Monthly Archives: February 2021

The Graduate (1967)

Posted on February 28, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writers: Calder Willingham and Buck Henry (Based on the novel by Charles Webb)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 1967, adaptation, affair, anne bancroft, buck henry, calder willingham, california, charles webb, college, comedy, drama, dustin hoffman, elaine may, elizabeth wilson, graduate, graduation, hotel, katharine ross, lawrence turman, mike nichols, murray hamilton, paul simon, pool, relationship, richard dreyfuss, robert surtees, romance, sam o'steen, simon and garfunkel, the graduate, wedding, william daniels, zoo | Leave a comment

Hercules (1997)

Posted on February 28, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: John Musker & Ron Clements Writers: Ron Clements & John Musker and Don McEnery & Bob Shaw and Irene Mecchi (Story by Kaan Kalyon and Kelly Wightman & Randy Cartwright & John Ramirez & Jeff Snow & Vance Gerry & … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance | Tagged 1997, adventure, alan menken, alice dewey, amanda plummer, animated, animation, apollo, bob shaw, bobcat goldthwait, bruce morris, comedy, danny devito, disney, Don Dougherty, don mcenery, family, fantasy, Francis Glebas, god, greece, greek, hades, hal holbrook, hera, hercules, hermes, hero, irene mecchi, james woods, jeff snow, john musker, john ramirez, kaan kalyon, keith david, kelly wightman, kirk hanson, love, mark kennedy, monster, musical, myth, mythology, olympus, paul shaffer, pegasus, rasoul azadani, rip torn, robert w. hedland, romance, ron clements, tamara lusher, tate donovan, Thom Enriquez, titan, tom finan, training, Vance Gerry, wayne knight, zeus | Leave a comment

The Dark and the Wicked (2020)

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Bryan Bertino Writer: Bryan Bertino

Posted in Horror | Tagged 2020, adrienne biddle, bryan bertino, death, demon, evil, family, farm, horror, kevin matusow, marin ireland, michael abbott jr., small town, sonny mallhi, spirit, suicide, The Dark and the Wicked, tom schraeder, tristan nyby, william boodell, xander berkeley, zachary weintraub | Leave a comment

Tom and Jerry (2021)

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Tim Story Writer: Kevin Costello (Based on characters created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera)

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Comedy | Tagged adaptation, adventure, alan stewart, animated, animation, bobby cannavale, cat, chloe grace moretz, christopher defaria, christopher lennertz, colin jost, comedy, dog, drone, elephant, family, hanna-barbera, hotel, jordan bolger, joseph barbera, ken jeong, kevin costello, lil rel howery, michael pena, mouse, new york, new york city, nyc, patsy ferran, peter s. elliot, piano, rivalry, rivals, rob delaney, skateboard, tim story, tom & jerry, tom and jerry, wedding, william hanna | Leave a comment

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writer: Ernest Lehman (Based on the play by Edward Albee) Great! Had not seen this one in a while. All four leads are excellent. Beautiful photography. Started reading the new Nichols biography so I am going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1966, adaptation, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, alex north, argument, biology, college, couple, couples, drunk, edward albee, elizabeth taylor, ernest lehman, fight, george segal, haskell wexler, history, late night, marriage, married, mike nichols, party, professor, relationship, richard burton, sam o'steen, sandy dennis, school, teacher, university, who's afraid of virginia woolf? | Leave a comment

The Comfort of Strangers (1990)

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Paul Schrader Writer: Harold Pinter (Based on the novel by Ian McEwan)

Posted in Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1990, adaptation, angelo badalamenti, angelo rizzoli jr., bar, bill pankow, christopher walken, couple, dante spinotti, drugged, harold pinter, helen mirren, ian mcewan, italian, italy, murder, natasha richardson, paul schrader, relationship, restaurant, rupert everett, The Comfort of Strangers, venice, voyeur, voyeurism | Leave a comment

The Little Mermaid (1989)

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: John Musker & Ron Clements Writers: John Musker & Ron Clements (Based on “The Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Andersen) Under the Sea still slaps.