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Last Embrace (1979)

Posted on May 16, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jonathan Demme Writer: David Shaber (Based on the novel “The 13th Man” by Murray Teigh Bloom)

Posted in Mystery, Romance, Thriller | Tagged 1979, adaptation, andrew duncan, barry malkin, charles napier, christopher walken, Dan Wigutow, david margulies, david shaber, death threat, drowning, Jacqueline Brookes, janet margolin, jewish, john glover, jonathan demme, last embrace, mandy patinkin, marcia rodd, Michael Taylor, miklos rozsa, murder, murray teigh bloom, mystery, new york, new york city, niagara falls, nyc, princeton, restaurant, revenge, romance, roy scheider, sam levene, scott rudin, tak fujimoto, the 13th man, thriller, waterfall | Leave a comment

Calvary (2014)

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Michael McDonagh Writer: John Michael McDonagh

Posted in Crime, Drama | Tagged aidan gillen, brendan gleeson, calvary, catholic, chris o'dowd, church, confession, crime, death threat, domhnall gleeson, drama, dylan moran, father, ireland, john michael mcdonagh, kelly reilly, m. emmet walsh, murder, priest, revenge, threat | Leave a comment

The Player (1992)

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Altman Writer: Michael Tolkin (Based on the novel by Michael Tolkin)

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama | Tagged 1992, adaptation, andie macdowell, anjelica huston, Brion James, bruce willis, buck henry, burt reynolds, cameo, celebrity, cher, comedy, cop, crime, cynthia stevenson, david alan grier, dean stockwell, death threat, dennis franz, detective, dina merrill, director, drama, elliott gould, executive, fred ward, gary busey, gina gershon, greta scacchi, harry belafonte, hollywood, investigation, jack lemmon, james coburn, jeff goldblum, jeremy piven, john cusack, julia roberts, karen black, kathy ireland, leeza gibbons, lily tomlin, lyle lovett, malcolm mcdowell, marlee matlin, martin mull, michael tolkin, mimi rogers, movie star, murder, nick nolte, patrick swayze, paul dooley, peter falk, peter gallagher, police, producer, richard anderson, richard e. grant, robert altman, robert carradine, robert wagner, rod steiger, satire, scott glenn, screenplay, script, shari belafonte, steve allen, studio, susan sarandon, sydney pollack, teri garr, the player, thomas newman, tim robbins, vincent d'onofrio, whoopi goldberg, writer | Leave a comment

The Insider (1999)

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Eric Roth & Michael Mann (Based on the article “The Man Who Knew Too Much” by Marie Brenner) Really great. I think it is a damn shame that while it was nominated for 7 Academy Awards … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, Review, Thriller | Tagged 1999, 60 minutes, al pacino, big tobacco, breckin meyer, bruce mcgill, cbs, chemist, christopher plummer, cigarette, colm feore, confidential, confidentiality, death threat, debi mazar, diane venore, drama, eric roth, expose, gina gershon, hallie kate eisenberg, interview, jeffrey wigand, lindsay crouse, lowell bergman, lynne thigpen, marie brenner, michael gambon, michael mann, mike wallace, news, philip baker hall, producer, report, reporter, research, rip torn, russell crowe, scientist, stephen tobolowsky, teacher, the insider, thriller, tobacco, true story | Leave a comment