Tag Archives: weapons

Dual (2022)

Posted on May 22, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Riley Stearns Writer: Riley Stearns

Posted in Action, Comedy, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 2022, aaron paul, action, aram tertzakian, beulah koale, clone, cloning, comedy, dark comedy, death, doctor, dual, duel, emma ruth rundle, fight, fight to the death, finland, illness, karen gillan, lee kim, maxime cottray, michael ragen, murder, nate bolotin, nick spider, riley stearns, sarah beth shapiro, sci-fi, science fiction, sick, terminal illness, theo james, thriller, trainer, training, twins, weapons | Leave a comment

Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writer: Aaron Sorkin (Based on the book “Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History” by George Crile) Mike Nichols’s final film. OK but really saved by Hoffman’s supporting performance. Miss him … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Drama, War | Tagged 2007, aaron sorkin, adaptation, afghanistan, amy adams, antonia van drimmelen, arms dealer, biography, bombs, charlie wilson, charlie wilson's war, cia, cocaine, comedy, congress, congressman, drama, drugs, emily blunt, gary goetzman, guns, history, james newton howard, john bloom, john slattery, julia roberts, las vegas, middle east, mike nichols, military, money, ned beatty, nevada, philip seymour hoffman, politician, politics, rebels, rizwan manji, russia, soviet union, stephen goldblatt, texas, tom hanks, true story, war, weapons | Leave a comment

Iron Man (2008)

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jon Favreau Writers: Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway (Based on characters from Marvel Comics) Had not seen this in a while. Holds up!

Posted in Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | Tagged 2008, action, adaptation, adventure, art marcum, assistant, avengers, avi arad, battery, billionaire, business, cave, clark gregg, comic book, dan lebental, don heck, engineer, faran tahir, gwyneth paltrow, hawk ostby, hostage, iron man, jack kirby, jeff bridges, jon favreau, kevin feige, kidnapped, kidnapping, larry lieber, leslie bibb, mark fergus, marvel cinematic universe, marvel comics, matt holloway, matthew libatique, mcu, nick fury, paul bettany, peter billingsley, ramin djawadi, robert downey jr., robot, samuel l. jackson, sci-fi, science fiction, shaun toub, stan lee, superhero, technology, ten rings, terrence howard, terrorism, terrorist, tom morello, tony stark, weapons | Leave a comment

War Dogs (2016)

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Todd Phillips Writers: Stephen Chin and Todd Phillips & Jason Smilovic (Based on the Rolling Stone article “Arms and the Dudes” by Guy Lawson)

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama, War | Tagged adaptation, afghanistan, arms and the dudes, article, bradley cooper, business, comedy, crime, david packouz, drama, efraim diveroli, government, guns, guy lawson, jason smilovic, jonah hill, kevin pollak, magazine, miles teller, military, pentagon, rolling stone, stephen chin, todd phillips, true story, war, war dogs, weapons | Leave a comment