Tag Archives: crime

Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Carl Franklin Writer: Carl Franklin (Based on the book by Walter Mosley) Very good!

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 1940s, 1995, adaptation, albert hall, barry shabaka henley, california, carl franklin, carole kravetz, carole kravetz aykanian, crime, criminal, denzel washington, detective, Devil in a Blue Dress, don cheadle, drama, Elmer Bernstein, gary goetzman, investigation, jazz club, jennifer beals, jesse beaton, john david washington, jonathan demme, los angeles, maury chaykin, mayor, murder, mystery, neo noir, noir, politics, private detective, scandal, tak fujimoto, terry kinney, thriller, tim sizemore, veteran | Leave a comment

Mikey and Nicky (1976)

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Elaine May Writer: Elaine May

Posted in Crime, Drama | Tagged 1976, bernie abramson, cemetery, crime, criminal, drama, elaine may, friends, friendship, grave, Hitman, jack cooperman, jayce van patten, jerry file, john carter, john cassavetes, john strauss, killer, lucien ballard, m. emmet walsh, mafia, michael hausman, mikey and nicky, mob, money, murder, ned beatty, one night, peter falk, sheldon kahn, victor j, victor j. kemper | Leave a comment

Blackhat (2015)

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Morgan Davis Foehl Mann Watch 2021 complete! Good stuff! One of my favorite directors. Blackhat is not one of my favorites of his but I like it more on rewatch than I did in 2015.

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2015, action, andy on, atticus ross, blackhat, california, chicago, china, chinese, chris hemsworth, christian borle, computer, conspiracy, convict, crime, criminal, cybercrime, drama, fbi, hacker, hacking, Harry Gregson-Williams, holt mccallany, hong kong, illinois, indonesia, investigation, jakarta, jeremiah o'driscoll, joe walker, john ortiz, jon jashni, leehom wang, leo ross, leopold ross, los angeles, mako kamitsuna, michael mann, money, morgan davis foehl, nsa, nuclear power plant, police, prison, ritchie coster, shootout, stephen e. rivkin, stock market, stuart dryburgh, tang wei, terrorist attack, thomas tull, thriller, viola davis | Leave a comment

Cherry (2021)

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Anthony Russo & Joe Russo Writers: Angela Russo-Otstot and Jessica Goldberg (Based on the novel by Nico Walker)

Posted in Crime, Drama, War | Tagged 2021, adaptation, addict, addiction, angela russo-otstot, anthony russo, army, bank, bank robbery, cherry, chris castaldi, ciara bravo, college, crime, damon wayans jr., daniel r. hill, drama, drugs, fionn o'shea, forrest goodluck, henry jackman, heroin, iraq, jack reynor, jake aust, jeff groth, jeff wahlberg, jessica goldberg, joe russo, jonathan gray, matthew rhodes, medic, michael gandolfini, michael rispoli, mike larocca, military, money, newton thomas sigel, overdose, oxycodone, pills, prison, ptsd, rehab, soldier, thomas lennon, tom holland, war | Leave a comment

One False Move (1992)

Posted on April 3, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Carl Franklin Writers: Billy Bob Thornton & Tom Epperson

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1992, arkansas, ben myron, bill paxton, billy bob thornton, california, carl franklin, cop, crime, cynda williams, derek holt, drama, drugs, earl billings, investigation, jesse beaton, los angeles, michael beach, murder, one false move, paul di franco, peter haycock, police, road trip, small town, thriller, tom epperson | Leave a comment

The Parallax View (1974)

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Alan J. Pakula Writers: David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Based on the novel by Loren Singer) First time seeing this. Great!

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged adaptation, alan j. pakula, assassin, assassination, bomb, conspiracy, crime, david giler, drama, gordon willis, hume cronyn, investigation, john w. wheeler, journalism, journalist, loren singer, lorenzo semple jr., michael small, murder, mystery, newspaper, paula prentiss, politician, politics, robert towne, seattle, senator, sniper, space needle, the parallax view, thriller, warren beatty, william daniels, witness | Leave a comment

Nobody (2021)

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ilya Naishuller Writer: Derek Kolstad

Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | Tagged 2021, action, aleksey serebryakov, assassin, basement, bob odenkirk, braden aftergood, cat, christopher lloyd, colin salmon, comedy, connie nielsen, crime, david buckley, david leitch, derek kolstad, drug lord, evan schiff, family, gold, husband, ilya naushuller, kelly mccormick, kids, killer, mafia, marc provissiero, michael ironside, mid-life crisis, money, murder, nobody, nursing home, pawel pogorzelski, psychopath, russia, russian, thriller, tobey maguire, wife, william yeh | Leave a comment

Danger: Diabolik (1968)

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mario Bava Writers: Dino Maiuri & Brian Degas & Tudor Gates & Mario Bava (Story by Angela Giussani and Luciana Giussani & Dino Maiuri & Adriano Baracco) (Based on the comic book “Diabolik” created by Angela Giussani and Luciana … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime | Tagged 1968, action, adaptation, adolfo celi, adriano baracco, angela giussani, antonio rinaldi, brian degas, comedy, comic book, cop, crime, criminal, danger: diabolik, diabolik, dino de laurentiis, dino maiuri, ennio morricone, gold, heist, inspector, investigation, italian, italy, john phillip law, luciana giussani, manhunt, maria bava, marisa mell, mask, michel piccoli, money, police, ransom, reward, romana fortini, thief, trap door, tudor gates, villain | Leave a comment

Public Enemies (2009)

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Ronan Bennett and Michael Mann & Ann Biderman (Based on the book “Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34” by Bryan Burrough)

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama | Tagged 1930s, 2009, action, adaptation, agent, ann biderman, baby face nelson, bank, bank robbers, bank robbery, bill camp, billy crudup, bryan burrough, carey mulligan, channing tatum, christian bale, cop, crime, crime wave, dante spinotti, david wenham, diana krall, drama, elliot goldenthal, emilie de ravin, fbi, gangster, giovanni ribisi, government, great depression, heist, historical, history, hostage, investigation, j. edgar hoover, jason clarke, jeffrey ford, john dillinger, john ortiz, johnny depp, kevin misher, leelee sobieski, mafia, manhunt, marion cotillard, michael mann, money, numbers, paul rubell, police, pretty boy floyd, public enemies, ronan bennett, shootout, stephen dorff, stephen graham, stephen lang, true story, vault | Leave a comment

Miami Vice (2006)

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann (Based on the TV series created by Anthony Yerkovich) Theatrical cut. Gets better every time.

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2006, action, adaptation, anthony yerkovich, barry shabaka henley, boats, ciaran hinds, colin farrell, cop, crime, cuba, dion beebe, domenick lombardozzi, drama, drugs, eddie marsan, elizabeth rodriguez, fbi, florida, gong li, havana, informant, investigation, jamie foxx, john hawkes, john murphy, john ortiz, justin theroux, li gong, luis tosar, miami, miami vice, michael mann, mojito, naomie harris, paul rubell, pieter jan brugge, police, ricardo tubbs, sonny crockett, television, thriller, tv, undercover, william goldenberg | Leave a comment

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