Tag Archives: culture

The Big Sick (2017)

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Showalter Writers: Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 2017, adel akhtar, aidy bryant, any-am kher, arranged marriage, bo burnham, comedian, comedy, culture, david alan grier, disease, drama, emily v. gordon, family, holly hunter, hospital, illness, interracial, judd apatow, kumail nanjiani, kurt braunohler, michael showalter, pakistan, pakistani, ray romano, relationship, romance, romantic comedy, sick, stand up, student, the big sick, vella lovell, zenobia shroff, zoe kazan | Leave a comment

Amy (2015)

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Asif Kapadia

Posted in Documentary, Musical | Tagged addict, addiction, alcohol, alcoholism, amy, amy winehouse, art, artist, Asif Kapadia, basin bey, biography, britain, british, celebrity, culture, death, documentary, drugs, eating disorder, england, english, fame, famous, grammys, jazz, mark ronson, mos def, music, musical, overdose, tony bennett, uk | Leave a comment

Life Itself (2014)

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steve James

Posted in Documentary | Tagged 2014, a.o. scott, alcoholic, ava duvernay, biography, cancer, chaz ebert, chicago, critic, culture, death, documentary, errol morris, film critic, gene siskel, hospital, ill, journalism, journalist, life, life itself, martin scorsese, pulitzer prize, ramin bahrani, roger ebert, sick, siskel & ebert, siskel and ebert, steve james, steven zaillian, werner herzog | Leave a comment

Heaven & Earth (1993)

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Oliver Stone Writer: Oliver Stone (Based on the books “When Heaven and Earth Changed Places” by Le Ly Hayslip and Jay Wurts & “Child of War, Woman of Peace” by Le Ly Hayslip and James Hayslip)

Posted in Action, Drama, Review, War | Tagged 1993, action, biography, child of war, culture, debbie reynolds, drama, dustin nguyen, fight, fighter, heaven & earth, heaven and earth, hiep thi le, jaing s. ngor, james hayslip, jay wurts, jeffrey jones, joan chen, kitaro, le ly hayslip, oliver stone, prostitute, prostitution, robert richardson, sally menke, tommy lee jones, viet cong, vietnam, vietnam war, vietnamese, village, war, when heaven and earth changed places, woman of peace | Leave a comment