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Shrek (2001)

Posted on February 4, 2023 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson Writers: Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Joe Stillman & Roger S.H. Schulman (Based on the book “Shrek!” by William Steig)

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | Tagged 2001, adaptation, adventure, andrew adamson, animated, animation, Aron Warner, cameron diaz, castle, chris miller, cody cameron, comedy, conrad vernon, curse, donkey, dragon, eddie murphy, fairy tale, family, fantasy, gingerbread man, Harry Gregson-Williams, jeffrey katzenberg, joe stillman, John H. Williams, john lithgow, john powell, magic, mike myers, ogre, onion, peter pan, pinnochio, princess, quest, roger s.h. schulman, romance, shrek, shrek!, sim evan-jones, steven spielberg, swamp, ted elliott, terry rossio, vicky jenson, vincent cassel, wedding, william steig, woods | Leave a comment

Jurassic World Dominion (2022)

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Colin Trevorrow Writers: Emily Carmichael & Colin Trevorrow (Story by Derek Connolly & Colin Trevorrow) (Based on characters created by Michael Crichton)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 2022, action, adaptation, adventure, BD wong, bryce dallas howard, campbell scott, chris pratt, clone, colin trevorrow, crops, derek connolly, dewanda wise, dinosaur, dinosaurs, emily carmichael, experiment, farm, food, frank marshall, insect, Isabella Sermon, island, jeff goldblum, john schwartzman, jurassic park, jurassic world, jurassic world dominion, justice smith, laura dern, locust, mamoudou athie, mark sanger, michael crichton, michael giacchino, motorcycle, omar sy, patrick crowley, raptor, sam neill, sci-fi, science, science fiction, scientist, sequel, steven spielberg, t-rex, thriller, tyrannosaurus rex, velociraptor | Leave a comment

Jaws (1975)

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steven Spielberg Writers: Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb (Based on the novel by Peter Benchley)

Posted in Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller | Tagged 1975, adaptation, adventure, animal, attack, beach, bill butler, biologist, boat, bounty, cape cod, carl gottlieb, david brown, drama, great white, horror, island, jaws, john williams, lorraine gary, maine, murray hamilton, ocean, peter benchley, richard d. zanuck, richard dreyfuss, robert shaw, roy scheider, science, scientist, shark, sheriff, steven spielberg, summer, swim, swimmer, swimming, thriller, uss indianapolis, verna fields | Leave a comment

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Joe Dante Writer: Charles Haas (Based on characters created by Chris Columbus)

Posted in Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction | Tagged 1990, bat, bubba smith, charles haas, charles s. haas, chris columbus, christopher lee, chuck jones, comedy, dean norris, dick butkus, dick miller, electricity, fantasy, frank marshall, gizmo, gremlin, gremlins, gremlins 2, gremlins 2: the new batch, horror, howie mandel, hulk hogan, isiah whitlock jr., jerry goldsmith, joe dante, john glover, john hora, julia sweeney, kathleen kennedy, kent beyda, leonard maltin, michael finnell, mogwai, monster, monsters, new york, new york city, nyc, office, Phoebe Cates, rick baker, robert picardo, robert prosky, sci-fi, science fiction, scientist, sequel, skyscraper, spider, steven spielberg, Zach Galligan | Leave a comment

West Side Story (2021)

Posted on December 11, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steven Spielberg Writer: Tony Kushner (Based on the musical by Jerome Robbins & Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim & Arthur Laurents) West Side Story is probably my favorite movie musical and Spielberg knocked this new one out of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, Musical, Romance | Tagged 1950s, 2021, adaptation, ansel elgort, ariana debose, arthur laurents, brian d'arcy james, broadway, city, cop, corey stoll, dance, dancing, david alvarez, drama, gang, gangs, gentrification, janusz kaminski, jerome robbins, jets, kevin mccollum, kristie macosko krieger, leonard bernstein, love, maddie ziegler, michael kahn, mike faist, murder, music, musical, new york, new york city, nyc, officer, police, puerto rican, rachel zegler, remake, rita moreno, rivalry, romance, sarah broshar, sharks, sing, singing, stephen sondheim, steven spielberg, tony kushner, west side story | Leave a comment

Back to the Future Part III (1990)

Posted on May 15, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: Bob Gale (Story by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale) (Based on characters created by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale)

Posted in Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Western | Tagged 1885, 1990, adventure, alan silvestri, arthur schmidt, back to the future, back to the future 3, back to the future part III, bob gale, christopher lloyd, comedy, dean cundey, delorean, doctor, duel, elisabeth shue, flea, frank marshall, harry keramidas, horse, kathleen kennedy, lea thompson, mary steenburgen, michael j. fox, neil canton, old west, robert zemeckis, sci-fi, science, science fiction, scientist, steven spielberg, thomas f. wilson, time machine, time travel, train, Western, zz top | Leave a comment

Back to the Future Part II (1989)

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: Bob Gale (Story by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale) (Based on characters created by by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale) A little more chaotic than the first one. Lacks the pure movie magic of Back to … Continue reading →