Tag Archives: magician

Magic (1978)

Posted on January 21, 2024 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Richard Attenborough Writer: William Goldman (Based on the novel by William Goldman)

Posted in Drama, Horror | Tagged 1978, adaptation, ann-margret, anthony hopkins, burgess meredith, cards, david ogden stiers, disorder, drama, dummy, e.j. andre, ed lauter, entertainer, high school sweetheart, horror, jerry goldsmith, john bloom, Joseph E. Levine, love, magic, magician, murder, performance, performer, puppet, richard attenborough, Richard P. Levine, romance, ventriloquism, ventriloquist, victor j. kemper, william goldman | Leave a comment

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein Writers: Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley and Michael Gilio (Story by Chris McKay & Michael Gilio)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | Tagged 2023, action, adventure, barry peterson, bear, bradley cooper, brian goldner, castle, chloe coleman, chris mckay, chris pine, comedy, creature, daisy head, dan lebental, dragons, druid, dungeons, dungeons & dragons, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, dungeons and dragons, fantasy, fight, helm, hugh grant, Jeremy Latcham, john francis daley, jonathan goldstein, justice smith, lorne balfe, magic, magician, maze, Michael Gilio, michelle rodriguez, monster, nick meyer, owl, rege-jean page, relic, shapeshifter, sophia lillis, sorcerer, sorcery, supernatural, sword, thief, thieves, tom morello, treasure, warrior | Leave a comment

The Raven (1963)

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Roger Corman Writer: Richard Matheson (Based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe)

Posted in Fantasy, Horror | Tagged 1963, adaptation, bird, boris karloff, castle, doctor, duel, edgar allan poe, fantasy, Floyd Crosby, hazel court, horror, jack nicholson, les baxter, magic, magician, olive sturgess, peom, peter lorre, raven, richard matheson, rivalry, roger corman, Ronald Sinclair, short story, sorcerer, the raven, vincent price, wizard | Leave a comment

Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

Posted on September 24, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Hayao Miyazaki Writer: Hayao Miyazaki (Based on the novel by Diana Lynne Jones)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Animated, Fantasy, Foreign | Tagged 2004, action, adatation, adventure, anime, Atsushi Okui, billy crystal, blythe danner, castle, christian bale, Crispin Freeman, curse, demon, diana lynne jones, dog, emily mortimer, family, fantasy, fire, foreign, hayao miyazaki, howl's moving castle, japan, japanese, japanese animation, jena malone, joe hisaishi, john lasseter, josh hutcherson, lauren bacall, liliana mumy, love, magic, magician, mari devon, Mark Silverman, ned lott, prince, Rick Dempsey, steampunk, studio ghibli, takeshi seyama, toshio suzuki, turnip, witch, wizard | Leave a comment

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

Posted on May 1, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Sam Raimi Writers: Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire (Story by Mitchell Kapner) (Based on novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum)

Posted in Adventure, Fantasy | Tagged 1900s, adaptation, adventure, bill cobbs, black and white, bob murawski, bruce campbell, carnival, circus, con man, danny elfman, david lindsay-abaire, emerald, family, fantasy, hot air balloon, james franco, joe roth, joey king, l. frank baum, magic, magician, michelle williams, mila kunis, mitchell kapner, munchkin, oz, oz the great and powerful, peter deming, rachel weisz, sam raimi, ted raimi, the wonderful wizard of oz, tony cox, witch, yellow brick road, zach braff | Leave a comment

The Princess and the Frog (2009)

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: John Musker & Ron Clements Writers: John Musker & Ron Clements and Rob Edwards (Story by John Musker & Ron Clements and Greg Erb & Jason Oremland) (Based on “The Frog Princess” by E.D. Baker)

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance | Tagged 2009, adaptation, adventure, alligator, animal, animated, animation, bruno campos, cajun, comedy, disney, e.d. baker, family, firefly, frog, greg erb, jason oremland, jeff draheim, jenifer lewis, jennifer cody, jim cummings, john goodman, john musker, keith david, louisiana, magic, magician, mardi gras, money, music, musical, new orleans, oprah winfrey, peter bartlett, peter del vecho, prince, princess, randy newman, rasoul azadani, restaurant, rob edwards, romance, ron clements, terence blanchard, terrence howard, the princess and the frog, transformation, trumpet, voodoo, waitress, wish, witch doctor | Leave a comment

Derek DelGaudio’s In & of Itself (2020)

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Frank Oz Writer: Derek DelGaudio It played film festivals and is listed as Documentary so I am counting this one as a movie! Don’t think I am as enamored with this as others are but still liked it.

Posted in Documentary | Tagged 2021, bill gates, brian henson, brick, cards, Cezary Zacharewicz, david blaine, david wain, Derek DelGaudio, Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself, glenn kaino, identity, illusion, jake friedman, larry wilmore, live show, magic, magician, marina abramovic, mark mothersbaugh, Michael Robinson Fleming, new york, new york city, nyc, performance, russian roulette, show, stephen colbert, storyteller, storytelling, theater, theatre, tim gunn, vanessa lauren, will hochman | Leave a comment

Lord of Illusions (1995)

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Clive Barker Writer: Clive Barker (Based on the short story “The Last Illusion” by Clive Barker) Another messy Barker movie that I also kind of enjoy for its weirdness and ambitions.