Tag Archives: warren beatty

Ishtar (1987)

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Elaine May Writer: Elaine May I did not think this was anywhere as bad as its reputation suggests. Pretty slack in the middle but overall has some decent laughs!

Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy | Tagged 1987, action, adventure, agent, camel, carol king, charles grodin, cia, comedy, dave grusin, desert, duo, dustin hoffman, dylan baker, elaine may, fred melamed, helicopter, ishtar, jack weston, middle east, morocco, music, musician, new york, new york city, nightclub, nyc, politics, rebel, richard p. cirincione, sand, satire, singer, singers, songwriter, spy, stephen a. rotter, tess harper, vittorio storaro, warren beatty, william reynolds | Leave a comment

The Parallax View (1974)

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Alan J. Pakula Writers: David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Based on the novel by Loren Singer) First time seeing this. Great!

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged adaptation, alan j. pakula, assassin, assassination, bomb, conspiracy, crime, david giler, drama, gordon willis, hume cronyn, investigation, john w. wheeler, journalism, journalist, loren singer, lorenzo semple jr., michael small, murder, mystery, newspaper, paula prentiss, politician, politics, robert towne, seattle, senator, sniper, space needle, the parallax view, thriller, warren beatty, william daniels, witness | Leave a comment

The Fortune (1975)

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writer: Adrien Joyce

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Romance | Tagged 1920s, 1975, adrien joyce, affair, christopher guest, comedy, con artist, crime, david shire, don devlin, fortune, harry dean stanton, heiress, hustler, jack nicholson, john a. alone, marriage, married, mike nichols, money, murder, romance, scatman crothers, screwball, sex, slapstick, stockard channing, stu linder, the fortune, warren beatty, wealth | Leave a comment

The Pick-Up Artist (1987)

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: James Toback Writer: James Toback

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Review, Romance | Tagged 1987, Christine Baranski, comedy, danny aiello, date, debt, dennis hopper, drama, fred melamed, harvey keitel, james toback, lorraine bracco, love, mafia, mildred dunnock, mob, molly ringwald, new york, new york city, nyc, pick up artist, robert downey, Robert Downey Jr, romance, the pick-up artist, tony sirico, vanessa williams, victoria jackson, warren beatty, woman, womanizer, women | Leave a comment

Bulworth (1998)

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Warren Beatty Writers: Warren Beatty & Jeremy Pikser (Story by Warren Beatty)

Posted in Comedy, Romance | Tagged assassination, bulworth, Christine Baranski, comedy, don cheadle, election, ennio morricone, halle berry, hip hop, Hitman, honest, jeremy pikser, larry king, mid-life crisis, nora dunn, politician, politics, rap, romance, sarah silverman, sean astin, suicide, truth, warren beatty | Leave a comment

Shampoo (1975)

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Hal Ashby Writers: Robert Towne & Warren Beatty

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 1975, beverly hills, california, carrie fisher, comedy, drama, election, goldie hawn, hair, hairdresser, hal ashby, jack warden, julie christie, lee grant, paul simon, robert towne, sex, shampoo, tony bill, warren beatty, william castle | Leave a comment