Tag Archives: 1930s

Amsterdam (2022)

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: David O. Russell Writer: David O. Russell

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Mystery | Tagged 1930s, 2022, adel nur, alessandro nivola, andrea riseborough, anthony katagas, anya taylor-joy, arnon milchan, assassin, assassination, car accident, chris rock, christian bale, comedy, conspiracy, daniel pemberton, david o. russell, doctor, drake, drama, ed begley jr., emmanuel lubezki, eye patch, Fascism, framed, glass eye, history, jay cassidy, john david washington, lawyer, margot robbie, matthew budman, matthias schoenaerts, michael shannon, mike myers, murder, murderer, mystery, nazi, nurse, one eye, rami malek, robert de niro, soldier, taylor swift, timothy olyphant, war, world war I, WWI, zoe saldana | Leave a comment

Cabaret (1972)

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Bob Fosse Writer: Jay Allen (Based on the musical play “Cabaret” book by Joe Masteroff) (Based on the play by John Van Druten) (Based on stories by Christopher Isherwood)

Posted in Drama, Musical, Romance | Tagged 1930s, 1972, abortion, adaptation, berlin, bisexual, bob fosse, cabaret, christopher isherwood, cy feuer, david bretherton, drama, elisabeth neumann-viertel, entertainer, entertainment, fritz wepper, geoffrey unsworth, germany, helen vita, helmut griem, jay allen, jay presson allen, jewish, joe masteroff, joel grey, john kander, john van druten, liza minnelli, marisa berenson, michael york, music, musical, nazi, nightclub, political, politics, ralph burns, romance, sex, singer | Leave a comment

Hard Times (1975)

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Walter Hill Writers: Walter Hill and Bryan Gindoff & Bruce Henstell (Story by Bryan Gindoff & Bruce Henstell

Posted in Crime, Drama, Sports | Tagged 1930s, 1975, bare knuckle, barry de vorzon, barry devorzon, bet, boxer, boxing, bruce henstell, bryan gindoff, charles bronson, crime, depression era, drama, fight, fighter, fighting, gambling, great depression, hard times, james coburn, jill ireland, lawrence gordon, louisiana, m.c. gainey, new orleans, philip h. lathrop, philip lathrop, prize fighter, roger spottiswoode, sport, sports, street fighter, strother martin, walter hill | Leave a comment

The Mummy Returns (2001)

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stephen Sommers Writer: Stephen Sommers As bad as I remember it being 20 years ago when I saw it in the theater. Dumb, loud and obnoxious. Zero charm or fun.

Posted in Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror | Tagged 1930s, 2001, abubis, action, adewale akinnuoye-agbaje, adrian biddle, adventure, alan silvestri, alun armstrong, arnold vosloo, bob ducsay, brendan fraser, child, desert, dwayne johnson, egypt, egyptian, england, fantasy, horror, imhotep, james jacks, john hannah, jungle, kelly matsumoto, kid, london, married, monster, monsters, mummy, oded fehr, patricia velasquez, rachel weisz, sand, scorpion, scorpion king, sean daniel, sequel, son, stephen sommers, the mummy, the mummy returns, the rock, the scorpion king, tomb | Leave a comment

The Conformist (1970)

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci Writer: Bernardo Bertolucci (Based on the novel by Alberto Moravia)

Posted in Drama, Foreign | Tagged 1930s, 1970, adaptation, assassin, assassination, bernardo bertolucci, confession, coward, dominique sanda, drama, Fascism, fascist, foreign, france, georges delerue, giovanni bertolucci, honeymoon, Il conformista, italian, italy, Jean-Louis Trintignant, maurizio lodi-fe, murder, mussolini, paris, pierre clementi, political, politics, professor, rome, sex, stefania sandrelli, teacher, vittorio storaro, weak | Leave a comment

Chinatown (1974)

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Roman Polanski Writer: Robert Towne Excellent. One of my all time favorites.

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 1930s, 1974, burt young, california, chinatown, cop, crime, detective, diane ladd, drama, faye dunaway, incest, jack nicholson, jerry goldsmith, john a. alonzo, john hillerman, john huston, land, los angeles, mystery, neo noir, noir, perry lopez, police, private investigator, rape, real estate, robert evans, robert towne, roman polanski, roy jenson, sam o'steen, stanley cortez, thriller, water | Leave a comment

Public Enemies (2009)

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Ronan Bennett and Michael Mann & Ann Biderman (Based on the book “Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34” by Bryan Burrough)