Tag Archives: manga

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Rodriguez Writers: James Cameron and Laeta Kalogridis (Based on the comic book series “Gunnm” by Yukito Kishiro)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | Tagged action, adaptation, adventure, alita, alita: battle angel, battle, battle angel, casper van dien, christoph waltz, comic book, competition, cyborg, doctor, dystopia, ed skrein, edward norton, future, gunnm, jackie early haley, jai courtney, james cameron, jeff fahey, jennifer connelly, jon landau, junkie xl, keean johnson, Laeta Kalogridis, mahershala ali, manga, michelle rodriguez, quest, race, robert rodriguez, robot, rosa salazar, sci-fi, science, science fiction, sport, yukito kishiro | Leave a comment

Death Note (2017)

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Adam Wingard Writers: Charles Parlapanides & Vlas Parlapanides and Jeremy Slater Based on “Death Note” by Tsunami Ohba and Takeshi Obata

Posted in Fantasy, Horror | Tagged Adam Wingard, anime, book, charles parlapanides, death note, fantasy, high school, horror, jeremy slater, lakeith stanfield, manga, margaret qualley, nat wolff, notebook, shonen jump, takes obata, tsunami ohba, vlas parlapanides, willem dafoe | Leave a comment

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mamoru Oshii Writer: Kazunori Ito (Based on the manga by Masamune Shirow)

Posted in Action, Animated, Crime, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 1995, action, adaptation, animation, anime, crime, cybog, drama, ghost in the shell, kazunori ito, major, mamoru oshii, manga, masamune shirow, mystery, sci-fi, science fiction, terrorism, terrorist, thriller | Leave a comment

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Kenji Misumi Writer: Kazuo Koike (Story by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima)

Posted in Action, Adventure | Tagged 1972, action, adaptation, adventure, assassin, baby, baby cart, baby cart at the river styx, clan, cub, father, goseki kojima, kazuo koike, kenji misumi, kill, lone wolf, lone wolf and cub, manga, ninja, ogami itto, river styx, ronin, samurai, sequel, shogun | Leave a comment

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Kenji Misumi Writer: Kazuo Koike (Story by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima)

Posted in Action, Adventure | Tagged 1972, action, adaptation, adventure, assassin, baby, cart, child, daigoro, executioner, father, goseki kojima, itami itto, japan, kazoo koike, kenji misumi, lone wolf and cub, lone wolf and cub: sword of vengeance, manga, ronin, samurai, shogun, sword of vengeance | Leave a comment

Oldboy (2013)

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Spike Lee Writer: Mark Protosevich (Based on the manga “Oldboy” by Garon Tsuchiya & Nobuaki Minegishi) (Based on the film “Oldboy” by Park Chan-wook, Im Joon-hyeong, & Hwang Jo-yoon)

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Review, Thriller | Tagged 20 years, 2013, action, adaptation, confined, confinement, crime, drama, elizabeth olsen, fight, garon tsuchiya, hammer, james ransone, josh brolin, kidnap, kidnapped, kidnapping, lance reddick, manga, mark protosevich, max casella, michael imperioli, mystery, nobuaki minegishi, oldboy, pom klementieff, remake, revenge, samuel l. jackson, sharlto copley, spike lee, thriller, twenty years, vengeance | Leave a comment