Tag Archives: politics

Ishtar (1987)

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Elaine May Writer: Elaine May I did not think this was anywhere as bad as its reputation suggests. Pretty slack in the middle but overall has some decent laughs!

Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy | Tagged 1987, action, adventure, agent, camel, carol king, charles grodin, cia, comedy, dave grusin, desert, duo, dustin hoffman, dylan baker, elaine may, fred melamed, helicopter, ishtar, jack weston, middle east, morocco, music, musician, new york, new york city, nightclub, nyc, politics, rebel, richard p. cirincione, sand, satire, singer, singers, songwriter, spy, stephen a. rotter, tess harper, vittorio storaro, warren beatty, william reynolds | Leave a comment

Feels Good Man (2020)

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Arthur Jones (Based on original artwork by Matt Furie) Re-watched for movie club. Good doc!

Posted in Documentary | Tagged 2020, 4chan, aaron wickenden, alex jones, ari balouzian, art, arthur jones, artist, cartoonist, caryn capotosto, comic book, cryptocurrency, david usui, documentary, donald trump, drew blatman, emily heller, feels good man, forum, frog, giorgio angelini, guy mossman, hillary clinton, internet, kurt keppeler, lawsuit, matt furie, meme, message board, pepe, pepe the frog, political, politics, rachel maddow, Richard spencer, ryan hope, samantha bee, stephen colberg | Leave a comment

Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Carl Franklin Writer: Carl Franklin (Based on the book by Walter Mosley) Very good!

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 1940s, 1995, adaptation, albert hall, barry shabaka henley, california, carl franklin, carole kravetz, carole kravetz aykanian, crime, criminal, denzel washington, detective, Devil in a Blue Dress, don cheadle, drama, Elmer Bernstein, gary goetzman, investigation, jazz club, jennifer beals, jesse beaton, john david washington, jonathan demme, los angeles, maury chaykin, mayor, murder, mystery, neo noir, noir, politics, private detective, scandal, tak fujimoto, terry kinney, thriller, tim sizemore, veteran | Leave a comment

The Parallax View (1974)

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Alan J. Pakula Writers: David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Based on the novel by Loren Singer) First time seeing this. Great!

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged adaptation, alan j. pakula, assassin, assassination, bomb, conspiracy, crime, david giler, drama, gordon willis, hume cronyn, investigation, john w. wheeler, journalism, journalist, loren singer, lorenzo semple jr., michael small, murder, mystery, newspaper, paula prentiss, politician, politics, robert towne, seattle, senator, sniper, space needle, the parallax view, thriller, warren beatty, william daniels, witness | Leave a comment

Ali (2001)

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson and Eric Roth & Michael Mann (Story by Gregory Allen Howard) Commemorative Edition.

Posted in Drama, Sports | Tagged 2001, a. kitman ho, africa, athlete, barry shabaka henley, boxer, boxing, bruce mcgill, Cassius clay, christopher wilkinson, don king, drama, emmanuel lubezki, eric roth, fight, fighter, giancarlo esposito, gregory allen howard, howard cosell, islam, jada pinkett smith, james lassiter, jamie foxx, jeffrey wright, jon peters, jon voight, levar burton, lisa gerrard, lynzee klingman, malcolm x, maro van peebles, martin luther king jr., michael mann, muhammad ali, muslim, mykelti williamson, nation of islam, nona gaye, paul ardaji, pieter bourke, politics, ron silver, rumble in the jungle, sport, sports, stephen e. rivkin, stephen j. rivele, stuart waks, ted levine, vietnam, war, will smith, william goldenberg, zaire | Leave a comment

Irresistible (2020)

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jon Stewart Writer: Jon Stewart Not good!

Posted in Comedy | Tagged 2020, bill irwin, bobby bukowski, brent sexton, bruce altman, bryce dessner, cable news, campaign, chris cooper, comedy, competition, dede gardner, election, farm, farmer, jay rabinowitz, jeremy kleiner, jon stewart, lila yacoub, mackenzie davis, marine, mayor, mayoral race, mike selemon, money, news, political campaign, politician, politics, rose byrne, satire, small town, steve carell, strategist, strategy, television, topher grace, tv, veteran, will sasso, wisconsin | Leave a comment

Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Shaka King Writers: Will Gerson & Shaka King (Story by Will Gerson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas) Good! Kaluuya and Stanfield are great.