Tag Archives: 1980s

The Tender Bar (2021)

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: George Clooney Writer: William Monahan (Based on the book by J.R. Moehringer)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1970s, 1980s, 2021, adaptation, alcoholic, alcoholis, alcoholism, bar, bartender, ben affleck, christopher lloyd, college, daniel ranieri, dara taylor, drama, drunk, estranged, george clooney, grant heslov, irish, ivy league, j.r. moehringer, law school, lily rabe, martin ruhe, max casella, max martini, memoir, michael braun, radio, school, tanya m. swerling, ted hope, tender bar, the sheridan, the tender bar, william monahan, yale | Leave a comment

8-Bit Christmas (2021)

Posted on December 11, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Dowse Writer: Kevin Jakubowski (Based on the book by Kevin Jakubowski)

Posted in Comedy | Tagged 1980s, 2021, 8-bit christmas, adaptation, allan mandelbaum, cabbage patch doll, chicago, christmas, comedy, david cross, family, holiday, holidays, illinois, jonathan sadowski, joseph trapanese, june diane raphael, kevin jakubowski, mall, michael dowse, neil patrick harris, nes, nick nantell, nintendo, samy inayeh, steve zahn, tim white, tree house, trevor ambrose, trevor white, video game | Leave a comment

Censor (2021)

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Prano Bailey-Bond Writers: Prano Bailey-Bond & Anthony Fletcher

Posted in Horror | Tagged 1980s, 2021, adrian schiller, axe, censor, clare holman, disappearance, editor, emilie levienaise-farrouch, film, helen sara jones, mark towns, michael smiley, missing, movie, murder, niamh algar, Prano Bailey-Bond, producer, tape, vhs, video, woods | Leave a comment

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

Posted on June 9, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Chaves Writer: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (Story by James Wan & David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick) (Based on characters created by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes) Not good. Definitely the weakest of the three. Missing that Wan magic!

Posted in Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 1980s, 2021, carey w. hayes, catholic, chad hayes, christian wagner, church, david leslie johnson-mcgoldrick, demon, devil, ed warren, exorcism, exorcist, james wan, joseph bishara, julian hilliard, lorraine warren, marriage, married, michael burgess, michael chaves, murder, paranormal, patrick wilson, peter gvozdas, peter safran, possessed, possession, priest, ruairi o'connor, sarah catherine hook, sequel, spirit, supernatural, the conjuring, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the devil made me do it, totem, trial, vera farmiga, witchcraft | Leave a comment

The Lure (2015)

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska Writer: Robert Bolesto

Posted in Drama, Fantasy, Foreign, Horror, Musical | Tagged 1980s, 2015, Agnieszka Smoczynska, Ballady i Romanse, cabaret, coming of age, criterion collection, drama, fairy tale, fantasy, foreign, horror, Jakub Kijowski, Jaroslaw Kaminski, love triangle, Marta Mazurek, mermaid, Michalina Olszanska, musical, musician, nightclub, poland, polish, pool, robert bolesto, sex, singer, singing, siren, sisters, the lure, warsaw, water, Wlodzimierz Niderhaus | Leave a comment

Back to the Future Part II (1989)

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: Bob Gale (Story by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale) (Based on characters created by by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale) A little more chaotic than the first one. Lacks the pure movie magic of Back to … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction | Tagged 1950s, 1980s, 2010s, adventure, alan silvestri, arthur schmidt, back to the future, back to the future 2, back to the future part ii, billy zane, bob gale, charles fleischer, christopher lloyd, clint eastwood, comedy, crispin glover, dean cundey, delorean, elijah wood, elisabeth shue, flea, frank marshall, future, gambling, george flower, harry keramidas, hoverboard, james tolkan, jeffrey weissman, kathleen kennedy, lea thompson, michael j. fox, neil canton, past, robert zemeckis, sci-fi, science, science fiction, scientist, sequel, steven spielberg, thomas f. wilson, time machine, time travel | Leave a comment

Minari (2020)

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Lee Isaac Chung Writer: Lee Isaac Chung Wonderful! One of my favorites of 2020.

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1980s, 2020, alan kim, arkansas, brad pitt, chicken, christina oh, church, dede gardner, drama, emile mosseri, family, farm, fire, grandmother, harry yoon, heart, hospital, immigrant, jeremy kleiner, korean, lachlan milne, lee isaac chung, minari, money, mountain dew, noel cho, produce, sick, steven yeun, stroke, water, will patton, yeri han, yuh-jing youn | Leave a comment

Alex Wheatle (2020)

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steve McQueen Writers: Alastair Siddons & Steve McQueen Fourth film in the Small Axe series.

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1980s, 2020, alastair siddons, brixton, chris dickens, dj, drama, england, jonathan jules, london, michael elliott, music, musician, prison, robbie gee, Shabier Kirchner, sheyi cole, small axe, steve mcqueen | Leave a comment

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Patty Jenkins Writers: Patty Jenkins & Geoff Johns & Dave Callaham (Story by Patty Jenkins & Geoff Johns) (Based on characters from DC Comics) I did not think this was good.

Posted in Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Tagged 1980s, 1984, 2020, adaptation, amazonian, amr waked, andreas wentz, business, charles roven, cheetah, chris pine, comic book, connie nielsen, dave callaham, dc comics, deborah snyder, desert, gal gadot, geoff johns, hans zimmer, kristen wiig, magic, middle east, museum, oil, patty jenkins, pedro pascal, pilot, princess, robin wright, sequel, stephen jones, stone, washington d.c., william moulton marston, wish, wishes, wonder woman, ww84, zack snyder | Leave a comment

Lovers Rock (2020)

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steve McQueen Writers: Courttia Newland & Steve McQueen (Story by Steve McQueen) Second movie in the Small Axe series. Another winner!

Posted in Drama, Musical, Romance | Tagged 1980s, 2020, amarah-jae st. aubyn, anita overland, britain, courttia newland, dance, dancing, daniel francis-swaby, drama, ellis george, england, francis lovehall, frankie fox, house party, kadeem ramsay, kedar williams-stirling, london, love, lovers rock, marcus fraser, mica levi, michael elliott, micheal ward, music, musical, party, reggae, romance, romario simpson, saffron coomber, shaniqua okwok, small axe, steve mcqueen, west london | Leave a comment

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