Tag Archives: fairy tale

The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Sayles Writer: John Sayles (Based on the book “The Secret of Ron Mor Skerry” by Rosalie K. Fry)

Posted in Drama, Fantasy, Mystery | Tagged 1994, adaptation, boat, cillian byrne, cottage, donegal, drama, eileen colgan, fable, fairy tale, family, fantasy, fish, fishing, grandparents, haskell wexler, ireland, irish, island, jeni courtney, john lynch, john sayles, legend, maggie renzi, mason daring, mick lally, mystery, richard sheridan, Rosalie k. fry, sarah green, seal, secret of ron mor skerry, the secret of roan inish, village | Leave a comment

The Lure (2015)

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska Writer: Robert Bolesto

Posted in Drama, Fantasy, Foreign, Horror, Musical | Tagged 1980s, 2015, Agnieszka Smoczynska, Ballady i Romanse, cabaret, coming of age, criterion collection, drama, fairy tale, fantasy, foreign, horror, Jakub Kijowski, Jaroslaw Kaminski, love triangle, Marta Mazurek, mermaid, Michalina Olszanska, musical, musician, nightclub, poland, polish, pool, robert bolesto, sex, singer, singing, siren, sisters, the lure, warsaw, water, Wlodzimierz Niderhaus | Leave a comment

The Little Mermaid (1989)

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: John Musker & Ron Clements Writers: John Musker & Ron Clements (Based on “The Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Andersen) Under the Sea still slaps.

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Fantasy, Musical, Romance | Tagged 1989, adaptation, alan menken, animated, animation, buddy hackett, chef, chris hubbell, christopher daniel barnes, contract, crab, curse, disney, eel, fairy tale, family, fantasy, fish, gerrit graham, hans christian andersen, howard ashman, jodi benson, john musker, king, love, mark a. hester, mary v. buck, mermaid, musical, ocean, pat carroll, prince, princess, romance, ron clements, sam graham, sea, seagull, shark, susan edelman, the little mermaid, wedding, witch | Leave a comment

The Shape of Water (2017)

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Guillermo del Toro Writer: Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor (Story by Guillermo del Toro)

Posted in Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction | Tagged 1960s, 2017, adventure, alexandre desplat, cold war, creature, deaf, doug jones, drama, fairy tale, fantasy, government, guillermo del toro, janitor, lab, laboratory, love, michael shannon, michael stuhlbarg, monster, octavia spencer, richard jenkins, romance, sally hawkins, sci-fi, science, science fiction, sign language, the shape of water, vanessa taylor | Leave a comment

The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016)

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Writers: Evan Spiliotopoulos and Craig Mazin (Based on characters created by Evan Daugherty)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | Tagged 2016, action, adventure, army, Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, charlize theron, chris hemsworth, craig mazin, drama, emily blunt, evan daugherty, evan spiliotopoulos, fairy tale, fantasy, jessica chastain, liam neeson, love, nick frost, prequel, queen, rob brydon, sequel, sister, snow white, the huntsman: winter's war, war, warrior | Leave a comment

Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Bill Condon Writers: Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos (Based on a screenplay by Linda Woolverton)

Posted in Fantasy, Musical, Romance | Tagged 2017, adaptation, alan menken, audra mcdonald, beast, beauty and the beast, belle, bill condon, castle, dan stevens, disney, emma thompson, emma watson, evan spiliotopoulos, ewan mcgregor, fairy tale, fantasy, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, gugu mbatha-raw, ian mckellen, jeanne-marie leprince de beaumont, josh gad, kevin kline, linda woolverton, love, luke evans, musical, prince, romance, stanley tucci, stephen chbosky | Leave a comment

Tangled (2010)

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Nathan Greno & Byron Howard Writer: Dan Fogelman (Based on “Rapunzel” by the Brothers Grimm)

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance | Tagged 2010, adventure, alan menken, animated, animation, brothers grimm, byron howard, comedy, dan fogelman, disney, fairy tale, family, fantasy, grad garrett, jacob grimm, jeffrey rambor, john lasseter, m.c. ganey, mandy moore, mother, muiscal, music, nathan greno, paul f. tompkins, rapunzel, richard kiel, romance, ron perlman, runaway, tangled, thief, tower, walt disney, wilhelm grimm, zachary levi | Leave a comment

Lost River (2015)

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ryan Gosling Writer: Ryan Gosling

Posted in Drama, Fantasy, Mystery | Tagged 2015, ben mendelsohn, christina hendricks, city, drama, eva mendes, fairy tale, fantasy, iain de caestecker, lost river, matt smith, mom, mystery, ryan gosling, saoirse ronan, secret, single mother, underwater, underworld | Leave a comment

Into the Woods (2014

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Rob Marshall Writer: James Lapine (Based on the musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

Posted in Adventure, Fantasy, Musical | Tagged adaptation, adventure, anna kendrick, baker, broadway, chris pine, Christine Baranski, cinderella, curse, emily blunt, fairy tale, fantasy, into the woods, jack and the beanstalk, james corden, james lapine, johnny depp, little red riding hood, lunch punch, meryl streep, music, musical, prince, princess, rapunzel, rob marshall, spell, stephen sondheim, tracey ullman, wolf | Leave a comment

Into the Woods (2014)

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Rob Marshall Writer: James Lapine (Based on the musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine)

Posted in Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance | Tagged 2014, adaptation, anna kendrick, baker, billy magnussen, chris pine, Christine Baranski, cinderella, comedy, cow, curse, daniel huttlestone, disney, emily blunt, fairy tale, fantasy, giant, into the woods, jack and the beanstalk, james corden, james lapine, johnny depp, journey, lilla crawford, little red riding hood, lucy punch, magic beans, meryl streep, musical, prince, prince charming, quest, rapunzel, rob marshall, romance, spell, stephen sondheim, tammy blanchard, tracey ullman, witch, wolf, woods | Leave a comment

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