Tag Archives: rock and roll

Elvis (1979)

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Carpenter Writer: Anthony Lawrence Pretty good TV movie. First time Carpenter and Russell worked together.

Posted in Drama, Musical | Tagged 1979, bing russell, celebrity, concert, dick clark, donald m. morgan, drama, ed begley jr., elvis, elvis presley, fame, famous, guitar, joe mantegna, joe renzetti, john carpenter, kurt russell, las vegas, made for tv, memphis, music, musical, musician, pat hingle, performance, performer, rock and roll, season hubley, tour, tv movie | Leave a comment

I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writers: Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale

Posted in Comedy, Musical, Romance | Tagged 1978, alex rose, alexandra rose, beatlemania, beatles, bob gale, bobby di cicco, concert, dick miller, donald m. morgan, ed sullivan, eddie deezen, frank morriss, george harrison, hotel, john lennon, marc mcclure, nancy allen, new jersey, new york, new york city, nyc, paul mccartney, ringo starr, road trip, robert zemeckis, rock and roll, steven spielberg, susan kendall newman, tamara asseyev, teenagers, television, the beatles, the ed sullivan show, theresa saldana, tv, wendie jo sperber | Leave a comment

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)

Posted on October 19, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Cameron Mitchell Writer: John Cameron Mitchell (Based on the musical by John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Musical | Tagged 2001, adaptation, andrea martin, band, comedy, drama, east berlin, gay, gender reassignment surgery, germany, group, hedwig and the angry inch, homosexual, homosexuality, immigrant, john cameron mitchell, michael putt, miriam shor, music, musical, rock and roll, rosie o'donnell, sex change, stephen trask, surgery, tour, transgender | Leave a comment

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

Posted on February 23, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Bryan Singer Writer: Anthony McCarten (Story by Anthony McCarten and Peter Morgan)

Posted in Drama, Musical | Tagged 2018, adam lambert, aidan gillen, aids, allen leech, anthony mccarten, band, ben hardy, bisexual, bohemian rhapsody, bryan singer, dexter fletcher, drama, freddie mercury, gay, gwilym lee, homosexual, joseph mazzello, live aid, lucy boynton, mike myers, music, musical, musician, party, peter morgan, queen, rami malek, robert de niro, rock and roll, tom hollander | Leave a comment

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Bryan Singer Writer: Anthony McCarten (Story by Anthony McCarten and Peter Morgan)

A Star Is Born (2018)

Posted on October 20, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Bradley Cooper Writers: Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters (Based on the 1954 screenplay by Moss Hard) (Based on the 1976 screenplay by John Gregory Dunne & Joan Didion and Frank Pierson) (Based on a story by … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, Musical, Romance | Tagged 2018, a star is born, alcoholic, alcoholism, alec baldwin, andrew dice clay, artist, band, barry shabaka henley, bradi carlile, bradley cooper, celebrity, dave chappelle, don roy king, don was, drama, eddie griffin, eric roth, fame, famous, frank pierson, greg grunberg, halsey, joan didion, john gregory dunne, lady gaga, matthew libatique, michael harney, moss hard, music, musical, musician, remake, robert carson, rock and roll, romance, ron rifkin, sam elliott, saturday night live, singer, suicide, todd philips, will fetters, william wellman | Leave a comment

Ricki and the Flash (2015)

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jonathan Demme Writer: Diablo Cody

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Musical | Tagged 2015, audra mcdonald, band, bar, ben platt, comedy, diablo cody, divorced, drama, family, jonathan demme, kevin kline, lorene scafaria, mamie gummer, marriage, married, meryl streep, music, musical, musician, rick springfield, ricki and the flash, rock and roll, sebastian stan, wedding | Leave a comment

Almost Famous: The Bootleg Cut (2000)

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Cameron Crowe Writer: Cameron Crowe One of my favorite movies of all time. It just overwhelms me with warmth and happiness. When I first saw it I wish it had just gone on and on I enjoyed the world … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Musical, Review, Romance | Tagged almost famous, almost famous: the boogleg cut, anna paquin, article, band, band aid, bijou phillips, billy crudup, bootleg, bus, cameron crowe, comedy, crush, drama, drugs, elton john, eric stonestreet, fairuza balk, frances mcdormand, groupie, guitar, jason lee, Jay Baruchel, jimmy fallon, journalism, journalist, kate hudson, kevin sussman, kyle gass, lester bangs, love, magazine, marc maron, music, musician, nancy wilson, nick swardson, noah taylor, patrick fugit, philip seymour hoffman, rainn wilson, rock, rock and roll, rolling stone, sex, stillwater, tiny dancer, tour, untitled, zooey deschanel | Leave a comment

Mistaken for Strangers (2014)

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Tom Berninger

Posted in Documentary, Musical, Review | Tagged 2013, band, brother, brothers, crew, documentary, indie rock, lead singer, matt berninger, mistaken for strangers, music, rock, rock & roll, rock and roll, sing, singer, the national, tom berninger, tour | Leave a comment

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