Tag Archives: economy

Ascension (2021)

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jessica Kingdon

Posted in Documentary, Foreign | Tagged 2021, ascension, capitalism, china, chinese, documentary, economy, factory, foreign, jessica kingdon, job, money, sex doll, water park | Leave a comment

Nomadland (2020)

Posted on February 20, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Chloe Zhao Writer: Chloe Zhao (Based on the book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century” by Jessica Bruder) Great! One of the year’s best.

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2020, adaptation, amazon, bob wells, camp, chloe zhao, dan janvey, david strathairn, drama, economy, frances mcdormand, homeless, jessica bruder, Joshua James Richards, linda may, Ludovico Einaudi, mollye asher, nevada, nomad, nomadland, peter spears, recession, road, swankie | Leave a comment

The Big Short (2015)

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Adam McKay Writers: Charles Randolph and Adam McKay (Based on the book by Michael Lewis)

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged adam mckay, adaptation, anthony bourdain, bank, banker, bankers, banking, big short, biography, brad pitt, charles randolph, christian bale, comedy, drama, economy, finance, financial crisis, fraud, goldman sachs, hanse linklater, margot robbie, marisa tomei, max greenfield, melissa leo, michael lewis, money, mortgage, rafe spall, ryan gosling, selena gomez, steve carell, the big short, tracy letts | Leave a comment

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Kenneth Branagh Writers: Adam Cozad and David Koepp (Based on characters created by Tom Clancy) I like Chris Pine but this movie is just too lightweight and forgettable.

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Review, Thriller | Tagged 2014, 9/11, action, adam cozad, analyst, attack, chris pine, cia, crime, david koepp, david paymer, drama, economy, espionage, jack ryan, jack ryan: shadow recruit, keira knightley, kenneth branagh, kevin costner, lenn kudrjawizki, lorenzo di bonaventura, mystery, new york, new york city, nyc, russia, russian, spy, terrorism, terrorist, thriller, tom clancy | Leave a comment

Inside Job (2010)

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Charles Ferguson Writer: Charles Ferguson Pretty horrifying look at the economic crash of 2008. I am no expert in finance, watching people talking about this stuff for 2 hours made my head spin, but I don’t see how anyone … Continue reading →

Posted in Documentary, Drama | Tagged 2010, aig, bank, banking, banks, barney frank, bear stearns, bill clinton, broker, charles ferguson, columbia, crash, documentary, drama, economy, finance, frannie mae, freddie mac, george w. bush, harvard, hedge fund, iceland, inside job, matt damon, morgan stanley, new york, new york city, nyc, recession, ronald reagan, trading, united states, wall street | Leave a comment

The Queen of Versailles (2012)

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Lauren Greenfield

Posted in Comedy, Documentary, Drama | Tagged comedy, documentary, drama, economy, financial collapse, france, queen, the queen of versailles, Versailles, westgate | Leave a comment

Killing Them Softly (2012)

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Andrew Dominik Writer: Andrew Dominik (Based on the novel “Cogan’s Trade” by George V. Higgins) Very good. Violent and funny. Looked great.

Posted in Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2008, 2012, andrew dominik, ben mendelsohn, brad pitt, bush, coogan's trade, crime, drama, economy, election, gambling, george higgins, heist, Hitman, james gandolfini, killing them softly, mccain, money, murder, obama, ray liotta, richard jenkins, scoot mcnairy | Leave a comment

Too Big to Fail (2011)

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Curis Hanson Writer: Peter Gould (Based on the book by Andrew Ross Sorkin) I tried to get into this but it just wasn’t really my thing. Very dry.

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2011, andrew ross sorkin, bill pullman, billy crudup, curtis hanson, cynthia nixon, drama, economy, ed asner, finance, hbo, henry paulson, james woods, john heard, lehman brothers, paul giamatti, peter gould, tony shalhoub, too big to fail, topher grace, warren buffet, william hurt | Leave a comment

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