Tag Archives: canada

Niagara (1953)

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Henry Hathaway Writers: Charles Brackett & Walter Reisch and Richard L. Breen

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1953, adultery, affair, barbara mclean, boat, canada, charles brackett, cop, crime, drama, henry hathaway, honeymoon, inspector, investigation, jean peters, joseph cotten, joseph macdonald, marilyn monroe, married, max showalter, murder, niagara, niagara falls, noir, police, revenge, richard l. breen, sol kaplan, thriller, walter reisch, waterfall | Leave a comment

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

The Ice Road (2021)

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jonathan Hensleigh Writer: Jonathan Hensleigh

Posted in Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2021, action, adventure, al corley, benjamin walker, canada, cold, david rish, diamond mine, drama, driver, holt mccallany, ice, ice road, jason isbell, jonathan hensleigh, laurence fishburne, lee nelson, liam neeson, max aruj, mine, miners, rescue, road, shivani rawat, the ice road, thriller, tom stern, truck, truck driver, veteran | Leave a comment

The Silent Partner (1978)

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Daryl Duke Writer: Curtis Hanson (Based on the novell “Think of a Number” by Anders Bodelsen) Had never heard of this before I came across it on Criterion Channel. Terrific crime thriller. Can’t go wrong with Gould and Plummer!

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1978, adaptation, anders bodelsen, aquarium, bank, bank robber, bank robbery, billy williams, canada, canadian, christmas, christopher plummer, cop, crime, criminal, crook, curtis hanson, daryl duke, decapitation, drama, elliott gould, fish tank, george appleby, heist, holiday, investigation, joel b. michaels, john candy, mall, money, murder, oscar peterson, police, robbery, safety deposit box, santa claus, silent partner, stephen young, susannah york, the silent partner, thief, think of a number, thriller, toronto, vault | Leave a comment

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: George Mihalka Writer: John Beaird (Story by Stephen Miller) Good Canadian slasher.

Posted in Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 1981, alf humphreys, andre link, canada, canadian, cynthia dale, don francks, george mihalka, heart, holiday, horror, john dunning, keith knight, lori hallier, mask, mine, miner, murder, my bloody valentine, mystery, neil affleck, nova scotia, patricia hamilton, paul kelman, pick axe, serial killer, slasher, stephen miller, sydney mines, thriller, valentine's day | Leave a comment

Big Meat Eater (1982)

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Chris Windsor Writers: Phil Savath & Laurence Keane & Chris Windsor

Posted in Comedy, Horror, Musical, Science Fiction | Tagged 1982, alien, big meat eater, british columbia, butcher, canada, canadian, chris windsor, comedy, flying saucer, fuel, horror, laurence keane, mayor, meat, murder, music, musical, mutant, mutation, phil savath, radioactive, robot, sci-fi, science fiction, small town | Leave a comment

Ghostkeeper (1981)

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jim Makichuk Writers: Jim Makichuk and Doug MacLeod

Posted in Drama, Horror, Thriller | Tagged 1981, basement, bill grove, canada, doug macleod, douglas macleod, drama, evil, georgie collins, ghost, ghost keeper, ghostkeeper, horror, james makichuk, jim makichuk, john macmillan, les kimber, lodge, monster, mountains, murray ord, riva spier, sheri mcfadden, snow, snowmobile, storm, supernatural, thriller, wendigo | Leave a comment

Argo (2012)

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ben Affleck Writer: Chris Terrio (Based on the book “The Master of Disguise” by Tony Mendez and the article “Escape from Tehran” by Joshuah Bearman)