Tag Archives: true story

Ford v Ferrari (2019)

Posted on November 17, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: James Mangold Writers: Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth and Jason Keller

Posted in Action, Drama, Sports | Tagged 2019, action, caitriona balfe, car, carroll shelby, christian bale, daytona, drama, driver, enzo ferrari, ferrari, ford, ford v ferrari, james mangold, jason keller, jez butterworth, john-henry butterworth, jon bernthal, josh lucas, ken miles, le mans, matt damon, michael mann, noah jupe, race, race car, racing, sport, sports, tracy letts, true story | Leave a comment

The Laundromat (2019)

Posted on November 16, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steven Soderbergh Writer: Scott Z. Burns (Based on the book by Jake Bernstein)

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama | Tagged adaptation, antonio banderas, chris parnell, comedy, crime, david schwimmer, drama, fraud, gary oldman, insurance, jake bernstein, james cromwell, jeffrey wright, larry clarke, larry wilmore, law firm, lawyer, matthias schoenaerts, melissa rauch, meryl streep, money, panama, panama papers, robert patrick, scott z. burns, sharon stone, steven soderbergh, the laundromat, true story, widow, will forte | Leave a comment

Dolemite Is My Name (2019)

Posted on November 16, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Craig Brewer Writers: Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 1970s, biography, blaxploitation, chris rock, comedian, comedy, craig brewer, craig robinson, d'urville martin, da'vine joy randolph, dj, dolemite, dolemite is my name, drama, eddie murphy, keegan michael key, kodi smit-mcphee, kung fu, Larry Karaszewski, luenell, mike epps, movie, record, rudy ray moore, scott alexander, snoop dogg, t.i., tip harris, tituss burgess, true story, wesley snipes | Leave a comment

The Irishman (2019)

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Martin Scorsese Writer: Steven Zaillian (Based on the book “I Heard You Paint Houses” by Charles Brandt)

Posted in Crime, Drama | Tagged 2019, adaptation, al pacino, anna paquin, bobby cannavale, charles brandt, domenick lombardozzi, don rickles, harvey keitel, Hitman, i heard you paint houses, irishman, irwin winkler, jack huston, jesse plemons, jim norton, jimmy hoffa, joe pesci, john f. kennedy, kathrine narducci, labor, lawyer, mafia, martin scorsese, mob, murder, netflix, prison, ray romano, robbie robertson, robert de niro, robert f. kennedy, sebastian maniscalco, stephen graham, steven van zandt, steven zaillian, teamsters, the irishman, thelma schoonmaker, true story, union | Leave a comment

Hustlers (2019)

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Lorene Scafaria Writer: Lorene Scafaria (Based on a magazine article by Jessica Pressler)

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama | Tagged 2019, adam mckay, adaptation, cardi b, club, comedy, constance wu, crime, dance, dancer, dancing, dov davidoff, drama, drugs, g-eazy, hustlers, interview, jay oakerson, jennifer lopez, jessica pressler, jon glaser, julia stiles, keke palmer, lili reinhart, lizzo, lorene scafaria, marcy richardson, megan ellison, mercedes ruehl, mette towley, new york, new york city, new york magazine, nyc, scam, scores, strip club, stripper, trace lysette, true story, usher, usher raymond, wall street, will ferrell | Leave a comment

The Walk (2015)

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writers: Robert Zemeckis & Christopher Browne (Based on the book “To Reach the Clouds” by Philippe Petit)

Posted in Adventure, Drama | Tagged 1970s, 1974, 2015, adventure, artist, ben kingsley, ben schwartz, biography, charlotte le bon, christopher browne, circus, daredevil, drama, france, french, high wire, joseph gordon-levitt, mentor, new york, new york city, nyc, paris, philippe petit, robert zemeckis, skyscraper, the walk, tightrope, to reach the clouds, tower, true story, walk, walker, world trade center | Leave a comment

All the Money in the World (2017)

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ridley Scott Writer: David Scarpa (Based on the book “Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortune and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty” by John Pearson)

Posted in Crime, Drama | Tagged all the money in the world, billionaire, biography, charlie plummer, christopher plummer, crime, david scarpa, drama, family, getty, italy, j. paul getty, john paul getty III, john pearson, kevin spacey, kidnapping, mark wahlberg, michelle williams, oil, painfully rich, ransom, rich, ridley scott, romain duris, rome, timothy hutton, true story, wealth | Leave a comment