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Army of the Dead (2021)

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Zack Snyder Writers: Zack Snyder & Shay Hatten and Joby Harold (Story by Zack Snyder) An overly long dud. The guy on the poster carries that big saw around the whole movie and does not use it on one … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Crime, Horror | Tagged action, casino, crime, dave bautista, dead, deborah snyder, dody dorn, ella purnell, harret dillahunt, heist, helicopter, hiroyuki sanada, horror, hotel, joby harold, las vegas, matthias schweighofer, mercenaries, mercenary, military, money, nevada, nora arnezeder, omari hardwick, outbreak, quarantine, raul castillo, sean spicer, shay hatten, theo rossi, tig notaro, tiger, undead, vault, wesley coller, zack snyder, zombie, zombies | Leave a comment

The Gambler (1974)

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Karel Reisz Director: James Toback Movies about gambling addicts stress me out and this one was no different!

Posted in Crime, Drama | Tagged 1974, addict, addiction, basketball, bet, betting, bookie, burt young, casino, college, debt, gamble, gambler, gambling, irwin winkler, james caan, james toback, james woods, jerry fielding, karel reisz, las vegas, lauren hutton, m. emmet walsh, money, nevada, new york, new york city, nyc, paul sorvino, professor, robert chartoff, roger spottifwoode, sports, the gambler, vice, victor j. kemper | Leave a comment

Nomadland (2020)

Posted on February 20, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Chloe Zhao Writer: Chloe Zhao (Based on the book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century” by Jessica Bruder) Great! One of the year’s best.

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2020, adaptation, amazon, bob wells, camp, chloe zhao, dan janvey, david strathairn, drama, economy, frances mcdormand, homeless, jessica bruder, Joshua James Richards, linda may, Ludovico Einaudi, mollye asher, nevada, nomad, nomadland, peter spears, recession, road, swankie | Leave a comment

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jay Roach Writer: Mike Myers Still pretty funny!

Posted in Comedy | Tagged 1960s, 1997, andy warhol, assassin, austin powers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, brian george, british, burt bacharach, carrie fisher, casino, cat, charles napier, cheri oteri, christian slater, cindy margolis, clint howard, comedy, cryogenically frozen, dawn hoggatt, debra neil-fisher, demi moore, dr. evil, elizabeth hurley, england, Fabiana Udenio, father, fish out of water, frozen, george s. clinton, hot tub, Ilya baskin, jay roach, jennifer todd, las vegas, michael york, mike judge, mike myers, mimi rogers, Mindy Sterling, money, nevada, Paul Dillon, peter deming, queen, ransom, rob lowe, robert wagner, robot, secret agent, secret service, seth green, sex, shoe, son, spoof, spy, suzanne todd, swinger, swinging, teeth, therapy, time travel, tom arnold, united nation, will ferrell | Leave a comment

Blind Fury (1989)

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Phillip Noyce Writer: Charles Robert Carner (Story by Charles Robert Carner) (Based on the film “Zatoichi Challenged” written by Ryozo Kasahara)

Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | Tagged 1989, action, blind, blind furry, brandon call, charles cooper, charles robert carner, comedy, corn field, crime, daniel grodnik, drama, lisa blount, meg foster, murder, nevada, nick cassavetes, noble willingham, phillip noyce, randall cobb, reno, rick overton, road trip, rutger hauer, ryozo kasahara, sword, terry o'quinn, tim matheson, veteran, vietnam, war, zatoichi, zatoichi challenged | Leave a comment

Showgirls (1995)

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Paul Verhoeven Writer: Joe Eszterhas One of the great garbage movies!

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1995, alan marshall, alan rachins, charles evans, cult, dance, dancer, dancing, drama, drugs, elizabeth berkley, gina gershon, glenn plummer, joe eszterhas, kyle maclachlan, las vegas, nc-17, nevada, paul verhoeven, robert davi, sex, showgirl, showgirls, stripper | Leave a comment

Desert Hearts (1985)

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Donna Deitch Writer: Natalie Cooper (Based on the novel “Desert of the Heart” by Jane Rule)

Posted in Drama, Romance | Tagged 1950s, 1985, adaptation, andra akers, audra lindley, cami taylor, dean butler, desert, desert hearts, desert of the heart, divorce, donna deitch, drama, gay, gwen welles, helen shaver, homosexual, homosexuality, jane rule, jeffrey tambor, lesbian, love, marriage, natalie cooper, nevada, patricia charbonneau, professor, ranch, reno, robert elswit, romance, sex, teacher, woman, women | Leave a comment

Ocean’s 11 (1960)

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Lewis Milestone Writers: Harry Brown & Charles Lederer (Story by George Clayton Johnson & Jack Golden Russell) Love the Soderbergh series but the original is a real snooze.