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28 Days Later (2002)

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Danny Boyle Writer: Alex Garland

Posted in Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 2002, 28 days later, 28 days later..., activism, activists, alex garland, andrew macdonald, anomie harris, anthony dod mantle, army, blood, britain, british, chris gill, christopher eccleston, church, cillian murphy, coma, danny boyle, drama, england, epidemic, horror, hospital, infected, infection, john murphy, laboratory, london, mansion, military, monkey, outbreak, rage, sci-fi, science fiction, thriller, uk, virus, zombie, zombies | Leave a comment

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

The Long Day Closes (1992)

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Terence Davies Writer: Terence Davies

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1950s, 1992, bob last, catholic, christmas, church, coming of age, drama, family, holidays, liverpool, michael coulter, movies, olivia stewart, robert lockhart, school, snow, terence davies, the long day closes, theater, william diver, working class | Leave a comment

Dolemite (1975)

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: D’Urville Martin Writer: Jerry Jones

Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime | Tagged 1975, action, arthur wright, blaxploitation, cadillac, church, comedy, cop, corrupt, corruption, crime, criminal, D'Urville Martin, detective, dolemite, drugs, funeral, fur coat, howard jackson, hustler, jerry jones, kung fu, lady reed, Nicholas josef von sternberg, night club, pimp, police, priest, prison, rudy ray moore, sex, theodore toney | Leave a comment

Ashes and Diamonds (1958)

Posted on July 30, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Andrzej Wajda Writers: Jerzy Andrzejewski & Andrzej Wajda (Based on the novel by Jerzy Andrzejewski)

Posted in Drama, Foreign, Romance, War | Tagged 1958, Adam Pawlikowski, adaptation, Andrzej Wajda, ashes and diamonds, assassin, assassination, bar, church, communism, communist, drama, Ewa Krzyzewska, Filip Nowak, foreign, Halina Nawrocka, hotel, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Jerzy Wojcik, love, machine gun, mission, murder, occupation, poland, polish, rebel, resistance, romance, russian, soviet, vodka, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, war, world war, world war 2, world war ii, wwII, Zbigniew Cybulski | Leave a comment

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Showalter Writer: Abe Sylvia (Based on the documentary “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” by Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2021, abe sylvia, adaptation, affair, andrew garfield, andrew weisblum, biography, cancer, cherry jones, church, divorce, faith, fenton bailey, fraud, gigi pritzker, god, jerry falwell, jessica chastain, jim bakker, kelly carmichael, lawsuit, marriage, mary jo markey, Michael gioulakis, michael showalter, mike gioulakis, pastor, prison, PTL, rachel shane, randy barbato, religion, scandal, singer, talk show, tammy faye, tammy faye bakker, televangelism, televangelist, television, the eyes of tammy faye, theodore shapiro, true story, tv, vincent d'onofrio | Leave a comment

First Reformed (2018)

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Paul Schrader Writer: Paul Schrader Great. One of my favorites of the last few years.

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2017, 2018, alexander dynan, amanda seyfried, Benjamin Rodriguez Jr., bible, bomb, brian williams, cancer, cedric Antonio kyles, cedric the entertainer, christian, christianity, christine vachon, church, climate change, david hinojosa, deepak sikka, diary, environment, ethan hawke, first reformed, frank murray, gary hamilton, global warming, god, greg clark, jack binder, journal, minister, new york, paul schrader, priest, religion, reverend, suicide, victoria hill, widow | Leave a comment

Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995)

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ernest Dickerson Writers: Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Voris & Mark Bishop (Based on the “Tales from the Crypt” comic book series created by William M. Gaines & Al Feldstein) This is a blast!