Tag Archives: adaptation

Die Hard 2 (1990)

Posted on April 23, 2024 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Renny Harlin Writers: Steven E. de Souza and Doug Richardson (Based on the novel “58 Minutes” by Walter Wager) (Based on characters created by Roderick Thorp)

Posted in Action, Thriller | Tagged 1990, 58 minutes, adaptation, airplane, airport, art evans, bonnie bedelia, bruce willis, charles gordon, christmas, colm meaney, cop, dennis franz, die hard, die hard 2, die hard 2: die harder, don harvey, doug richardson, dulles international airport, flight, franco nero, fred thompson, hostage, hostages, ice, joel silver, john amos, john leguizamo, lawrence gordon, mark boone junior, michael kamen, oliver wood, police, reginald veljohnson, renny harlin, robert a. ferretti, robert patrick, roderick thorp, Roderick Thorpe, sequel, sheila mccarthy, snow, steven e. de souza, stuart baird, terrorism, terrorist, tom bower, tony ganios, vondie curtis-hall, walter wager, washington d.c., william atherton, william sadler | Leave a comment

Mean Girls (2024)

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Samantha Jayne & Arturo Perez Jr. Writer: Tina Fey (Based on the musical by Tiny Fey) (Based on the book “Queen Bees and Wannabes” by Rosalind Wiseman)

Posted in Comedy, Musical | Tagged 2024, adaptation, africa, andrew marcus, angourie rice, arturo perez jr., Ashley Park, auli'i cravalho, avantika, bebe wood, Bill Kirstein, broadway, bully, busy philipps, christmas, Christopher Briney, clique, coach, comedy, coming of age, Connor Ratliff, dance, halloween, high school, Jaquel Spivey, jeff richmond, jenna fischer, jon hamm, lindsay lohan, lorne michaels, mean girls, Megan Thee Stallion, musical, queen bees and wannabes, renee rapp, rosalind wiseman, samantha jayne, school, social, teacher, tim meadows, tina fey | Leave a comment

The Hunt for Red October (1990)

Posted on April 2, 2024 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John McTiernan Writers: Larry Ferguson and Donald E. Stewart (Based on the novel by Tom Clancy)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War | Tagged 1990, action, adaptation, adventure, alec baldwin, analyst, basil poledouris, captain, cia, cold war, courtney b. vance, david shaber, defection, dennis virkler, donald e. stewart, donald stewart, drama, james earl jones, jan de bont, jeffrey jones, john mctiernan, john wright, joss ackland, Larry Ferguson, mace neufeld, military, navy, ocean, peter firth, richard jordan, russia, russian, sam neill, scott glenn, sea, sean connery, shane black, soviet, soviet union, Stella skarsgard, sub, submarine, the hunt for red october, thriller, tim curry, tom clancy, ussr, war | Leave a comment

Smallfoot (2018)

Posted on March 23, 2024 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Karen Kirkpatrick Writers: Karen Kirkpatrick and Clare Sera (Story by John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Karen Kirkpatrick) (Based on the book “Yeti Tracks” by Sergio Pablos)

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical | Tagged 2018, adaptation, adventure, airplance, animated, animation, bigfoot, chris poche, clare sera, comedy, crash, creature, eyal podell, family, fantasy, glenn ficarra, Jason Reisig, john requa, Jonathon E. Stewart, karey kirkpatrick, monster, musical, sergio pablos, smallfoot, snow, yeti, yeti tracks | Leave a comment

Barb Wire (1996)

Posted on March 22, 2024 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: David Hogan Writers: Chuck Pfarrer and Ilene Chaiken (Story by Ilene Chaiken) (Based on the comic book created by Chris Warner)

Posted in Action, Science Fiction | Tagged 1996, action, adaptation, barb wire, bounty hunter, brad wyman, california, chris warner, chuck pfarrer, city, civil war, clint howard, comic book, crime, david hogan, future, guns, ilene chaiken, jack noseworthy, john paxton, leather, Marshall Manesh, michel colombier, mike richardson, nightclub, pamela anderson, pamela anderson lee, peewee piemonte, Peter Schink, post apocalypse, rick bota, sci-fi, science fiction, steve railsback, Temuera Morrison, tiny lister, Todd Moyer, tom lister jr., tony bill, udo kier, xander berkeley | Leave a comment

