Tag Archives: circus

Midori (1992)

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Hiroshi Harada Writer: Hiroshi Harada (Based on the manga by Suehiro Maruo)

Posted in Animated, Drama, Foreign | Tagged 1992, abuse, adaptation, animated, animation, anime, circus, dog, drama, dwarf, foreign, freak show, Hiroshi Harada, Hisaaki Ezu, illness, j.a. shiza, manga, midori, Nobuyuki Sugaya, rape, rat, Shojo tsubaki: Chika gento gekiga, Suehiro Maruo | 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

EO (2022)

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski Writers: Ewa Piaskowska & Jerzy Skolimowski

Posted in Drama, Foreign | Tagged 2022, Agnieszka Glinska, animal, animals, bird, cage, circus, countess, donkey, drama, eo, europe, Ewa Piaskowska, exploitation, foreign, isabelle huppert, Jerzy Skolimowski, journey, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Michal Dymek, Pawel Mykietyn, pig, poland, polish, robot, Sandra Drzymalska, soccer | Leave a comment

Pinocchio (2022)

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writers: Robert Zemeckis & Chris Weitz (Based on “The Adventures of Pinocchio” by Carlo Collodi)

Posted in Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical | Tagged 2022, adaptation, adventure, alan silvestri, andrew miano, angus wright, carlo collodi, carnival, carpenter, chris weitz, circus, comedy, cricket, cynthia erivo, derek hogue, disney, don burgess, donkey, drama, fairy, family, fantasy, fox, italian, italy, jesse goldsmith, joseph gordon-levitt, keegan-michael key, lorraine bracco, luke evans, magic, marionette, mick audsley, monster, musical, paul weitz, pinocchio, pleasure island, puppet, puppeteer, remake, robert zemeckis, school, sea, sheila atim, star, theater, tom hanks, whale, wish | Leave a comment

Batman Forever (1995)

Posted on June 18, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Joel Schumacher Writers: Lee Batchler & Janet Scott Batchler and Akiva Goldsman (Story by Lee Batchler & Janet Scott Batchler) (Based on characters from DC Comics)

Posted in Action, Adventure | Tagged 1995, action, adaptation, adventure, akiva goldsman, batman, batman forever, bob kane, bob zmuda, bruce wayne, butler, chris o'donnell, circus, coin, comic book, dc comics, debi mazar, dennis virkler, doctor, drew barrymore, ed begley jr., elliot goldenthal, gotham city, janet scott batchler, jim carrey, joel schumacher, jon favreau, lee batchler, mark stevens, michael gough, nicole kidman, partner, pat hingle, peter macgregor-scott, rich, riddler, sequel, stephen goldblatt, superhero, television, tim burton, tommy lee jones, tv, two face, val kilmer, wealthy | Leave a comment

Batman Returns (1992)

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Tim Burton Writer: Daniel Waters (Story by Daniel Waters and Sam Hamm) (Based on characters from DC Comics)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama | Tagged 1992, action, adaptation, adventure, batman, batman 2, batman returns, bob badami, bob kane, bruce wayne, butler, campaign, cats, catwoman, children, chris lebenzon, christmas, christopher walken, circus, city, clown, comic book, crime, daniel waters, danny devito, danny elfman, dc comics, deformed, denise di novi, doug jones, drama, election, gotham, holidays, jan hooks, kidnap, kidnapped, kidnapping, kids, mayor, michael gough, michael keaton, michael murphy, michelle pfeiffer, money, monkey, murder, pat hingle, paul reubens, penguin, power plant, rich, sam hamm, sequel, sewer, snow, stefan czapsky, steven brill, superhero, tim burton, villain, vincent schiavelli, wealthy | Leave a comment

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

Posted on May 1, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Sam Raimi Writers: Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire (Story by Mitchell Kapner) (Based on novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum)