Tag Archives: politics

Secret Honor (1984)

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Altman Writers: Donald Freed & Arnold M. Stone (Based on the play by Donald Freed & Arnold M. Stone)

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged adaptation, arnold m. stone, biography, comedy, donald freed, drama, george burt, history, juliet weber, microphone, nixon, philip baker hall, pierre mignot, play, politician, politics, politicxs, president, recording, richard nixon, robert altman, scandal, secret honor, theater, watergate | Leave a comment

The Batman (2022)

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Matt Reeves Writers: Matt Reeves & Peter Craig (Based on characters from DC Comics) Really liked this new take on Batman. Looked and sounded great in IMAX.

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery | Tagged 2022, action, adaptation, andy serkis, arkham, asylum, barry keoghan, batman, bill finger, bob kane, bomb, bruce wayne, catwoman, city, colin farrell, comic book, cop, corrupt, corruption, costume, crime, criminal, cypher, dc comics, detective, drama, dylan clark, election, flood, gotham city, greig fraser, investigation, john turturro, joker, mafia, mask, matt reeves, mayor, michael giacchino, mob, murder, murderer, mystery, nightclub, orphan, paul dano, penguin, peter craig, peter sarsgaard, police, politician, politics, revenge, rich, riddler, robert pattinson, selina kyle, serial killer, superhero, the batman, the penguin, tyler nelson, vengeance, vigilante, wealthy, william hoy, zoe kravitz | Leave a comment

Licorice Pizza (2021)

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 1970s, 2021, acting, actor, adam somner, alana haim, andy jurgensen, arcade, benny safdie, bradley cooper, business, california, campaign, christine ebersole, comedy, coming of age, cooper hoffman, danielle haim, drama, este haim, fuel, gas, gay, high school, jewish, john c. reilly, john michael higgins, jon peters, jonny greenwood, los angeles, mary elizabeth ellis, maya rudolph, mayor, michael bauman, motorcycle, paul thomas anderson, pinball, politician, politics, restaurant, romance, san fernando valley, sara murphy, sean penn, skyler gisondo, tom waits, waterbed | Leave a comment

Cabaret (1972)

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Bob Fosse Writer: Jay Allen (Based on the musical play “Cabaret” book by Joe Masteroff) (Based on the play by John Van Druten) (Based on stories by Christopher Isherwood)

Posted in Drama, Musical, Romance | Tagged 1930s, 1972, abortion, adaptation, berlin, bisexual, bob fosse, cabaret, christopher isherwood, cy feuer, david bretherton, drama, elisabeth neumann-viertel, entertainer, entertainment, fritz wepper, geoffrey unsworth, germany, helen vita, helmut griem, jay allen, jay presson allen, jewish, joe masteroff, joel grey, john kander, john van druten, liza minnelli, marisa berenson, michael york, music, musical, nazi, nightclub, political, politics, ralph burns, romance, sex, singer | Leave a comment

Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writer: Aaron Sorkin (Based on the book “Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History” by George Crile) Mike Nichols’s final film. OK but really saved by Hoffman’s supporting performance. Miss him … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Drama, War | Tagged 2007, aaron sorkin, adaptation, afghanistan, amy adams, antonia van drimmelen, arms dealer, biography, bombs, charlie wilson, charlie wilson's war, cia, cocaine, comedy, congress, congressman, drama, drugs, emily blunt, gary goetzman, guns, history, james newton howard, john bloom, john slattery, julia roberts, las vegas, middle east, mike nichols, military, money, ned beatty, nevada, philip seymour hoffman, politician, politics, rebels, rizwan manji, russia, soviet union, stephen goldblatt, texas, tom hanks, true story, war, weapons | Leave a comment

Contact (1997)

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writers: James V. Hart and Michael Goldenberg (Story by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan) (Based on the novel by Carl Sagan)

Posted in Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction | Tagged 1997, adaptation, alan silvestri, alien, aliens, angela bassett, ann druyan, arthur schmidt, astronomer, astronomy, bill clinton, bomb, broadcast, bryant gumbel, carl sagan, contact, dad, david morse, don burgess, drama, faith, father, geoffrey blake, geraldo rivera, hitler, jake busey, james v. hart, james woods, jay leno, jena malone, jodie foster, john hurt, larry king, matthew mcconaughey, message, michael goldenberg, mystery, nasa, nazi, new mexico, politician, politics, religion, religious, rob lowe, robert zemeckis, sci-fi, science, science fiction, scientists, space, space station, stars, steve starkey, tom skerritt, william fichtner | Leave a comment

Don’t Look Up (2021)

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Adam McKay Writer: Adam McKay (Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction | Tagged 2021, adam mckay, affair, ariana grande, asteroid, astronaut, astronomer, astronomy, cate blanchett, celebrity, comedy, comet, cryogenically frozen, david sirota, dj, doctor, don't look up, earth, fame, family, future, hank corwin, himesh patel, jennifer lawrence, jon glaser, jonah hill, kevin j. messick, kevin messick, kid cudi, leonardo dicaprio, Liev Schreiber, linus sandgren, mark rylance, melanie lynskey, meryl streep, meteorite, michael chiklis, nicholas britell, paul guilfoyle, planet, politician, politics, president, professor, rob morgan, ron perlman, sci-fi, science, science fiction, scientist, singer, space, student, technology, television, Timothee chalamet, tv, tyler perry | Leave a comment

Dune (2021)

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Denis Villeneuve Writers: Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth (Based on the novel by Frank Herbert) Totally worth seeing on the big screen in IMAX. Can’t wait for part two!