Tag Archives: willem dafoe

Nightmare Alley (2021)

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Guillermo del Toro Writers: Guillermo del Toro & Kim Morgan (Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1940s, 2021, adaptation, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, bradley cooper, cam mclauchlin, cameron mclauchlin, carnival, carny, cate blanchett, clifton collins jr., con man, crime, dan laustsen, david strathairn, drama, drunk, fire, geek, grifter, guillermo del toro, holt mccallany, j. miles dale, kim morgan, mark povinelli, mary steenburgen, medium, mentalist, money, nathan johnson, nightclub, nightmare alley, noir, peter macneill, psychic, richard jenkins, ron perlman, rooney mara, sheriff, sideshow, thriller, tim blanke nelson, toni collette, willem dafoe, william lindsay gresham | Leave a comment

Light Sleeper (1992)

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Paul Schrader Writer: Paul Schrader

Posted in Crime, Drama | Tagged 1992, cocaine, cop, crime, dana delany, david clennon, david spade, death, drama, drug dealer, drugs, ed lachman, edward lachman, garbage, heroin, hospital, insomnia, jail, jame adams, kristina boden, light sleeper, linda reisman, mary beth hurt, michael been, murder, new york, new york city, nyc, overdose, paul schrader, police, sam rockwell, strike, susan sarandon, trash, victor garber, willem dafoe | Leave a comment

The French Dispatch (2021)

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Wes Anderson Writer: Wes Anderson (Story by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola & Hugo Guinness & Jason Schwartzman) Liked but would rank it on the lower end of the Anderson filmography. Looks incredible. Very fun.

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 2021, adrien brody, alexandre desplat, andrew weisblum, anjelica huston, anthology, art, article, artists, benicio del toro, bill murray, black and white, bob balaban, chef, christoph waltz, comedy, cook, drama, editor, edward norton, elisabeth moss, fisher stevens, food, france, frances mcdormand, french, french dispatch, griffin dunne, heart attack, henry winkler, hugo guinness, jarvis cocker, Jason Schwartzman, jeffrey wright, jeremy dawson, journalism, journalist, lea seydoux, Liev Schreiber, lyna khoudri, magazine, mathieu amalric, narrator, obituary, owen wilson, prison, robert d. yeoman, Robert Yeoman, roman coppola, romance, saoirse ronan, stephen park, steven rales, students, the french dispatch, tilda swinton, timothy chalamet, tony revolori, wes anderson, willem dafoe, writer | Leave a comment

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Posted on December 19, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jon Watts Writers: Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers (Based on characters from Marvel Comics) Saw this in IMAX. Had a good time!

Posted in Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction | Tagged 2021, action, adaptation, adventure, alfred molina, alternate dimension, amy pascal, andrew garfield, angourie rice, arian moayed, aunt, avengers, avi arad, benedict cumberbatch, benedict wong, charlie cox, chris mckenna, daredevil, doc ock, doctor strange, electro, erik sommers, fantasy, green goblin, hannibal buress, high school, j.b. smoove, j.k. simmons, jacob batalon, jamie foxx, jeffrey ford, jon favreau, jon watts, kevin feige, leigh folsom boyd, lizard, magic, marisa tomei, martin starr, marvel cinematic universe, marvel comics, mauro fiore, mcu, media, michael giacchino, MIT, multiverse, new york, new york city, nyc, paula newsome, peter parker, rhys ifans, sandman, sci-fi, science fiction, secret identity, sequel, sorcerer, spell, spider-man, stan lee, statue of liberty, steve ditko, superhero, the lizard, thomas haden church, tobey maguire, tom hardy, tom holland, tony revolori, venom, willem dafoe, zendaya | Leave a comment

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Sam Raimi Writers: Sam Raimi & Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent (Story by Sam Raimi & Ivan Raimi) (Based on characters from Marvel Comics) Had not seen this since original theatrical release. Watched the “Editor’s Cut”. A little better … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | Tagged 2007, action, adaptation, adventure, alien, alvin sargent, aunt, avi arad, bill nunn, bill pope, bob murawski, broadway, bruce campbell, bryce dallas howard, christopher young, cliff robertson, comic book, dylan baker, eddie brock, elizabeth banks, engagement, funeral, grant curtis, green goblin, Ilya baskin, ivan raimi, j.k. simmons, james cromwell, james franco, joe manganiello, kevin feige, kirsten dunst, laura ziskin, magian tovah, marvel comics, musical, new york, new york city, newspaper, nyc, parasite, peter parker, photographer, photography, proposal, rosemary harris, sam raimi, sand, sandman, sci-fi, science fiction, sequel, spider, spider-man, spider-man 3, stan lee, steve ditko, superhero, symbiote, ted raimi, thomas haden church, tobey maguire, topher grace, uncle, venom, web, willem dafoe | Leave a comment

Spider-Man (2002)

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Sam Raimi Writer: David Koepp (Based on characters from Marvel Comics) Still good!

Posted in Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | Tagged 2002, action, adaptation, adventure, arthur coburn, aunt, avi arad, bill nunn, bob murawski, bruce campbell, cliff robertson, comic book, danny elfman, david koepp, don burgess, elizabeth banks, fire, green goblin, high school, ian bryce, j.k. simmons, james franco, jim norton, joe manganiello, kevin feige, kirsten dunst, laura ziskin, lucy lawless, macy gray, marvel comics, murder, new york, new york city, newspaper, nyc, octavia spencer, peter parker, photographer, photography, randy savage, rosemary harris, sam raimi, sci-fi, science, science fiction, scientist, secret identity, spider, spider-man, stan lee, steve ditko, superhero, ted raimi, thanksgiving, tobey maguire, uncle, web, willem dafoe, wrestler | Leave a comment

Streets of Fire (1984)

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Walter Hill Writers: Walter Hill & Larry Gross This movie rules!

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller | Tagged 1984, action, amy madigan, andrew laszlo, bill paxton, concert, crime, diane lane, drama, ed begley jr., freeman davies, gang, jimmy iovine, joel silver, kathy griffin, kidnapped, kidnapping, larry gross, lawrence gordon, manager, mercenary, michael pare, michael ripps, michael tronick, motorcycle, music, musical, mykelti williamson, rick moranis, robert townsend, romance, ry cooder, singer, thriller, tour, walter hill, willem dafoe | Leave a comment

Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Zack Snyder Writer: Chris Terrio (Story by Zack Snyder & Chris Terrio and Will Beall) (Based on characters from DC Comics) Well it is certainly longer!