Tag Archives: vietnam

Forrest Gump (1994)

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: Eric Roth (Based on the novel by Winston Groom)

Posted in Drama, Romance, War | Tagged 1994, adaptation, alan silvestri, arthur schmidt, black panther, boat, bob hope, dick cavett, dick clark, don burgess, elvis presley, eric roth, football, forrest gump, gary sinise, gerald ford, haley joel osment, john f. kennedy, john lennon, kurt russell, lieutenant, lyndon b. johnson, medal of honor, mykelti williamson, neil armstrong, ping pong, president, richard nixon, robert f. kennedy, robert zemeckis, robin wright, romance, run, runner, running, sally field, shrimp, shrimping, steve starkey, steve tisch, tom hanks, vietnam, war, watergate, wendy finerman, winston groom | Leave a comment

Deathdream (1974)

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Bob Clark Writer: Alan Ormsby Stumbled across this on Criterion Channel. Had never heard of it. pre-Black Christmas Bob Clark and Tom Savini’s first movie make-up job. A horrific surprise! In a good way!

Posted in Drama, Horror, Thriller | Tagged alan ormsby, bob clark, carl zittrer, dead of night, death, drama, family, grave, graveyard, henderson forsyth, hitchhiker, horror, john marley, killed, lynn carlin, monkey's paw, peter james, ptsd, richard backus, soldier, thriller, tom savini, undead, veteran, vietnam, war, zombie | Leave a comment

Universal Soldier (1992)

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Roland Emmerich Writers: Richard Rothstein & Christopher Leitch and Dean Devlin

Posted in Action, Science Fiction, War | Tagged 1992, action, ally walker, christopher leitch, craig baumgarten, cyborg, dead, dean devlin, death, dolph lundgren, ed o'ross, jcvd, jean-claude van damme, jerry orbach, joel b. michaels, journalism, journalist, karl walter, lindenlaub, michael jai white, reporter, richard rothstein, roland emmerich, sci-fi, science, science fiction, scientist, soldier, universal soldier, veteran, vietnam, war, weapon | Leave a comment

Cutter’s Way (1981)

Posted on July 18, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ivan Passer Writer: Jeffrey Alan Fiskin (Based on the novel “Cutter and Bone” by Newton Thornburg)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 1981, adaptation, alcoholic, alcoholism, blackmail, crime, cutter's way, drama, ivan passer, jack nitzsche, jeff bridges, jeffrey alan fiskin, john heard, jordan cronenweth, lisa eichhorn, money, murder, mystery, newton thornburg, paul r. gurian, ptsd, thriller, veteran, vietnam, war, witness | Leave a comment

Kong: Skull Island (2017)

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts Writers: Dan Gilroy and Max Borenstein and Derek Connolly (Story by John Gatins)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction | Tagged 1970s, action, adventure, alex garcia, army, brie larson, corey hawkins, dan gilroy, derek connolly, edgar wallace, eugene cordero, fantasy, helicopter, henry jackman, island, jason mitchell, john c. reilly, john gatins, john goodman, john ortiz, jon jashni, jordan vogt-roberts, jungle, kaiju, king kong, kong, kong: skull island, larry fong, marc evan jackson, mary parent, max borenstein, merian c. cooper, military, monarch, monster, monsters, photographer, photography, plane crash, richard jenkins, richard pearson, samuel l. jackson, sci-fi, science, scientist, shea whigham, skull island, soldier, spider, thomas middleditch, thomas tull, tian jing, toby kebbell, tom hiddleston, vietnam, war | Leave a comment

Ali (2001)

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson and Eric Roth & Michael Mann (Story by Gregory Allen Howard) Commemorative Edition.

Posted in Drama, Sports | Tagged 2001, a. kitman ho, africa, athlete, barry shabaka henley, boxer, boxing, bruce mcgill, Cassius clay, christopher wilkinson, don king, drama, emmanuel lubezki, eric roth, fight, fighter, giancarlo esposito, gregory allen howard, howard cosell, islam, jada pinkett smith, james lassiter, jamie foxx, jeffrey wright, jon peters, jon voight, levar burton, lisa gerrard, lynzee klingman, malcolm x, maro van peebles, martin luther king jr., michael mann, muhammad ali, muslim, mykelti williamson, nation of islam, nona gaye, paul ardaji, pieter bourke, politics, ron silver, rumble in the jungle, sport, sports, stephen e. rivkin, stephen j. rivele, stuart waks, ted levine, vietnam, war, will smith, william goldenberg, zaire | Leave a comment

Blind Fury (1989)

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Phillip Noyce Writer: Charles Robert Carner (Story by Charles Robert Carner) (Based on the film “Zatoichi Challenged” written by Ryozo Kasahara)