Tag Archives: biography

The Disaster Artist (2017)

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: James Franco Writers: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber (Based on the book “The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made” by Greg Sister and Tom Bissell) Advertisements

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged acting, actor, adam scott, alison brie, andrew santino, ari graynor, behind the scenes, biography, bob odenkirk, brian huskey, bryan cranston, california, casey wilson, charlyne yi, comedy, danny mcbride, dave franco, director, drama, dreams, evan goldberg, filmmaker, greg sestero, hannibal buress, hollywood, ike barin holtz, j.j. abrams, jacki weaver, james dean, james franco, jason mantzoukas, jerrod carmichael, joe mande, john early, josh hutcherson, judd apatow, june diane raphael, keegan michael key, kelly oxford, kevin smith, kristen bell, lizzy caplan, megan mullally, melanie griffith, michael h. weber, movie, nathan fielder, paul scheer, producer, randall park, scott neustadter, seth rogen, sharon stone, the disaster artist, the room, tom bissell, tommy wisseau, true story, zac efron, zach braff, zoey deutch | Leave a comment

Spielberg (2017)

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Susan Lacy

Posted in Documentary | Tagged 2017, ben kingsley, biography, bob balaban, brian de palma, cate blanchett, christian bale, daniel craig, daniel day-lewis, david geffen, david keopp, director, documentary, drew barrymore, dustin hoffman, eric bana, film, filmmaker, francis ford coppola, frank marshall, george lucas, harrison ford, holly hunter, j.j. abrams, james brolin, janusz kaminski, jeff goldblum, jeffrey katzenberg, john williams, kathleen kennedy, laura dern, lawrence kasdan, leonardo dicaprio, liam neeson, martin scorsese, movies, oprah winfrey, ralph finnes, richard dreyfuss, robert zemeckis, sally field, sid sheinberg, spielberg, steven spielberg, susan lacy, tom cruise, tom hanks, tom stoppard, tony kushner, villas zsigmond | Leave a comment

Battle of the Sexes (2017)

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris Writer: Simon Beaufoy

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Sports | Tagged 1970s, 1973, 2017, alan cumming, battle of the sexes, bill pullman, billie jean king, biography, bobby riggs, chris parnell, comedy, competition, danny boyle, drama, elisabeth shue, emma stone, eric christian olsen, fred armisen, gamble, gambler, gambling, gay, homosexual, homosexuality, jonathan dayton, lesbian, rivalry, sarah silverman, simon beaufoy, sport, sports, steve carell, tennis, tom kenny, true story, valerie faris | Leave a comment

Jackie (2016)

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Pablo Larrain Writer: Noah Oppenheim

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1960s, 2016, assassination, beth grant, billy crudup, biography, camelot, caspar phillipson, darren aronofsky, death, drama, faith, first lady, greta gerwig, grief, history, jackie, jacqueline kennedy, jfk, john carroll lynch, john f. kenney, john hurt, max casella, murder, natalie portman, noah oppenheim, pablo larrain, peter sarsgaard, president, richard e. grant, trauma, widow | Leave a comment

David Lynch: The Art Life (2017)

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jon Nguyen (Co-Directed by Rick Barnes & Olivia Neergaard-Holm)

Posted in Documentary | Tagged 2017, art, artist, biography, david lynch, david lynch: the art life, director, documentary, filmmaker, jon nguyen, olivia neergaard-holm, paint, painter, painting, philadelphia, rick barnes, the art life, writer | Leave a comment

I Am Michael (2017)

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Justin Kelly Writer: Justin Kelly and Stacey Miller (Based on the magazine article “My Ex-Gay Friend” by Benoit Denizet Lewis)

Posted in Drama, Romance | Tagged 2017, activism, activist, benoit denizet lewis, biography, charlie carver, christian, daryl hannah, drama, emma roberts, gay, heterosexual, heterosexuality, homosexual, homosexuality, i am michael, james franco, justin kelly, lesley ann warren, love, michael glatze, my ex-gay friend, pastor, relationship, religion, religious, romance, san francisco, stacey miller, true story, wyoming, zachary quinto | Leave a comment

Snowden (2016)

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Oliver Stone Writers: Kieran Fitzgerald & Oliver Stone (Based on the book “The Snowden Files” by Luke Harding) (Based on the book “Time of the Octopus” by Anatoly Kucherena)

Posted in Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2016, agent, anatoly kucherena, biography, cia, classified, cyber warefare, drama, edward snowden, government, illegal, internet, joely richardson, joseph gordon-levitt, journalism, journalist, kieran fitzgerald, lakeith stanfield, laura poitras, leaked, lindsay mills, logan marshall-green, luke harding, melissa leo, nicolas cage, nsa, oliver stone, politics, press, rhys ifans, scott eastwood, shailene woodley, snowden, spy, surveillance, the snowden files, thriller, time of the octopus, timothy olyphant, tom wilkinson, true story, zachary quinto | Leave a comment