Tag Archives: octavia spencer

Spirited (2022)

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Sean Anders Writers: Sean Anders & John Morris

Posted in Comedy, Fantasy, Musical | Tagged 2022, a christmas carol, adaptation, apple tv+, brad wilhite, business, charles dickens, christmas, comedy, david koplan, dominic lewis, fantasy, future, george dewey, ghost, ghosts, graveyard, holidays, jessica elbaum, jimmy fallon, john morris, judi dench, kramer morgenthau, magic, music, musical, new york, new york city, nyc, octavia spencer, p.j. byrne, party, past, patrick page, present, public relations, rose byrne, ryan reynolds, scrooge, sean anders, snow, spirit, spirited, spirits, suita mani, time travel, tracy morgan, will ferrell | Leave a comment

Drag Me to Hell (2009)

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Sam Raimi Writers: Sam Raimi & Ivan Raimi Unrated Cut. Did not notice any significant difference. Movie still rules.

Posted in Horror, Thriller | Tagged 2009, alison lohman, bank, blood, bob murawski, bugghost, button, cat, christopher young, coin, curse, david paymer, debt, dileep rao, drag me to hell, eyeball, fly, food, funeral, goat, grant curtis, graveyard, gypsy, hell, horror, ivan raimi, justin long, loan, loan officer, lorna raver, mortgage, octavia spencer, peter deming, promotion, revenge, rob tapert, sacrifice, sam raimi, scott spiegel, seance, soul, supernatural, ted raimi, thriller, unrated | Leave a comment

The Witches (2020)

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writers: Robert Zemeckis & Kenya Barris and Guillermo del Toro (Based on the book by Roald Dahl) And so concludes the Robert Zemeckis filmography watch. Ends on a bad note unfortunately.

Posted in Comedy, Fantasy, Horror | Tagged 1960s, adaptation, alan silvestri, alfonso cuaron, anne hathaway, children, chris rock, comedy, coven, don burgess, fantasy, grandmother, guillermo del toro, horror, hotel, jack rapke, jahzir bruno, kenya barris, kid, kids, kristin chenoweth, luke kelly, mice, mouse, octavia spencer, orphan, roald dahl, robert zemeckis, ryan chan, stanley tucci, supernatural, the witches, witch, witches | Leave a comment

Spider-Man (2002)

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Sam Raimi Writer: David Koepp (Based on characters from Marvel Comics) Still good!

Posted in Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | Tagged 2002, action, adaptation, adventure, arthur coburn, aunt, avi arad, bill nunn, bob murawski, bruce campbell, cliff robertson, comic book, danny elfman, david koepp, don burgess, elizabeth banks, fire, green goblin, high school, ian bryce, j.k. simmons, james franco, jim norton, joe manganiello, kevin feige, kirsten dunst, laura ziskin, lucy lawless, macy gray, marvel comics, murder, new york, new york city, newspaper, nyc, octavia spencer, peter parker, photographer, photography, randy savage, rosemary harris, sam raimi, sci-fi, science, science fiction, scientist, secret identity, spider, spider-man, stan lee, steve ditko, superhero, ted raimi, thanksgiving, tobey maguire, uncle, web, willem dafoe, wrestler | Leave a comment

Thunder Force (2021)

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ben Falcone Writer: Ben Falcone

Posted in Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction | Tagged 2021, action, adventure, barry peterson, ben falcone, bobby cannavale, comedy, crab, election, fantasy, friends, friendship, hero, invisibility, invisible, jason bateman, kevin dunn, marc platt, mayor, melissa leo, melissa mccarthy, octavia spencer, pom klementieff, powers, sci-fi, science fiction, strength, strong, superhero, taylor mosby, Thunder Force, tia nolan, villain | Leave a comment

What Planet Are You From? (2000)

Posted on May 29, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writers: Garry Shandling & Michael Leeson and Ed Solomon and Peter Tolan (Story by Garry Shandling & Michael Leeson) Working my way through Mike Nichols’s filmography. This is definitely a low point.

Posted in Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction | Tagged 2000, aa, airplane, alcoholics anonymous, alien, annette bening, baby, ben kingsley, bernie brillstein, brad grey, camryn manheim, caroline aaron, carter burwell, child, comedy, danny zorn, earth, ed solomon, f.a.a., garry shandling, greg kinnear, harmony smith, j.c. mackenzie, jane lynch, janeane garofalo, john goodman, judy greer, linda fiorentino, love, marriage, married, michael ballhaus, michael leeson, mike nichols, neil machlis, nora dunn, octavia spencer, penis, peter tolan, pregnancy, pregnant, richard jenkins, Richard marks, romance, romantic comedy, sarah silverman, sci-fi, science fiction, sex, space, wedding, what planet are you from, What Planet Are You From?, willie garson | Leave a comment

Superintelligence (2020)

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ben Falcone Writer: Steve Mallory I really like Melissa McCarthy but this movie is a stinker!

Posted in Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction | Tagged 2020, a.i., artificial intelligence, ben falcone, bobby cannavale, brian tyree henry, comedy, computer, end of the world, government, humanity, james corden, jean smart, jessica st. clair, karan soni, melissa mccarthy, michael beach, octavia spencer, rachel ticotin, rob cowan, romance, romantic comedy, sam richardson, sci-fi, science fiction, seattle, steve mallory, Superintelligence, technology, washington, william daniels | Leave a comment

Halloween II (2009)

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Rob Zombie Writer: Rob Zombie (Based on characters created by Debra Hill and John Carpenter) Had not seen this since release. Watched the, apparently superior, Director’s Cut. A controversial entry in the Halloween series for sure. I am kind … Continue reading →