Tag Archives: history

Rosewood (1997)

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Singleton Writer: Gregory Poirier

Posted in Action, Drama | Tagged 1997, action, affair, bruce cannon, bruce mcgill, cowboy, don cheadle, drama, elise neal, farm, farmer, fire, florida, gregory poirier, history, horse, john singleton, john williams, johnny e. jensen, jon peters, jon voight, judge, law, lie, loren dean, lynch, lynching, mark boone junior, michael rooker, mob, murder, noose, racism, racist, robert patrick, rosewood, sheriff, train, true story, ving rhames | 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

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writer: Ernest Lehman (Based on the play by Edward Albee) Great! Had not seen this one in a while. All four leads are excellent. Beautiful photography. Started reading the new Nichols biography so I am going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1966, adaptation, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, alex north, argument, biology, college, couple, couples, drunk, edward albee, elizabeth taylor, ernest lehman, fight, george segal, haskell wexler, history, late night, marriage, married, mike nichols, party, professor, relationship, richard burton, sam o'steen, sandy dennis, school, teacher, university, who's afraid of virginia woolf? | Leave a comment

The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Posted on February 22, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Michael Mann and Christopher Crowe (Based on the novel by James Fenimore Cooper) Director’s Cut. Had not seen this in quite a while. Pretty good!

Posted in Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War | Tagged 1750s, 1992, action, adaptation, adventure, army, arthur schmidt, battle, christopher crowe, colm meaney, colonialism, daniel day-lewis, daniel moore, dante spinotti, dov hoenig, drama, dylan baker, eric schweig, french and indian war, hawkeye, history, hunt lowry, james fenimore cooper, jared harris, jodhi may, john l. balderston, last of the mohicans, love, madeleine stowe, michael mann, military, murder, native american, paul perez, pete postlethwaite, philip dunne, randy edelman, revenge, romance, russell means, sisters, steven waddington, suicide, the last of the mohicans, trapper, trevor jones, war, wes studi | Leave a comment

The Keep (1983)

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann (Based on the novel by F. Paul Wilson) Big Mann fan but it was my first time seeing this. An ambitious failure. I liked it but it feels like there is a great movie … Continue reading →