Tag Archives: oliver platt

The Ticket (2017)

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ido Fluk Writers: Ido Fluk and Sharon Mashihi

Posted in Drama, Uncategorized | Tagged 2017, blind, dan stevens, drama, ido fluk, malin akerman, oliver platt, sharon mashihi, sight, the ticket, vision | Leave a comment

Kill the Messenger (2014)

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Cuesta Writer: Peter Landesman (Based on the book “Dark Alliance” by Gary Webb) (Based on the book “Kill the Messenger” by Nick Schou)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1990s, barry pepper, cia, contra, crime, dark alliance, drama, gary webb, government, jeremy renner, journalism, journalist, kill the messenger, lucas hedges, mary elizabeth winstead, michael cuesta, michael k. williams, michael kenneth williams, nicaragua, nick schou, oliver platt, paz vega, peter landesman, political, politics, ray liotta, rebels, reporter, richard schiff, robert patrick, rosemarie dewitt, suicide, thriller, tim blake nelson | Leave a comment

Don’t Say a Word (2001)

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Gary Fleder Writers: Anthony Peckham and Patrick Smith Kelly (Based on the novel by Andrew Klavan)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Uncategorized | Tagged 2001, abduction, abductor, adaptation, aidan devine, andrew klavan, anthony peckham, brittany murphy, crime, doctor, don't say a world, drama, fake janssen, gary fleder, guy torry, jennifer esposito, kidnap, kidnapped, kidnapping, lance reddick, mental institution, michael douglas, mystery, oliver platt, patrick smith kelly, post traumatic stress disorder, psychiatrist, ptsd, sean bean, skye eccole bartusiak, thriller | Leave a comment

Frost/Nixon (2008)

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ron Howard Writer: Peter Morgan (Based on the play by Peter Morgan)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2008, adaptation, andy milder, brian grazer, clint howard, david frost, diane sawyer, frank langella, frost/nixon, gabriel jarret, hans zimmer, interview, jim meskimen, kate jennings grant, kevin bacon, matthew macfadyen, michael sheen, oliver platt, patty mccormack, peter morgan, play, president, rebecca hall, resignation, richard nixon, Ron Howard, sam rockwell, scandal, television, toby jones, tv, walter cronkite, watergate | Leave a comment

Working Girl (1988)

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writer: Kevin Wade

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 1988, alec baldwin, assistant, boss, business, career, comedy, david duchovny, drama, girl, harrison ford, joan cusack, kevin spacey, kevin wade, melanie griffith, merger, mike nichols, new york, new york city, nora dunn, nyc, oliver platt, olympia dukakis, philip bosco, ricki lake, robert easton, romance, secretary, sigourney weaver, woman, work, working girl | Leave a comment

Chef (2014)

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jon Favreau Writer: Jon Favreau

Posted in Comedy | Tagged 2014, amy sedaris, austin, bobby cannavale, chef, comedy, cook, dustin hoffman, emjay anthony, food, food truck, gary clark jr., job, john leguizamo, jon favreau, kitchen, miami, oliver platt, restaurant, road trip, Robert Downey Jr, russell peters, scarless johansson, sofia vergara, texas, truck | Leave a comment

Bicentennial Man (1999)

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Chris Columbus Writer: Nicholas Kazan (Based on the short story “The Bicentennial Man” by Isaac Asimov) (Based on the novel “The Positronic Man” by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Review, Science Fiction | Tagged android, bicentennial man, bradley whitford, chris columbus, comedy, drama, Embeth Davidtz, emotion, future, isaac asimov, james horner, john michael higgins, kiersten warren, nicholas kazan, oliver platt, robert silverberg, robin williams, robot, sam neill, sci-fi, science fiction, stephen root, tennis, the positronic man, wolfgang petersen | Leave a comment