Tag Archives: con man

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)

Posted in Adventure, Fantasy | Tagged 1900s, adaptation, adventure, bill cobbs, black and white, bob murawski, bruce campbell, carnival, circus, con man, danny elfman, david lindsay-abaire, emerald, family, fantasy, hot air balloon, james franco, joe roth, joey king, l. frank baum, magic, magician, michelle williams, mila kunis, mitchell kapner, munchkin, oz, oz the great and powerful, peter deming, rachel weisz, sam raimi, ted raimi, the wonderful wizard of oz, tony cox, witch, yellow brick road, zach braff | Leave a comment

Nightmare Alley (2021)

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Guillermo del Toro Writers: Guillermo del Toro & Kim Morgan (Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1940s, 2021, adaptation, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, bradley cooper, cam mclauchlin, cameron mclauchlin, carnival, carny, cate blanchett, clifton collins jr., con man, crime, dan laustsen, david strathairn, drama, drunk, fire, geek, grifter, guillermo del toro, holt mccallany, j. miles dale, kim morgan, mark povinelli, mary steenburgen, medium, mentalist, money, nathan johnson, nightclub, nightmare alley, noir, peter macneill, psychic, richard jenkins, ron perlman, rooney mara, sheriff, sideshow, thriller, tim blanke nelson, toni collette, willem dafoe, william lindsay gresham | Leave a comment

The Tinder Swindler (2022)

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Felicity Morris

Posted in Crime, Documentary | Tagged bernadette higgins, con man, crime, criminal, documentary, edgar dubrovskiy, felicity morris, internet, jessica jones, julian hart, love, money, online, online dating, revenge, romance, scam, scamme, the tinder swindler, tinder | Leave a comment

Red Notice (2021)

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber Writer: Rawson Marshall Thurber Not good! Very tired schtick.

Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | Tagged 2021, action, adventure, agent, art, art thief, beau flynn, cairo, chase, chris diamantopoulos, comedy, con man, crime, criminal, dany garcia, dwayne johnson, ed sheeran, egg, egypt, fbi, gal gadot, heist, hiram garcia, interpol, julian clark, long con, markus forderer, michael l. sale, mike sale, rawson marshall thurber, red notice, ritu arya, ryan reynolds, steve jablonsky, the rock, thief | Leave a comment

House of Games (1987)

Posted on December 13, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: David Mamet Writer: David Mamet Story by Jonathan Katz & David Mamet

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1987, addict, addiction, bar, cards, con man, crime, david mamet, doctor, drama, gambler, gambling, game, grifter, house of games, j.t. walsh, jack wallace, joe mantegna, jonathan katz, lilia skala, lindsay crouse, mike nussbaum, money, murder, patient, poker, psychiatrist, ricky jay, scam, steven goldstein, thriller, william h. macy | Leave a comment

The Good Liar (2019)

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Bill Condon Writer: Jeffrey Hatcher (Based on the novel by Nicholas Searle)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 2019, adaptation, bill condon, britain, british, carter burwell, con artist, con man, crime, date, drama, england, fraud, greg yolen, helen mirren, ian mckellen, jeffrey hatcher, jim carter, mark lewis jones, money, mystery, Nicholas searle, online dating, russell tovey, the good liar, thriller, widow | Leave a comment

The Leisure Class (2015)

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jason Mann Writers: Pete Jones & Jason Mann Love Project Greenlight and I am happy it is back but this movie is pretty bad. Hope they do another season though!