Tag Archives: lesley manville

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Anthony Fabian Writers: Carroll Cartwright & Anthony Fabian and Keith Thompson and Olivia Hetreed (Based on the novel “Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris” by Paul Gallico)

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 1950s, adaptation, alba baptista, Anthony Fabian, barney pilling, britain, british, Carroll Cartwright, christian dior, cleaning lady, comedy, couture, dance, designer, drama, dress, eiffel tower, ellen thomas, england, fashion, fashion show, Felix Wiedemann, france, Guillaume Benski, haute couture, isabelle huppert, jason isaacs, Keith Thompson, lambert wilson, lesley manville, lucas bravo, money, Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris, mrs. harris goes to paris, Olivia Hetreed, paris, paul gallico, rael jones, trip, widow, Xavier Marchand | Leave a comment

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: Robert Zemeckis (Based on the story by Charles Dickens) Bad!

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Drama, Fantasy | Tagged 1800s, 2009, a christmas carol, adventure, alan silvestri, animated, animation, bank, banker, bob hoskins, candle, cary elwes, chains, charles dickens, christmas, christmas carol, christmas eve, colin firth, drama, family, fantasy, future, gary oldman, ghost, greed, holiday, holidays, jack rapke, jim carrey, lesley manville, leslie zemeckis, money, past, present, robert presley, robert zemeckis, robin wright, robin wright penn, scrooge, spirit, steve starkey, victorian | Leave a comment

Secrets & Lies (1996)

Posted on June 12, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Leigh Writer: Mike Leigh Very good!

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 1996, adopted, adoption, andrew dickson, birthday party, brenda blethyn, britain, british, claire rushbrook, death, dick pope, factory, family, lesley manville, lies, london, marianne jean-baptiste, michele austin, mike leigh, mom, mother, optometrist, photographer, phyllis logan, poverty, ron cook, secrets, secrets & lies, secrets and lies, simon channing williams, social worker, timothy spall | Leave a comment

Phantom Thread (2017)

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson

Posted in Drama, Romance | Tagged 2017, british, clothing, control, daniel day-lewis, designer, drama, dressmaker, england, fame, famous, fashion, jonny greenwood, lesley manville, london, love, megan ellison, muse, mushroom, paul thomas anderson, phantom thread, poison, romance, trelationship, uk, vicky krieps | Leave a comment

Maleficent (2014)

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Stromberg Writer: Linda Woolverton (Based on the story “La Belle au bois dormant” by Charles Perrault) From what I understand the Maleficent character is a huge merchandise seller for Disney hence the creation of this film. Besides a … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Drama, Fantasy | Tagged 2014, action, angelina jolie, aurora, birthday, charles perrault, curse, disney, drama, elle fanning, fairy, fantasy, godmother, imelda staunton, james newton howard, juno temple, kiss, La Belle au bois dormant, lesley manville, linda woolverton, maleficent, princess, robert stromberg, sam riley, sharlto copley, sleep, sleeping beauty, spindle | Leave a comment

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: Robert Zemeckis (Based on the novel by Charles Dickens)

Posted in Animated, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Review | Tagged 2009, a christmas carol, adaptation, alan silvestri, animated, animation, bob hoskins, cary elwes, charles dickens, christmas, christmas eve, colin firth, comedy, drama, ebenezer scrooge, fantasy, fezziwig, future, gary oldman, ghost, ghosts, holiday, jim carrey, lesley manville, past, present, rich, robert zemeckis, robin wright, robin wright penn, scrooge, tiny tim, victorian | Leave a comment

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: Robert Zemeckis (Based on the novel by Charles Dickens)

Posted in Animated, Drama, Fantasy | Tagged adaptation, animated, animation, bob hoskins, cary elwes, charles dickens, christmas, christmas eve, colin firth, drama, family, fantasy, future, gary oldman, ghost, ghosts, holidays, jim carrey, lesley manville, past, present, robert zemeckis, robin wright, scrooge, snow, victorian, winter | Leave a comment

Another Year (2010)

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Leigh Writer: Mike Leigh This was I thought a pretty pleasant film. It’s just a kinda slice of life type movie, no real plot line to describe. You either enjoy those types of films or you don’t. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance, Uncategorized | Tagged 2010, another year, britain, british, comedy, drama, england, imelda staunton, jim broadbent, lesley manville, mike leigh, ruth sheen, slice of life | Leave a comment

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