Tag Archives: new york times

Silkwood (1983)

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writers: Nora Ephron & Alice Arlen

Posted in Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1983, accident, alice arlen, biography, bruce mcgill, cancer, car accident, car crash, charles hallahan, cher, craig t. nelson, david strathairn, diana scarwid, drama, fred ward, gay, georges delerue, graham jarvis, james rebhorn, josef sommer, journalism, journalist, karen silkwood, kurt russell, lesbian, m. emmet walsh, meryl streep, michael hausman, mike nichols, miroslav ondricek, murder, new york times, nora ephron, nuclear power, oklahoma, plutonium, radiation, radioactive, ron silver, safety, sam o'steen, silkwood, thriller, true story, union, washington d.c., work, worker | Leave a comment

Framing Britney Spears (2021)

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Samantha Stark Writer: Liz Day

Posted in Documentary | Tagged 2021, britney spears, celebrity, child star, conservator, conservatorship, dave holmes, emily topper, fame, famous, Framing Britney Spears, free britney, geoff o'brien, john e. low, justin timberlake, law, lawyer, liz day, media, mtv, new york times, paparazzi, performer, pierre takal, pop star, samantha stark, sexism, singer, tabloid, the new york times, trial | 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

The Mule (2018)

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Clint Eastwood Writer: Nick Schenk (Based on the New York Times Magazine article “The Sinaloa Cartel’s 90-Year Old Drug Mule” by Sam Dolnick)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2018, absent father, adaptation, andy garcia, article, bradley cooper, cartel, clifton collins jr, clint eastwood, dea, dianne wiest, driver, drug mule, drugs, family, flowers, horticulturist, laurence fishburne, magazine, mexico, michael pena, mule, new york times, nick schenk, road trip, sam dolnick, taissa farmiga, the mule, true story, veteran | Leave a comment

The Post (2017)

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steven Spielberg Writers: Liz Hannah and Josh Singer

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1970s, 2017, alison brie, article, ben bradlee, biography, bob odenkirk, bradley whitford, bruce greenwood, carrie coon, cover up, david cross, drama, editor, janusz kaminski, jesse plemons, john williams, josh singer, journalism, journalist, kay graham, liz hannah, matthew rhys, meryl streep, michael stuhlbarg, new york times, news, newspaper, nixon, pat healy, pentagon papers, politics, president, protest, richard nixon, sarah paulson, steven spielberg, story, the post, tom hanks, tracy letts, true story, vietnam, war, washington post, whistleblower, zach woods | Leave a comment

True Story (2015)

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Rupert Goold Writers: Rupert Goold and David Kajganich (Based on the book by Michael Finkel)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery | Tagged 2015, adaptation, arnon milchan, brad pitt, byron jennings, christian longo, crime, david kajganich, drama, ethan suplee, felicity jones, gretchen mol, interview, james franco, jonah hill, journalism, journalist, killer, loudon wainwright III, maria dizzia, michael finkel, murder, mystery, new york times, reporter, robert john burke, rupert goold, true story, writer | Leave a comment

Top Five (2014)

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Chris Rock Writer: Chris Rock

Posted in Comedy, Romance | Tagged 2014, actor, adam sandler, ahmir thompson, alcohol, alcoholic, anders holm, bruce bruce, cedric the entertainer, celebrity, charlie rose, chris rock, club, comedian, comedy, dean edwards, dmx, drink, drunk, fiancee, gabourey sidibe, gabrielle union, hassan johnson, hayley marie norman, interview, j.b. smoove, jay pharoah, jay z, jerry seinfeld, jim norton, kanye west, kevin hart, leslie jones, luis guzman, movie star, new york, new york city, new york times, nyc, questlove, reality tv, romance, romany malco, rosario dawson, scott rudin, sherri shepherd, stand up, stand up comedy, sway, taraji p henson, tom papa, top five, tracy morgan, wedding, whoopi goldberg | Leave a comment

The Believer (2002)

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Henry Bean Writer: Henry Bean (Story by Henry Bean & Mark Jacobson) Strong performance! This Gosling kid has a future! Fascinating story filmed really low budget, rough and raw. I thought it was good.