Tag Archives: soviet

Ashes and Diamonds (1958)

Posted on July 30, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Andrzej Wajda Writers: Jerzy Andrzejewski & Andrzej Wajda (Based on the novel by Jerzy Andrzejewski)

Posted in Drama, Foreign, Romance, War | Tagged 1958, Adam Pawlikowski, adaptation, Andrzej Wajda, ashes and diamonds, assassin, assassination, bar, church, communism, communist, drama, Ewa Krzyzewska, Filip Nowak, foreign, Halina Nawrocka, hotel, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Jerzy Wojcik, love, machine gun, mission, murder, occupation, poland, polish, rebel, resistance, romance, russian, soviet, vodka, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, war, world war, world war 2, world war ii, wwII, Zbigniew Cybulski | Leave a comment

Come and See (1985)

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Elem Klimov Writers: Ales Adamovich and Elem Klimov (Based on the book “I Am from the Fiery Village” by Ales Adamovich & Janka Bryl & Vladimir Kolesnik) An incredible movie I will probably never watch again.

Posted in Drama, Foreign, War | Tagged 1940s, 1985, adaptation, aleksey kravchenko, ales adamovich, come and see, cow, drama, elem klimov, Fascism, fascist, foreign, genocide, german, hitler, i am from the fiery village, idi i smotri, janka bryl, military, murder, nazi, resistance, rifle, russia, russian, soviet, vladimir kolesnik, war, world war 2, world war ii | Leave a comment

The Living Daylights (1987)

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Glen Writers: Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson (Based on the short story by Ian Fleming)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Thriller | Tagged 007, 1987, a-ha, action, adaptation, adventure, afghanistan, Albert R. Broccoli, arms deal, art malik, barbara broccoli, Chrissie Hynde, desmond llewelyn, general, ian fleming, james bond, jeroen krabbe, joe don baker, john barry, john glen, john rhys-davies, kgb, maryam d'abo, michael g. wilson, murder, richard maibaum, robert brown, russia, russian, secret agent, sequel, sniper, soviet, spy, the living daylights, the pretenders, thriller, timothy dalton, weapon | Leave a comment

Octopussy (1983)

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Glen Writers: George Macdonald Fraser and Richard Maibaum & Michael G. Wilson (Based on a short story by Ian Fleming)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Thriller | Tagged 1983, action, adaptation, adventure, agent, Albert R. Broccoli, all time high, circus, desmond llewelyn, faberge egg, george macdonald fraser, ian fleming, james bond, jeremy bulloch, jewel, john barry, john glen, kabir bedi, kristina wayborn, lois maxwell, louis jourdan, maud adams, michael g. wilson, nato, nuclear, nuclear weapon, nuke, octopussy, richard maibaum, rita coolidge, robert brown, roger moore, russia, secret agent, sequel, smuggler, smuggling, soviet, spy, steven berkoff, thriller, tim rice, undercover | Leave a comment

From Russia with Love (1963)

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Terence Young Writer: Richard Maibaum (Story by Johanna Harwood) (Based on the novel by Ian Fleming)

Posted in Action, Adventure | Tagged 1963, adaptation, assassin, assassination, Berkeley mather, bernard lee, britain, british, from russia with love, ian fleming, istanbul, james bond, johanna harwood, john barry, kgb, lotte lenya, pedro armendariz, richard maibaum, robert shaw, russia, russian, sean connery, secret agent, sequel, soviet, spectre, spy, terence young | Leave a comment

Rambo III (1988)

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Peter MacDonald Writers: Sylvester Stallone and Sheldon Lettich (Based on characters created by David Morrell)

Posted in Action, Review | Tagged 1988, action, afghanistan, army, colonel, covert mission, david morrell, green beret, hostage, jerry goldsmith, john rambo, kurtwood smith, mission, peter macdonald, rambo, rambo III, rescue, richard crenna, russian, sheldon lettich, soviet, special forces, sylvester stallone, vet, veteran, vietnam | Leave a comment

The Twelve Chairs (1970)

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mel Brooks Writer: Mel Brooks (Based on the novel “Dvenadtsat stulyev” by Llya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov)

Posted in Comedy, Review | Tagged 1920s, 1970, adventure, chair, comedy, dom deluise, Dvenadtsat stulyev, frank langella, hunt, Ilf and petrov, jewels, llya ilf, mel brooks, moscow, priest, ron moody, russia, soviet, soviet russia, the twelve chairs, treasure, twelve chairs, yevgeni petrov | Leave a comment

Red Dawn (1984)

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Milius Writers: Kevin Reynolds and John Milius (Story by Kevin Reynolds) Double dose of Swayze! Actually very surprised by the tone of this movie. Because of the cast and that it was released in the 80s I had … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller, Uncategorized | Tagged 1984, 80s, action, c. thomas howell, charlie sheen, drama, fantasy, harry dean stanton, high school, invastion, jennifer grey, john milius, kevin reynolds, lea thompson, patrick swayze, red dawn, soviet, thriller, wolverine, world war III, WWIII | Leave a comment

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