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Ocean’s 11 (1960)

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Lewis Milestone Writers: Harry Brown & Charles Lederer (Story by George Clayton Johnson & Jack Golden Russell) Love the Soderbergh series but the original is a real snooze.

Posted in Comedy, Crime | Tagged 1960, akim tamiroff, angie dickinson, billy wilder, buddy lester, casino, cesar romero, charles lederer, clem garvey, comedy, crime, dean martin, desert inn, flamingo, frank sinatra, george clayton johnson, george raft, harry brown, heist, henry silva, holiday, jack golden russell, joey bishop, las vegas, lewis milestone, money, nevada, new year's eve, norman fell, ocean's 11, ocean's eleven, patrice wymore, peter lawford, rat pack, red skelton, richard benedict, richard conte, riviera, rob, robbery, sahara, sammy davis jr., sands, shirley maclaine, steal, thief, veteran, world war 2, world war ii | Leave a comment

Bad Education (2020)

Posted on April 26, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Cory Finley Writer: Mike Makowsky

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama | Tagged 2020, affair, alex wolff, allison janney, annaleigh ashford, arrest, bad education, brian kavanaugh-jones, comedy, cory finley, crime, drama, eddie vaisman, embezzlement, fraud, fred berger, gay, Geraldine Viswanathan, homosexual, homosexuality, hugh jackman, journalism, journalist, julia lebedev, las vegas, long island, mike makowsky, money, nevada, new york, oren moverman, prison, public school, rafael casal, ray romano, scandal, school, superintendent, true story | Leave a comment

Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Guy Hamilton Writers: Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz (Based on the novel by Ian Fleming)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Thriller | Tagged 1971, action, adaptation, adventure, Albert R. Broccoli, bernard lee, britain, british, bruce cabot, bruce glover, charles gray, desmond llewelyn, diamond, diamonds, diamonds are forever, guy hamilton, Harry Saltzman, ian fleming, james bond, jill sr. john, jimmy dean, john barry, joseph furst, lana wood, las vegas, lois maxwell, normal burton, putter smith, richard maibaum, sean connery, secret agent, sequel, shirley bassey, sid haig, smuggling, spectre, spy, thriller, tom makiewicz, tycoon, uk | Leave a comment

Good Kill (2015)

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Andrew Niccol Writer: Andrew Niccol

Posted in Drama, Thriller, War | Tagged 2015, air force, andrew niccol, bomb, bruce greenwood, drama, drone, dylan kenin, ethan hawke, ethics, family, good kill, jake abel, january jones, las vegas, military, nevada, pilot, stafford douglas, taliban, thriller, war, zoe kravitz | Leave a comment

Play It to the Bone (1999)

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ron Shelton Writer: Ron Shelton

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Sports | Tagged aida turturro, antonio banderas, box, boxer, boxing, comedy, contender, drama, drew carey, fight, fighter, fighting, friends, friendship, george foreman, jack carter, james woods, jennifer tilly, john ortiz, kevin costner, las vegas, lolita davidovich, lucy liu, michael buffer, middleweight, mike tyson, nevada, play it to the bone, richard masur, road trip, robert wagner, rod stewart, ron shelton, sport, sports, steve schirripa, tom ziemore, tony curtis, wesley snipes, willie garson, woody harrelson | Leave a comment

Over the Top (1987)

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Menahem Golan Writers: Stirling Silliphant and Sylvester Stallone (Story by Gary Conway and David C. Engelbach)

Posted in Action, Drama | Tagged action, arm wrestle, arm wrestling, champ, champion, championship, chris mccarty, david c. engelbach, drama, driver, estranged, father, father and son, gary conway, giorgio moroder, las vegas, menahem Golan, nevada, over the top, robert loggia, son, stirling silliphant, susan blakely, sylvester stallone, terry funy, tournament, truck driver, trucker, wrestle, wrestling | Leave a comment

Smokin’ Aces (2007)

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Joe Carnahan Writer: Joe Carnahan

Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2007, action, alex rocco, alicia keys, andy garcia, assassin, ben affleck, casino, chris pine, clint mansell, comedy, common, crime, curtis armstrong, drama, fbi, Hitman, jason bateman, jeremy piven, joe carnahan, joel edgerton, joseph ruskin, kevin durand, las vegas, mafia, magician, martin henderson, matthew fox, mob, nestor carbonell, nevada, performer, peter berg, ray liotta, ryan reynolds, smokin' aces, sniper, snitch, tarsi p. henson, thriller, wayne newton, witness | Leave a comment

What Happens in Vegas (2008)

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Tom Vaughan Writer: Dana Fox

Posted in Comedy, Romance | Tagged andy daly, ariel shafir, ashton kutcher, ben best, billy eichner, cameron diaz, casino, comedy, court, dana fox, dennis miller, drunk, gambling, jackpot, jason sudeikis, judge, krysten ritter, lake bell, las vegas, lawyer, marriage, married, marry, money, nevada, queen latifah, rob corddry, romance, romantic comedy, slot machine, tom vaughan, treat williams, trial, wedding, zach galifianakis | Leave a comment

Two for the Money (2005)

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: D.J. Caruso Writer: Dan Gilroy

Posted in Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2005, addiction, al pacino, armand assante, betting, college football, d.j. caruso, dan gilroy, drama, football, gambling, injury, jaime king, jeremy piven, kevin chapman, las vegas, manhattan, matthew mcconaughey, new york, new york city, nfl, nyc, ralph garman, rene russo, sport, sports, thriller, two for the money | Leave a comment

Think Like a Man Too (2014)

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Tim Story Writers: Keith Merryman & David A. Newman (Based on the book by Steve Harvey)

Posted in Comedy, Review, Romance | Tagged 2014, adam brody, aubrey graham, casino, cheryl hines, comedy, david a. newman, david walton, dennis haysbert, drake, gabrielle union, gamble, gambling, gary owen, george wallace, jenifer lewis, jerry ferrara, jim piddock, keith merryman, kelsey grammer, kevin hart, la la anthony, las vegas, luenell, marriage, meagan good, michael ealy, nevada, regina hall, romance, romany malco, steve harvey, taraji p henson, terrence jenkins, think like a man, think like a man too, tim story, wedding, wendi mclendon-covey, wendy williams | Leave a comment

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