Tag Archives: sports

The Jericho Mile (1979)

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Patrick J. Nolan and Michael Mann (Story by Patrick J. Nolan) Michael Mann’s first movie. Very solid for a TV movie. Strauss is good.

Posted in Drama, Sports | Tagged 1979, arthur schmidt, brian dennehy, convict, drama, drugs, folsom, folsom prison, gang, gangs, heroin, inmate, jimmie haskell, michael mann, murder, murderer, mustache, olympics, patrick j. nolan, peter strauss, prison, prisoner, race, rexford l. metz, roger e. mosley, run, runner, running, sport, sports, the jericho mile, track, track and field, trial, warden | Leave a comment

One Night in Miami (2020)

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Regina King Writer: Kemp Powers (Based on the play by Kemp Powers) Good!

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1960s, 2020, adaptation, aldis hodge, athlete, beau bridges, bob dylan, boxer, boxing, Cassius clay, christian magby, civil rights, drama, eli goree, football, georgia, hotel, jackie wilson, jess wu calder, jim brown, jody klein, keith calder, kemp powers, kingsley ben-adir, lance reddick, leslie odom jr., malcolm x, michael imperioli, motel, muhammad ali, music, musician, muslim, nightclub, one night in miami, one night in miami..., play, politics, regina king, religion, sam cooke, singer, sport, sports, stage play, tami reiker, tariq anwar, terence blanchard, theater, theatre | Leave a comment

How Do You Know (2010)

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: James L. Brooks Writer: James L. Brooks Had not seen this movie since the original theatrical run. Not good but I laughed a couple times. Better than Spanglish. Kathryn Hahn rules. How on earth did this cost $120 million?

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 2010, athlete, baseball, birth, comedy, dean norris, domenick lombardozzi, drama, father and son, fraud, hans zimmer, hospital, how do you know, investigation, jack nicholson, james l. brooks, janusz kaminski, john tormey, julie ansell, kathryn hahn, laurence mark, lawsuit, lenny venito, love, love triangle, molly price, owen wilson, paul rudd, paula weinstein, pitcher, pregnancy, pregnant, reese witherspoon, relationship, romance, romantic comdy, sport, sports, tony shalhoub, washington | Leave a comment

The Love Guru (2008

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Marco Schnabel Writers: Mike Myers & Graham Gordy Really bad! I felt embarrassed for all involved.

Posted in Comedy, Romance, Sports | Tagged athlete, ben kingsley, chastity belt, coach, comedy, daniel tosh, deepak chopra, george s. clinton, graham gordy, gregory perler, guru, hockey, india, jessica alba, jessica simpson, jim gaffigan, john oliver, justin timberlake, kanye west, lee haxall, love, mantra, manu narayan, maple leafs, marco schnabel, Mariska Hargitay, meagan good, michael de luca, mike myers, oprah, oprah winfrey, owner, peter deming, rob huebel, romance, romany malco, samantha bee, sport, sports, stephen colbert, the love guru, toronto, val kilmer, verne troyer | Leave a comment

The Way Back (2020)

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Gavin O’Connor Writer: Brad Ingelsby

Posted in Drama, Sports | Tagged 2020, al madrigal, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, basketball, ben affleck, brad ingelsby, coach, drama, gavin o'connor, gordon gray, high school, janina gavankar, jennifer todd, michaela watkins, ravi mehta, sport, sports, team, the way back | Leave a comment

Point Break (2015)

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ericson Core Writer: Kurt Wimmer (Story by Rick King & W. Peter Iliff and Kurt Wimmer) (Based on a screenplay by W. Peter Iliff) Bad.

Posted in Action, Adventure, Crime, Sports, Uncategorized | Tagged 2015, action, adaptation, adventure, andrew a. kosove, athlete, broderick johnson, christopher taylor, crime, david valdes, delroy lindo, edgar ramirez, ericson core, extreme sports, fbi, gang, heist, james le gros, john baldecchi, junkie xl, kurt wimmer, liar hamilton, luke bracey, point break, ray winstone, remake, rick king, skydive, sport, sports, stece aoki, surf, teresa palmer, undercover, W. Peter Iliff | Leave a comment

Tokyo Olympiad (1965)

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Kon Ichikawa Writers: Natto Wada & Yoshio Shirasaka & Shintaro Tanikawa & Kon Ichikawa One of the weirdest taglines I have seen on a poster. Three hours of watching athletes perform in close ups. Incredible photography. Loved it.