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The General (1926)

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman Writers: Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman

Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Silent, War | Tagged 1860s, 1926, action, adventure, Al Boasberg, army, Bert Haines, buster keaton, captain, carl davis, charles henry smith, charles smith, civil war, clyde bruckman, comedy, confederacy, confederate, dev jennings, Devereaux Jennings, drama, engineer, general, glen cavender, jim farley, joe hisaishi, kidnap, kidnapped, kidnapping, konrad elfers, locomotive, military, north, paul gerard smith, robert israel, sherman kell, silent, solider, south, spy, The Alloy Orchestra, the general, the great locomotive chase, train, union, war, william pittenger | Leave a comment

The Tomorrow War (2021)

Posted on July 4, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Chris McKay Writer: Zach Dean

Posted in Action, Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 2021, action, adam jolgrenner, adventure, alien, aliens, betty gilpin, chris mckay, chris pratt, dana goldberg, david ellison, david goyer, david s. goyer, don granger, drama, edwin hodge, family, florida, future, j.k. simmons, jasmine mathews, jules daly, larry fong, leifur b. dagfinnsson, lorne balfe, mary lynn rajskub, miami, mike mitchell, military, roger barton, sam richardson, sci-fi, science fiction, solider, the tomorrow war, thriller, time travel, war, yvonne strahovski, zach dean | Leave a comment

Joint Security Area (2000)

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Park Chan-wook Writers: Kim Hyun-seok & Jeong Seong-san & Lee Moo-yeong & Park Chan-wook (Based on the novel “DMZ” by Park Sang-yeon) Solid early Park Chan-wook military thriller.

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War | Tagged 2000, action, adaptation, army, border, chan-wook park, christoph hofrichter, crime, demilitarized zone, dmz, drama, herbert ulrich, investigation, Jeong Seong-san, joint security area, jsa, Kim Hyun-seok, kim tae-woo, lee byung-hun, Lee Moo-yeong, lee yeong-ae, military, murder, north korea, north korean, park chan-wook, park sang-yeon, shin ha-kyun, soldier, solider, song hang-ho, south korea, south korean, swedish, swiss, switzerland, thriller, united nations, war | Leave a comment

Starship Troopers (1997)

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Paul Verhoeven Writer: Ed Neumeier (Based on the book by Robert A. Heinlein) Great. Underrated masterpiece.

Posted in Action, Science Fiction, War | Tagged 1997, action, adaptation, alan marshall, alien, amy smart, army, basil poledouris, boot camp, buenos aires, bug, casper van dien, clancy brown, dean norris, denise richards, dina meyer, ed neumeier, edward neumeier, Fascism, fascist, future, high school, jake busey, jon davison, michael ironside, military, neil patrick harris, patrick muldoon, paul verhoeven, pilot, robert a. heinlein, rue mcclanahan, sci-fi, science fiction, solider, space, starship troopers, television, tv, war | Leave a comment

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Lewis Milestone Writers: Maxwell Anderson and George Abbott (Based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque)

Posted in Drama, Review, War | Tagged 1930, academy award, adaptation, all quiet on the western front, best picture, c. gardner sullivan, death, del andrews, drama, erich maria remarque, george abbott, german, john wray, lew ayres, lewis milestone, louis wolheim, maxwell anderson, soldiers, solider, war, world war 1, world war I, WWI | Leave a comment

American Dreamz (2006)

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Paul Weitz Writer: Paul Weitz

Posted in Comedy | Tagged 2006, afghanistan, american dreamz, american idol, army, chris klein, comedy, compeitition, contest, contestent, dennis quaid, hugh grant, iraq, jennifer coolidge, john cho, judge, judy greer, mandy moore, marcia gay harden, paul weitz, potus, president, president of the united states, reality tv, sam golzari, satire, seth meyers, singer, singing, solider, terrorism, terrorist, united states, united states of america, usa, war, willem dafoe | Leave a comment