Tag Archives: j. edgar hoover

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

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

Selma (2014)

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ava DuVernay Writer: Paul Webb Excellent! One of the best of 2014.

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1960s, 2014, alabama, andre holland, ava duvernay, biography, brad pitt, bridge, campaign, carmen erogo, civil rights, colman domingo, common, cop, cuba gooding jr., david oyelowo, drama, dylan baker, george wallace, giovanni ribisi, governor, haviland stillwell, j. edgar hoover, john legend, kkk, klansman, lbj, lyndon b. johnson, march, martin luther king jr., martin sheen, montgomery, niecy nash, omar j. dorsey, oprah winfrey, paul webb, police, politician, politics, president, protest, race, reverend, ruben santiago-hudson, selma, stephen root, tessa thompson, tim roth, tom wilkinson, true story, vote, voting rights, voting rights act, wendell pierce | Leave a comment

Chaplin (1992)

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Richard Attenborough Writers: William Boyd and Bryan Forbes and William Goldman (Story by Diana Hawkins) (Based on the book “Chaplin His Life and Art” by David Robinson) (Based on the book “My Autobiography” by Charles Chaplin)

Posted in Drama, Review | Tagged 1992, Academy Awards, actor, anthony hopkins, biography, british, bryan forbes, chaplin, chaplin his life and art, charles chaplin, charlie chaplin, comedian, dan aykroyd, david duchovny, david robinson, diana hawkins, diane lane, director, drama, family, film, geraldine chaplin, hitler, j. edgar hoover, james wods, kevin dunn, kevin kline, marisa tomei, marriage, married, milla jovovich, moira kelly, movies, my autobiography, nazi, paul rhys, penelope ann miller, producer, richard attenborough, Robert Downey Jr, tramp, william boyd, william goldman, world war ii, writer | Leave a comment

J. Edgar (2011)

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Clint Eastwood Writer: Dustin Lance Black I am not the biggest Eastwood fan when it comes to his latest directing jobs and this got shit on by the critics so I skipped it when it came out. I see … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2011, armie hammer, assistant director, biography, biopic, clint eastwood, clyde tolson, communism, communist, crime, drama, dustin lance black, fbi, friendship, hoover, j. edgar, j. edgar hoover, john dillinger, josh hamilton, judi dench, kidnap, kidnapping, leonardo dicaprio, lindbergh, lindbergh baby, naomi watts, politician, politics, secret | Leave a comment