A master post with links to some movies and information or where to access some of them +more
Disclaimer: if any of these movies are bad or you hate them, that’s on you and not me. I am heavily biased. You have been warned.
SELF RELIANCE
let’s start with the obvious. It’s out now on Hulu! Has been since February maybe idk. I’m unhealthily obsessed and bad with dates.
It’s his directorial debut, but if you didn’t know. Jake started out as a writer before improv and acting. He’s the writer, director, and star of this one. It’s very special and his baby!
It’s a wild roller coaster ride of emotions and genre. If you smoke, smoke, if you drink, drink, if you are sober, it’s still a roller coaster ride. Don’t worry, there is a lot there for you too!
But if you like enhancements, I hear it’s extra fun.
I liked it a lot, it’s whacky, creepy at times, but undeniably fun. And that’s all I will say.
Warning! Don’t watch press or any interviews for the movie until after you’ve seen the movie.
Ride the Eagle
is also on Hulu
It’s a movie he wrote during the pandemic and directed with Trent O’Donnell who directed many episodes of new girl.
It’s very heartfelt and about Grief.
Jake Johnson’s dog also makes guest appearance with their acting debut and they are the sweetest and most bestest acting dog ever.
WE’RE HERE TO HELP
his podcast!
It’s very fun and with one of his buddies Gareth Reynolds.
People call in and they give them advice that is as funny and crazy as the callers.
Something’s Burning
Here’s a link to a interview on the premise of the show, but also they talk to this guy. idk. He may be a bit much, but he makes Jake laugh and I love listening to him laugh, so it’s fun for that reason too.
Or you are a Burt fan.
🏴☠️Pirate ship access only 🏴☠️
Link to the ship
The Pretty One -
one of my favorites. It’s an oddball indie about twins where one dies and the one alive assumes the identity of the one who died where she stumbles upon her sister neighbor played by Jake Johnson. He’s dressed like a sexy Mr. Rogers if you ask me, and he is delightfully sardonic and childish. However, he dresses better than Nick Miller ever could
Win it All
It used to be on Netflix, but it’s been taken down recently. That’s my bad because I could have made this sooner, but I just haven’t for no reason.
Jake plays a character with a gambling addiction and an anxiety inducing as the first part may be, it’s not that bad. When I first saw it I had to turn it off because I just got too anxious over what might happen next, but you might not have a weak stomach like me, so you might be fine.
On the second time around, I made it to the part where he meets this girl and everything quickly became heartwarming and endearing and it makes you just root for the main character.
A love letter for those in our lives who may not be fortunate to put themselves together as well as we might.
TAG
It’s also available the link above, but it could be streaming for free somewhere. Idk.
this movie is very self-explanatory by the name. It’s very fun, Jeremy Reiner is in it, so that’s either good news or bad news for you. But it’s still fun.
Jake looks very good in this one. He still has his Tom cruise work out body.
I am very embarrassed to say I can tell what year every movie has come out based on his body shape which is lovely at every size, but the accuracy is quite scary. Which is information I didn’t need to share at all
Stumptown
I used to keep that thang on me.
And by thang on me, I mean a pirate ship link to see this show. But they are for some reason gone. I’ve searched high and low for ones to access on maybe a phone? But unless you have a fire stick that has some certain pirate ship accessories on there, I don’t know where you can watch it.
But it’s such an amazing serialized show about this woman who comes back home from Iraq with ptsd, the love of her life died over there and his family blames her for it and she also blames herself for it.
She becomes a private investigator and her best friend is Gray McConnell played by Jake Johnson who, surprise suprise, owns a bar.
Imagine a cooler, sexier, smarter, and more put together Nick Miller. He is just as funny and sarcastic, but not a manchild.
But the show has amazing bisexual representation, mental health representation of ptsd, complex female characters, and it’s so well paced and written and every way.
If you love cop shows like criminal minds or fbi or any of those, imagine something like that but about a private investigator, and more emphasis on the plot and characters and their relationships. The “cop” part is just more fun on this show than others, but I am biased because I hate cop shows.
I wish I had a link to give y’all for it because it’s so easily to obsess over.
However, it’s also been canceled because of “COVID” but if you look into it. That’s a bullshit reason, and it’s been canceled for no reason, but at that point Jake Johnson was doing spiderverse and Colbie Smolders was doing other stuff. (She plays the main female character)
MINX
Show set in the 70s about a woman starting the first male nude magazine to persue her dream of making a feminist one.
