Tag Archives: true story

The Snowtown Murders (2011)

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Justin Kurzel Writer: Shaun Grant (Story by Shaun Grant & Justin Kurzel) (Based on the books “Killing for Pleasure” by Debi Marshall and “The Snowtown Murders” by Andrew McGarry)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged abuse, adam arkapaw, adelaide, andrew mcgarry, anna mcleish, assault, australian, biography, crime, criminal, daniel henshall, debi marshall, dog, drama, jed kurzel, justin kurzel, kangaroo, killing for pleasure, lucas pittaway, murder, murderer, murders, neighborhood watch, rape, sarah shaw, serial killer, sexual abuse, shaun grant, snowtown, snowtown murders, the snowtown murders, thriller, true crime, true story, veronika kenet | Leave a comment

Being the Ricardos (2021)

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Aaron Sorkin Writer: Aaron Sorkin

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2021, aaron sorkin, adultery, affair, alan baumgarten, alia shawkat, behind the scenes, being the ricardos, biography, cbs, celebrity, cigarettes, clark gregg, comedian, comedy, communism, communist, cuban, daniel pemberton, desi arnaz, drama, fame, famous, fbi, history, j.k. simmons, jake lacy, jason blumenthal, javier bardem, jeff cronenweth, john rubinstein, linda lavin, lucille ball, marriage, married, media, nelson franklin, nicole kidman, nina arianda, philip morris, ronny cox, show, smoking, steve tisch, television, todd black, tony hale, true story, tv | Leave a comment

American Animals (2018)

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Bart Layton Writer: Bart Layton

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2018, american animals, ann dowd, anne nikitin, barry keoghan, bart layton, blake jenner, books, chris gill, Claudia zie, crime, derrin schlesinger, dimitri doganis, drama, ed wethered, evan peters, heist, interviews, jared abrahamson, joe murtagh, jon croker, julian hart, katherine burler, library, luke dunkley, mary jane skalski, nick fenton, ole bratt birkeland, peter straughan, thriller, true story, udo kier, university | Leave a comment

The Last Duel (2021)

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ridley Scott Writers: Nicole Holofcener & Ben Affleck & Matt Damon (Based on the book “The Last Duel: A True Story of Trial by Combat in Medieval France” by Eric Jager) Great! One of Ridley’s best in years and … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Drama, War | Tagged 14th century, 2021, action, adam driver, adaptation, battle, ben affleck, castle, catholic, Dariusz wolski, drama, duel, eric jager, france, french, Harry Gregson-Williams, history, james flynn, jodie comer, joust, kevin j. walsh, king, kingdom, knight, marton csokas, matt damon, medieval, nicole holofcener, queen, rape, ridley scott, sir, sword, the last duel, trial, true story, war | Leave a comment

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)