Tag Archives: 1997

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

Alien Resurrection (1997)

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Writer: Joss Whedon (Based on characters created by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett) Special Edition cut. Least favorite in the series but I do appreciate how weird and disgusting it is.

Posted in Action, Horror, Science Fiction | Tagged 1997, acid, action, alien, alien 4, alien: resurrection, aliens, android, basketball, bill badalato, brad dourif, clone, cloning, cryogenically frozen, cryogenics, cryosleep, dan hedaya, dan o'bannon, darius khongji, david giler, dominique pinon, egg, future, gary dourdan, gordon carroll, herve schneid, horror, hybrid, j.e. freeman, jean-pierre jeunet, john frizzell, joss whedon, kim flowers, leland orser, michael wincott, pregnant, queen, raymond cruz, resurrection, robot, ron perlman, ronald shusett, sci-fi, science, science fiction, scientist, sequel, sigourney weaver, space, special edition, walter hill, wheelchair, winona ryder | Leave a comment

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jay Roach Writer: Mike Myers Still pretty funny!

Posted in Comedy | Tagged 1960s, 1997, andy warhol, assassin, austin powers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, brian george, british, burt bacharach, carrie fisher, casino, cat, charles napier, cheri oteri, christian slater, cindy margolis, clint howard, comedy, cryogenically frozen, dawn hoggatt, debra neil-fisher, demi moore, dr. evil, elizabeth hurley, england, Fabiana Udenio, father, fish out of water, frozen, george s. clinton, hot tub, Ilya baskin, jay roach, jennifer todd, las vegas, michael york, mike judge, mike myers, mimi rogers, Mindy Sterling, money, nevada, Paul Dillon, peter deming, queen, ransom, rob lowe, robert wagner, robot, secret agent, secret service, seth green, sex, shoe, son, spoof, spy, suzanne todd, swinger, swinging, teeth, therapy, time travel, tom arnold, united nation, will ferrell | Leave a comment

The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Atom Egoyan Writer: Atom Egoyan (Based on the novel by Russell Banks) Great. Ian Holm is excellent.

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1997, accident, adaptation, alberta watson, arsinee khanjian, atoms egoyan, bruce greenwood, bus, camelia frieberg, crash, david hemblen, death, drama, gabrielle rose, grief, ian holm, ice, lawsuit, lawyer, maury chaykin, russell banks, sarah polley, simon baker, small town, snow, stephanie morgenstern, the sweet hereafter, tom mccamus, wheelchair, winter | Leave a comment

My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997)

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: P.J. Hogan Writer: Ronald Bass

Posted in Comedy, Romance | Tagged 1997, cameron diaz, carrie preston, chicago, christopher masterson, comedy, dermot mulroney, engaged, engagement, food critic, friends, friendship, harry shearer, james newton howard, jerry zucker, journalism, journalist, julia roberts, karaoke, laszlo kovacs, love, m. emmet walsh, my best friend's wedding, p.j. hogan, paul giamatti, philip bosco, rachel griffiths, romance, romantic comedy, ronald bass, rupert everett, susan sullivan, wedding, writer | Leave a comment

Jackie Brown (1997)

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Quentin Tarantino Writer: Quentin Tarantino (Based on the novel “Rum Punch” by Elmore Leonard) Great!

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama | Tagged 1997, adaptation, airport, bail bondsman, bond, bridget fonda, chris tucker, cocaine, comedy, crime, drama, drugs, elmore leonard, flight attendant, guns, jackie brown, lawrence bender, michael bowen, michael keaton, money, pam grier, quentin tarantino, robert de niro, robert forster, rum punch, samuel l. jackson, sid haig, tiny lister, tommy lister | Leave a comment

Starship Troopers (1997)

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Paul Verhoeven Writer: Ed Neumeier (Based on the book by Robert A. Heinlein) Great. Underrated masterpiece.

Posted in Action, Science Fiction, War | Tagged 1997, action, adaptation, alan marshall, alien, amy smart, army, basil poledouris, boot camp, buenos aires, bug, casper van dien, clancy brown, dean norris, denise richards, dina meyer, ed neumeier, edward neumeier, Fascism, fascist, future, high school, jake busey, jon davison, michael ironside, military, neil patrick harris, patrick muldoon, paul verhoeven, pilot, robert a. heinlein, rue mcclanahan, sci-fi, science fiction, solider, space, starship troopers, television, tv, war | Leave a comment

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Posted on July 10, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Roger Spottiswoode Writer: Bruce Feirstein (Based on characters created by Ian Fleming) Jonathan Pryce and Ricky Jay as villains is cool but overall a pretty stinky movie.