Tag Archives: alexandre desplat

Birth (2004)

Posted on February 6, 2024 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jonathan Glazer Writers: Jean-Claude Carriere & Milo Addica & Jonathan Glazer

Posted in Drama, Mystery | Tagged 2004, affair, alexandre desplat, alison elliott, anne heche, arliss howard, birth, cameron bright, cara seymour, cemetery, central park, child, claus wehlisch, danny huston, death, drama, engagement, harris savides, Jean-Claude carriere, jonathan glazer, kid, lauren bacall, letters, lizie gower, milo addica, mystery, new york, new york city, nick morris, nicole kidman, nyc, party, peter stormare, reincarnation, sam sneade, ted levine, wedding, widow, widower | Leave a comment

Nyad (2023)

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin Writer: Julia Cox (Based on the book “Find a Way” by Diana Nyad)

Posted in Drama, Sports | Tagged 2023, adaptation, alexandre desplat, andrew lazar, annette bening, athlete, boat, christopher tellefsen, claudio miranda, coach, cuba, diana nyad, drama, elizabeth chai vasarhelyi, find a way, florida, friendship, gay, jellyfish, jimmy chin, jodie foster, journalist, julia cox, lesbian, marathon, nyad, ocean, rhys ifans, sea, sharks, sport, sports, swim, swimmer, swimming, teddy schwarzman | Leave a comment

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: David Fincher Writer: Eric Roth (Story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord) (Based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Posted in Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Tagged 2008, adaptation, age, aging, alexandre desplat, angus wall, baby, backwards, ballet, birth, boat, brad pitt, buttons, cate blanchett, cean chaffin, claudio miranda, clock, dance, dancer, dancing, david fincher, death, diary, drama, elias koteas, elle fanning, eric roth, f. scott fitzgerald, factory, fantasy, flashback, frank marshall, hospital, hurricane, hurricane katrina, jared harris, jason flemyng, julia ormond, kathleen kennedy, kirk baxter, life, louisiana, love, mahershala ali, motorcycle, new orleans, orphan, robin swicord, romance, sailor, taraji p. henson, the curious case of benjamin button, tilda swinton, war | Leave a comment

Asteroid City (2023)

Posted on June 24, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Wes Anderson Writer: Wes Anderson (Story by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola)

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 1950s, 2023, actress, adrien brody, alexandre desplat, alien, Aristou Meehan, arizona, asteroid, asteroid city, astronomy, barney pilling, bob balaban, bryan cranston, comedy, desert, doctor, drama, edward norton, Ethan Josh Lee, family, fisher stevens, gay, grace edwards, hong chau, hope davis, invention, inventor, jake ryan, jarvis cocker, Jason Schwartzman, jeff goldblum, jeffrey wright, jeremy dawson, Liev Schreiber, margot robbie, matt dillon, maya hawke, meteorite, military, photographer, photography, play, quarantine, rita wilson, rober yeoman, robert d. yeoman, roman coppola, rupert friend, rural, Scarlett Johansson, science, scientist, seu jorge, small town, sophia lillis, space, stephen park, steve carell, steve park, steven rales, telescope, theater, theatre, tilda swinton, tom hanks, tony revolori, ufo, wes anderson, widower, willem dafoe, writer | Leave a comment

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson Writers: Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale (Story by Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins (Based on the book “Pinocchio” by Carlo Collodi)

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Drama, Fantasy, Musical | Tagged 2022, adaptation, adventure, Alexander Bulkley, alexandre desplat, animated, animation, bomb, bombing, burn gorman, carlo collodi, cate blanchett, christoph waltz, church, churh, circus, Corey Campodonico, cricket, david bradley, death, drama, ewan mcgregor, facist, fairy, family, fantasy, fantaty, Fascism, finn wolfhard, Frank Passingham, gary ungar, gregory mann, guillermo del toro, guillermo del toro's pinocchio, holly klein, italian, italy, john turturro, Ken Schretzmann, lighthouse, Lisa Henson, magic, marionette, Mark Gustafson, matthew robbins, monster, musical, mussolimi, patrick mchale, pinocchio, puppet, ron perlman, stop motion, stop motion animation, tilda swinton, tim blake nelson, tom kenny, tree, whale, wish, wood | Leave a comment

Lust, Caution (2007)

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ang Lee Writers: James Schamus and Hui-Ling Wang (Based on the novella by Eileen Chang)

Posted in Drama, Foreign, Romance, Thriller, War | Tagged 2007, adaptation, adultery, affair, alexandre desplat, ang lee, assassin, assassination, china, chinese, drama, eileen chang, execution, foreign, history, honeypot, hong kong, hui-ling wang, james schamus, japan, japanese, joan chen, love, lust caution, murder, occupation, rap, Rodrigo Prieto, romance, sex, shanghai, singapore, tang wei, thriller, tim squyres, Tony Chiu Wai Leung, tony leung, war, William Kong, world war 2, world war ii, wwII | Leave a comment

The French Dispatch (2021)

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Wes Anderson Writer: Wes Anderson (Story by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola & Hugo Guinness & Jason Schwartzman) Liked but would rank it on the lower end of the Anderson filmography. Looks incredible. Very fun.