Movies with music written by James Newton Howard
In July 1967, civil unrest resulting from the brutality of the predominantly white Detroit police department reached a boiling point. The result, which history has named the “12th Street Riot”, was one of the deadliest and destructive riots in...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-08-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: Algee Smith, Anthony Mackie, Ben O’Toole, ...
Taylor Hackford's The Devil's Advocate has many laudable qualities, but subtlety is not among them. The story, which postulates that the devil is walking among us today, gives Satan's human alter-ego a truly obvious name: John Milton (for those w...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-10-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Al Pacino, Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, ...
While watching Disney's Dinosaur, with all of its incredibly rendered creatures and seamless blending of animated objects with real backgrounds, a question occurred to me: In movies like this, can the writing keep pace with the technology? Films ...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-05-19
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag
Cast: (voices) .B. Sweeney, Max Casella, Hayden Panettiere, ...
When it comes to spy thrillers, Tony Gilroy knows the game. The formula for a crackling entry into this genre is simple enough: keep the action moving and the twists coming, then engage in one late innings sleight of hand that pulls the rug out fr...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-03-20
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Tony Gilroy
Cast: Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Tom Wilkenson, ...
Bill (Michael Douglas) is having a bad morning. He's stuck in his car in a traffic jam, his air conditioner isn't putting out any cold air, his windows won't work, and there's a fly buzzing around his head. Taken as a whole, all of this is enough...
U.S. Release Date: 1993-02-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, ...
As a stand-alone spin-off that takes us back to the enchanted world of Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them provides an engaging two hours. As the beginning of a new fantasy/adventure series intended to span several chapters, its suc...
U.S. Release Date: 2016-11-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Fantasy violence)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: David Yates
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, ...
The biggest source of frustration with the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them relates to it being a middle installment of a much larger story. As such, it’s a stepping stone from the introduction into a meatier narrative. It la...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-11-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Frightening Images)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: David Yates
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Claudia Kim, Carmen Ejogo, ...
Is this the end of the cinematic Wizarding World? Based on both the text of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore and various extra-production cues, the answer may be “yes.” The eleventh film to transpire in the world created by J.K. Row...
U.S. Release Date: 2022-04-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: David Yates
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Madds Mikkelsen, ...
Fathers' Day simply has to be seen to be believed. It's beyond my comprehension how a motion picture with so much talent associated with it -- actors Robin Williams and Billy Crystal, super-producer Joel Silver, and director Ivan Reitman -- can be...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-05-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Charlie Hofheimer, ...
Freedomland is one of an increasingly endangered species: the adult movie that's about something. By "something," I mean a serious issue - the kind of thing films shy away from for fear of alienating viewers. Underneath the trappings of a police ...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-02-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER/DRAMA
Director: Joe Roth
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco, ...