Tag Archives: satire

They Live (1988)

Posted on October 19, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Carpenter Writer: John Carpenter (Based on the short story “Eight O’Clock in the Morning” by Ray Nelson)

Posted in Action, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 1988, action, adaptation, al leong, alan howarth, alien, aliens, brainwashing, conspiracy, construction, eight o'clock in the morning, frank armitage, frank e. jimenez, gary b. kibbe, george flower, ghoul, john carpenter, keith david, larry franco, meg foster, news, obey, ray nelson, roddy piper, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, sunglasses, television, they live, thriller, tv | Leave a comment

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

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

Josie and the Pussycats (2001)

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Harry Elfont & Deborah Kaplan Writers: Harry Elfont & Deborah Kaplan (Based on characters created by Richard H. Goldwater and Dan DeCarlo and John L. Goldwater)

Posted in Comedy, Musical | Tagged 2001, adaptation, alan cumming, archie, aries spears, babyface, band, brainwash, brainwashing, breckin meyer, caron daly, celebrity, comedy, comic book, concert, dan decarlo, deborah kaplan, donald faison, eugene levy, executive, fame, famous, gabriel mann, harry elfont, john frizzell, john l. goldwater, justin chatwin, kenneth edmonds, marc platt, matthew libatique, missi pyle, mtv, music, music industry, musical, musician, new york, new york city, nyc, parker posey, paulo costanzo, peter teschner, pop punk, producer, product placement, rachael leigh book, richard goldwater, richard h. goldwater, riverdale, rosario dawson, satire, seth green, subliminal message, tara reid, tom butler, tony dermas-grund, total request live, tracey e. edmonds, trl | Leave a comment

Flesh-Eating Mothers (1988)

Posted on September 27, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: James Aviles Martin Writers: James Aviles Martin & Zev Shlasinger

Posted in Comedy, Horror | Tagged 1988, adultery, affair, cannibal, comedy, family, flesh eating mothers, flesh-eating mothers, horror, housewife, james aviles martin, miljan peter ilich, mom, mother, murder, neighborhood, satire, sex, suburban, suburbia, zen shlasinger | Leave a comment

Dark Star (1974)

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Carpenter Writers: John Carpenter and Dan O’Bannon

Posted in Comedy, Science Fiction | Tagged 1974, alien, astronaut, bomb, brian narelle, cal kuniholm, comedy, crew, dan o'bannon, dark star, dre pahich, god, john carpenter, mission, parody, planets, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, space, spoof, stars | Leave a comment

Hollywood Shuffle (1987)

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Townsend Writers: Robert Townsend & Keenen Ivory Wayans

Posted in Comedy | Tagged 1987, actor, audition, butler, california, celebrity, comedy, damon wayans, dom irrera, eddie murphy, hollywood, hollywood shuffle, hot dog, independent, john witherspoon, keenen ivory wayans, movie, noir, paul mooney, pimp, post office, restaurant, robert townsend, satire, slave, stereotype | Leave a comment

Society (1989)

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Brian Yuzna Writers: Rick Fry and Woody Keith

Posted in Comedy, Horror | Tagged 1989, ben meyerson, billy warlock, body horror, brian yuzna, comedy, cult, devin devasquez, evan richards, family, horror, orgy, party, rick fry, satire, sex, society, teenager, woody keith | Leave a comment

The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011)

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ari Aster Writer: Ari Aster

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 2011, abuse, ari aster, domestic, drama, family, father, incest, melodrama, mother, poet, satire, sex, sexual abuse, short, short film, son, the strange thing about the johnsons, upper class, wife | Leave a comment

The Death of Stalin (2018)

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Armando Iannucci Writers: Armando Iannucci and David Schneider and Ian Martin (Based on the comic book “La Mort de Staline” by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin)

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 2018, adaptation, armando iannucci, david schneider, death, fabien nury, government, history, ian martin, jeffrey tambor, josef stalin, la mort de staline, michael palin, moscow, olga kurylenko, paddy considine, peter fellows, power, russia, satire, soviet union, stalin, steve buscemi, the death of stalin, thierry robin, tom brooke | Leave a comment

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