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A Nice Girl Like You (2020)

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Chris Riedell & Nick Riedell Writers: Andrea Marcellus (Based on the book “Pornology” by Ayn Carrillo-Gailey)

Posted in Comedy, Romance | Tagged 2020, a nice girl like you, aaron zigman, adaptation, ayn carrillo-gailey, chris riedell, comedy, jeff castelluccio, jina panebianco, las vegas, leonidas gulaptis, lucy hale, melanie greene, music, musician, nevada, nicholas bogner, nick riedell, nico van den berg, porn, pornography, pornology, romance, romantic comedy, sex, violin, violinist | Leave a comment

Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

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 | Leave a comment

Knocked Up (2007)

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Judd Apatow Writer: Judd Apatow Had not seen this in a while. Still funny. Watched the Unrated cut and I did not notice any difference!

Posted in Comedy, Romance | Tagged 2007, alan tudyk, andy dick, b.j. novak, baby, bill hader, brent white, california, charlyne yi, child, clayton townsend, comedy, craig alpert, craig robinson, dax shepard, doctor, eric alan edwards, evan goldberg, harold ramis, iris apatow, james franco, jason segel, Jay Baruchel, jessica alba, joanna kerns, joe henry, jonah hill, judd apatow, katherine heigl, ken jeong, knocked up, kristen wiig, las vegas, leslie mann, los angeles, loudon wainwright III, martin starr, maude apatow, nautica thorn, nevada, nick thune, one night stand, paul feig, paul rudd, pink eye, pregnancy, pregnant, relationship, romance, romantic comedy, ryan seacrest, seth rogen, sex, shauna robertson, slacker, steve carell, steven brill, stoner, stormy daniels, television, tim bagley, tv, unrated cut, wayne federman, website | Leave a comment

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)