It’s smart, the writing is amazing, and I can not recommend it enough. There’s a lot of nudity, but it’s not what you think at all.
You truly have to watch it for yourself to understand what the show is trying to do, and it’s amazing.
I’ve never seen anything like it and it’s such a breath of fresh air in a time of remakes and endless sequels.
It used to be on HBO but now it’s on Starz!
Here’s a link to see it. Shhhh. Don’t tell anyone
But for some reason it only has season two which sucks so hard and I am so sorry I couldn’t provide more.
Drinking Buddies
- it used to be available on YouTube but now it’s not free anymore or the person who posted has since deleted it been removed. But the pirate ship one will have it for sure.
Have you ever met someone and you never dated them, never had a something more conversation but the chemistry is there.
You were super close to them, but no one has ever questioned it or said anything about it, but when you are with them you know it’s there? But that’s all it ever has been and will be, and maybe you aren’t even in each others lives anymore but you still think of them from time to time because they were a major part of you being who you are?
Yes? Well boy do I have a movie for you!
No? Well that’s what this movie is, but it adds more because it’s a movie and it needed to be at least an hour and a half.
But now that you know what it’s about, be warned that it’s slower in pace. It’s an indie movie.
I will have more to say about that later.
But overall it’s a good movie with a good feeling.
If you’ve ever had a will they won’t they in a real life way and not the Hollywood way, this movie might trigger those feelings.
Digging for Fire
- it used to be available on YouTube but now it’s not free anymore or the person who posted has since deleted it been removed. But the pirate ship one will have it for sure.
A cute heartwarming thriller.
Those genres don’t seem like they could all blend together, but that’s what this movie does.
A family rents out a house in LA and the husband, played by Mr Jake Johnson, finds a gun and a bone, and they call the police and they say we’re not responsible for random trash. Call us if you find a body.
This is a real story that happened to Jake Johnson and his family.
He called up his friend Joe Swamburg who is a director, and they make this movie together.
He’s also the director of drinking buddies and Win it All.
It’s not only about that, again, because it needs to be over an hour. So it’s also about marriage. Not say anything else because you need something to keep you wanting to see this one, but I will say, it’s not a pretentious or dark or super try hard movie about marriage that will depress you.
It’s open and honest and ultimately sweet.
Imagine if scenes from a marriage wasn’t a drag or if a marriage story was positive instead of weird.
Idk I never actually watched a marriage story. It might not even be called that at all and you may be confused so… moving on.
No Activity
A show he was in for three episodes but it has a hilarious premise and if you are a fan of comedy, you might enjoy it having Will Farrell, Jason Mantzoukas and so much more.
Here a clip
Apparently there a ten photo limit.. so no picture
I use to have a link to it, but it’s also been erased from everywhere, unless you have access to other pirate ships.
:(
Interviews
Link
Here is a playlist of amazing interviews that give you a head start on getting to know him. They aren’t in any important order, and they also have a few about each movie and show he’s in as well.
Also if you need accessing a vpn please reach out. I know a good free vpn app for iOS.
Lee’s client is out town, so she and her family stay at their house in the Hollywood Hills as a sort of mini-vacation. Her husband, Tim, discovers a rusted gun and a human bone buried in the yard. He wants to investigate further, but Lee convinces him to let it go. They leave their kid with the grandparents, and Tim and Lee each have the weekend to themselves. Tim throws a small party, digs up the yard, and becomes friends with a woman named Max. Lee sees friends with kids, goes out to a bar by herself, and spends the evening with a stranger named Ben. Both Tim and Lee question their roles as parents and spouses, before coming back together at the end of the film.
Like many of Joe Swanberg’s films, Digging for Fire (2015) was made with a group of friends and pretty much completely improvised. While I imagine that’s a really fun experience on set, it’s hard to see the payoff in the actual film. There’s a certain naturalism to all of the performances, but I’m not sure it’s more appealing than an actual script. Films can never be natural enough to feel realer than real.
It’s a fun film, I like comedies about relationships. I like that it’s set over a weekend. I’m glad this film exists. The stacked cast is memorable. There’s just nothing here that would make me want to rewatch this film, or even recommend it really.
