Tag Archives: christoph waltz

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson Writers: Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale (Story by Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins (Based on the book “Pinocchio” by Carlo Collodi)

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Drama, Fantasy, Musical | Tagged 2022, adaptation, adventure, Alexander Bulkley, alexandre desplat, animated, animation, bomb, bombing, burn gorman, carlo collodi, cate blanchett, christoph waltz, church, churh, circus, Corey Campodonico, cricket, david bradley, death, drama, ewan mcgregor, facist, fairy, family, fantasy, fantaty, Fascism, finn wolfhard, Frank Passingham, gary ungar, gregory mann, guillermo del toro, guillermo del toro's pinocchio, holly klein, italian, italy, john turturro, Ken Schretzmann, lighthouse, Lisa Henson, magic, marionette, Mark Gustafson, matthew robbins, monster, musical, mussolimi, patrick mchale, pinocchio, puppet, ron perlman, stop motion, stop motion animation, tilda swinton, tim blake nelson, tom kenny, tree, whale, wish, wood | Leave a comment

Muppets Most Wanted (2014)

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: James Bobin Writers: James Bobin & Nicholas Stoller (Based on The Muppets created by Jim Henson)

Posted in Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Musical, Mystery | Tagged 2014, adventure, bill barretta, caper, celine dion, chloe grace moretz, christoph waltz, christophe beck, comedy, cop, crime, criminal, danny trejo, dave goelz, david hoberman, david rudman, dexter fletcher, don burgess, england, eric jacobson, europe, family, frank langella, frog, heist, hugh bonneville, james bobin, james mcavoy, james thomas, jemaine clement, jewel, jim henson, josh groban, kermit, lady gaga, london, matt vogel, miranda richardson, mole, muppet, muppets, muppets most wanted, musical, mystery, nicholas stoller, peter linz, pig, police, ray liotta, ricky gervais, rob corddry, russell tovey, salma hayek, saoirse ronan, sean combs, sequel, stanley tucci, steve whitmire, the muppets, til schweiger, tina fey, toby jones, todd lieberman, tom hiddleston, tom hollander, tony bennett, tour, ty burrell, usher, zach galifianakis | Leave a comment

The French Dispatch (2021)

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Wes Anderson Writer: Wes Anderson (Story by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola & Hugo Guinness & Jason Schwartzman) Liked but would rank it on the lower end of the Anderson filmography. Looks incredible. Very fun.

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 2021, adrien brody, alexandre desplat, andrew weisblum, anjelica huston, anthology, art, article, artists, benicio del toro, bill murray, black and white, bob balaban, chef, christoph waltz, comedy, cook, drama, editor, edward norton, elisabeth moss, fisher stevens, food, france, frances mcdormand, french, french dispatch, griffin dunne, heart attack, henry winkler, hugo guinness, jarvis cocker, Jason Schwartzman, jeffrey wright, jeremy dawson, journalism, journalist, lea seydoux, Liev Schreiber, lyna khoudri, magazine, mathieu amalric, narrator, obituary, owen wilson, prison, robert d. yeoman, Robert Yeoman, roman coppola, romance, saoirse ronan, stephen park, steven rales, students, the french dispatch, tilda swinton, timothy chalamet, tony revolori, wes anderson, willem dafoe, writer | Leave a comment

No Time to Die (2021)

Posted on October 6, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga Writers: Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Cary Joji Fukunaga and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Story by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Cary Joji Fukunaga) (Based on characters created by Ian Fleming) Saw this in IMAX. Thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adventure, Thriller | Tagged 2021, action, adaptation, adventure, ana de armas, anomie harris, barbara broccoli, ben whishaw, billy magnussen, bioweapon, cary joji fukunaga, child, christoph waltz, cia, cuba, dali benssalah, daniel craig, david dencik, elliot graham, hans zimmer, iam fleming, imax, jail, jamaica, james bond, jeffrey wright, kid, lashana lynch, lea seydoux, linus sandgren, mi6, michael g. wilson, neal purvis, no time to die, phoebe waller-bridge, poison, prison, ralph fiennes, rami malek, robert wade, rory kinnear, secret service, sequel, spectre, spy, terrorism, terrorist, thriller, tom cross, virus | Leave a comment

Spectre (2015)

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Sam Mendes Writers: John Logan and Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Jez Butterworth (Story by John Logan and Neal Purvis & Robert Wade) (Based on characters created by Ian Fleming) A very disappointing follow up to Skyfall.

Posted in Action, Adventure, Thriller | Tagged 2015, action, adaptation, adventure, andrew scott, anomie harris, barbara broccoli, ben whishaw, boat, british, christoph waltz, daniel craig, dave bautista, desert, ian fleming, james bond, jesper christensen, jez butterworth, john logan, lea seydoux, mi6, michael g. wilson, monica bellucci, neal purvis, ralph fiennes, robert wade, sam mendes, sam smith, secret agent, sequel, spectre, spy, suicide, thomas newman, thriller, torture | Leave a comment

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Rodriguez Writers: James Cameron and Laeta Kalogridis (Based on the comic book series “Gunnm” by Yukito Kishiro)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | Tagged action, adaptation, adventure, alita, alita: battle angel, battle, battle angel, casper van dien, christoph waltz, comic book, competition, cyborg, doctor, dystopia, ed skrein, edward norton, future, gunnm, jackie early haley, jai courtney, james cameron, jeff fahey, jennifer connelly, jon landau, junkie xl, keean johnson, Laeta Kalogridis, mahershala ali, manga, michelle rodriguez, quest, race, robert rodriguez, robot, rosa salazar, sci-fi, science, science fiction, sport, yukito kishiro | Leave a comment

Downsizing (2017)

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Alexander Payne Writers: Alexander Payne & Jim Tayor

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction | Tagged alexander payne, christoph waltz, comedy, divorce, don lake, donna lynne champlin, downsizing, drama, hong chau, james van der beek, jason sudeikis, jim taylor, kerri kenney, kristen wiig, laura dern, margo martindale, mary kay place, matt damon, miniature, neil patrick harris, niece nash, occupational therapist, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, shrink, small, udo kier | Leave a comment

The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: David Yates Writers: Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer (Story by Craig Brewer and Adam Cozad) (Based on the “Tarzan” stories created by Edgar Rice Burroughs)