Tag Archives: true story

Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot (2018)

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Gus Van Sant Writer: Gus Van Sant (Story by John Callahan and Gus Van Sant & Jack Gibson & William Andrew Eatman) (Based on the book by John Callahan) Advertisements

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 2018, adaptation, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, artist, car accident, carrie brownstein, cartoon, cartoonish, danny elfman, don't worry he won't get far on foot, gus van sant, heather matarazzo, jack black, jack gibson, joaquin phoenix, john callahan, jonah hill, kim gordon, mark webber, party, rooney mara, sober, sobriety, sunny suljic, therapy, true story, udo kier, wheelchair, william andrew eatman | Leave a comment

White Boy Rick (2018)

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Yann Demange Writers: Andy Weiss and Logan Miller & Noah Miller

Posted in Crime, Drama | Tagged 1980s, 2018, andy weiss, bel powley, brian tyree henry, bruce dern, crime, criminal, darren aronofsky, detective, detroit, drama, drugs, eddie marsan, family, fbi, informant, jennifer jason leigh, jonathan majors, logan miller, matthew mcconaughey, michigan, noah miller, piper laurie, police, prison, richie merritt, rj cyler, rory cochrane, teenager, traffcking, true story, undercover, white boy rick, yann demange, yg | Leave a comment

Three Identical Strangers (2018)

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Tim Wardle

Posted in Documentary | Tagged 2018, adopted, adoption, biography, documentary, mystery, new york, strangers, three identical strangers, tim wardle, triplets, true story | Leave a comment

Green Book (2018)

Posted on December 16, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Peter Farrelly Writers: Nick Vallelonga & Brian Currie & Peter Farrelly

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 1960s, 2018, biography, bouncer, brian currie, christmas, civil rights, comedy, doctor, don shirley, drama, driver, green book, italian, linda cardellini, magershala ali, new york, new york city, nick vallelonga, nyc, octavia spencer, p.j. byrne, peter farrelly, pianist, piano, road trip, segregation, south, tony lip, tour, true story, viggo mortensen | Leave a comment

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Marielle Heller Writers: Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (Based on the book by Lee Israel)

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama | Tagged adaptation, alcoholic, alcoholism, author, ben falcone, biography, can you ever forgive me?, cat, comedy, crime, dolly wells, drama, drunk, fanny brice, forger, forgery, gay, homosexual, homosexuality, jane curtin, jeff whitty, lee israel, lesbian, marielle heller, melissa mccarthy, memoir, nicole holofcener, richard e. grant, true story, writer | Leave a comment

The 15:17 to Paris (2018)

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Clint Eastwood Writer: Dorothy Blyskal (Based on the book by Anthony Sadler & Alek Skarlatos & Spencer Stone and Jeffrey E. Stern)

Posted in Drama | Tagged alek skarlatos, anthony sadler, attack, clint eastwood, dorothy blyskal, drama, europe, france, friends, friendship, jaleel white, jeffrey e. stern, jenna fischer, judy greer, p.j. byrne, paris, soldier, soldiers, spencer stone, terrorism, terrorist, the 15:17 to paris, thomas lennon, tony hale, train, travel, true story, war | Leave a comment

Adrift (2018)

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Baltasar Kormakur Writers: Aaron Kandell & Jordan Kandell and David Branson Smith (Based on the book by Tami Oldham Ashcraft and Susea McGearhart)

Posted in Adventure, Drama, Romance | Tagged 2018, aaron kandell, adrift, adventure, baltasar kormakur, biography, boat, david branson smith, drama, elizabeth hawthorne, grace palmer, hurricane, jeffrey thomas, jordan kandell, love, ocean, romance, sailing, sam claflin, shailene woodley, ship, survival, susea mcgearhart, tami ashcraft, tami oldham ashcraft, true story | Leave a comment