Movies with music written by John Debney
Sin City is the most visually inventive comic book adaptation to make its way to a movie screen. While other directors have attempted to remain faithful to the look and "feel" of their source material, Robert Rodriguez has taken things a step furt...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-04-01
MPAA Rating: "R " (Violence, Nudity, Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Bruce Willis, Elijah Wood, Nick Stahl, ...
There are so many ancillary issues surrounding the release of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (née The Passion) that they threaten to dwarf the 127-minute movie that lies at the maelstrom's epicenter. (The controversy, whether real, concoc...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-02-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Mel Gibson
Cast: James Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Monica Bellucci, ...
In style, if not substance, The Greatest Showman is reminiscent of the Disney film, Newsies. Like the 1992 live-action musical, The Greatest Showman comes to life when the characters are singing or dancing but struggles through the sequences i...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-12-20
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Musical/Drama
Director: Michael Gracey
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, ...
Beirut is, without a doubt, an imperfect thriller. The narrative is at times too dense, some aspects of the ending are too pat, and there are some internal inconsistencies the movie never explains. But, damn, is it good to watch a movie that e...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-04-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Brad Anderson
Cast: Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike, Dean Norris, ...
Calling Zathura the "space version of Jumanji" wouldn't be far off. Like the 1995 film, this movie is based on a children's book by celebrated author Chris Van Allsburg in which a group of people plays an amazing board game. (Van Allsburg doesn't...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-11-11
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity)
Genre: ADVENTURE/SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Dax Shepard, ...
In the past, it has been difficult to get the public interested in political films. This is especially true of younger viewers who are not old enough to participate in the voting process. 2008 may be different, however, with the "rock star" candi...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-08-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Joshua Michael Stern
Cast: Kevin Costner, Madeline Carroll, Paula Patton, ...
Many times, it is possible to make a snap determination about a movie based on its trailer. Happily, in the case of The Emperor's New Groove, any such judgment is likely to be in error. That's because the trailer makes the movie seem like one of ...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-12-15
MPAA Rating: "G"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Mark Dindal
Cast: (voices) David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, ...
With superhero movies, it's almost axiomatic to state that the second film is the best of the series. The reason isn’t difficult to divine: having dispensed with the obligatory origin tale, the movie-makers can weave a more compelling yarn. So ...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-05-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, ...
Draft Day is a sports movie that's almost entirely about the business of sports as opposed to what transpires on the field. This isn't the first film to make that claim - Jerry Maguire and Moneyball were more about the goings-on in the front offic...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-04-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Denis Leary, ...
The process of transforming beloved animated classics into live-action versions has become a modern cottage industry. This self-cannibalization has included titles like Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and now The Jungle Book (with Beauty and...
U.S. Release Date: 2016-04-15
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Adventure
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Neel Sethi, Ben Kingsley, Baloo, ...