Tag Archives: middle east

The Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Lewis Teague Writer: Mark Rosenthal & Lawrence Konner (Based on characters created by Diane Thomas)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance | Tagged action, adventure, author, boat, comedy, danny devito, diane thomas, holland taylor, jan de bont, jan debont, jewel, kathleen turner, lawrence konner, lewis teague, mark rosenthal, michael douglas, michael ellis, middle east, nile, novelost, peter boita, romance, sequel, sheik, spyros fokas, the jewel of the nile, writer, yacht | Leave a comment

Ishtar (1987)

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Elaine May Writer: Elaine May I did not think this was anywhere as bad as its reputation suggests. Pretty slack in the middle but overall has some decent laughs!

Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy | Tagged 1987, action, adventure, agent, camel, carol king, charles grodin, cia, comedy, dave grusin, desert, duo, dustin hoffman, dylan baker, elaine may, fred melamed, helicopter, ishtar, jack weston, middle east, morocco, music, musician, new york, new york city, nightclub, nyc, politics, rebel, richard p. cirincione, sand, satire, singer, singers, songwriter, spy, stephen a. rotter, tess harper, vittorio storaro, warren beatty, william reynolds | Leave a comment

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Patty Jenkins Writers: Patty Jenkins & Geoff Johns & Dave Callaham (Story by Patty Jenkins & Geoff Johns) (Based on characters from DC Comics) I did not think this was good.

Posted in Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Tagged 1980s, 1984, 2020, adaptation, amazonian, amr waked, andreas wentz, business, charles roven, cheetah, chris pine, comic book, connie nielsen, dave callaham, dc comics, deborah snyder, desert, gal gadot, geoff johns, hans zimmer, kristen wiig, magic, middle east, museum, oil, patty jenkins, pedro pascal, pilot, princess, robin wright, sequel, stephen jones, stone, washington d.c., william moulton marston, wish, wishes, wonder woman, ww84, zack snyder | Leave a comment

The Hurt Locker (2009)

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Kathryn Bigelow Writer: Mark Boal Great!

Posted in Action, Drama, Thriller, War | Tagged 2008, 2009, action, anthony mackie, army, bomb, bomb squad, brian geraghty, david morse, desert, drama, evangeline lilly, greg shapiro, guy pearce, hurt locker, iraq, jeremy renner, kathryn bigelow, marco beltrami, mark boal, middle east, military, nicolas chartier, ptsd, ralph fiennes, sergeant, soldier, the hurt locker, thriller, war | Leave a comment

6 Underground (2019)

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Bay Writers: Paul Wernick & Rheet Reese

Posted in Action, Comedy | Tagged 2019, 6 underground, action, adria arjona, agent, agents, assassin, ben hardy, comedy, corey hawkins, dave franco, dead, death, guns, italy, manuel garcia-rulfo, melanie laurent, michael bay, middle east, mission, netflix, off the grid, Paul Wernick, rheet reese, ron funches, ryan reynolds, terrorism, terrorist | Leave a comment

The Report (2019)

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Scott Z. Burns Writer: Scott Z. Burns

Posted in Drama | Tagged 9/11, adam driver, annette bening, barack obama, ben mckenzie, cia, corey stoll, daniel j. jones, dianne feinstein, dick cheney, donald rumsfeld, drama, george w. bush, government, history, interrogation, investigation, john kerry, john mccain, jon hamm, matthew rhys, maura tierney, michael c. hall, middle east, new york times, politician, politics, rachel maddow, report, scott shepherd, scott z. burns, senate, senator, staffer, steven soderbergh, terrorism, terrorist, the report, the torture report, tim blake nelson, torture, war, washington, white house | Leave a comment

Rock the Kasbah (2015)

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Barry Levinson Writer: Mitch Glazer

Posted in Comedy, Musical, War | Tagged 2015, afghanistan, barry levinson, bill murray, bruce willis, comedy, danny mcbride, kate hudson, manager, middle east, mitch glazer, music, musician, rock the kasbah, scott caan, singer, taylor kinney, television, tv, war, zooey deschanel | Leave a comment

Rosewater (2014)

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jon Stewart Writer: Jon Stewart (Based on the book “Then They Came For Me” by Maziar Bahari with Aimee Molloy)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2014, adaptation, aimee molloy, dimitri leonidas, drama, gael garcia bernal, howard shore, iran, iranian, jason jones, jon stewart, journalism, journalist, kim bodnia, maziar bahari, middle east, prison, prisoner, rosewater, shohreh aghdashloo, spy, the daily show, then they came for me, torture, true story | Leave a comment

Syriana (2005)

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stephen Gaghan Writer: Stephen Gaghan (Based on the book “See No Evil” by Robert Baer)

Posted in Drama, Review, Thriller | Tagged 2005, alexander siddig, alexandre desplat, amanda peet, china, chris cooper, christopher plummer, cia, covert, drama, george clooney, hostage, industry, iran, jeffrey wright, kidnap, kidnapped, matt damon, mazhar munir, middle east, oil, political, politics, robert baer, robert elswit, see no evil, stephen gaghan, steven soderbergh, syriana, thriller, tim blake nelson, torture, william hurt | Leave a comment

White House Down (2013)

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Roland Emmerich Writer: James Vanderbilt I thought this was pretty fun and entertaining! Basically a riff on Die Hard but this time in the White House. Big budget and big effects but it mainly works because of the two … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2013, action, adventure, attack, channing tatum, comedy, drama, helicopter, james vanderbilt, james woods, jamie foxx, jason clarke, maggie gyllenhaal, middle east, police, potus, president, president of the united states, richard jenkins, roland emmerich, secret service, security, speaker of the house, terrorism, terrorist, thriller, tour, tour group, tour guide, united states, united states of america, usa, vice president, war, white house, white house down | Leave a comment

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