Tag Archives: true story

Blinded by the Light (2019)

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Gurinder Chadha Writers: Paul Mayeda Berges & Gurinder Chadha & Sarfaz Manzoor (Based on the book “Greetings from Bury Park: Race, Religion and Rock N’ Roll” by Sarfaz Manzoor) (Inspired by the words and music by Bruce Springsteen) Advertisements

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Musical | Tagged 1980s, 2019, a.r. rahman, adaptation, asbury park, asian, blinded by the light, britain, bruce springsteen, comedy, drama, england, family, greetings from bury park, gurinder chadha, hayley atwell, kulvinder ghir, meera ganatra, music, musical, muslim, new jersey, paul mayeda berges, race, religion, rock n roll, sarfaz manzoor, school, true story, vivid kalra, writer | Leave a comment

The Farewell (2019)

Posted on August 10, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Lulu Wang Writer: Lulu Wang

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Foreign | Tagged 2019, a24, awkwafina, cancer, china, chinese, chinese-american, comedy, death, drama, dying, family, farewell, foreign, grandmother, immigrant, lie, lulu wang, new york, new york city, nyc, terminal illness, the farewell, travel, true story, wedding | Leave a comment

The Old Man & the Gun (2018)

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: David Lowery Writer: David Lowery (Based on the New Yorker article by David Grann)

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama | Tagged 2018, bank, bank robber, casey affleck, comedy, convict, crime, criminal, danny glover, detective, drama, elisabeth moss, forrest tucker, gun, heist, isiah whitlock jr., john david washington, new yorker, old man, police, prison, prison escsape, robber, robbery, robert redford, san quentin, sissy spacek, the old man & the gun, town waits, true story | Leave a comment

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)

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