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Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson

Posted in Documentary, Musical | Tagged 1960s, 2021, abbey lincoln, ahmir thompson, al sharpton, b.b. king, band, berry gordy, chris rock, concert, david dinerstein, david ruffin, documentary, festival, gladys knight, gospel, harlem, harlem cultural festival, high masekela, jesse jackson, joseph patel, joshua l. pearson, lin-manuel miranda, luis miranda, mahalia jackson, malcolm x, martin luther king, mavis staples, max roach, moon landing, motown, music, musical, musician, new york, new york city, nina simone, nyc, questlove, ray barretto, revolution, robert fyvolent, shawn peters, sheila e., sing, singer, sly & the family stone, sly stone, soul, stevie wonder, summer of soul, the 5th dimension, the chambers brothers, the pips, the staple singers | Leave a comment

Encanto (2021)

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Jared Bush & Byron Howard (Co-directed by Chaise Castro Smith) Writers: Chaise Castro Smith & Jared Bush (Story by Jared Bush & Byron Howard & Chaise Castro Smith & Jason Hand & Nancy Kruse & Lin-Manuel Miranda)

Posted in Animated, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical | Tagged 2021, alan tudyk, alessandro jacomini, animated, animation, byron howard, chaise castro smith, clark spencer, colombia, colombian, comedy, daniel rice, disney, donkey, drama, encanto, family, fantasy, germaine franco, house, jared bush, jason hand, jeremy milton, john leguizamo, lin-manuel miranda, magic, maria cecilia botero, musical, nancy kruse, nathan warner, power, powers, stephanie beatriz, toucan, wilmer valderrama, yvette merino | Leave a comment

tick, tick…BOOM!

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Lin-Manuel Miranda Writer: Steven Levenson (Based on the musical by Jonathan Larson)

Posted in Drama, Musical | Tagged 1990s, 2021, adaptation, aids, alexandra shipp, alice brooks, andrew garfield, andrew weisblum, artist, bebe neuwirth, Bernadette Peters, bradley whitford, brian grazer, broadway, composer, dancer, dancing, daphne rubin-vega, diner, drama, jonathan larson, judith light, julie oh, lin-manuel miranda, mj rodriguez, music, musical, musician, myron kerstein, new york, new york city, nyc, Phillipa soo, Phillips soo, phylicia rashad, renee elise goldsberry, rent, richard kind, robin de jesus, Ron Howard, singer, singing, stephen sondheim, steven levenson, tariq trotter, tick tick...boom!, vanessa hudgens, writer | Leave a comment

In the Heights (2021)

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jon M. Chu Writer: Quiara Alegria Hudes (Based on the musical stage play by Quiara Alegria Hudes & Lin-Manuel Miranda) Saw this in IMAX. Delightful!

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance | Tagged 2021, adaptation, anthony bgreman, anthony ramos, broadway, comedy, corey hawkins, dance, daphne rubin-vega, designer, dominican republic, drama, dreamer, dreams, gregory diaz IV, jimmy smits, Jon M. Chu, leslie grace, lin-manuel miranda, lottery, marc anthony, music, musical, new york, new york city, noah catala, nyc, pool, quiara alegria hudes, romance, scott sanders, stephanie beatriz, store | Leave a comment

Hamilton (2020)

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Thomas Kail Writer: Lin-Manuel Miranda (Based on the book “Alexander Hamilton” by Ron Chernow)

Posted in Drama, Musical | Tagged 2020, aaron burr, adaptation, affair, alexander hamilton, anthony ramos, biography, broadway, christopher jackson, daveed diggs, duel, founding fathers, george washington, government, hamilton, hip hop, james madison, jasmine che-has jones, jeffrey seller, jonathan groff, king george, leslie odom jr., lin-manuel miranda, marquis de lafayette, money, murder, music, musical, okieriete onaodowan, Phillipa soo, rap, renee elisa goldsberry, revolutionary war, richard rodgers theater, ron chernow, secretary of the treasury, theater, theatre, thomas jefferson, thomas kail, war | Leave a comment

Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Rob Marshall Writer: David Magee (Story by David Magee & Rob Marshall & John DeLuca) (Based on the “Mary Poppins” stories by P.L. Travers)

Posted in Comedy, Fantasy, Musical | Tagged 2018, adaptation, angela lansbury, animated, animation, ben whishaw, children, chris o'dowd, colin firth, comedy, david magee, depression, dick van dyke, emily blunt, emily mortimer, england, family, fantasy, john deluca, julie walters, kids, lin-manuel miranda, london, magic, mary poppins, mary poppins returns, meryl streep, music, musical, nanny, p.l. travers, rob marshall, sequel | Leave a comment

Moana (2016)

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Ron Clements & John Musker (Co-Directed by Don Hall & Chris Williams) Writer: Jared Bush (Story by Ron Clements & John Musker and Chris Williams & Don Hall and Pamela Ribon and Aaron Kandell & Jordan Kandell)

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical | Tagged 2016, aaron kandell, adventure, alan tudyk, animated, animation, auli'i cravalho, chief, chieftain, chris williams, comedy, demigod, disney, don hall, dwayne johnson, family, fantasy, island, jared bush, jeanine clement, john lasseter, john musker, jordan kandell, lin-manuel miranda, moana, musical, nicole scherzinger, ocean, pacific, pamela ribon, polynesia, quest, rachel house, ron clements, sea, tempera morrison, the rock, village, voyage | Leave a comment