Tag Archives: true story

I Am Michael (2017)

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Justin Kelly Writer: Justin Kelly and Stacey Miller (Based on the magazine article “My Ex-Gay Friend” by Benoit Denizet Lewis) Advertisements

Posted in Drama, Romance | Tagged 2017, activism, activist, benoit denizet lewis, biography, charlie carver, christian, daryl hannah, drama, emma roberts, gay, heterosexual, heterosexuality, homosexual, homosexuality, i am michael, james franco, justin kelly, lesley ann warren, love, michael glatze, my ex-gay friend, pastor, relationship, religion, religious, romance, san francisco, stacey miller, true story, wyoming, zachary quinto | Leave a comment

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: George C. Wolfe Writers: Peter Landesman and Alexander Woo and George C. Wolfe (Based on the book by Rebecca Skloot)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1950s, 2017, adaptation, alan ball, alexander woo, baltimore, branford marsalis, cells, courtney b. vance, drama, ellen barkin, george c. wolfe, hbo, henrietta lacks, hospital, maryland, oprah winfrey, peter landesman, rebecca skloot, renee elise goldsberry, research, rose byrne, science, the immortal life of henrietta lacks, true story | Leave a comment

The Founder (2016)

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Lee Hancock Writer: Robert Siegel

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2016, b.j. novak, business, california, drama, fast food, food, john carroll lynch, john lee hancock, laura dern, linda cardellini, mcdonalds, michael keaton, nick offerman, patrick wilson, ray kroc, restaurant, robert siegel, salesman, san bernardino, the founder, true story | Leave a comment

Snowden (2016)

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Oliver Stone Writers: Kieran Fitzgerald & Oliver Stone (Based on the book “The Snowden Files” by Luke Harding) (Based on the book “Time of the Octopus” by Anatoly Kucherena)

Posted in Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2016, agent, anatoly kucherena, biography, cia, classified, cyber warefare, drama, edward snowden, government, illegal, internet, joely richardson, joseph gordon-levitt, journalism, journalist, kieran fitzgerald, lakeith stanfield, laura poitras, leaked, lindsay mills, logan marshall-green, luke harding, melissa leo, nicolas cage, nsa, oliver stone, politics, press, rhys ifans, scott eastwood, shailene woodley, snowden, spy, surveillance, the snowden files, thriller, time of the octopus, timothy olyphant, tom wilkinson, true story, zachary quinto | Leave a comment

Christine (2016)

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Antonio Campos Writer: Craig Shilowich

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1970s, 2016, antonio campos, biography, career, christine, christine chubbuck, craig shilowich, depression, drama, journalism, journalist, maria dizzia, michael c. hall, rebecca hall, reporter, suicide, television, timothy simons, tracy letts, true story, tv | Leave a comment

Queen of Katwe (2016)

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mira Nair Writer: William Wheeler (Based on the book by Tim Crothers)

Posted in Drama, Sports | Tagged adaptation, africa, biography, chess, david oyelowo, disney, drama, espn, game, lupita nyong'o, madina nalwanga, martin kabanza, mira nair, poverty, queen of katwe, sport, sports, tim crothers, true story, uganda, william wheeler | Leave a comment

13 Hours (2016)

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Bay Writer: Chuck Hogan (Based on the book Mitchell Zuckoff)

Posted in Action, Drama, War | Tagged 13 hours, 2016, action, adaptation, ambassador, benghazi, chuck hogan, cia, drama, embacy, james badge dale, john krasinski, libya, michael bay, military, mitchell zuckoff, pablo schreiber, true story, war | Leave a comment