Tag Archives: history

Titanic (1997)

Posted on March 14, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: James Cameron Writer: James Cameron

Posted in Drama, Romance | Tagged 1997, artist, bernard hill, bill paxton, billy zane, boat, captain, dance, david warner, diamond, disaster, frames fisher, gloria stuart, history, iceberg, ioan gruffudd, james cameron, james horner, jon landau, kate winslet, kathy bates, leonardo dicaprio, love, romance, ship, submarine, titanic, victor garber | Leave a comment

Chernobyl (2019)

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Johan Renck Writer: Craig Mazin

Posted in Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2019, accident, adam nagaitis, chernobyl, craig mazin, death, disaster, dogs, drama, electricity, emily watson, explosion, government, hbo, history, jared harris, jessie buckley, johan renck, mini series, nuclear, paul ritter, politics, power, power plant, propaganda, russia, safety, soviet union, stellar skarsgard, test, thriller, true story, ukraine, ussr | Leave a comment

Dark Waters (2019)

Posted on December 15, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Todd Haynes Writers: Mario Correa and Matthew Michael Carnahan (Based on the magazine article “The Lawyer Who Become DuPont’s Worst Nightmare” by Nathaniel Rich)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2019, anne hathaway, attorney, bill camp, bill pullman, biography, cancer, chemical, company, corporation, crime, dark waters, drama, dupont, history, lawsuit, lawyer, louisa krause, mare winningham, mario correa, mark ruffsalo, matthew michael carnahan, nathaniel rich, poison, pollution, teflon, thriller, tim robbins, todd haynes, true story, victor garber, water, william jackson harper | Leave a comment

The Report (2019)

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Scott Z. Burns Writer: Scott Z. Burns

Posted in Drama | Tagged 9/11, adam driver, annette bening, barack obama, ben mckenzie, cia, corey stoll, daniel j. jones, dianne feinstein, dick cheney, donald rumsfeld, drama, george w. bush, government, history, interrogation, investigation, john kerry, john mccain, jon hamm, matthew rhys, maura tierney, michael c. hall, middle east, new york times, politician, politics, rachel maddow, report, scott shepherd, scott z. burns, senate, senator, staffer, steven soderbergh, terrorism, terrorist, the report, the torture report, tim blake nelson, torture, war, washington, white house | Leave a comment

The History of Time Travel (2014)

Posted on December 8, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ricky Kennedy Writer: Ricky Kennedy

Posted in Documentary, Drama, Science Fiction | Tagged 2014, cia, doctor, documentary, drama, government, history, mockumentary, nasa, ricky kennedy, russia, sci-fi, science, science fiction, space, the history of time travel, time, time travel, travel | Leave a comment

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)

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