Movies with music written by David Newman
Finally, there's a legitimate challenge to Disney. And, while it's unlikely that Twentieth Century Fox's Anastasia will break the Mouse's stranglehold on animated films, it's a good place to start. Anastasia is easily the best non-Disney anim...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-11-12
MPAA Rating: "G" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Cast: (voices) Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, ...
When it comes to dark satires of the romantic comedy genre, few films are more vicious than Danny DeVito's 1989 offering, The War of the Roses. The film revels in its blackness in a way that few films during the last several decades have; even th...
U.S. Release Date: 1989-12-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Danny DeVito
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito
Other People’s Money, the motion picture adaptation of Jerry Sterner’s 1989 play, opens with a deliciously cynical monologue by Danny DeVito that captures public perceptions from the era: “I love money. I love money more than I love the ...
U.S. Release Date: 1991-10-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck, Penelope Ann Miller, ...
Hats off to 20th Century Fox. Through a marketing campaign which can be considered nothing less than astonishing, the studio has managed to convert Ice Age from an adequate (but hardly superlative) example of family entertainment into one of 2002'...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-03-15
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Chris Wedge
Cast: (voices) Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary
This is only the second time it has happened. By "it," I'm referring to the process by which a science fiction television show is canceled, becomes a cult hit after its removal from the air, and is brought back to life as a major motion picture wi...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-09-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Joss Whedon
Cast: Nathan Fillion, Ron Glass, Summer Glau, ...
Arriving in the latter half of the summer, Danny DeVito's Matilda beats out such worthy contenders as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Harriet the Spy for best family fare of the season. In fact, I haven't enjoyed a so-called "children's film" this...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-08-02
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: FANTASY/COMEDY
Director: Danny DeVito
Cast: Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, ...
Back in the years when Star Trek was still a cult phenomenon (instead of a mainstream cash cow for Paramount Pictures), fan fiction was about the only way Trekkies could experience the latest exploits of their favorite characters. One of the more ...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/COMEDY
Director: Dean Parisot
Cast: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, ...
One could easily make the argument that How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is a perfectly acceptable diversion. Kate Hudson's Andie Anderson and Matthew McConaughey's Ben Barry are both affable individuals and, when the script allows it, there are fitfu...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-02-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ROMANTIC COMEDY
Director: Donald Petrie
Cast: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Kathryn Hahn, ...
It's probably unfair to characterize The Phantom as a Batman-wannabe, since Lee Falk's comic book creation predated the Caped Crusader. Nevertheless, as far as motion picture adaptations are concerned, Michael Keaton first stepped into his suit se...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-06-07
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Simon Wincer
Cast: Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson, Treat Williams, ...
Eddie Murphy does not make "comebacks", because, according to him, he hasn't been out of the spotlight. But, following three critical and box-office flops (The Distinguished Gentleman, Beverly Hills Cop III, and Vampire in Brooklyn), Murphy is hop...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-06-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, Larry Miller, ...