Tag Archives: kurt russell

Swing Shift (1984)

Posted on May 19, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jonathan Demme Writer: Nancy Dowd

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance, War | Tagged 1940s, 1984, affair, bo goldman, charles napier, christine lahti, comedy, craig mckay, dance, dick miller, drama, ed harris, factory, fred ward, goldie hawn, holly hunter, housewife, jerry bick, jonathan demme, kurt russell, manufacturing, military, music, musician, nancy dowd, nightclub, patrick williams, plant, rob morton, roger corman, romance, ron nyswaner, soldier, stephen tobolowsky, suede bond, swing shift, tak fujimoto, trumpet, trumpeter, war, work, world war 2, world war ii, world war two, wwII | Leave a comment

F9: The Fast Saga (2021)

Posted on March 4, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Justin Lin Writers: Daniel Casey & Justin Lin (Story by Justin Lin & Alfredo Botello and Daniel Casey (Based on characters created by Gary Scott Thompson) What you see is what you get!

Posted in Action, Crime, Thriller | Tagged action, alfredo botello, anna sawai, assassination, bad bunny, bill simmons, brian tyler, brothers, car, cardi b, cars, charlize theron, chris bridges, cia, clayton townsend, crash, crime, daniel casey, drone, dylan highsmith, f9, f9: the fast saga, family, fast, furious, Gary Scott Thompson, greg d'auria, hacker, helen mirren, Jason Statham, jeff kirschenbaum, joe roth, john cena, jordana brewster, jungle, justin lin, kelly matsumoto, kurt russell, landmine, lucas black, ludacris, magnet, michael rooker, michelle rodriguez, nathalie emmanuel, neal h. moritz, ozuna, piya pestonji, rocket, samantha vincent, secret agent, sequel, shad moss, shea whigham, space, spy, stephen f. windon, sung kang, terrorism, terrorist, the fast and the furious, thriller, tyrese gibson, vin diesel, weapon | Leave a comment

Forrest Gump (1994)

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: Eric Roth (Based on the novel by Winston Groom)

Posted in Drama, Romance, War | Tagged 1994, adaptation, alan silvestri, arthur schmidt, black panther, boat, bob hope, dick cavett, dick clark, don burgess, elvis presley, eric roth, football, forrest gump, gary sinise, gerald ford, haley joel osment, john f. kennedy, john lennon, kurt russell, lieutenant, lyndon b. johnson, medal of honor, mykelti williamson, neil armstrong, ping pong, president, richard nixon, robert f. kennedy, robert zemeckis, robin wright, romance, run, runner, running, sally field, shrimp, shrimping, steve starkey, steve tisch, tom hanks, vietnam, war, watergate, wendy finerman, winston groom | Leave a comment

Escape from L.A. (1996)

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Carpenter Writers: John Carpenter & Debra Hill & Kurt Russell (Based on characters created by John Carpenter and Nick Castle)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged a.j. langer, action, adventure, al leong, basketball, bracken meyer, bruce campbell, california, cliff robertson, debra hill, doomsday, dystopia, earthquake, edward a. warschilka, escape from l.a., eye patch, future, gary b. kibbe, georges corraface, government, hologram, isaac hayes, island, john carpenter, kurt russell, los angeles, michelle forbes, nick castle, pam grier, peter fonda, president, prison, robert carradine, sci-fi, science fiction, sequel, shirley walker, snake plissken, stacy keach, steve buscemi, surfing, surgeon, thriller, wyatt russell | Leave a comment

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Carpenter Writers: Gary Goldman & David Z. Weinstein (Adaptation by W.D. Richter) Top 5 Carpenter for me. Love it!

Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Martial Arts | Tagged 1986, action, adventure, al leong, alan howarth, big trouble in little china, california, china, chinatown, chinese, comedy, david z. weinstein, dean cundey, dennis dun, edward a. warshilka, fantasy, gary goldman, james hong, john carpenter, kate burton, kim cattrall, kurt russell, larry franco, magic, martial arts, monster, san francisco, sorcerer, steve mirkovich, truck, truck driver, victor wong, w.d. richter | Leave a comment

The Thing (1982)

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Carpenter Writer: Bill Lancaster (Based on the short story “Who Goes There?” by John W. Campbell Jr.) Doing a Carpenter re-watch. One of my favorite filmmakers. The Thing is possibly my favorite horror movie of all time. Perfect.