Tag Archives: politics

War Machine (2017)

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: David Michod Writer: David Michod (Based on the book “The Operators” by Michael Hastings) Advertisements

Posted in Comedy, Drama, War | Tagged 2017, adaptation, afghanistan, alan ruck, anthony hayes, anthony michael hall, ben kingsley, brad pitt, comedy, daniel betts, david michod, drama, emory cohen, general, griffin dunne, john magaro, lakeith stanfield, meg tilly, michael hastings, netflix, nicholas maude, nick cave, politician, politics, president, rj cyler, russell crowe, satire, scoot mcnairy, soldier, the operators, tilda swinton, topher grace, war, war machine, warren ellis, will poulter | Leave a comment

Get Me Roger Stone (2017)

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Dylan Bank & Daniel DiMauro & Morgan Pehme Writers: Dylan Bank & Daniel DiMauro & Morgan Pehme

Posted in Documentary | Tagged 2017, advisor, alex jones, daniel dimauro, documentary, donald trump, dylan bank, get me roger stone, hillary clinton, jeffrey toobin, morgan pehme, paul manafort, politician, politics, republican, roger stone, tucker carlson | Leave a comment

Snowden (2016)

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Oliver Stone Writers: Kieran Fitzgerald & Oliver Stone (Based on the book “The Snowden Files” by Luke Harding) (Based on the book “Time of the Octopus” by Anatoly Kucherena)

Posted in Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2016, agent, anatoly kucherena, biography, cia, classified, cyber warefare, drama, edward snowden, government, illegal, internet, joely richardson, joseph gordon-levitt, journalism, journalist, kieran fitzgerald, lakeith stanfield, laura poitras, leaked, lindsay mills, logan marshall-green, luke harding, melissa leo, nicolas cage, nsa, oliver stone, politics, press, rhys ifans, scott eastwood, shailene woodley, snowden, spy, surveillance, the snowden files, thriller, time of the octopus, timothy olyphant, tom wilkinson, true story, zachary quinto | Leave a comment

Barry (2016)

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Vikram Gandhi Writer: Adam Mansbach

Posted in Drama, Uncategorized | Tagged 2016, adam mansbach, anya taylor-joy, ashley judd, barack obama, barry, cellar coltrane, columbia university, devon terrell, drama, fab 5 freddy, jason mitchell, jenna elfman, netflix, new york, new york city, nyc, politician, politics, president, school, student, university, vikram gandhi | Leave a comment

Weiner (2016)

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Josh Kriegman & Elyse Steinberg

Posted in Documentary | Tagged anthony weiner, bill de blasio, campaign, congress, documentary, donald trump, elyse steinberg, howard stern, huma abedin, jon stewart, josh kriefman, mayor, new york, new york city, nyc, politician, politics, scandal, sex, stephen colbert, weiner | Leave a comment

The Ides of March (2011)

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: George Clooney Writers: George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon (Based on the play “Farragut North” by Beau Willimon)

Posted in Drama | Tagged alexandre desplat, beau willimon, campaign, candidate, charlie rose, chris matthews, drama, evan rachel wood, farragut north, george clooney, grant heslov, gregory itzin, ides of march, jeffrey wright, jennifer ehle, manager, marisa tomei, max minghella, ohio, paul giamatti, philip seymour hoffman, political, politician, politics, president, presidential candidate, rachel maddow, ryan gosling, scandal, staff, the ides of march | Leave a comment

Our Brand Is Crisis (2015)

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: David Gordon Green Writer: Peter Straughan (Based on the documentary by Rachel Boynton)

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 2015, adaptation, ann dowd, anthony mackie, billy bob thornton, bolivia, campaign, candidate, comedy, consultant, david gordon green, documentary, drama, election, george clooney, grant heslov, joaquim de almeida, our brand is crisis, peter straughan, politician, politicians, politics, president, rachel boynton, rival, rivalry, sandra bullock, scoot mcnairy, true story, zoe kazan | Leave a comment