Movies from Jon Favreau

Don Jon

A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
Finally saw #DonJon. @hitRECordJoe did a great job. Surprisingly charming. Well crafted film.
Movies from Jon Favreau

ParaNorman

In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock can speak to the dead, but no one other than his eccentric new friend believes his ability is real. One day, Norman's eccentric uncle tells him of a ritual he must perform to protect the town from a curse cast by a witch centuries ago.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
Saw #Paranorman this weekend. Really enjoyed it. If you're considering seeing it, you should give it a shot. Very well done.
Movies from Jon Favreau

Argo

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
Saw #Argo last night. Highly recommend it.
Movies from Jon Favreau

Hail, Caesar!

When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
Saw #HailCaesar and loved every minute.
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Prometheus

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
Saw #Prometheus yesterday. Still thinking about it when I woke up. I might have to go see it again.
Movies from Jon Favreau

Gravity

Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
Saw #Gravity. Was expecting a lot and I was still blown away.
Movies from Jon Favreau

Taxi Driver

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
When you are watching Travis Bickle is a different experience than most films because, when you are watching the character and the decisions they do, they are doing usually the smarter version of decisions you would have done, and they are going to face a lot of consequences and you are rooting for them. (25:59s)
Movies from Jon Favreau

Mean Streets

A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
I first saw Mean Streets when I was young. It must have been a revival-house down in Greenwich Village. I think my dad took me down there. My dad grew up in an Italian community in the Bronx and had a lot of affection for Scorsese's work and passed that love along to me.
Movies from Jon Favreau

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
I love Star Wars. I cannot wait for Rogue One.
Movies from Jon Favreau

Life of Pi

The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
Seeing what other films like Avatar & Life of Pi did using new tech inspired us to retell the classic story using new techniques.
Movies from Jon Favreau

Avatar

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
Seeing what other films like Avatar & Life of Pi did using new tech inspired us to retell the classic story using new techniques.
Movies from Jon Favreau

Misery Loves Comedy

Over fifty very famous American and Canadian funny people (filmmakers, writers, actors and comedians) share life and professional journeys and insights, in an effort to shed light on the thesis: Do you have to be miserable to be funny?
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
Sundance doc with lots of great comedians.
Movies from Jon Favreau

Groundhog Day

A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
Watched Groundhog Day again for the first time in many years. Boy, does it hold up well. A very special film.
Movies from Jon Favreau

Wreck-It Ralph

Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph escapes his game and lands in Hero's Duty, a first-person shooter where he helps the game's hero battle against alien invaders. He later enters Sugar Rush, a kart racing game set on tracks made of candies, cookies and other sweets. There, Ralph meets Vanellope von Schweetz who has learned that her game is faced with a dire threat that could affect the entire arcade, and one that Ralph may have inadvertently started.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
Finally saw Wreck It Ralph. One of the few occasions when a film is built up to me and then it exceeds my expectations. Bravo
Movies from Jon Favreau

People Like Us

After flying home to L.A. for the funeral of his estranged record-producer father, a struggling man discovers that the will stipulates that he must deliver $150,000 in cash to a 30-year-old alcoholic sister he never knew existed, and her troubled 12-year-old son.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
Start looking out for the movie #PeopleLikeUs. Kurtzman did a solid job.
Movies from Jon Favreau

Badlands

A dramatization of the Starkweather-Fugate killing spree of the 1950s, in which a teenage girl and her twenty-something boyfriend slaughtered her entire family and several others in the Dakota badlands.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
If you dig martial arts movies you should def check out #Badlands on AMC. Cool take on the genre in a post-apocalyptic setting.
Movies from Jon Favreau

Baby Driver

After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
Baby Driver is one of the better, more enjoyable movies I've seen in awhile. I concur! Both Jon Favreaus agree. Go see it!
Movies from Jon Favreau

The Shape of Water

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
Beautiful new film The Shape of Water is now in theaters. I highly recommend it.
Movies from Jon Favreau

Les Misérables

An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
#LesMis is a great first date movie if you consider crying like an abandoned baby on a doorstep a good icebreaker.
Movies from Jon Favreau

True Grit

Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
It's encouraging to see a movie like True Grit attract such a broad audience.
Movies from Jon Favreau

Ant-Man

Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
I love Paul Rudd. I can't get enough Paul Rudd. I ate soup out of Paul Rudd's mouth, I love him so much. I can't wait to see Ant Man.
Movies from Jon Favreau

Red River

Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. In need of money following the Civil War, Dunson and Matt lead a cattle drive to Missouri, where they will get a better price than locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads on the exhausting journey.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
Red River was great because it showed how they were able to play against people’s expectations of John Wayne. The thing with John Wayne’s character was he made it hard for you to root for him, and yet you were always rooting for him to come around.
Movies from Jon Favreau

Star Wars

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
The “Star Wars” franchise – and, apparently, Favreau has been very complimenting on JJ Abrams’ take as the Director of the latest installment.
Movies from Jon Favreau

The Godfather

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
Jon Favreau
Actor, Director, Chef
You can never go wrong with the Godfather.