Monthly Archives: December 2021

New Year’s Evil (1980)

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Emmett Alston Writer: Leonard Neubauer (Story by Leonard Neubauer and Emmett Alston)

Posted in Horror, Thriller | Tagged 1980, chris wallace, christmas, dick brummer, disc jockey, dj, edward thomas, emmett alston, grant gramer, holiday, holidays, horror, jed mills, killer, kip niven, laurin rinder, leonard neubauer, louisa moritz, menahem Golan, murder, murderer, new year, new year's, new year's day, new year's evil, new year's eve, nightclub, party, richard s. brummer, roz kelly, serial killer, slasher, thomas e. ackerman, thriller, w. michael lewis, Yoram Globus | Leave a comment

The Lost Daughter (2021)

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal Writer: Maggie Gyllenhaal (Based on the novel by Elena Ferrante)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2021, adaptation, adultery, affair, Alfonso goncalves, beach, charles dorfman, children, dagmara dominczyk, dakota johnson, dickon hinchliffe, doll, ed harris, elena ferrante, family, flashback, greece, greek, helene louvart, holiday, jessie buckley, maggie gyllenhaal, memory, missing, mom, mother, olivia colman, past, paul mescal, peter sarsgaard, professor, sonata handelsman-keren, talia kleinhendler, the lost daughter, vacation | Leave a comment

The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Lana Wachowski Writers: Lana Wachowski & David Mitchell & Aleksandar Hemon (Based on characters created by The Wachowskis)

Posted in Action, Science Fiction | Tagged 2021, action, agent, aleksandar hemon, california, carrie-any moss, chad stahelski, christina ricci, computer, cyberpunk, daniele massaccesi, david mitchell, future, grant hill, jada pinkett smith, james mcteigue, jessica henwick, john toll, johnny klimek, jonathan groff, joseph jett sally, keanu reeves, lambert wilson, lana wachowski, lilly wachowski, love, machine, matrix, memory, morpheus, motorcycle, neil patrick harris, neo, pills, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, priyanka chopra jonas, program, resurrection, robot, san francisco, sci-fi, science fiction, sequel, simulation, technology, the matrix, the matrix resurrections, the wachowskis, therapist, therapy, tom tykwer, trinity, video game, virtual reality, yahya abdul-lateen II | Leave a comment

Encanto (2021)

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Jared Bush & Byron Howard (Co-directed by Chaise Castro Smith) Writers: Chaise Castro Smith & Jared Bush (Story by Jared Bush & Byron Howard & Chaise Castro Smith & Jason Hand & Nancy Kruse & Lin-Manuel Miranda)

Posted in Animated, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical | Tagged 2021, alan tudyk, alessandro jacomini, animated, animation, byron howard, chaise castro smith, clark spencer, colombia, colombian, comedy, daniel rice, disney, donkey, drama, encanto, family, fantasy, germaine franco, house, jared bush, jason hand, jeremy milton, john leguizamo, lin-manuel miranda, magic, maria cecilia botero, musical, nancy kruse, nathan warner, power, powers, stephanie beatriz, toucan, wilmer valderrama, yvette merino | Leave a comment

Contact (1997)

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writers: James V. Hart and Michael Goldenberg (Story by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan) (Based on the novel by Carl Sagan)

Posted in Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction | Tagged 1997, adaptation, alan silvestri, alien, aliens, angela bassett, ann druyan, arthur schmidt, astronomer, astronomy, bill clinton, bomb, broadcast, bryant gumbel, carl sagan, contact, dad, david morse, don burgess, drama, faith, father, geoffrey blake, geraldo rivera, hitler, jake busey, james v. hart, james woods, jay leno, jena malone, jodie foster, john hurt, larry king, matthew mcconaughey, message, michael goldenberg, mystery, nasa, nazi, new mexico, politician, politics, religion, religious, rob lowe, robert zemeckis, sci-fi, science, science fiction, scientists, space, space station, stars, steve starkey, tom skerritt, william fichtner | Leave a comment

The Death of Dick Long (2019)

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Daniel Scheinert Writer: Billy Chew

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama | Tagged 2019, alabama, andre hyland, andy hull, ashley connor, billy chew, cop, cover band, daniel scheinert, dead, death, horse, investigation, jess weixler, jonathan wang, melodie sisk, michael abbott jr., paul rogers, police, robert mcdowell, roy rood jr., sarah baker, small town, the death of dick long, virginia newcomb | Leave a comment

Being the Ricardos (2021)

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Aaron Sorkin Writer: Aaron Sorkin

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2021, aaron sorkin, adultery, affair, alan baumgarten, alia shawkat, behind the scenes, being the ricardos, biography, cbs, celebrity, cigarettes, clark gregg, comedian, comedy, communism, communist, cuban, daniel pemberton, desi arnaz, drama, fame, famous, fbi, history, j.k. simmons, jake lacy, jason blumenthal, javier bardem, jeff cronenweth, john rubinstein, linda lavin, lucille ball, marriage, married, media, nelson franklin, nicole kidman, nina arianda, philip morris, ronny cox, show, smoking, steve tisch, television, todd black, tony hale, true story, tv | Leave a comment

A Quiet Place Part II (2021)

Posted on December 27, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Krasinski Writer: John Krasinski (Based on characters created by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck)

Posted in Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 2021, a quiet place, a quiet place 2, a quiet place part II, alien, aliens, andrew form, baby, boat, brad fuller, bryan woods, child, children, cillian murphy, deaf, djimon hounsou, drama, dystopia, emily blunt, family, horror, island, john krasinski, kid, kids, marco beltrami, michael bay, michael p. shawver, millicent simmonds, mom, monster, monsters, mother, noah jupe, okieriete onaodowan, oxygen tank, polly morgan, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, sci-fi, science fiction, scoot mcnairy, scott beck, sequel, sound, thriller | Leave a comment

Don’t Look Up (2021)

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Adam McKay Writer: Adam McKay (Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction | Tagged 2021, adam mckay, affair, ariana grande, asteroid, astronaut, astronomer, astronomy, cate blanchett, celebrity, comedy, comet, cryogenically frozen, david sirota, dj, doctor, don't look up, earth, fame, family, future, hank corwin, himesh patel, jennifer lawrence, jon glaser, jonah hill, kevin j. messick, kevin messick, kid cudi, leonardo dicaprio, Liev Schreiber, linus sandgren, mark rylance, melanie lynskey, meryl streep, meteorite, michael chiklis, nicholas britell, paul guilfoyle, planet, politician, politics, president, professor, rob morgan, ron perlman, sci-fi, science, science fiction, scientist, singer, space, student, technology, television, Timothee chalamet, tv, tyler perry | Leave a comment

Elves (1989)

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jeff Mandel Writers: Jeff Mandel & Mike Griffin & Bruce Taylor

Posted in Fantasy, Horror | Tagged 1989, bruce a. taylor, bruce taylor, christmas, department store, douglas k. grimm, elf, elves, experiment, family, fantasy, holiday, holidays, horror, incest, jeff mandel, jeffrey mandel, ken carmack, ken koenig, kenny carmack, mall, mark paglia, mike griffin, monster, nazi, rape, sex, tom matthies, vladimir horunzhy | Leave a comment

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