Tag Archives: kid

I’ll Do Anything (1994)

Posted on October 4, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: James L. Brooks Writer: James L. Brooks A stinker. Hard to see what Brooks was trying to do here. Would be very interested in seeing the musical cut of this.

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 1994, acting, actor, albert brooks, anne heche, audition, child, comedy, dad, daughter, development, drama, father, hans zimmer, harry shearer, hollywood, i'll do anything, ian mckellen, jake busey, james l. brooks, joely richardson, julie kavner, kid, movie studio, movies, nick nolte, polly platt, producer, romance, rosie o'donnell, studio, test screening, tracey ullman, whittni wright, woody harrelson | Leave a comment

Little (2019)

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Tina Gordon Writers: Tracy Oliver and Tina Gordon (Story by Tracy Oliver)

Posted in Comedy, Fantasy | Tagged 2019, adult, assistant, boss, business, career, comedy, design, fantasy, issa rae, job, kid, little, magic, marsai martin, mikey day, rachel dratch, regina hall, school, software, tina gordon, tracee ellis ross, tracy oliver, transformation | Leave a comment

Abducted in Plain Sight (2018)

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Skye Borgman

Posted in Crime, Documentary | Tagged 2018, abducted, abducted in plain sight, abduction, child, crime, documentary, family, idaho, kid, kidnap, kidnapped, kidnapping, neighbor, netflix, pedophile, rape | Leave a comment

Village of the Damned (1995)

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Carpenter Writer: David Himmelstein (Based on the book “The Midwich Cuckoos” by John Wyndham)

Posted in Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 1995, adaptation, alien, birth, california, children, christopher reeve, david himmelstein, horror, john carpenter, john wyndham, kid, kids, kirstie alley, mark hamil, pregnant, psychic, sci-fi, small town, the midwich cuckoos, thriller, village, village of the damned | Leave a comment

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Taika Waititi Writer: Taika Waititi (Based on the book “Wild Pork and Watercress” by Barry Crump)

Posted in Adventure, Comedy, Drama | Tagged adaptation, adventure, barry crump, child, comedy, drama, foster, hunt for the wilderpeople, julian dennison, kid, manhunt, missing, new zealand, rebel, rhys darby, sam neill, taika waititi, uncle, wild pork and watercress | Leave a comment

Raising Cain (1992)

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Brian De Palma Writer: Brian De Palma

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged brian de palma, brian depalma, children, crime, drama, kid, kidnap, kidnapped, kidnapping, kids, murder, psychologist, raising cain, thriller | Leave a comment

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steven Spielberg Writer: Melissa Mathison

Posted in Drama, Science Fiction | Tagged 1982, alien, c. thomas howell, child, dee wallace, drama, drew barrymore, e.t., e.t. the extra-terrestial, earth, extra-terrestrial, family, fbi, government, halloween, henry thomas, kid, melissa mathison, peter coyote, robert macnaughton, school, sci-fi, science fiction, sean frye, sick, space, spaceship, steven spielberg | Leave a comment

Ice Cream Man (1995)

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Norman Apstein Writers: David Dobkin and Sven Davison (Story by David Dobkin) My favorite part of this is that the lead kid isn’t actually fat but to make him fat he runs around the movie with a pillow tucked … Continue reading →