science fiction | Leave a comment

Django Unchained (2012)

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Quentin Tarantino Writer: Quentin Tarantino No one else could have made this movie this way and I loved every second of it. By far the most entertaining and exciting film I saw this year. There are still a number … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western | Tagged 2012, action, amber tamblyn, bounty hunter, broomhilda, bruce dern, christoph waltz, civil war, dentist, django, django unchained, don johnson, franco nero, german, james remar, jamie foxx, jonah hill, kerry washington, leonardo dicaprio, m.c. gainey, michael parks, mississippi, plantation, quentin tarantino, robert richardson, russ tamblyn, samuel l. jackson, slavery, slaves, tom savini, tom wopat, violent, walton goggins, weinstein, Western, zoe bell | Leave a comment

The Do-Deca-Pentathlon (2012)

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Jay Duplass & Mark Duplass Writers: Jay Duplass & Mark Duplass Good. I like the Duplass Brothers. This is on Netflix Instant. It is only 75 minutes long so if you don’t like it oh well it didn’t take you … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy | Tagged brothers, comedy, competition, duplass brothers, dysfunction, fox searchlight, independent, indie, jay duplass, low budget, mark duplass, sports, the do-deca-pentathlon | Leave a comment

Scrooged (1998)

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Richard Donner Writers: Mitch Glazer & Michael O’Donoghue (Based on the novel “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | Tagged a christmas carol, alfre woodard, bill murray, bobcat goldthwait, buddy hackett, charles dickens, christmas, comedy, danny elfman, fantasy, ghosts, holiday, john forsythe, karen allen, lee majors, mary lou retton, network, producer, richard donner, robert goulet, robert mitchum, scrooge, scrooged, television, tv | Leave a comment

Look at What the Light Did Now (2010)

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Anthony Seck Kinda cool and abstract documentary about Feist and the making of her breakout album The Reminder. Some kind of obnoxious people in it but overall interesting and inspiring in how fun it all looks. But seriously listening … Continue reading →

Posted in Documentary, Musical | Tagged anthony seck, apple, concert, documentary, feist, ipod, look at what the light did now, musical, the reminder | Leave a comment

Love Actually (2003)

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Richard Curtis Writer: Richard Curtis

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged affair, alan rickman, andrew lincoln, bill nighy, billy bob thornton, british, chiwetel ejiofor, christmas, claudia schiffer, colin firth, comedy, denise richards, drama, elisha cuthbert, emma thompson, ensemble, holidays, hugh grant, january jones, keira knightley, laura linney, liam neeson, love, love actually, martin freeman, president, prime minister, richard curtis, rock star, romance, romantic, romantic comedy, rowan atkinson, shannon elizabeth, widow | Leave a comment

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