Tag Archives: detective

The Kid Detective (2020)

Posted on April 30, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Evan Morgan Writer: Evan Morgan Good. A very pleasant surprise.

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery | Tagged 2020, adam brody, comedy, cop, crime, curt lobb, detective, drama, drug, drugged, drugs, evan morgan, high school, investigation, jay mccarrol, jonathan bronfman, kaitlyn chalmers-rizzato, kidnap, kidnapped, kidnapping, mike mclaughlin, murder, mystery, neo noir, noir, origami, police, principal, private detective, rape, school, sophie nelisse, the kid detective, william woods | Leave a comment

The Batman (2022)

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Matt Reeves Writers: Matt Reeves & Peter Craig (Based on characters from DC Comics) Really liked this new take on Batman. Looked and sounded great in IMAX.

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery | Tagged 2022, action, adaptation, andy serkis, arkham, asylum, barry keoghan, batman, bill finger, bob kane, bomb, bruce wayne, catwoman, city, colin farrell, comic book, cop, corrupt, corruption, costume, crime, criminal, cypher, dc comics, detective, drama, dylan clark, election, flood, gotham city, greig fraser, investigation, john turturro, joker, mafia, mask, matt reeves, mayor, michael giacchino, mob, murder, murderer, mystery, nightclub, orphan, paul dano, penguin, peter craig, peter sarsgaard, police, politician, politics, revenge, rich, riddler, robert pattinson, selina kyle, serial killer, superhero, the batman, the penguin, tyler nelson, vengeance, vigilante, wealthy, william hoy, zoe kravitz | Leave a comment

In the Cut (2003)

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jane Campion Writers: Jane Campion & Susanna Moore (Based on the novel by Susanna Moore)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 2003, adaptation, affair, alexandre de franceschi, cop, crime, detective, dion beebe, drama, hilmar orn hilmarsson, ice skating, in the cut, investigation, jane campion, jennifer jason leigh, kevin bacon, laurie parker, manhattan, mark ruffalo, meg ryan, murder, mystery, new york, new york city, nick damici, nicole kidman, nyc, poem, poetry, police, professor, serial killer, sex, stavros kazantzidis, susanna moore, thriller, writer | Leave a comment

Scream 2 (1997)

Posted on March 11, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Wes Craven Writer: Kevin Williamson (Based on characters created by Kevin Williamson)

Posted in Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged adam shankman, cathy konrad, college, cop, copycat, courteney cox, david arquette, detective, duane martin, fraternity, ghostface, heather graham, horror, jada pinkett, jada pinkett smith, jamie kennedy, jason trost, jerry o'connell, joshua jackson, journalism, journalist, kevin williamson, knife, laurie metcalf, Liev Schreiber, luke wilson, marco beltrami, marianne maddalena, mask, matthew lillard, murder, murderer, mystery, nancy o'dell, neve campbell, omar epps, party, patrick lussier, peter deming, police, portia de rossi, rebecca gayheart, reporter, sarah michelle gellar, school, scream, scream 2, selma blair, sequel, serial killer, slasher, sorority, stab, thriller, timothy olyphant, tori spelling, wes craven | Leave a comment

The Resurrected (1991)

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Dan O’Bannon Writer: Brent V. Friedman (Based on the story “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” by H.P. Lovecraft)

Posted in Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged adaptation, body horror, brent v. friedman, cabin, chris sarandon, dan o'bannon, deep roy, detective, experiment, h.p. lovecraft, horror, irv goodnoff, jane sibbett, john terry, kenneth raich, laboratory, mark borde, monster, mystery, occult, private detective, private investigator, resurrected, resurrection, richard band, robert romanus, russell livingstone, shatterbrain, the case of charles dexter ward, the resurrected, thriller | Leave a comment

Night of the Creeps (1986)

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Fred Dekker Writer: Fred Dekker

Posted in Action, Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction | Tagged 1950s, 1986, action, alien, aliens, barry de vorzon, black and white, charles gordon, college, comedy, cop, david paymer, detective, dick miller, experiment, flashback, fraternity, fred dekker, greg nicotero, horror, jason lively, jill whitlow, Michael n. knue, monster, nerd, night of the creeps, parasite, police, prank, robert c. new, sci-fi, science fiction, shane black, slug, slugs, spaceship, steve marshall, tom atkins, zombie | Leave a comment

Hellraiser: Judgment (2018)

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Gary J. Tunnicliffe Writer: Gary J. Tunnicliffe (Based on characters created by Clive Barker)

Posted in Horror, Thriller | Tagged alexandra harris, cenobite, cop, damon carney, demon, deron johnson, detective, gary j. tunnicliffe, heather langenkamp, hell, hellraiser, hellraiser 10, hellraiser: judgment, john gulager, michael griffin, michael leahy, paul t. taylor, pinhead, police, randy wayne, samuel calvin, sequel, serial killer, torture | Leave a comment

God Told Me To (1976)

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Larry Cohen Writer: Larry Cohen Totally bonkers.

Posted in Crime, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 1976, alien, andy kaufman, arthur mandelberg, catholic, crime, cult, deborah raffin, detective, dreams, frank cordell, god, god told me to, horror, michael d. corey, mike corey, mike kellin, murder, murderer, mystery, new york, new york city, nyc, parade, paul glickman, police, religion, richard lynch, robert drivas, roger corman, sam levene, sandy dennis, sci-fi, science fiction, sniper, st. patrick's day, subway, supernatural, sylvia sidney, thriller, tony lo bianco, virgin, virgin birth, william j. waters | Leave a comment

Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Scott Derrickson Writers: Paul Harris Boardman & Scott Derrickson (Based on characters created by Clive Barker)

Posted in Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 2000, clive barker, cop, craig sheffer, crime, demon, detective, doug bradley, engineer, hell, hellraiser, hellraiser 5, hellraiser: inferno, horror, james remar, joel soisson, kirk m. morri, murder, mystery, nathan hope, nicholas turturro, noir, paul harris boardman, pinhead, police, puzzle, scott derrickson, sequel, serial killer, thriller, time loop, w.k. border, walter werzowa | Leave a comment

Three Men and a Baby (1987)

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Leonard Nimoy Writers: James Orr & Jim Cruickshank (Based on the screenplay for “Trois Hommes et un Couffin” by Colin Serreau) A light 1980s comedy so of course the plot is based around heroin smuggling.

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 1987, 3 men and a baby, actor, adam greenberg, adaptation, alexandra amini, apartment, architect, baby, cartoonist, colin quinn, coline serreau, comedy, cop, cops, dave foley, detective, drama, drugs, heroin, james orr, jim cruickshank, leonard nimoy, manhattan, margaret colin, marvin hamlisch, michael a. stevenson, nancy travis, new york, new york city, nyc, paul guilfoyle, philip bosco, police, remake, robert w. cort, steve guttenberg, ted danson, ted field, three men and a baby, tom selleck, trois hommes et un couffin | Leave a comment

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