Tag Archives: slaves

Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ridley Scott Writers: Adam Cooper & Bill Collage and Jeffrey Caine and Steven Zaillian

Posted in Action, Adventure, Drama | Tagged aaron paul, action, adam cooper, adventure, ben kingsley, ben mendelsohn, bible, bill collage, christian bale, drama, egypt, egyptian, exodus, exodus: gods and kings, gods and kings, jeffrey caine, joel edgerton, john turturro, maria valverde, moses, pharaoh, plagues, ramses, religion, ridley scott, seti, sigourney weaver, slave, slaves, steven zaillian | Leave a comment

Belle (2014)

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Amma Asante Writer: Misan Sagay

Posted in Drama, Romance | Tagged 18th century, 2014, alan mckenna, amma asante, aristocrat, belle, biracial, boat, court, david gant, drama, emily watson, england, gugu mbatha-raw, history, james norton, judge, lawyer, love, matthew goode, miranda richardson, misan sagay, mixed race, navy, penelope wilton, romance, romantic, sam reid, Sarah Gadon, slavery, slaves, tom felton, tom wilkinson, trial, uncle | Leave a comment

Django Unchained (2012)

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Quentin Tarantino Writer: Quentin Tarantino No one else could have made this movie this way and I loved every second of it. By far the most entertaining and exciting film I saw this year. There are still a number … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western | Tagged 2012, action, amber tamblyn, bounty hunter, broomhilda, bruce dern, christoph waltz, civil war, dentist, django, django unchained, don johnson, franco nero, german, james remar, jamie foxx, jonah hill, kerry washington, leonardo dicaprio, m.c. gainey, michael parks, mississippi, plantation, quentin tarantino, robert richardson, russ tamblyn, samuel l. jackson, slavery, slaves, tom savini, tom wopat, violent, walton goggins, weinstein, Western, zoe bell | Leave a comment

Lincoln (2012)

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steven Spielberg Writer: Tony Kushner (Based in part on the book “Team of Rivals” by Doris Kearns Goodwin) I will be pretty surprised if there is a better performance this year than Daniel Day-Lewis in this. Just an amazing … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, Uncategorized | Tagged 1865, abe, abraham lincoln, assassination, biography 13th amendment, bruce mcgill, civil war, congress, daniel day-lewis, david strathairn, drama, emancipation proclamation, hal holbrook, history, jackie early haley, james spader, janusz kaminski, jared harri, john hawkes, john williams, joseph gordon-levitt, kathleen kennedy, lee pace, lincoln, lukas haas, mary todd lincoln, michael kahn doris kearns goodwin, michael stuhlbarg, sally field, slavery, slaves, spielberg, steven spielberg, team of rivals, tim blake nelson, tommy lee jones, tony kushner, ulysses, ulysses s. grant, walton goggins, washington | Leave a comment

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: J. Lee Thompson Writer: Paul Dehn (Characters Created by Pierre Boulle) The big bloody revolution Planet of the Apes flick. Pretty entertaining but I still think my favorite sequel is Beneath just because of how crazy the last half … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller, Uncategorized | Tagged action, adventure, apes, caesar, conquest of the planet of the apes, don murray, j. lee thompson, pierre boulle, planet of the apes, revolution, ricardo montalban, roddy mcdowall, science fiction, slaves, talking animals | Leave a comment