Tag Archives: narrator

Blue (1993)

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Derek Jarman Writer: Derek Jarman

Posted in Documentary, Drama | Tagged 1993, aids, autobiographical, avant garde, blue, brian eno, documentary, drama, experimental, gay, hiv, homosexuality, illness, james mackay, narration, narrator, Simon Fisher-Turner, takashi asai, tiger terry, tilda swinton | Leave a comment

The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Posted on April 23, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Sofia Coppola Writer: Sofia Coppola (Based on the novel by Jeffrey Eugenides)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1970s, a.j. cook, adaptation, catholic, chris hanley, dan halsted, dance, danny devito, edward lachman, family, fourtee, francis ford coppola, giovanni ribisi, hanna hall, high school, homecoming dance, james lyons, james woods, jeffrey eugenides, josh hartnett, julie costanzo, kathleen turner, kirsten dunst, melissa kent, michael pare, narrator, noah shebib, party, rorschach test, scott glenn, sex, sister, sisters, sofia coppola, strict, suicide, teenager, the virgin suicides, virgin | Leave a comment

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

True Stories (1986)

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: David Byrne Writers: Stephen Tobolowsky & Beth Henley and David Byrne I loved this! Really odd and funny.

Posted in Comedy, Musical | Tagged 1986, annie mcenroe, beth henley, chris frantz, church, comedy, concert, david byrne, gary kurfirst, jerry harrison, john goodman, mall, music, musical, narrator, parade, pops staples, preacher, sesquicentennial, small town, spalding gray, stephen tobolowsky, swoosie kurtz, talent show, talking heads, texas, tina weymouth, tito larriva, true stories | Leave a comment

Men, Women & Children (2014)

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jason Reitman Writers: Jason Reitman & Erin Cressida Wilson (Based on the novel by Chad Kultgen)

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 2014, adam sandler, adaptation, ansel elgort, chad kultgen, comedy, computer, David Denman, dean norris, dennis haysbert, drama, emma thompson, Erin Cressida Wilson, family, football, high school, internet, j.k. simmons, jason reitman, jennifer garner, judy greer, kaitlyn dever, men, model, narrator, olivia crocicchia, phil lamarr, phone, porn, pornography, relationship, rosemarie dewitt, technology, teenager, Timothée Chalamet, tori black, women & children | Leave a comment

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ron Howard Writers: Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman (Based on the book by Dr. Seuss)

Posted in Comedy, Fantasy | Tagged 2000, adaptation, anthony hopkins, bill irwin, brian grazer, bryce dallas howard, Christine Baranski, christmas, clint howard, comedy, dog, dr seuss, family, fantasy, grinch, holiday, how the grinch stole christmas, james horner, jeffrey price, jeffrey tambor, jim carrey, mayor, molly shannon, narrator, peter s. seaman, rick baker, Ron Howard, snowflake, taylor momsen, verne troyer, whoville | Leave a comment

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Woody Allen Writer: Woody Allen

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 2008, art, artist, barcelona, chris messina, christopher evan welch, comedy, drama, holiday, javier bardem, kevin dunn, love, love triangle, narrator, pablo schreiber, painter, patricia clarkson, penelope cruz, rebecca hall, relationship, romance, romantic comedy, Scarlett Johansson, sex, spain, summer, vacation, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, woody allen | Leave a comment