Tag Archives: road

The Ice Road (2021)

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jonathan Hensleigh Writer: Jonathan Hensleigh

Posted in Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2021, action, adventure, al corley, benjamin walker, canada, cold, david rish, diamond mine, drama, driver, holt mccallany, ice, ice road, jason isbell, jonathan hensleigh, laurence fishburne, lee nelson, liam neeson, max aruj, mine, miners, rescue, road, shivani rawat, the ice road, thriller, tom stern, truck, truck driver, veteran | Leave a comment

Nomadland (2020)

Posted on February 20, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Chloe Zhao Writer: Chloe Zhao (Based on the book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century” by Jessica Bruder) Great! One of the year’s best.

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2020, adaptation, amazon, bob wells, camp, chloe zhao, dan janvey, david strathairn, drama, economy, frances mcdormand, homeless, jessica bruder, Joshua James Richards, linda may, Ludovico Einaudi, mollye asher, nevada, nomad, nomadland, peter spears, recession, road, swankie | Leave a comment

I Am Road Comic (2014)

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jordan Brady

Posted in Comedy, Documentary | Tagged alonzo bodden, comedian, comedy, comic, documentary, doug benson, i am road comic, jim norton, jordan brady, judah friedlander, kyle kinane, marc maron, maria bamford, nikki glaser, pete holmes, road, T.J. Miller, travel, w. kamau bell, wayne federman | Leave a comment

The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Lasse Hallstrom Writer: Steven Knight (Based on the novel by Richard C. Morais)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged a.r. rahman, adaptation, amit shah, aria pandya, charlotte le bon, chef, comedy, cook, cooking, cuisine, dillon mitra, drama, eatery, farzana dua elahe, food, france, french, gourmet, haute cuisine, helen mirren, india, indian, lasse hallstrom, manish dayal, michelin, michelin guide, michelin star, om puri, oprah winfrey, restaurant, review, richard c. morais, road, romance, steven knight, steven spielberg, the hundred-foot journey | Leave a comment

The Greatest Movie Ever Rolled (2012)

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ryan Polito

Posted in Comedy, Documentary, Review | Tagged 2012, cameron buchholtz, comedian, comedy, comedy club, documentary, doug benson, doug loves movies, grahahm elwood, Marijuana, pot, road, road trip, ryan polito, stand up, stand up comedy, the greatest movie ever rolled, weed | Leave a comment

Convoy (1978)

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Sam Peckinpah Writer: B.W.L. Norton (Screen Story by B.W.L. Norton) (Based on the song “Convoy” by C.W. McCall) A pretty crummy movie but DAMN what an incredible poster.

Posted in Action, Drama, Review | Tagged 1978, action, adaptation, ali macgraw, b.w.l. norton, bill fries, bill l. norton, brian davies, burt young, c.w. mccall, cb radio, chip davis, convoy, drama, drive, driver, ernest borgnine, franklyn ajaye, kris kristofferson, madge sinclair, radio, road, sam peckinpah, seymour cassel, sheriff, song, truck, truck driver, truckers | Leave a comment

The Hitcher (1986)

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Harmon Writer: Eric Red

Posted in Action, Drama, Horror, Review, Thriller | Tagged 1986, action, c. thomas howell, car, cop, drama, eric red, hitch-hiker, hitcher, hitchhiker, horror, jeffrey demunn, jennifer jason leigh, kidnap, murder, police, road, robert harmon, rutger hauer, stalk, the hitcher, thriller, truck stop, waitress | Leave a comment