Tag Archives: finance

Money Monster (2016)

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jodie Foster Writers: Jamie Linden and Alan DiFiore & Jim Kouf (Story by Alan DiFiore & Jim Kouf)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2016, alan difiore, bomb, crime, dominic west, drama, finance, george clooney, giancarlo esposito, grant heslov, hostage, jack o'connell, jamie linden, jim kouf, jodie foster, julia roberts, money monster, studip, thriller, tv | 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

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

Margin Call (2011)

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: J.C. Chandor Writer: J.C. Chandor

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2008, 2011, aasif mandvi, bank, company, demki moore, disaster, downsizing, drama, finance, finances, financial crisis, fraud, investment, j.c. chandor, jeremy irons, kevin spacey, margin call, mary mcdonnell, money, new york city, nyc, paul bettany, penn badgley, simon baker, stanley tucci, wall street, zachary qunito | Leave a comment

Middle Men (2010)

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: George Gallo Writers: George Gallo & Andy Weiss

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama | Tagged 2009, addict, addiction, andy weiss, comedy, commerce, crime, drama, drugs, finance, gabriel macht, george gallo, giovanni ribisi, graham mctavish, hacienda barrett, internet, james caan, kelsey grammer, kevin pollak, luke wilson, middle men, money, online, porn, pornography, robert forster, sex, terry crews, website | 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