Tag Archives: sign language

Drive My Car (2021)

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi Writers: Ryusuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe (Based on the short story by Haruki Murakami)

Posted in Drama, Foreign | Tagged 2021, acting, actor, adaptation, affair, akihisa yamamoto, anton chekhov, art, artist, azusa yamazaki, car, chauffeur, deaf, death, director, doraibu mai ka, drama, drive, drive my car, driver, eiko ishibashi, foreign, grief, haruki murakami, hidetoshi nishijima, hidetoshi shinomiya, hiroshima, japan, japanese, korea, korean, marriage, masaki okada, play, ryusuke hamaguchi, saab, sex, sign language, taiwan, taiwanese, takamasa oe, teruhisa yamamoto, theater, too-young park, uncle vanya, widow, wife | Leave a comment

The Piano (1993)

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jane Campion Writer: Jane Campion A weird lullaby.

Posted in Drama, Romance | Tagged 1993, adultery, affair, anna paquin, beach, cliff curtis, drama, finger, genevieve lemon, harvey keitel, holly hunter, jan chapman, jane campion, kerry walker, love, marriage, married, michael nyman, music, musician, mute, new zealand, piano, plantation, romance, sam neill, sign language, stuart dryburgh, the piano, veronika jenet | Leave a comment

CODA (2021)

Posted on December 4, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Sian Heder Writer: Sian Heder (Based on “La Famille Belier” written by Victoria Bedos & Stanislas Carre de Malberg & Eric Lartigau & Thomas Bidegain) Good!

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2021, adaptation, berkeley, boat, boston, business, child of deaf adults, chorus, coda, daniel durant, deaf, drama, emilia jones, eric lartigau, eugenio derbez, fabrice fianfermi, family, fish, fisher, fishing, geared brisson, hearing, jerome seydoux, la famille belier, marius de vries, marlee matlin, Massachusetts, music, musician, patrick wachsberger, paula huidobro, philippe rousselet, remake, school, sian heder, sign language, stanislas carre de malberg, teacher, thomas bidegain, troy kotsur, victoria bedos | Leave a comment

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Adam Wingard Writers: Eric Pearson and Max Borenstein (Story by Terry Rossio and Michael Dougherty & Zach Shields) (Based on Characters Created by Toho) Saw this in IMAX. I thought it was a hoot!

Posted in Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction | Tagged action, Adam Wingard, adventure, alex garcia, alexander skarsgard, axe, battle, ben seresin, brian rogers, brian tyree henry, deaf, demian bichir, eiza gonzalez, eric mcleod, eric pearson, fantasy, fight, florida, Ghidorah, godzilla, gojira, hollow earth, hong kong, jon jashni, josh schaeffer, julian dennison, junkie xl, kaiju, kaylee hottle, king ghidorah, king kong, kong, kyle chandler, lance reddick, mary parent, max borenstein, mechagodzilla, michael dougherty, military, millie bobby brown, monarch, monster, monsters, navy, podcast, rebecca hall, robot, sci-fi, science, scientist, sequel, ship, shun oguri, sign language, skull, skull island, terry rossio, thomas tull, toho, tom holkenborg, versus, zach shields | Leave a comment

Sound of Metal (2020)

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Darius Marder Writers: Darius Marder & Abraham Marder (Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance) Great! One of my favorites of the year and Ahmed and Raci are two of my favorite performances of 2020.

Posted in Drama, Musical | Tagged 2020, abraham marder, addict, addiction, airstream, band, bert hamelinck, bill benz, cochlear implant, darius marder, deaf, derek cianfrance, drama, drummer, france, french, hearing, heavy metal, heroin, kathy benz, lauren ridloff, mathieu amalric, music, musical, musician, olivia cooke, paris, paul raci, relationship, riz ahmed, sacha ben harroche, sign language, surgery, tour | Leave a comment

A Quiet Place (2018)

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Krasinski Writers: Bryan Woods & Scott Beck and John Krasinski (Story by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck)

Posted in Drama, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged a quiet place, alien, bryan woods, cade woodward, deaf, drama, dystopia, emily blunt, family, horror, john krasinski, leon russom, michael bay, millicent simmonds, monster, mystery, noah jupe, noise, post-apocalyptic, quiet, rhoda pell, sci-fi, science fiction, scott beck, sign language, sound, thriller | Leave a comment

The Shape of Water (2017)

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Guillermo del Toro Writer: Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor (Story by Guillermo del Toro)

Posted in Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction | Tagged 1960s, 2017, adventure, alexandre desplat, cold war, creature, deaf, doug jones, drama, fairy tale, fantasy, government, guillermo del toro, janitor, lab, laboratory, love, michael shannon, michael stuhlbarg, monster, octavia spencer, richard jenkins, romance, sally hawkins, sci-fi, science, science fiction, sign language, the shape of water, vanessa taylor | Leave a comment

Congo (1995)

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Frank Marshall Writer: John Patrick Shanley (Based on the novel by Michael Crichton) I believe I was only 8 when Jurassic Park came out and I wanted to see it more than anything. EVERYONE saw it or at least … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 1995, action, adventure, africa, congo, diamond, dylan walsh, ernie hudson, expedition, frank marshall, gorilla, grant heslov, hippo, john patrick shanley, jungle, king solomon's mines, koe don baker, laser, laura linney, mercenary, michael crichton, mine, mystery, sci-fi, science fiction, sign language, temple, thriller, tim curry | Leave a comment

Koko: A Talking Gorilla (1978)

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Barbet Schroeder

Posted in Documentary | Tagged 1978, animal, barbet schroeder, california, communication, doctor, documentary, gorilla, koko, koko: a talking gorilla, language, penny patterson, san francisco, science, sign language, zoo | Leave a comment