Tag Archives: students

The French Dispatch (2021)

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Wes Anderson Writer: Wes Anderson (Story by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola & Hugo Guinness & Jason Schwartzman) Liked but would rank it on the lower end of the Anderson filmography. Looks incredible. Very fun.

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 2021, adrien brody, alexandre desplat, andrew weisblum, anjelica huston, anthology, art, article, artists, benicio del toro, bill murray, black and white, bob balaban, chef, christoph waltz, comedy, cook, drama, editor, edward norton, elisabeth moss, fisher stevens, food, france, frances mcdormand, french, french dispatch, griffin dunne, heart attack, henry winkler, hugo guinness, jarvis cocker, Jason Schwartzman, jeffrey wright, jeremy dawson, journalism, journalist, lea seydoux, Liev Schreiber, lyna khoudri, magazine, mathieu amalric, narrator, obituary, owen wilson, prison, robert d. yeoman, Robert Yeoman, roman coppola, romance, saoirse ronan, stephen park, steven rales, students, the french dispatch, tilda swinton, timothy chalamet, tony revolori, wes anderson, willem dafoe, writer | Leave a comment

The Green Inferno (2015)

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Eli Roth Writers: Guillermo Amoedo & Eli Roth

Posted in Horror | Tagged aaron burns, activists, amazon, ariel levy, cannibal, cannibalism, college, eli roth, environmentalist, green inferno, guillermo amoedo, horror, jason blum, lorenza izzo, rain forest, sky ferreira, students, the green inferno | Leave a comment

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Peter Weir Writer: Cliff Green (Based on the novel by Joan Lindsay)

Posted in Drama, Mystery, Review | Tagged 1900, 1975, adaptation, anne-louie lambert, appleyard college, australia, australian, cliff green, college, criterion collection, disappear, disappearance, drama, hanging rock, jacki weaver, jenny lovell, joan lindsay, mystery, peter weir, picnic at hanging rock, rachel roberts, student, students, teacher, valentine's day, victoria | Leave a comment

Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995)

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stephen Herek Writer: Patrick Sheane Duncan

Posted in Drama, Musical, Review | Tagged 1995, alicia witt, balthazar getty, compose, composer, damon whitaker, deaf, forest whitaker, glenne headly, high school, jay thomas, john lennon, michael kamen, mr. holland, mr. holland's opus, music, music teacher, olympia dukakis, patrick sheane duncan, richard dreyfuss, son, stephen herek, student, students, teacher, terrence howard, william h. macy | Leave a comment

Kicking and Screaming (1995)

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Noah Baumbach Writers: Noah Baumbach (Story by Noah Baumbach & Oliver Berkman) Really funny and packed with great lines. A bunch of faux intellectual arrested development slackers hanging around college after they’ve graduated. I just really enjoy movies about … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance, Uncategorized | Tagged 1995, bar, college, comedy, criterion collection, cult, drama, eric stoltz, graduation, independent, indie, josh hamilton, kicking and screaming, neurotic, noah baumbach, parker posey, romance, students | Leave a comment

Trollhunter (2010)

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Andre Ovredal Writers: Andre Ovredal Been meaning to check this out for a while. Low budget Norwegian found footage movie about college kids following a troll hunter as he hunts…trolls. So in the movie trolls are real and while … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, Fantasy, Foreign, Horror | Tagged 2010, andre ovredal, bear, drama, fantasy, foreign, found footage, Glenn Erland Tosterud, horror, hunt, hunter, Johanna Mørck, Knut Nærum, norway, Otto Jespersen, Robert Stoltenberg, students, Tomas Alf Larsen, troll, Trollhunter, Trolljegeren, trolls | Leave a comment

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2011)

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Eli Craig Writers: Eli Craig & Morgan Jurgenson HAPPY NEW YEAR!! ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF JON WATCHES MOVIES!!

Posted in Comedy, Horror | Tagged 2011, alan tudyk, cabin, chainsaw, comedy, eli craig, hillbilly, horror, katrina bowden, Morgan Jurgenson, murderers, students, Tucker and Dale vs Evil, tyler labine, vacation | Leave a comment