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Posted on March 10, 2024 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Hayao Miyazaki Writer: Hayao Miyazaki (Based on the manga by Hayao Miyazaki)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Animated, Fantasy, Foreign, Science Fiction | Tagged 1984, action, adaptation, adventure, alison lohman, animated, animation, anime, bugs, chris sarandon, cindy david hewitt, cindy davis, Donald H. Hewitt, edward james olmos, environment, fantasy, flight, future, glider, hayao miyazaki, insect, Isao Takahata, japan, japanese, japanese animation, joe hisaishi, kazunori ito, koji Shiragami, lord, Mamoru Sugiura, manga, mark hamill, Naoki Kaneko, nature, nausicaa of the valley of the wind, pacifist, patrick stewart, pollution, princess, prophecy, Rick Dempsey, sci-fi, science fiction, shia labeouf, shoji sakai, spore, Tomoko Kida, toxic, toxin, uma thurman, valley, village, warrior, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Yukitomo Shudo | Leave a comment

Poor Things (2023)

Posted on March 8, 2024 by Jon Watches Movies

Writer: Yorgos Lanthimos Writer: Tony McNamara (Based on the novel by Alasdair Gray)

Posted in Comedy, Science Fiction | Tagged 2023, adaptation, alasdair gray, andrew lowe, baby, boat, brain, brothel, butler, christopher abbott, comedy, coming of age, doctor, ed guiney, emma stone, england, experiment, ferry, jerrod carmichael, jerskin fendrix, journey, kathryn hunter, lisbon, london, margaret qualley, mark ruffalo, marriage, poor things, portugal, ramy youssef, robbie ryan, sci-fi, science, science fiction, scientist, sex, ship, surgery, tony mcnamara, willem dafoe, yorgos lanthimos, Yorgos Mavropsaridis | Leave a comment

The Zone of Interest (2023)

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jonathan Glazer Writer: Jonathan Glazer (Based on the novel by Martin Amis)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1940s, 2023, adaptation, adolf hitely, army, auschwitz, camp, christian friedel, commandant, commander, concentration camp, crematorium, Ewa Puszczynska, family, garden, german, germany, historical, history, holocause, husband, james wilson, jonathan glazer, lukasz zal, martin amis, max beck, mica levi, military, museum, nazi, officer, paul watts, poland, polish, pool, river, sandra huller, ss, the zone of interest, wife, world war 2, world war ii, zone of interest | Leave a comment

Robot Dreams (2023)

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Pablo Berger Writer: Pablo Berger (Based on the graphic novel by Sara Varon)

Posted in Animated, Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction | Tagged 1980s, 2023, adaptation, Alfonso de Vilallonga, angel Durandez, animated, animation, beach, comedy, comic book, dog, drama, Fernando Franco, friends, friendship, graphic novel, halloween, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estape, Jerome Vidal, manhattan, new york, new york city, nyc, Pablo berger, robot, robot dreams, sara varon, sci-fi, science fiction, subway | Leave a comment

Society of the Snow (2023)

Posted on March 5, 2024 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: J.A. Bayona Writers: J.A. Bayona & Bernat Vilaplana and Jaime Marques & Nicolas Casariego (Based on the novel “La sociedad de la nieve” by Pablo Vierci)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2023, adaptation, airplane, andes, Andres Gil, Belen Atienza, Bernat Vilaplana, cannibal, cannibalism, chile, crash, drama, flight, glacier, j.a. bayona, Jaime Marques, Jaime Marques-Olarreaga, Jaume Marti, michael giacchino, mountain, Nicolas Casariego, Pablo Vierci, pedro luque, Pedro Luque Briozzo Scu, Philip Bolus, plane, rescue, rugby, Sandra Hermida, snow, society of the snow, survival, team, true story, uruguay | Leave a comment

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