Tag Archives: animation

Turning Red (2022)

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Domee Shi Writers: Julia Cho & Domee Shi (Story by Domee Shi & Julia Cho & Sarah Streicher) Really good! The best Pixar movies of the last few years.

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Fantasy | Tagged 2000s, adventure, ancestor, animal, animated, animation, boy band, canada, comedy, coming of age, concert, curse, dan scanlon, disney, dodgeball, domee shi, family, fantasy, finneas o'connell, james hong, Jonathan pytko, julia cho, lindsey collins, ludwig goransson, nicholas c. smith, orion lee, panda, party, pete docter, pixar, red panda, rosalie chiang, sandra oh, sarah streicher, steve bloom, toronto | Leave a comment

Flee (2021)

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen Writers: Jonas Poher Rasmussen & Amin Nawabi

Posted in Animated, Documentary, Foreign | Tagged 2021, afghanistan, amin nawabi, animated, animation, bar, charlotte de la gournerie, demark, documentary, family, flee, foreign, gay, gay bar, homosexual, homosexuality, immigrant, janus billeskov jansen, jonas poher rasmussen, kabul, monica hellstrom, moscow, peter jennings, refugee, riz ahmed, russia, signe byrge sorensen, uno helmersson, war | Leave a comment

Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Don Hall & Carlos Lopez Estrada (Co-directed by Paul Briggs & John Ripa) Writers: Qui Nguyen & Adele Lim (Story by Paul Briggs & Don Hall & Adele Lim & Carlos Lopez Estrada & Kiel Murray & Qui Nguyen … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Martial Arts | Tagged 2021, action, adele lim, adventure, alan tudyk, animated, animation, asia, asian, awkwafina, baby, benedict wong, boat, carlos lopez estrada, comedy, curse, daniel dae kim, dean wellins, disney, don hall, dragon, dragons, drama, fabienne rawley, family, fantasy, gem, gemma chan, james newton howard, jennifer lee, john ripa, kelly marie tran, kiel murray, magic, martial arts, monkey, monster, osnat shurer, patti harrison, paul briggs, peter del vecho, quest, qui nguyen, raya and the last dragon, rob dressel, sandra oh, shannon stein, shrimp, sung kang, warrior, water | Leave a comment

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: Robert Zemeckis (Based on the story by Charles Dickens) Bad!

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Drama, Fantasy | Tagged 1800s, 2009, a christmas carol, adventure, alan silvestri, animated, animation, bank, banker, bob hoskins, candle, cary elwes, chains, charles dickens, christmas, christmas carol, christmas eve, colin firth, drama, family, fantasy, future, gary oldman, ghost, greed, holiday, holidays, jack rapke, jim carrey, lesley manville, leslie zemeckis, money, past, present, robert presley, robert zemeckis, robin wright, robin wright penn, scrooge, spirit, steve starkey, victorian | Leave a comment

Beowulf (2007)

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writers: Neil Gaiman & Roger Avary (Based on “Beowulf” by Anonymous) Director’s Cut. Props to Zemeckis for at least going for it with these mo-cap movies. Always trying to push himself and do new things. Beowulf is … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adventure, Animated, Fantasy | Tagged 2007, action, adaptation, adventure, alan silvestri, alison lohman, angelina jolie, animated, animation, anthony hopkins, benmark, beowulf, crispin glover, director's cut, dragon, fantasy, grendan gleeson, grendel, jack rapke, john malkovich, king, leslie zemeckis, medieval, monster, mother, neil gaiman, power, ray winstone, robert presley, robert zemeckis, robin wright, robin wright-penn, roger avary, sex, steve starkey, warrior | Leave a comment

The Polar Express (2004)

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writers: Robert Zemeckis & William Broyles Jr. (Based on the book by Chris Van Allsburg)

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Fantasy | Tagged 2004, adaptation, adventure, alan silvestri, animated, animation, child, children, chris van allsburg, christmas, christmas eve, conductor, don burgess, eddie deezen, engineer, family, fantasy, gary goetzman, holiday, holidays, hot chocolate, josh hutcherson, kid, leslie zemeckis, michael jeter, nona gaye, north pole, peter scolari, r. orlando duenas, reindeer, robert presley, robert zemeckis, santa claus, sleigh, snow, steve starkey, steven tyler, the polar express, ticket, tom hanks, toys, train, william broyles jr., william teitler | Leave a comment

Encanto (2021)

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Jared Bush & Byron Howard (Co-directed by Chaise Castro Smith) Writers: Chaise Castro Smith & Jared Bush (Story by Jared Bush & Byron Howard & Chaise Castro Smith & Jason Hand & Nancy Kruse & Lin-Manuel Miranda)

Posted in Animated, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical | Tagged 2021, alan tudyk, alessandro jacomini, animated, animation, byron howard, chaise castro smith, clark spencer, colombia, colombian, comedy, daniel rice, disney, donkey, drama, encanto, family, fantasy, germaine franco, house, jared bush, jason hand, jeremy milton, john leguizamo, lin-manuel miranda, magic, maria cecilia botero, musical, nancy kruse, nathan warner, power, powers, stephanie beatriz, toucan, wilmer valderrama, yvette merino | Leave a comment

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Bob Persichetti & Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman Writers: Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman (Story by Phil Lord) (Based on characters from Marvel Comics) Really good. Very unique animation style.