Tag Archives: athlete

Higher Learning (1995)

Posted on November 15, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Singleton Writer: John Singleton

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1995, adam goldberg, athlete, bruce cannon, busta rhymes, busta rhymez, campus, cole hauser, college, drama, gwyneth paltrow, higher learning, ice cube, jason wiles, jennifer connelly, john singleton, kristy swanson, laurence fishburne, lesbian, michael rapaport, morris chestnut, nazi, omar epps, paul hall, peter lyons collister, race, racism, rally, rape, regina king, school, shooting, skinhead, stanley clarke, tyra banks, university, vitamin c | Leave a comment

Boyz n the Hood (1991)

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Singleton Writer: John Singleton Still good!

Posted in Crime, Drama | Tagged 1991, angela bassett, athlete, boyz n the hood, bruce cannon, california, compton, cops, crenshaw, cuba gooding jr., drive by, gangs, guns, hood, ice cube, inner city, john singleton, laurence fishburne, los angeles, morris chestnut, murder, nia long, police, regina king, shooting, steve nicolaides | Leave a comment

Ali (2001)

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson and Eric Roth & Michael Mann (Story by Gregory Allen Howard) Commemorative Edition.

Posted in Drama, Sports | Tagged 2001, a. kitman ho, africa, athlete, barry shabaka henley, boxer, boxing, bruce mcgill, Cassius clay, christopher wilkinson, don king, drama, emmanuel lubezki, eric roth, fight, fighter, giancarlo esposito, gregory allen howard, howard cosell, islam, jada pinkett smith, james lassiter, jamie foxx, jeffrey wright, jon peters, jon voight, levar burton, lisa gerrard, lynzee klingman, malcolm x, maro van peebles, martin luther king jr., michael mann, muhammad ali, muslim, mykelti williamson, nation of islam, nona gaye, paul ardaji, pieter bourke, politics, ron silver, rumble in the jungle, sport, sports, stephen e. rivkin, stephen j. rivele, stuart waks, ted levine, vietnam, war, will smith, william goldenberg, zaire | Leave a comment

One Night in Miami (2020)

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Regina King Writer: Kemp Powers (Based on the play by Kemp Powers) Good!

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1960s, 2020, adaptation, aldis hodge, athlete, beau bridges, bob dylan, boxer, boxing, Cassius clay, christian magby, civil rights, drama, eli goree, football, georgia, hotel, jackie wilson, jess wu calder, jim brown, jody klein, keith calder, kemp powers, kingsley ben-adir, lance reddick, leslie odom jr., malcolm x, michael imperioli, motel, muhammad ali, music, musician, muslim, nightclub, one night in miami, one night in miami..., play, politics, regina king, religion, sam cooke, singer, sport, sports, stage play, tami reiker, tariq anwar, terence blanchard, theater, theatre | Leave a comment

How Do You Know (2010)

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: James L. Brooks Writer: James L. Brooks Had not seen this movie since the original theatrical run. Not good but I laughed a couple times. Better than Spanglish. Kathryn Hahn rules. How on earth did this cost $120 million?

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 2010, athlete, baseball, birth, comedy, dean norris, domenick lombardozzi, drama, father and son, fraud, hans zimmer, hospital, how do you know, investigation, jack nicholson, james l. brooks, janusz kaminski, john tormey, julie ansell, kathryn hahn, laurence mark, lawsuit, lenny venito, love, love triangle, molly price, owen wilson, paul rudd, paula weinstein, pitcher, pregnancy, pregnant, reese witherspoon, relationship, romance, romantic comdy, sport, sports, tony shalhoub, washington | Leave a comment

The Love Guru (2008

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Marco Schnabel Writers: Mike Myers & Graham Gordy Really bad! I felt embarrassed for all involved.

Posted in Comedy, Romance, Sports | Tagged athlete, ben kingsley, chastity belt, coach, comedy, daniel tosh, deepak chopra, george s. clinton, graham gordy, gregory perler, guru, hockey, india, jessica alba, jessica simpson, jim gaffigan, john oliver, justin timberlake, kanye west, lee haxall, love, mantra, manu narayan, maple leafs, marco schnabel, Mariska Hargitay, meagan good, michael de luca, mike myers, oprah, oprah winfrey, owner, peter deming, rob huebel, romance, romany malco, samantha bee, sport, sports, stephen colbert, the love guru, toronto, val kilmer, verne troyer | Leave a comment

Point Break (2015)

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ericson Core Writer: Kurt Wimmer (Story by Rick King & W. Peter Iliff and Kurt Wimmer) (Based on a screenplay by W. Peter Iliff) Bad.

Posted in Action, Adventure, Crime, Sports, Uncategorized | Tagged 2015, action, adaptation, adventure, andrew a. kosove, athlete, broderick johnson, christopher taylor, crime, david valdes, delroy lindo, edgar ramirez, ericson core, extreme sports, fbi, gang, heist, james le gros, john baldecchi, junkie xl, kurt wimmer, liar hamilton, luke bracey, point break, ray winstone, remake, rick king, skydive, sport, sports, stece aoki, surf, teresa palmer, undercover, W. Peter Iliff | Leave a comment

Tokyo Olympiad (1965)

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Kon Ichikawa Writers: Natto Wada & Yoshio Shirasaka & Shintaro Tanikawa & Kon Ichikawa One of the weirdest taglines I have seen on a poster. Three hours of watching athletes perform in close ups. Incredible photography. Loved it.