Tag Archives: magazine

The French Dispatch (2021)

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Wes Anderson Writer: Wes Anderson (Story by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola & Hugo Guinness & Jason Schwartzman) Liked but would rank it on the lower end of the Anderson filmography. Looks incredible. Very fun.

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 2021, adrien brody, alexandre desplat, andrew weisblum, anjelica huston, anthology, art, article, artists, benicio del toro, bill murray, black and white, bob balaban, chef, christoph waltz, comedy, cook, drama, editor, edward norton, elisabeth moss, fisher stevens, food, france, frances mcdormand, french, french dispatch, griffin dunne, heart attack, henry winkler, hugo guinness, jarvis cocker, Jason Schwartzman, jeffrey wright, jeremy dawson, journalism, journalist, lea seydoux, Liev Schreiber, lyna khoudri, magazine, mathieu amalric, narrator, obituary, owen wilson, prison, robert d. yeoman, Robert Yeoman, roman coppola, romance, saoirse ronan, stephen park, steven rales, students, the french dispatch, tilda swinton, timothy chalamet, tony revolori, wes anderson, willem dafoe, writer | Leave a comment

Vanilla Sky (2001)

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Cameron Crowe Writer: Cameron Crowe (Based on the film “Abre Los Ojos” by Alejandro Amenabar and Mateo Gil)

Posted in Drama, Romance, Science Fiction | Tagged abre los ojos, alejandro amenabar, alicia witt, bob dylan, cameron crowe, cameron diaz, car accident, conan o'brien, disfigured, dream, dreams, frozen, future, jason lee, johnny galecki, ken leung, kurt russell, love, lucid dream, magazine, mask, mateo gil, michael shannon, murder, new york, new york city, nightmare, noah taylor, nyc, paul mccartney, paula wagner, penelope cruz, publishing, remake, rich, romance, sci-fi, science fiction, sex, steven spielberg, tara lipinski, tech support, thriller, tilda swinton, times square, timothy spall, tom cruise, vanilla sky, wealthy | Leave a comment

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Marielle Heller Writers: Micah Fitxerman-Blue & Noah Harpster

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1990s, 2019, a beautiful day in the neighborhood, biography, children, chris copper, drama, enrico colantoni, esquire, fred rogers, friendship, host, interview, journalism, journalist, kids, magazine, marc turtletaub, maryann plunkett, matthew rhys, micah fitzerman-blue, mister rogers, mr. rogers, new york city, noah harpster, nyc, pittsburgh, show, susan kelechi watson, television, tom hanks, tom junod, true story, tv | Leave a comment

Office Killer (1997)

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Cindy Sherman Writers: Elise MacAdam and Tom Kalin (Story by Cindy Sherman & Elise MacAdam)

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Horror | Tagged 1997, alice drummond, barbara sukowa, carol kane, cindy sherman, comedy, crime, e-mail, editor, elise macadam, eric bogosian, horror, internet, james schamus, jeanne tripplehorn, killer, magazine, michael imperioli, molly ringwald, murder, office, office killer, online, serial killer, todd haynes, tom kalin, work, worker | Leave a comment

The Mule (2018)

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Clint Eastwood Writer: Nick Schenk (Based on the New York Times Magazine article “The Sinaloa Cartel’s 90-Year Old Drug Mule” by Sam Dolnick)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2018, absent father, adaptation, andy garcia, article, bradley cooper, cartel, clifton collins jr, clint eastwood, dea, dianne wiest, driver, drug mule, drugs, family, flowers, horticulturist, laurence fishburne, magazine, mexico, michael pena, mule, new york times, nick schenk, road trip, sam dolnick, taissa farmiga, the mule, true story, veteran | Leave a comment

A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: David Wain Writers: Michael Colton & John Aboud (Based on the book by Josh Karp)

Posted in Comedy | Tagged 2018, a futile and stupid gesture, adaptation, animal house, bill murray, biography, bran huskey, chevy chase, chris redd, christopher guest, david krumholtz, david wain, domhnall gleeson, doug kenney, douglas kenney, ed helms, emmy rossum, finn wittrock, gregg turkington, harold ramis, humor, joe lo truglio, joel mchale, john aboud, John Belushi, jon daly, josh karp, leslie nielsen, lorne michael, magazine, martin mull, matt lucas, matt walsh, max greenfield, michael colton, mitch hurwitz, natasha lyonne, national lampoon, netflix, paul scheer, paul shaffer, rich sommer, satirist, seth green, suicide, thomas lennon, tom snyder, true story, will forte, writer | Leave a comment

War Dogs (2016)

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Todd Phillips Writers: Stephen Chin and Todd Phillips & Jason Smilovic (Based on the Rolling Stone article “Arms and the Dudes” by Guy Lawson)

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama, War | Tagged adaptation, afghanistan, arms and the dudes, article, bradley cooper, business, comedy, crime, david packouz, drama, efraim diveroli, government, guns, guy lawson, jason smilovic, jonah hill, kevin pollak, magazine, miles teller, military, pentagon, rolling stone, stephen chin, todd phillips, true story, war, war dogs, weapons | Leave a comment

Almost Famous: The Bootleg Cut (2000)

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Cameron Crowe Writer: Cameron Crowe One of my favorite movies of all time. It just overwhelms me with warmth and happiness. When I first saw it I wish it had just gone on and on I enjoyed the world … Continue reading →