Tag Archives: chicago

Bullitt (1968)

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Peter Yates Writers: Alan Trustman and Harry Kleiner (Based on the novel “Mute Witness” by Robert L. Fish)

Posted in Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 1968, action, alan r. trustman, alan trustman, bullitt, california, captain, car chase, chicago, cop, crime, criminal, detective, don gordon, frank p. keller, harry kleiner, investigation, jacqueline bisset, lalo schifrin, mute witness, mystery, norman fell, peter yates, philip d'antoni, police, politician, politics, robert duvall, robert l. fish, robert l. pike, robert vaughn, san francisco, simon oakland, thriller, william a. fraker | Leave a comment

Office Christmas Party (2016)

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Josh Gordon & Will Speck Writers: Justin Malen and Laura Solon and Dan Mazer (Story by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore and Timothy Dowling)

Posted in Comedy | Tagged 2016, abbey lee, adrian martinez, alcohol, andrew leeds, ben falcone, boss, bridge, ceo, chicago, chloe wepper, christmas, christmas party, cocaine, comedy, courtney b. vance, da'vine joy randolph, dan mazer, daniel rappaport, dj, drugs, drunk, escort, evan henke, fortune feimster, guymon casady, holiday, illinois, internet, jamie chung, jason bateman, jeff cutter, jeff groth, jennifer aniston, jillian bell, jon lucas, josh gordon, justin malen, karan soni, kate mckinnon, laura solon, matt walsh, office, office christmas party, oliver cooper, olivia munn, party, pimp, randall park, rob corddry, sam richardson, scott moore, scott stuber, T.J. Miller, technology, theodore shapiro, timothy dowling, vanessa bayer, will speck, work | Leave a comment

8-Bit Christmas (2021)

Posted on December 11, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Dowse Writer: Kevin Jakubowski (Based on the book by Kevin Jakubowski)

Posted in Comedy | Tagged 1980s, 2021, 8-bit christmas, adaptation, allan mandelbaum, cabbage patch doll, chicago, christmas, comedy, david cross, family, holiday, holidays, illinois, jonathan sadowski, joseph trapanese, june diane raphael, kevin jakubowski, mall, michael dowse, neil patrick harris, nes, nick nantell, nintendo, samy inayeh, steve zahn, tim white, tree house, trevor ambrose, trevor white, video game | Leave a comment

Candyman (2021)

Posted on September 6, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Nia DaCosta Writers: Jordan Peele & Win Rosenfeld and Nia DaCosta (Based on characters created by Bernard Rose and Clive Barker)

Posted in Horror, Thriller | Tagged 2021, adaptation, bee, bernard rose, candyman, chicago, clive barker, colman domingo, gentrification, gentrified, honey, hook, horror, ian cooper, illinois, john guleserian, jordan peele, killer, kyle kaminsky, murder, nia dacosta, police, race, robert aiki aubrey lowe, sequel, slasher, teyonah parris, thriller, tony todd, vanessa williams, yahoo abdul-mateen II | Leave a comment

Running Scared (1986)

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Peter Hyams Writers: Gary DeVore and Jimmy Huston (Story by Gary DeVore) First time watch. Fun 80s buddy cop movie. Killer last act car chase.

Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | Tagged 1986, action, al leong, billy crystal, chicago, cocaine, comedy, cop, cops, crime, dan hedaya, detective, drugs, florida, gary devore, gregory hines, illinois, investigation, jimmy huston, jimmy smits, joe pantoliano, jon gries, key west, peter hyams, police, thriller, train, udi harpaz, undercover | Leave a comment

Blackhat (2015)

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Morgan Davis Foehl Mann Watch 2021 complete! Good stuff! One of my favorite directors. Blackhat is not one of my favorites of his but I like it more on rewatch than I did in 2015.

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2015, action, andy on, atticus ross, blackhat, california, chicago, china, chinese, chris hemsworth, christian borle, computer, conspiracy, convict, crime, criminal, cybercrime, drama, fbi, hacker, hacking, Harry Gregson-Williams, holt mccallany, hong kong, illinois, indonesia, investigation, jakarta, jeremiah o'driscoll, joe walker, john ortiz, jon jashni, leehom wang, leo ross, leopold ross, los angeles, mako kamitsuna, michael mann, money, morgan davis foehl, nsa, nuclear power plant, police, prison, ritchie coster, shootout, stephen e. rivkin, stock market, stuart dryburgh, tang wei, terrorist attack, thomas tull, thriller, viola davis | Leave a comment

Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Shaka King Writers: Will Gerson & Shaka King (Story by Will Gerson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas) Good! Kaluuya and Stanfield are great.