Tag Archives: satire

White Noise (2022)

Posted on May 7, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Noah Baumbach Writer: Noah Baumbach (Based on the book by Don DeLillo)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction | Tagged 1980s, 2022, academia, accident, adam driver, adaptation, andre 3000, andre l. benjamin, chloe fineman, cloud, comedy, danny elfman, david heyman, death, don cheadle, don delillo, drama, drug dealer, drugs, evacuation, family, fear, german, greta gerwig, hitler, jodie turner-smith, kenneth lonergan, lol crawley, marriage, matthew hannam, noah baumbach, pollution, professor, raffey cassidy, sam gold, sam nivola, satire, school, sci-fi, science fiction, suburbs, teacher, toxic, toxic cloud, university, uri singer, white noise | Leave a comment

Triangle of Sadness (2022)

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ruben Ostlund Writer: Ruben Ostlund

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 2022, amanda walker, boat, captain, celebrity, champagne, Charlbi Dean, comedy, crash, cruise, dark comedy, dolly de leon, drama, Erik Hemmendorff, fame, fashion, Fredrik Wenzel, grenade, harris dickinson, henrik dorsin, influencer, iris berben, island, Jean-Christophe Folly, luxury, marooned, Mikel Cee Karlsson, model, oligarch, oliver ford davies, Philippe Bober, pirate, pretzels, rich, ruben ostlund, russian, satire, seasick, sex, ship, sunnyi melles, triangle of sadness, vicki berlin, vomit, wealth, wealthy, woody harrelson, yacht, zlatko buric | Leave a comment

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)