Tag Archives: informant

Miami Vice (2006)

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann (Based on the TV series created by Anthony Yerkovich) Theatrical cut. Gets better every time.

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2006, action, adaptation, anthony yerkovich, barry shabaka henley, boats, ciaran hinds, colin farrell, cop, crime, cuba, dion beebe, domenick lombardozzi, drama, drugs, eddie marsan, elizabeth rodriguez, fbi, florida, gong li, havana, informant, investigation, jamie foxx, john hawkes, john murphy, john ortiz, justin theroux, li gong, luis tosar, miami, miami vice, michael mann, mojito, naomie harris, paul rubell, pieter jan brugge, police, ricardo tubbs, sonny crockett, television, thriller, tv, undercover, william goldenberg | Leave a comment

Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Shaka King Writers: Will Gerson & Shaka King (Story by Will Gerson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas) Good! Kaluuya and Stanfield are great.

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1960s, 2021, activism, activist, algae smith, ashton sanders, assassination, bill o'neal, black panther, black panthers, charles d. king, chicago, civil rights, cops, craig harris, daniel kaluuya, darrell britt-gibson, Dominique fishback, fbi, fred hampton, illinois, informant, j. edgar hoover, jesse plemons, Judas and the Black Messiah, keith lucas, kenneth lucas, kenny lucas, kristan sprague, lakeith stanfield, lil rel howery, mark isham, martin sheen, mole, murder, police, politics, ryan coogler, sean bobbitt, shaka king, will berson, will gerson | Leave a comment

The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Peter Yates Writer: Paul Monash (Based on the novel by George V. Higgins)

Posted in Crime, Drama | Tagged 1973, adaptation, alex rocco, bank, bank robbery, bar, boston, cop, crime, criminal, dave grusin, drama, george v. higgins, guns, informant, irish, jail, joe santos, mitchell ryan, Paul monash, peter boyle, peter maclean, peter yates, police, prison, richard jordan, robbery, robert mitchum, sentencing, snitch, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, theif, thieves, trial, victor j. kemper | Leave a comment

White Boy Rick (2018)

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Yann Demange Writers: Andy Weiss and Logan Miller & Noah Miller

Posted in Crime, Drama | Tagged 1980s, 2018, andy weiss, bel powley, brian tyree henry, bruce dern, crime, criminal, darren aronofsky, detective, detroit, drama, drugs, eddie marsan, family, fbi, informant, jennifer jason leigh, jonathan majors, logan miller, matthew mcconaughey, michigan, noah miller, piper laurie, police, prison, richie merritt, rj cyler, rory cochrane, teenager, traffcking, true story, undercover, white boy rick, yann demange, yg | Leave a comment

Black Mass (2015)

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Scott Cooper Writers: Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth (Based on the book by Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill)

Posted in Crime, Drama | Tagged adam scott, benedict cumberbatch, bill camp, biography, black mass, boston, brett ratner, corey stoll, crime, criminal, dakota johnson, david harbour, dick lehr, drama, family, fbi, gang, gangster, gerard o'neill, informant, jesse plemons, jez butterworth, joel edgerton, johnny depp, julianne nicholason, junkie xl, juno temple, kevin bacon, mafia, mark mallouk, Massachusetts, peter sarsgaard, rory cochrane, scott cooper, true story, turf, w. earl brown, whitey bulger | Leave a comment

The Departed (2006)

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Martin Scorsese Writer: William Monahan (Based on the screenplay Mou gaan dou by Alan Mak and Felix Chong) I love this movie! Everyone involved is on their A game and even at 2 1/2 hours the thing moves quicker … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2006, Academy Awards, action, alec baldwin, anthony anderson, boston, brad pitt, crime, david o'hara, drama, graham king, howard shore, infernal affairs, informant, informer, irish, jack nicholson, james badge dale, kevin corrigan, leonardo dicaprio, mafia, mark wahlberg, martin scorsese, martin sheen, massachusettes, matt damon, organized crime, oscars, police, rat, ray winstone, robert wahlberg, south boston, southie, state trooper, the departed, thelma schoonmaker, thriller, undercover, vera farmiga, william monahan | Leave a comment