Tag Archives: fbi

Being the Ricardos (2021)

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Aaron Sorkin Writer: Aaron Sorkin

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2021, aaron sorkin, adultery, affair, alan baumgarten, alia shawkat, behind the scenes, being the ricardos, biography, cbs, celebrity, cigarettes, clark gregg, comedian, comedy, communism, communist, cuban, daniel pemberton, desi arnaz, drama, fame, famous, fbi, history, j.k. simmons, jake lacy, jason blumenthal, javier bardem, jeff cronenweth, john rubinstein, linda lavin, lucille ball, marriage, married, media, nelson franklin, nicole kidman, nina arianda, philip morris, ronny cox, show, smoking, steve tisch, television, todd black, tony hale, true story, tv | Leave a comment

Die Hard (1988)

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John McTiernan Writers: Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza (Based on the novel “Nothing Lasts Forever” by Roderick Thorp)

Posted in Action, Crime, Thriller | Tagged 1988, action, adaptation, al leong, alan rickman, alexander godunov, bomb, bonnie bedelia, bruce willis, california, christmas party, cop, crime, de'voreaux white, die hard, fbi, frank j. urioste, hart bochner, heist, helicopter, hostage, james shigeta, jan de bont, jeb stuart, joel silver, john f. link, john mctiernan, lapd, lawrence gordon, limo, los angeles, michael kamen, nothing lasts forever, nypd, office, party, paul gleason, police, ransom, reginald veljohnson, robert davi, roderick thorp, steven e. de souza, terrorism, terrorist, thriller, vacation, william atherton | Leave a comment

Shaft (2019)

Posted on November 27, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Tim Story Writers: Kenya Barris & Alex Barnow (Based on characters from the novel by Ernest Tidyman) Really bad!

Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime | Tagged 2019, action, adaptation, alex barnow, alexandra shipp, christopher lennertz, cliff smith, comedy, cop, crime, cyber security, detective, drug lord, ernest tidyman, family, father, fbi, investigation, jessie t. usher, john davis, kenya barris, larry blanford, method man, peter s. elliot, police, regina hall, richard roundtree, samuel l. jackson, sequel, shaft, son, tim story, titus welliver | Leave a comment

Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Hyams Writers: John Hyams & Doug Magnuson and Jon Greenhalgh (Story by John Hyams and Moshe Diamant (Based on characters created by Richard Rothstein & Christopher Leitch and Dean Devlin) Another solid DTV Universal Soldier sequel. Very impressed … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | Tagged 2012, andrei arlovski, andrew drazek, assassin, assassination, christopher leitch, clone, clones, coma, craig baumgarten, Day of Reckoning, dean devlin, dolph lundgren, family, fbi, fight, jcvd, jean-claude van damme, john hyams, jon greenhalgh, machete, michael krassner, mind control, moshe diamant, murder, rebel, rebellion, richard rothstein, roy jones jr., scott adkins, sequel, soldier, universal soldier, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, wil hendricks, yaron levy | Leave a comment

Gloria (1980)

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Cassavetes Writer: John Cassavetes Good! Rowlands rules!

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1980, accountant, bill conti, buck henry, child, crime, drama, fbi, fred schuler, gangster, gena rowlands, gloria, john cassavetes, kid, mafia, mob, murder, new york, new york city, nyc, puerto rican, thriller, tom noonan, witness | Leave a comment

Midnight Run (1988)

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Martin Brest Writer: George Gallo RIP Charles Grodin. One of the greats.

Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime | Tagged 1988, accountant, action, bail, billy weber, bounty hunter, charles grodin, chris lebenzon, comedy, crime, danny elfman, dennis farina, donald e. thorin, fbi, gangster, george gallo, joe pantoliano, john ashton, mafia, martin brest, midnight run, philip baker hall, road trip, robert de niro, yaphet kotto | Leave a comment

Blackhat (2015)

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Morgan Davis Foehl Mann Watch 2021 complete! Good stuff! One of my favorite directors. Blackhat is not one of my favorites of his but I like it more on rewatch than I did in 2015.

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2015, action, andy on, atticus ross, blackhat, california, chicago, china, chinese, chris hemsworth, christian borle, computer, conspiracy, convict, crime, criminal, cybercrime, drama, fbi, hacker, hacking, Harry Gregson-Williams, holt mccallany, hong kong, illinois, indonesia, investigation, jakarta, jeremiah o'driscoll, joe walker, john ortiz, jon jashni, leehom wang, leo ross, leopold ross, los angeles, mako kamitsuna, michael mann, money, morgan davis foehl, nsa, nuclear power plant, police, prison, ritchie coster, shootout, stephen e. rivkin, stock market, stuart dryburgh, tang wei, terrorist attack, thomas tull, thriller, viola davis | Leave a comment

Public Enemies (2009)

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Ronan Bennett and Michael Mann & Ann Biderman (Based on the book “Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34” by Bryan Burrough)