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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson Writers: Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale (Story by Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins (Based on the book “Pinocchio” by Carlo Collodi)

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Drama, Fantasy, Musical | Tagged 2022, adaptation, adventure, Alexander Bulkley, alexandre desplat, animated, animation, bomb, bombing, burn gorman, carlo collodi, cate blanchett, christoph waltz, church, churh, circus, Corey Campodonico, cricket, david bradley, death, drama, ewan mcgregor, facist, fairy, family, fantasy, fantaty, Fascism, finn wolfhard, Frank Passingham, gary ungar, gregory mann, guillermo del toro, guillermo del toro's pinocchio, holly klein, italian, italy, john turturro, Ken Schretzmann, lighthouse, Lisa Henson, magic, marionette, Mark Gustafson, matthew robbins, monster, musical, mussolimi, patrick mchale, pinocchio, puppet, ron perlman, stop motion, stop motion animation, tilda swinton, tim blake nelson, tom kenny, tree, whale, wish, wood | Leave a comment

Monkeybone (2001)

Posted on February 9, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Henry Selick Writer: Sam Hamm (Based on the comic book “Dark Town” by Kaja Blackley)

Posted in Animated, Comedy, Fantasy | Tagged 2001, adaptation, andrew dunn, animated, animation, anne dudley, art, artist, bob odenkirk, brendan fraser, bridget fonda, cartoonist, centaur, chris columbus, chris kattan, coma, comedy, comic book, cyclops, dark town, david foley, dead, death, devil, doug jones, fantasy, giancarlo esposito, graphic novel, harry knowles, henry selick, john turturro, jon poll, kaja blackley, mark radcliffe, mark warner, medusa, megan mullally, michael barnathan, monkey, monkeybone, nicholas c. smith, organ donor, parallel universe, pig, rose mcgowan, sam hamm, sellout, stop motion animation, thomas haden church, whoopi goldberg, yeti | Leave a comment

The Batman (2022)

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Matt Reeves Writers: Matt Reeves & Peter Craig (Based on characters from DC Comics) Really liked this new take on Batman. Looked and sounded great in IMAX.

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery | Tagged 2022, action, adaptation, andy serkis, arkham, asylum, barry keoghan, batman, bill finger, bob kane, bomb, bruce wayne, catwoman, city, colin farrell, comic book, cop, corrupt, corruption, costume, crime, criminal, cypher, dc comics, detective, drama, dylan clark, election, flood, gotham city, greig fraser, investigation, john turturro, joker, mafia, mask, matt reeves, mayor, michael giacchino, mob, murder, murderer, mystery, nightclub, orphan, paul dano, penguin, peter craig, peter sarsgaard, police, politician, politics, revenge, rich, riddler, robert pattinson, selina kyle, serial killer, superhero, the batman, the penguin, tyler nelson, vengeance, vigilante, wealthy, william hoy, zoe kravitz | Leave a comment

Gloria Bell (2018)

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Sebastian Lelio Writers: Alice Johnson Boher & Sebastian Lelio (Story by Gonzalo Maza)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 2019, alice johnson boher, brad garrett, california, caren pistorius, comedy, dance, divorce, drama, gloria, gloria bell, gonzalo maza, holland taylor, jeanne tripplehorn, john turturro, julianne moore, los angeles, love, michael cera, rita wilson, romance, sean astn, sebastian lelio | Leave a comment

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Bay Writers: Art Marcum & Matt Holloway & Ken Nolan (Story by Akiva Goldsman and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway & Ken Nolan)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | Tagged action, adaptation, adventure, akiva goldsman, anthony hopkins, art marcum, artifact, autobots, decepticons, excalibur, isabela moner, jerrod carmichael, john dimaggio, john goodman, john turturro, josh duhamel, ken nolan, ken watanbe, king arthur, knight, lancelot, laura haddock, mark wahlberg, matt holloway, megatron, merlin, michael bay, omar sy, optimus prime, peter cullen, santiago cabrera, sci-fi, science fiction, sequel, stanley tucci, steve buscemi, steven spielberg, the last knight, tom kenny, tony hale, transformers, transformers: the last knight, war | Leave a comment

Landline (2017)

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Gillian Robespierre Writers: Elisabeth Holm & Gillian Robespierre (Story by Elisabeth Holm & Gillian Robespierre and Tom Bean)

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 1990s, 2017, 90s, abby quinn, affair, comedy, divorce, drama, edie falco, elisabeth holm, family, finn wittrock, gillian robespierre, jay duplass, jenny slate, john turturro, landline, manhattan, marriage, new york, new york city, nyc, tom bean | Leave a comment

Gung Ho (1986)

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ron Howard Writers: Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel (Story by Edwin Blum and Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 1986, america, american, automobile, bab loo mandel, car, clint howard, comedy, company, drama, edwin blum, factory, gedde watanabe, george wendt, gung ho, japan, japanese, job, john turturro, labor, lowell ganz, manufacturer, manufacturing, martin ferrero, michael keaton, mimi rogers, plant, rance howard, rick overton, Ron Howard, strike, thomas newman, union, work, worker, workers | Leave a comment

The Ridiculous 6 (2015)

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Frank Coraci Writers: Tim Herlihy & Adam Sandler I really can’t think of a single positive thing to say about this one. An absolute chore to sit through. I can’t recall laughing even once.