Tag Archives: investigation

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writers: Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman (Based on the novel “Who Censored Roger Rabbit?” by Gary K. Wolf) Great movie!

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery | Tagged 1940s, acme, adventure, alan silvestri, alan tilvern, animated, animation, arthur schmidt, baby, bob hoskins, bullets, cartoon, charles leischer, christopher lloyd, comedy, crime, dean cundey, detective, disney, executive, family, fantasy, frank marshall, gary k. wolf, investigation, jeffrey price, joanna cassidy, joel silver, kathleen kennedy, kathleen turner, looney tunes, mel blanc, movie studio, murder, mystery, pattycake, peter s. seaman, private investigator, rabbit, robert zemeckis, roger rabbit, steven spielberg, taxi, toon, warner brothers, who censored roger rabbit?, who framed roger rabbit, who framed roger rabbit? | Leave a comment

Wolf (1994)

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writers: Jim Harrison and Wesley Strick

Posted in Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller | Tagged 1994, allison janney, career, christopher plummer, cop, david hyde pierce, david schwimmer, detective, douglas wick, drama, editor, eileen atkins, elaine may, ennio morricone, full moon, giuseppe rotunno, horror, investigation, jack nicholson, james spader, jim harrison, jon, kate nelligan, manhattan, michelle pfeiffer, mike nichols, moon, murder, new york, new york city, nyc, om puri, police, publisher, richard jenkins, rival, rivalry, romance, sam o'steen, thriller, werewolf, wesley strick, wolf, wolves | Leave a comment

Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Carl Franklin Writer: Carl Franklin (Based on the book by Walter Mosley) Very good!

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 1940s, 1995, adaptation, albert hall, barry shabaka henley, california, carl franklin, carole kravetz, carole kravetz aykanian, crime, criminal, denzel washington, detective, Devil in a Blue Dress, don cheadle, drama, Elmer Bernstein, gary goetzman, investigation, jazz club, jennifer beals, jesse beaton, john david washington, jonathan demme, los angeles, maury chaykin, mayor, murder, mystery, neo noir, noir, politics, private detective, scandal, tak fujimoto, terry kinney, thriller, tim sizemore, veteran | Leave a comment

Blackhat (2015)

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Morgan Davis Foehl Mann Watch 2021 complete! Good stuff! One of my favorite directors. Blackhat is not one of my favorites of his but I like it more on rewatch than I did in 2015.

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2015, action, andy on, atticus ross, blackhat, california, chicago, china, chinese, chris hemsworth, christian borle, computer, conspiracy, convict, crime, criminal, cybercrime, drama, fbi, hacker, hacking, Harry Gregson-Williams, holt mccallany, hong kong, illinois, indonesia, investigation, jakarta, jeremiah o'driscoll, joe walker, john ortiz, jon jashni, leehom wang, leo ross, leopold ross, los angeles, mako kamitsuna, michael mann, money, morgan davis foehl, nsa, nuclear power plant, police, prison, ritchie coster, shootout, stephen e. rivkin, stock market, stuart dryburgh, tang wei, terrorist attack, thomas tull, thriller, viola davis | Leave a comment

One False Move (1992)

Posted on April 3, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Carl Franklin Writers: Billy Bob Thornton & Tom Epperson

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1992, arkansas, ben myron, bill paxton, billy bob thornton, california, carl franklin, cop, crime, cynda williams, derek holt, drama, drugs, earl billings, investigation, jesse beaton, los angeles, michael beach, murder, one false move, paul di franco, peter haycock, police, road trip, small town, thriller, tom epperson | Leave a comment

The Parallax View (1974)

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Alan J. Pakula Writers: David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Based on the novel by Loren Singer) First time seeing this. Great!

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged adaptation, alan j. pakula, assassin, assassination, bomb, conspiracy, crime, david giler, drama, gordon willis, hume cronyn, investigation, john w. wheeler, journalism, journalist, loren singer, lorenzo semple jr., michael small, murder, mystery, newspaper, paula prentiss, politician, politics, robert towne, seattle, senator, sniper, space needle, the parallax view, thriller, warren beatty, william daniels, witness | Leave a comment

Danger: Diabolik (1968)

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mario Bava Writers: Dino Maiuri & Brian Degas & Tudor Gates & Mario Bava (Story by Angela Giussani and Luciana Giussani & Dino Maiuri & Adriano Baracco) (Based on the comic book “Diabolik” created by Angela Giussani and Luciana … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime | Tagged 1968, action, adaptation, adolfo celi, adriano baracco, angela giussani, antonio rinaldi, brian degas, comedy, comic book, cop, crime, criminal, danger: diabolik, diabolik, dino de laurentiis, dino maiuri, ennio morricone, gold, heist, inspector, investigation, italian, italy, john phillip law, luciana giussani, manhunt, maria bava, marisa mell, mask, michel piccoli, money, police, ransom, reward, romana fortini, thief, trap door, tudor gates, villain | 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)