Tag Archives: geek

Nightmare Alley (2021)

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Guillermo del Toro Writers: Guillermo del Toro & Kim Morgan (Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1940s, 2021, adaptation, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, bradley cooper, cam mclauchlin, cameron mclauchlin, carnival, carny, cate blanchett, clifton collins jr., con man, crime, dan laustsen, david strathairn, drama, drunk, fire, geek, grifter, guillermo del toro, holt mccallany, j. miles dale, kim morgan, mark povinelli, mary steenburgen, medium, mentalist, money, nathan johnson, nightclub, nightmare alley, noir, peter macneill, psychic, richard jenkins, ron perlman, rooney mara, sheriff, sideshow, thriller, tim blanke nelson, toni collette, willem dafoe, william lindsay gresham | Leave a comment

Nightmare Alley (1947)

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Edmund Goulding Writer: Jules Furthman (Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham) Carnival weirdos scamming people! Love it!

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1947, adaptation, alcoholic, alcoholism, barbara mclean, black and white, blackmail, carnival, carny, coleen gray, con artist, crime, cyril j. mockridge, drama, edmund goulding, femme fatale, geek, george jessel, helen walker, joan blondell, jules furthman, lee garmes, mentalist, mind reading, money, nightmare alley, noir, psychologist, scam, show, sideshow, taylor holmes, thriller, tyrone power, william lindsay gresham | Leave a comment

Dope (2015)

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Rick Famuyiwa Writer: Rick Famuyiwa

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama | Tagged 2015, a$ap rocky, band, blake anderson, california, comedy, coming of age, crime, dope, drama, drug dealer, drugs, forest whitaker, gang, geek, high school, hip hop, los angeles, music, musician, party, pharrell williams, rakin mayers, rap, rick famuyiwa, sean combs, shameik moore, tony revolori, tyga, vince staples, zoe kravitz | Leave a comment

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Gareth Carrivick Writer: Jamie Mathieson Mildly entertaining British comedy about three dorks who get tangled up in time travel plot. Gets by mainly on its breezy pace and good intentions but the laughs are pretty non-existent and the jokes … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction | Tagged 2009, anna faris, bathroom, beer, britain, british, chris o'dowd, comedy, dean lennox kelly, drinking, england, english, fantasy, faq, frequently asked questions, frequently asked questions about time travel, future, gareth carrivick, geek, jamie mathieson, marc wootton, nerd, past, pub, romance, sci-fi, science fiction, time travel, uk | Leave a comment

Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope (2012)

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Morgan Spurlock Writers: Jeremy Chilnick & Morgan Spurlock http://everyonequestion.com/comic-con-episode-iv-a-fans-hope-review As long as I can remember I have been a collector of things. Pez dispensers, action figures, comic books, DVDs, and probably some other things I have forgotten about by … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Uncategorized | Tagged 2011, california, comic books, comic-con, comicon, convention, eli roth, geek, joss whedon, kevin smith, morgan spurlock, nerd, olivia wilde, paul dini, paul scheer, san diego, seth green, seth rogen, stan lee, superheros, toys | Leave a comment

21 Jump Street (2012)

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Phil Lord & Chris Miller Writers: Michael Bacall (Story by Michael Bacall & Jonah Hill) (Based on the television series created by Patrick Hasburg & Stephen J. Cannell) Really funny! Great cast. Channing Tatum really steals the movie. Probably … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime | Tagged 2012, 21 jump street, adaptation, brie larson, channing tatum, chris miller, chris parnell, cop, dakota johnson, dave franco, deputy, derby davis, dork, drugs, ellie kemper, geek, graduation, high school, holly robinson peete, ice cube, jake johnson, jock, johnny depp, johnny pemberton, johnny simmons, jonah hill, mark mothersbaugh, michael bacall, nick offerman, officer, patrick hasburg, phil lord, police, principal, prom, rob riggle, stephen j. cannell, student, television, undercover | Leave a comment