Tag Archives: history

The Death of Stalin (2018)

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Armando Iannucci Writers: Armando Iannucci and David Schneider and Ian Martin (Based on the comic book “La Mort de Staline” by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin) Advertisements

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 2018, adaptation, armando iannucci, david schneider, death, fabien nury, government, history, ian martin, jeffrey tambor, josef stalin, la mort de staline, michael palin, moscow, olga kurylenko, paddy considine, peter fellows, power, russia, satire, soviet union, stalin, steve buscemi, the death of stalin, thierry robin, tom brooke | Leave a comment

Barry Lyndon (1975)

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stanley Kubrick Writer: Stanley Kubrick (Based on the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray)

Posted in Adventure, Drama, War | Tagged 1975, adaptation, adventure, aristocrat, army, barry lyndon, captatin, drama, duel, england, history, ireland, irish, marisa berenson, ryan o'neal, stanley kubrick, war, william makepeace thackeray | Leave a comment

Outlaw King (2018)

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: David Mackenzie Writers: Bash Doran & David Mackenzie & James MacInnes and David Harrower & Mark Bomback

Posted in Action, Drama, War | Tagged 2018, aaron taylor-johnson, action, army, bash doran, battle, biography, chris pine, david harrower, david mackenzie, drama, empire, england, english, fight, history, james macinnes, king, mark bomback, medieval, netflix, outlaw, outlaw king, rebel, rebellion, robert bruce, robert the bruce, scotland, scottish, war | Leave a comment

Vice (2018)

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Adam McKay Writer: Adam McKay

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged adam mckay, alison pill, amy adams, barbara walters, bill camp, biography, brad pitt, christian bale, colin powell, comedy, condoleezza rice, dick cheney, donald rumsfeld, drama, eddie marsan, focus group, george w. bush, gerald ford, government, hillary clinton, history, jesse plemons, justin kirk, lisagay hamilton, lynne cheney, mary cheney, megan ellison, osama bin laden, paul wolfowitz, politician, politics, president, sam rockwell, scooter libby, shea whigham, steve carell, tony blair, tyler perry, vice, washington d.c., will ferrell | Leave a comment

First Man (2018)

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Damien Chazelle Writer: Josh Singer (Based on the book by James R. Hansen)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2018, adaptation, astronaut, biography, brian d'arcy james, buzz aldrin, christopher abbott, ciaran hinds, claire foy, corey stoll, cory michael smith, damien chazelle, drama, ethan embry, first man, gil scott-heron, history, james r. hansen, jason clarke, jfk, jim lovell, john f. kennedy, josh singer, justin hurwitz, kris swanberg, kurt vonnegut, kyle chandler, leon bridges, lukas haas, mission, moon, nasa, neil armstrong, olivia hamilton, pablo schreiber, patrick fugit, ryan gosling, shea whigham, space, steven spielberg | Leave a comment

Malcolm X (1992)

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Spike Lee Writers: Arnold Perl and Spike Lee (Based on the book by Alex Haley and Malcolm X)

Posted in Drama | Tagged adaptation, al sharpton, alex haley, angela bassett, arnold perl, assassination, biography, christopher plummer, debi mazar, delroy lindo, denzel washington, drama, fbi, gangster, giancarlo esposito, history, john david washington, john sayles, karen duffy, kkk, ku klux klan, malcolm x, martin donovan, mecca, michael imperioli, minister, muhammad ali, murder, muslim, nation of islam, nelson mandela, osier davis, prison, religion, richard schiff, spike lee, true story, vincent d'onofrio, wendell pierce, william fichtner | Leave a comment

All the President’s Men (1976)

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Alan J. Pakula Writer: William Goldman (Based on the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1976, adaptation, alan j. pakula, all the president's men, biography, bob woodward, carl bernstein, deep throat, dustin hoffman, f. murray abraham, gerald ford, hal holbrook, history, investigation, jack warden, jane alexander, jason robards, journalism, journalist, martin balsam, meredith baxter, ned beatty, nixon, politics, president, reporters, resignation, richard nixon, robert redford, scandal, true story, walter cronkite, washington post, watergate, william goldman | Leave a comment