Tag Archives: true story

Zola (2021)

Posted on July 3, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Janicza Bravo Writers: Janicza Bravo & Jeremy O. Harris (Based on the article “Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweetes” by David Kushner) (Based on the tweets by A’ziah “Zola” King)

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama | Tagged 2021, abuse, christine vachon, colman domingo, dance, dancer, dancing, dave franco, david hinojosa, drugs, elizabeth haggard, florida, gia walsh, hostage, janicza bravo, jason mitchell, Jeremy O. Harris, kara baker, mica levi, nicholas braun, prostitute, prostitution, ransom, riley keough, road trip, sex, sex work, sex worker, social media, stripper, Taylour paige, true story, twitter, vince jolivette, zola | Leave a comment

Rosewood (1997)

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Singleton Writer: Gregory Poirier

Posted in Action, Drama | Tagged 1997, action, affair, bruce cannon, bruce mcgill, cowboy, don cheadle, drama, elise neal, farm, farmer, fire, florida, gregory poirier, history, horse, john singleton, john williams, johnny e. jensen, jon peters, jon voight, judge, law, lie, loren dean, lynch, lynching, mark boone junior, michael rooker, mob, murder, noose, racism, racist, robert patrick, rosewood, sheriff, train, true story, ving rhames | Leave a comment

Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ron Howard Writer: Vanessa Taylor (Based on the book by J.D. Vance) Really bad!

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2020, adaptation, addict, addiction, amy adams, bo hopkins, brian grazer, david fleming, drama, drugs, family, freida pinto, gabriel basso, glenn close, haley bennett, hans zimmer, heroin, Hillbilly Elegy, hometown, hospital, j.d. vance, james wilcox, katen lunder, law school, lawyer, maryse alberti, memoir, ohio, rehab, Ron Howard, student, true story, vanessa tylor, yale | Leave a comment

Public Enemies (2009)

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Ronan Bennett and Michael Mann & Ann Biderman (Based on the book “Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34” by Bryan Burrough)

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama | Tagged 1930s, 2009, action, adaptation, agent, ann biderman, baby face nelson, bank, bank robbers, bank robbery, bill camp, billy crudup, bryan burrough, carey mulligan, channing tatum, christian bale, cop, crime, crime wave, dante spinotti, david wenham, diana krall, drama, elliot goldenthal, emilie de ravin, fbi, gangster, giovanni ribisi, government, great depression, heist, historical, history, hostage, investigation, j. edgar hoover, jason clarke, jeffrey ford, john dillinger, john ortiz, johnny depp, kevin misher, leelee sobieski, mafia, manhunt, marion cotillard, michael mann, money, numbers, paul rubell, police, pretty boy floyd, public enemies, ronan bennett, shootout, stephen dorff, stephen graham, stephen lang, true story, vault | Leave a comment

Silkwood (1983)

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writers: Nora Ephron & Alice Arlen

Posted in Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1983, accident, alice arlen, biography, bruce mcgill, cancer, car accident, car crash, charles hallahan, cher, craig t. nelson, david strathairn, diana scarwid, drama, fred ward, gay, georges delerue, graham jarvis, james rebhorn, josef sommer, journalism, journalist, karen silkwood, kurt russell, lesbian, m. emmet walsh, meryl streep, michael hausman, mike nichols, miroslav ondricek, murder, new york times, nora ephron, nuclear power, oklahoma, plutonium, radiation, radioactive, ron silver, safety, sam o'steen, silkwood, thriller, true story, union, washington d.c., work, worker | Leave a comment

The Insider (1999)

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Eric Roth & Michael Mann (Based on the Vanity Fair article “The Man Who Knew Too Much” by Marie Brenner) Great!

Posted in Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1999, 60 minutes, adaptation, al pacino, biography, bracken meyer, brown & williamson, bruce mcgill, cancer, cbs, christopher plummer, cigarettes, colm feore, corporation, court, dante spinotti, david rosenbloom, debi mazar, diane venora, eric roth, gina gershon, interview, jeffrey wigand, journalism, journalist, kentucky, lawyer, lindsay crouse, lisa gerrard, lowell bergman, marie brenner, michael gambon, michael mann, mike wallace, nda, news, paul rubell, philip baker hall, pieter bourke, pieter jan brugge, producer, rip torn, russell crowe, school, science, scientist, smoking, stephen tobolowsky, teacher, television, the insider, the man who knew too much, tobacco, true story, tv, vanity fair, whistleblower, william goldenberg | Leave a comment

The Social Network (2010)

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: David Fincher Writer: Aaron Sorkin (Based on the book “The Accidental Billionaires” by Ben Mezrich) Still great!

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2010, aaron sorkin, adaptation, andrew garfield, armie hammer, atticus ross, barry livingston, ben mezrich, billionaire, biography, brenda song, business, caleb landry jones, california, cean chaffin, company, dakota johnson, dana brunetti, david fincher, entrepreneur, facebook, friends, friendship, harvard, internet, jesse eisenberg, joseph mazzello, justin timberlake, lawsuit, mark zuckerberg, max minghella, michael de luca, money, napster, online, programming, rashida jones, rooney mara, school, scott rudin, sean parker, silicon valley, social media, social network, student, the accidental billionaires, the social network, trent reznor, true story, twins, undergrad, university, website | Leave a comment

Richard Jewell (2019)

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Clint Eastwood Writer: Billy Ray (Based on the Vanity Fair article “American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell” by Marie Brenner) (Based on the book “The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man … Continue reading →