Tag Archives: jealousy

Johnny Guitar (1954)

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Nicholas Ray Writer: Philip Yordan (Based on the novel by Roy Chanslor)

Posted in Drama, Western | Tagged 1954, adaptation, arizona, bar, ben cooper, desert, drama, ernest borgnine, gang, hanging, harry straddling sr., harry stradling, horse, jealousy, joan crawford, john carradine, johnny guitar, lynch mob, mercedes mccambridge, nicholas ray, noose, philip yordan, posse, revenge, richard l. van enger, rival, rivalry, roy chanslor, saloon, scott brady, sterling hayden, victor young, war bond, Western, whiskey | Leave a comment

Happily (2021)

Posted on August 7, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: BenDavid Grabinski Writer: BenDavid Grabinski

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 2021, al madrigal, bendavid grabinski, billie wolff, bracken meyer, brea grant, charlyne yi, comedy, crime, dark comedy, friends, gun, guns, happily, jack black, jealous, jealousy, joel mchale, jon daly, joseph trapanese, kerry bishe, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, marriage, married, murder, natalie morales, natalie zea, paul scheer, relationship, romance, romantic comedy, ross kohn, sci-fi, science fiction, shannon woodward, spencer berman, spencer houck, stephen root, thriller | Leave a comment

Beau Travail (1999)

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Claire Denis Writers: Claire Denis & Jean-Pol Fargeau (Based on “Billy Budd, Sailor” by Herman Melville) My first Denis. What an ending!

Posted in Drama, Foreign | Tagged 1999, adaptation, africa, beau travail, billy budd, claire denis, corona, dan herzberg, dance, dancing, denis lavant, desert, Djibouti, drama, exercise, foreign, foreign legion, france, french, gregorio colin, herman melville, jeal-pol fargeau, jealousy, legionnaire, michel subor, military, nicolas duvauchelle, nightclub, officer, patrick grandperret, the rhythm of the night, training | Leave a comment

Amadeus (1984)

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Milos Forman Writer: Peter Shaffer (Based on the play by Peter Shaffer) Excellent movie. Watched the R-rated Director’s Cut which is the only version on the Blu-ray. I really wish they would include the original cuts as well.

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1984, abduction from the seraglio, adaptation, amadeus, antonio salieri, axur, biography, christine ebersole, composaer, concert, cynthia nixon, dance, death, don giovanni, drama, elizabeth berridge, emperor, f. murray abraham, figaro, god, history, jealousy, jeffrey jones, kenny baker, milos forman, murder, music, musician, opera, peter shaffer, revenge, roy dotrice, salieri, saul zaentzz, simon callow, talent, the magic flute, the marriage of figaro, tom hulce, vienna, Wolfgang amadeus mozart | Leave a comment

Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ingmar Bergman Writer: Ingmar Bergman

Posted in Comedy, Foreign, Romance | Tagged 1955, comedy, criterion collection, eva dahlberck, foreign, harriet andersson, ingmar bergman, jealousy, lawyer, love, margin carlqvist, marriage, romance, romantic comedy, servants, sex, smiles of a summer night, sweden, swedish, ulla jacobsson, upper class, virgin | Leave a comment