Tag Archives: penny marshall

Awakenings (1990)

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Penny Marshall Writer: Steven Zaillian (Based on the book by Oliver Sacks M.D.) Advertisements

Posted in Drama | Tagged alice drummond, awakenings, biography, bradley whitford, catatonic, doctor, drama, drugs, encephalitis, hospital, john heard, julie kavner, m.d., max von sydow, oliver sacks, patient, penelope ann miller, penny marshall, peter stormare, randy newman, robert de niro, robin williams, steven zaillian, true story, vin diesel, vincent pastore | Leave a comment

Staten Island Summer (2015)

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Rhys Thomas Writer: Colin Jost

Posted in Comedy | Tagged 2015, ashley greene, bobby moynihan, cecily strong, colin jost, college, comedy, fred armisen, gina gershon, graham phillips, high school, jackson nicoll, jim gaffigan, john deluca, kate mckinnon, kate walsh, katie conkrell, kellie cockrell, lifeguard, lorne michaels, method man, mike o'brien, new york, owen benjamin, penny marshall, pool, rhys thomas, staten island, staten island summer, summer, vincent pastore, will forte, zack pearlman | Leave a comment

1941 (1979)

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steven Spielberg Writers: Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale (Story by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale and John Milius) Really awful. Borderline unwatchable.

Posted in Action, Comedy, Review, War | Tagged 1941, 1979, action, army, bob gale, bomb, california, christopher lee, comedy, dan aykroyd, defend, defense, eddie deezen, elisha cook, invasion, james caan, japan, John Belushi, john candy, john landis, john milius, john williams, lorraine gary, michael mckean, mickey rourke, military, murray hamilton, nancy allen, ned beatty, patti lupone, pearl habor, penny marshall, pilot, robert stack, robert zemeckis, slim pickens, soldier, steven spielberg, tim matheson, toshiro mifune, treat williams, war, warren oates, world war 2, world war ii, wwII | Leave a comment

A League of Their Own (1992)

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Penny Marshall Writers: Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel (Story by Kim Wilson & Kelly Candaele)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Review, Sports | Tagged 1992, a league of their own, ann cusack, anny ramsay, babaloo mandel, baseball, bill pullman, bitty schram, comedy, david strathairn, drama, eddie jones, garry marshall, geena davis, hans zimmer, harry shearer, jon lovitz, kelly candaele, kim wilson, league, lori petty, lowell ganz, madonna, megan cavanagh, penny marshall, player, rose o'donnell, sisters, sport, sports, tea leoni, team, tom hanks, tracy reiner, woman, women, world war ii, wwII | Leave a comment

Big (1988)

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Penny Marshall Writers: Gary Ross & Anne Spielberg

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Review | Tagged 1988, anne spielberg, big, boy, carnival, comedy, david moscow, drama, elizabeth perkins, fantasy, gary ross, jared rushton, john heard, jon lovitz, josh clark, magic, magical, man, new york, new york city, nyc, penny marshall, robert loggia, tom hanks, toy, toys, wish | Leave a comment

The Preacher’s Wife (1996)

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Penny Marshall Writers: Nat Mauldin and Allan Scott (Based on the novel “The Bishop’s Wife” by Robert Nathan)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Review | Tagged allan scott, angel, choir, christmas, church, comedy, courtney b. vance, denzel washington, drama, faith, fantasy, god, gregory hines, heaven, jenifer lewis, lionel richie, loretta devine, marriage, nat mauldin, penny marshall, preach, preacher, reverend, robert nathan, the bishop's wife, the preacher's wife, whitney houston | Leave a comment

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005)

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Albert Brooks Writer: Albert Brooks

Posted in Comedy | Tagged 9/11, albert brooks, amy ryan, comedian, comedy, india, islam, looking for comedy in the muslim world, muslim, pakistan, penny marshall, religion, stand up comedy | Leave a comment