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Johnny Guitar (1954)

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Nicholas Ray Writer: Philip Yordan (Based on the novel by Roy Chanslor)

Posted in Drama, Western | Tagged 1954, adaptation, arizona, bar, ben cooper, desert, drama, ernest borgnine, gang, hanging, harry straddling sr., harry stradling, horse, jealousy, joan crawford, john carradine, johnny guitar, lynch mob, mercedes mccambridge, nicholas ray, noose, philip yordan, posse, revenge, richard l. van enger, rival, rivalry, roy chanslor, saloon, scott brady, sterling hayden, victor young, war bond, Western, whiskey | Leave a comment

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stanley Kubrick Writers: Stanley Kubrick & Terry Southern & Peter George (Based on the book “Red Alert” by Peter George)

Posted in Comedy | Tagged 1964, adaptation, air force, airplane, bomb, bomber, comedy, dr. strangelove, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, george c. scott, german, james earl jones, keenan wynn, military, nazi, nuclear, nuke, peter bull, peter george, peter sellers, plane, politician, politics, president, red alert, russia, slim pickens, stanley kubrick, sterling hayden, strangelove, terry southern, war room | Leave a comment

The Long Goodbye (1973)

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Altman Writers: Leigh Brackett (Based on the novel by Raymond Chandler) First time seeing this and I loved it! I haven’t seen a ton of Altman but what I have seen I thought was great (MASH, McCabe & … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama, Review, Thriller | Tagged adaptation, alcoholic, border, cat, comedy, crime, david arkin, detective, drama, elliott gould, friend, henry gibson, leigh brackett, mark rydell, mexico, money, murder, mystery, nina van pallandt, private eye, raymond chandler, robert altman, sterling hayden, suicide, the long goodbye, thriller, tijuana, wife | Leave a comment

The Killing (1956)

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stanley Kubrick Writers: Stanley Kubrick and Jim Thompson (Based on the novel “Clean Break” by Lionel White) First time seeing this. Criterion just put it out on Blu Ray with Killer’s Kiss and being a big Kubrick fan I … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1956, adaptation, clean break, coleen gray, crime, criterion collection, dog, drama, film noir, heist, horse racing, jim thompson, lionel white, money, noir, race track, racetrack, robbery, stanley kubrick, sterling hayden, the killing, thriller, vince edwards | Leave a comment