Tag Archives: singing

Perfect Blue (1997)

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Satoshi Kon Writer: Sadayuki Murai (Based on the novel “Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis” by Yoshikazu Takeuchi)

Posted in Animated, Crime, Drama, Foreign, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 1997, acting, actress, animated, animation, anime, celebrity, crime, fame, famous, fan, Harutoshi Ogata, hiroaki inoue, Hisao Shirai, Hitomi Nakagaki, idol, internet, japan, japanese, junko iwao, Masahiro Ikumi, Masao Maruyama, message board, murder, music, musician, mystery, obsessed, obsession, online, pafekuto buru, perfect blue, pop star, rape, rica matsumoto, sadayuki murai, satoshi kon, singer, singing, stalker, thriller, yoshihisa ishihara, yoshikazu takeuchi, Yutaka Togo | Leave a comment

Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known (2022)

Posted on May 12, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael John Warren Writer: Steven Sater

Posted in Documentary, Musical | Tagged 2022, broadway, bryant fisher, dave sirulnick, documentary, duncan sheik, john gallagher jr., jonathan groff, lea michele, meredith bennett, michael john warren, music, musical, musician, reunion, sing, singer, singing, skylar astin, spring awakening, Spring Awakening: Those You've Known, stage, steven sater, theater, theatre, those you've known, tom hulce, tony awards | Leave a comment

Throw Down (2004)

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Johnnie To Writers: Yau Nai Hoi & Yip Tin Shing & Au Kin Yee

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Foreign | Tagged 2004, aaron kwok, action, bar, chamption, Cheng Siu Keung, cherrie ying, china, crime, david m. richardson, david richardson, drama, fight, fighter, fighting, foreign, hong kong, johnnie to, judo, Kin-Yee Au, louis koo, Nai-Hoi Yau, peter kam, singer, singing, Siu-Keung Cheng, stephen lam, throw down, Tin-Shing Yip, Tony Ka Fai Leung, tony leung, Tony Leung Ka-fai, tournament, Yau doh lung fu bong | Leave a comment

West Side Story (2021)

Posted on December 11, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steven Spielberg Writer: Tony Kushner (Based on the musical by Jerome Robbins & Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim & Arthur Laurents) West Side Story is probably my favorite movie musical and Spielberg knocked this new one out of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, Musical, Romance | Tagged 1950s, 2021, adaptation, ansel elgort, ariana debose, arthur laurents, brian d'arcy james, broadway, city, cop, corey stoll, dance, dancing, david alvarez, drama, gang, gangs, gentrification, janusz kaminski, jerome robbins, jets, kevin mccollum, kristie macosko krieger, leonard bernstein, love, maddie ziegler, michael kahn, mike faist, murder, music, musical, new york, new york city, nyc, officer, police, puerto rican, rachel zegler, remake, rita moreno, rivalry, romance, sarah broshar, sharks, sing, singing, stephen sondheim, steven spielberg, tony kushner, west side story | Leave a comment

tick, tick…BOOM!

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Lin-Manuel Miranda Writer: Steven Levenson (Based on the musical by Jonathan Larson)

Posted in Drama, Musical | Tagged 1990s, 2021, adaptation, aids, alexandra shipp, alice brooks, andrew garfield, andrew weisblum, artist, bebe neuwirth, Bernadette Peters, bradley whitford, brian grazer, broadway, composer, dancer, dancing, daphne rubin-vega, diner, drama, jonathan larson, judith light, julie oh, lin-manuel miranda, mj rodriguez, music, musical, musician, myron kerstein, new york, new york city, nyc, Phillipa soo, Phillips soo, phylicia rashad, renee elise goldsberry, rent, richard kind, robin de jesus, Ron Howard, singer, singing, stephen sondheim, steven levenson, tariq trotter, tick tick...boom!, vanessa hudgens, writer | Leave a comment

The Lure (2015)

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska Writer: Robert Bolesto

Posted in Drama, Fantasy, Foreign, Horror, Musical | Tagged 1980s, 2015, Agnieszka Smoczynska, Ballady i Romanse, cabaret, coming of age, criterion collection, drama, fairy tale, fantasy, foreign, horror, Jakub Kijowski, Jaroslaw Kaminski, love triangle, Marta Mazurek, mermaid, Michalina Olszanska, musical, musician, nightclub, poland, polish, pool, robert bolesto, sex, singer, singing, siren, sisters, the lure, warsaw, water, Wlodzimierz Niderhaus | Leave a comment

Last Christmas (2019)

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Paul Feig Writers: Emma Thompson and Bryony Kimmings (Story by Emma Thompson & Greg Wise) (Inspired by the song “Last Christmas” written and composed by George Michael)