Tag Archives: play

Cyrano (2021)

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Joe Wright Writer: Erica Schmidt (Based on the stage musical adapted by Erica Schmidt) (Based on the play “Cyrano de Bergerac” by Edmond Rostand)

Posted in Drama, Musical, Romance | Tagged 2021, aaron dessner, adaptation, bashir salahuddin, ben mendelsohn, bryce dessner, cyrano, cyrano de bergerac, drama, edmond rostand, eric fellner, erica schmidt, glen hansard, guy heeley, haley bennett, italy, joe wright, kelvin harrison jr., letters, love, marriage, married, matt berninger, monica dolan, music, musical, peter dinklage, play, romance, seamus mcgarvey, sword fight, the national, theater, theatre, tim bevan, valerio bonelli | Leave a comment

Drive My Car (2021)

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi Writers: Ryusuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe (Based on the short story by Haruki Murakami)

Posted in Drama, Foreign | Tagged 2021, acting, actor, adaptation, affair, akihisa yamamoto, anton chekhov, art, artist, azusa yamazaki, car, chauffeur, deaf, death, director, doraibu mai ka, drama, drive, drive my car, driver, eiko ishibashi, foreign, grief, haruki murakami, hidetoshi nishijima, hidetoshi shinomiya, hiroshima, japan, japanese, korea, korean, marriage, masaki okada, play, ryusuke hamaguchi, saab, sex, sign language, taiwan, taiwanese, takamasa oe, teruhisa yamamoto, theater, too-young park, uncle vanya, widow, wife | Leave a comment

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Madden Writer: Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged acting, actor, ben affleck, colin firth, comedy, david gamble, david parfitt, disguise, donna gigliotti, drama, edward zwick, geoffrey rush, gwyneth paltrow, harry weinstein, history, imelda staunton, john madden, joseph fiennes, judi dench, love, marc norman, play, playwright, richard greatrex, romance, romantic comedy, romeo and juliet, rupert everett, sex, shakespeare, shakespeare in love, stephen warbecj, steven o'donnell, theater, tim mcmullan, tom stoppard, tom wilkinson, william shakespeare, writer | Leave a comment

The Humans (2021)

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stephen Karam Writer: Stephen Karam (Based on the play by Stephen Karam)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2021, adaptation, amy schumer, apartment, beanie feldstein, broadway, dinner, drama, duplex, family, jayne houdyshell, june squibb, lol crawley, louise lovegrove, manhattan, new york, new york city, nick houy, nico muhly, nyc, play, richard jenkins, stephen karam, steven yeun, thanksgiving, the humans, theater, water leak | Leave a comment

The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Joel Coen Writer: Joel Coen (Based on the play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare)

Posted in Drama, Thriller, War | Tagged 2021, adaptation, alex hassell, assassin, assassination, bertie carvel, black and white, brendan gleeson, bruno delbonnel, carter burwell, corey hawkins, denzel washington, drama, frances mcdormand, garry melling, history, joel coen, kathryn hunter, kind, lady macbeth, lucian johnston, macbeth, miles anderson, murder, play, power, reginald jaynes, robert graf, scotland, scottish, shakespeare, theater, thriller, tragedy, treason, war, william shakespeare, witch, witches | Leave a comment

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Sam Raimi Writer: Alvin Sargent (Story by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar and Michael Chabon) (Based on characters from Marvel Comics) Love it. Still my favorite comic book superhero movie. Watched the 2.1 cut.

Posted in Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | Tagged 2004, aasif mandvi, action, adaptation, adventure, alfred gough, alfred molina, alvin sargent, aunt, avi arad, bank, bill nunn, bill pope, bob murawski, broadway, bruce campbell, cliff robertson, comic book, daniel dae kim, daniel gillies, danny elfman, doc ock, doctor, donna murphy, dylan baker, elizabeth banks, emily deschanel, experiment, green goblin, j.k. simmons, james franco, joel mchale, john landis, kevin feige, kirsten dunst, laura ziskin, lorne orleans, marvel comics, michael chabon, miles millar, new york, new york city, newspaper, nyc, peter parker, phil lamarr, photographer, photography, pizza, play, rosemary harris, sam raimi, sci-fi, science, science fiction, scientist, sequel, spider, spider-man, stan lee, steve ditko, superhero, surgery, ted raimi, theater, tobey maguire, uncle, web, willen dafoe | Leave a comment

All the Creatures Were Stirring

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: David Ian McKendry & Rebekah McKendry Writers: David Ian McKendry & Rebekah McKendry

Posted in Horror | Tagged 2018, alien, all the creatures were stirring, amanda fuller, anthology, antlers, ashley clements, brea grant, cameron cannon, catherine parker, christmas, christmas eve, constance wu, date, david ian mckendry, demon, holiday, holidays, horror, jeff seidman, Jocelin donahue, joe wicker, Jonathan kite, mark kelly, matt long, morgan peter brown, office party, parking lot, play, rebekah mckendry, reindeer, seth colegrove, theater | Leave a comment

The Father (2020)

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Florian Zeller Writers: Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller (Based on the play “The Father” by Florian Zeller) Great! Really surprised by this one. Hopkins is incredible.