Tag Archives: clint eastwood

Richard Jewell (2019)

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Clint Eastwood Writer: Billy Ray (Based on the Vanity Fair article “American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell” by Marie Brenner) (Based on the book “The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Drama | Tagged adaptation, American nightman, atlanta, billy ray, biography, bomb, bomber, bombing, clint eastwood, crime, drama, fbi, georgia, ian gomez, investigation, jennifer davisson, jessica meier, jon hamm, jonah hill, journalist, kathy bates, kenny rogers, kent alexander, kevin misher, kevin salwen, lawyer, leonardo dicaprio, media, mike pniewski, newspaper, nina arianda, olivia wilde, olympics, park, paul walter hauser, richard jewell, sam rockwell, television, terrorism, terrorist, the ballad of richard jewell, the suspect, tim moore, true story, vanity fair | Leave a comment

The Mule (2018)

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Clint Eastwood Writer: Nick Schenk (Based on the New York Times Magazine article “The Sinaloa Cartel’s 90-Year Old Drug Mule” by Sam Dolnick)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2018, absent father, adaptation, andy garcia, article, bradley cooper, cartel, clifton collins jr, clint eastwood, dea, dianne wiest, driver, drug mule, drugs, family, flowers, horticulturist, laurence fishburne, magazine, mexico, michael pena, mule, new york times, nick schenk, road trip, sam dolnick, taissa farmiga, the mule, true story, veteran | Leave a comment

The 15:17 to Paris (2018)

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Clint Eastwood Writer: Dorothy Blyskal (Based on the book by Anthony Sadler & Alek Skarlatos & Spencer Stone and Jeffrey E. Stern)

Posted in Drama | Tagged alek skarlatos, anthony sadler, attack, clint eastwood, dorothy blyskal, drama, europe, france, friends, friendship, jaleel white, jeffrey e. stern, jenna fischer, judy greer, p.j. byrne, paris, soldier, soldiers, spencer stone, terrorism, terrorist, the 15:17 to paris, thomas lennon, tony hale, train, travel, true story, war | Leave a comment

The Beguiled (1971)

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Donald Siegel Writers: John B. Sherry and Grimes Grice (Based on the novel by Thomas Cullinan)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1971, adaptation, albert maltz, beguiled, boarding school, claude traverse, clint eastwood, confederate, don siegel, donald siegel, drama, elizabeth hartman, geraldine page, girls, grimes grice, imprisoned, irene kamp, john b. sherry, lalo schifrin, seminary, soldier, the beguiled, thomas cullinan, union, war, women, wounded | Leave a comment

Sully (2016)

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Clint Eastwood Writer: Todd Komarnicki (Based on the book by Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2016, aaron eckhart, adaptation, airplane, anna gunn, biography, chelsea sullenberger, clint eastwood, crash, drama, frank marshall, hudson river, jamey sheridan, jeffrey zaslow, jerry ferrara, katie couric, laura linney, mike o'malley, new york, new york city, nyc, pilot, sully, todd komarnicki, true story | Leave a comment

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Sergio Leone Writers: Victor Andres Catena & Jaime Comas & Sergio Leone (Story by A. Bonzzoni & Victor Andres Catena & Sergio Leone)

Posted in Action, Western | Tagged 1964, a fistful of dollars, a. bonzzoni, clint eastwood, duccio tessari, ennio morricone, families, fernando di leo, gunfighter, italian, italy, jaime comas, man with no name, marianne koch, revenge, rival, sergio leone, spaghetti western, tonino valerii, town, victor andres catena, wandering, west, Western | Leave a comment

Coogan’s Bluff (1968)

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Don Siegel Writers: Herman Miller & Dean Riesner and Howard Rodman (Story by Herman Miller)

Posted in Action, Comedy, Thriller | Tagged 1968, action, arizona, clint eastwood, coogan's bluff, cop, crime, custody, dean riesner, deputy sheriff, don siegel, don stroud, donald siegel, escort, fugitive, herman miller, howard rodman, lalo schifrin, lee j. cobb, new york, new york city, nyc, police, prisoner, seymour cassel, sheriff, susan clark, thriller | Leave a comment

Jersey Boys (2014)

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Clint Eastwood Writers: Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice (Based on the musical book by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice) Terrible. Totally devoid of any kind of charm or life. Eastwood needs to hang it up.