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Tag Archives: middle east
Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)
Director: Mike Nichols Writer: Aaron Sorkin (Based on the book “Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History” by George Crile) Mike Nichols’s final film. OK but really saved by Hoffman’s supporting performance. Miss him … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Drama, War
Tagged 2007, aaron sorkin, adaptation, afghanistan, amy adams, antonia van drimmelen, arms dealer, biography, bombs, charlie wilson, charlie wilson's war, cia, cocaine, comedy, congress, congressman, drama, drugs, emily blunt, gary goetzman, guns, history, james newton howard, john bloom, john slattery, julia roberts, las vegas, middle east, mike nichols, military, money, ned beatty, nevada, philip seymour hoffman, politician, politics, rebels, rizwan manji, russia, soviet union, stephen goldblatt, texas, tom hanks, true story, war, weapons
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The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
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
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Ishtar (1987)
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
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Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
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
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The Hurt Locker (2009)
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
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6 Underground (2019)
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
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Rosewater (2014)
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
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Syriana (2005)
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
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