Tag Archives: historical

The Northman (2022)

Posted on September 3, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Eggers Writers: Sjon & Robert Eggers

Posted in Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller | Tagged 2022, action, adventure, alexander skarsgard, anya taylor-joy, arnon milchan, bjork, boat, bow and arrow, claes bang, drama, elliott rose, ethan hawke, fantasy, fate, fight, gustav lindh, historical, history, horse, jarin blaschke, lars knudsen, leifur b. dagfinnsson, louise ford, mark huffam, matricide, mountain, murder, nicole kidman, norse, northman, prince, revenge, robert eggers, robin carolan, sebastian gainsborough, ship, sjon, slave, slavery, snow, the northman, thriller, valhalla, valkyrie, vengeance, viking, volcano, willem dafoe, witch, wolf, wolves | Leave a comment

Ride with the Devil (1999)

Posted on August 5, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ang Lee Writer: James Schamus (Based on the novel “Woe to Live On” by Daniel Woodrell)

Posted in Drama, War, Western | Tagged 1999, adaptation, america, ang lee, battle, bushwhacker, celia weston, civil war, confederacy, daniel woodrell, drama, frederick elmes, Guerrilla, historical, history, immigrant, james schamus, james urbaniak, jayhawk, jeffrey wright, jewel, jim caviezel, jonathan rhys meyers, margo martindale, mark ruffalo, matthew faber, missouri, Mychael danna, raid, raider, ride with the devil, robert f. colesberry, scalp, simon baker, skeet ulrich, slavery, south, ted hope, tim squyres, tobey maguire, tom wilkinson, war, Western, woe to live on, zach grenier | Leave a comment

Benedetta (2021)

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Paul Verhoeven Writers: David Birke & Paul Verhoeven (Based on the book “Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy” by Judith C. Brown)

Posted in Drama, Foreign | Tagged 2021, adaptation, anne dudley, benedetta, blessed virgin, catholic, catholicism, charlotte rampling, confession, convent, crucifix, daphne patakia, david birke, drama, foreign, gay, historical, history, immodest acts, italian, italy, jeanne lapoirie, jerome seydoux, job ter burg, lambert wilson, lesbian, michel merkt, nun, paul verhoeven, plague, said ben said, stigmata, trial, true story, virginie efira | 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)

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama | Tagged 1930s, 2009, action, adaptation, agent, ann biderman, baby face nelson, bank, bank robbers, bank robbery, bill camp, billy crudup, bryan burrough, carey mulligan, channing tatum, christian bale, cop, crime, crime wave, dante spinotti, david wenham, diana krall, drama, elliot goldenthal, emilie de ravin, fbi, gangster, giovanni ribisi, government, great depression, heist, historical, history, hostage, investigation, j. edgar hoover, jason clarke, jeffrey ford, john dillinger, john ortiz, johnny depp, kevin misher, leelee sobieski, mafia, manhunt, marion cotillard, michael mann, money, numbers, paul rubell, police, pretty boy floyd, public enemies, ronan bennett, shootout, stephen dorff, stephen graham, stephen lang, true story, vault | Leave a comment

Hidden Figures (2016)

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Theodore Melfi Writers: Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi (Based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2016, adaptation, aldis hodge, allison schroeder, astronaut, biography, colonel, donna gigliotti, drama, gender, glen powell, government, hans zimmer, hidden figures, historical, history, janelle monae, Jenny topping, jim parsons, john f. kennedy, john glenn, kevin costner, kirsten dunst, mahershala ali, margot lee shetterly, martin luther king, math, mathematician, military, nasa, navy, octavia spencer, peter chernin, pharrell williams, race, racism, segregation, space, space race, taraji p henson, theodore melfi, true story | Leave a comment

Confirmation (2016)

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Rick Famuyiwa Writer: Susannah Grant

Posted in Drama | Tagged alison wright, anita hill, clarence thomas, confirmation, drama, dylan baker, erika christensen, grace gummer, greg kinnear, hearing, historical, history, jeffrey wright, jennifer hudson, joe biden, judge, kerry washington, kimberly elise, lawyer, orrin hatch, politician, politics, professor, rick famuyiwa, senate, senator, sex, sexual harassment, storm thurmond, supreme court, susannah grant, ted kennedy, testify, treat williams, true story, united states, wendell pierce, zoe lister jones | Leave a comment

The Act of Killing (2013)

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Joshua Coppenheimer (Co-Directed by Anonymous & Christine Cynn)

Posted in Documentary | Tagged act of killing, anonymous, anwar congo, christine cynn, death squad, documentary, gang, genocide, historical, history, indonesia, indonesian, joshua oppenheimer, kill, killer, killing, mass killing, mob, murder, the act of killing | Leave a comment

The Monuments Men (2014)

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: George Clooney Writers: George Clooney & Grant Heslov (Based on the book by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter) A real miss. You have a great setting, interesting true story, and talented cast and that all resulted in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Drama, Review, War | Tagged 2014, adaptation, alexandre desplat, architect, art, artist, bill murray, bob balaban, bret witter, bruges, cate blanchett, dimitri leonidas, drama, france, french, george clooney, german, germany, grant heslov, historical, history, hugh bonneville, jean dujardin, john goodman, madonna, matt damon, nazi, platoon, recover, rescue, robert m. edsel, sculpture, the monuments men, true story, war, world war ii, wwII | Leave a comment

12 Years a Slave (2013)

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steve McQueen Writer: John Ridley (Based on the book by Solomon Northup)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 12 years a slave, 2013, abduction, adaptation, alfre woodard, benedict cunberbatch, biography, brad pitt, chiwetel ejiofor, drama, dwight henry, free, freedom, hans zimmer, historical, history, john ridley, kidnap, kidnapped, michael fassbender, michael k. williams, new york, paul dano, paul giamatti, Quvenzhané Wallis, sarah paulson, scoot mcnairy, slave, slavery, sold, solomon northup, steve mcqueen, taran killam, true story, united states, united states of america, usa | Leave a comment

Che: Part One (2008)

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steven Soderbergh Writer: Peter Buchman (Based on the book “Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War” by Ernesto Guevara) The first of Steven Soderbergh’s two part film about Che Guevara. It is not an all encompassing biopic. Instead it picks … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1956, 2008, benicio del toro, biography, castro, che, che guevara, che part one, communism, criterion collection, cuba, cuban revolution, demian bichir, drama, edgar ramirez, ernesto guevara, fidel castro, historical, history, julia ormond, oscar isaac, peter buchman, raul castro, Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War, revolution, rodrigo santoro, steven soderbergh, The Argentine | Leave a comment

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