Movies with music written by Rob Simonsen

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(500) Days of Summer

(500) Days of Summer is a romantic comedy for those who don't often like romantic comedies. Or, to put it another way, it's for those who appreciate the emotions but are unenthusiastic about the clichés and formulas that contribute to the cookie-...

Run Time: 1:35
U.S. Release Date: 2009-07-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Marc Webb
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel
Adam Project, The

The Adam Project has much in common with last year’s Shawn Levy/Ryan Reyolds collaboration, Free Guy (notably the somewhat questionable “science” content in the sci-fi tapestry and well as some dubious plot points), but this film has a more ...

Run Time: 1:46
U.S. Release Date: 2022-03-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, Mark Ruffalo, ...
Age of Adaline, The

Note: This review includes spoilers for the movie Interstellar, believe it or not. The Age of Adaline wants viewers to think of it as a modern-day fairy tale. Such a conceit, however, can be seen as an excuse for slipshod writing. The need to judg...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2015-04-24
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Cast: Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Ellen Burstyn, ...
All Good Things

On paper, the story of Robert Durst makes for fascinating drama, even though it's missing an ending and several parts of the middle. When someone is writing a nonfiction book or making a documentary, such things have limited importance. But when ...

Run Time: 1:40
U.S. Release Date: 2010-12-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Andrew Jarecki
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, ...
Captive State

The scenario presented in Captive State would almost certainly have worked better in a mini-series format. The filmmakers’ low-budget approach of minimizing special effects might have allowed for an expansion of the narrative over a six or ei...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2019-03-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Torture, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Director: Rupert Wyatt
Cast:
Deadpool & Wolverine

Perhaps the first thing to note about the third Deadpool movie, appropriately titled Deadpool & Wolverine, is that it’s not so much a film as it is a 2-hour sketch comedy, an overlong parody that uses the MCU as a playground in which Ryan Re...

Run Time: 2:07
U.S. Release Date: 2024-07-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, ...
Elio

Long story short: Elio is a good film for kids, maybe not so great for adults. That doesn’t sound like Pixar, which has developed a reputation for the “two tiered” approach: movies capable of engaging children while reaching their parents on...

Run Time: 1:39
U.S. Release Date: 2025-06-20
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated/Science Fiction
Director: Domee Shi, Madeline Sharafian, Adrian Molina
Cast: Yonas Kibreab, Zoe Saldana, Remy Edgerly, ...
Foxcatcher

Like Raging Bull, Foxcatcher is a dark drama masquerading as a sports movie. Also like Raging Bull, Foxcatcher is based on a true story. Although such comparisons risk overselling Bennett Miller's new movie, Foxcatcher isn't afraid of venturing int...

Run Time: 2:14
U.S. Release Date: 2014-11-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Drugs)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Bennett Miller
Cast: Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, ...
Front Runner, The

The Front Runner attempts – and partly achieves – two goals: to provide a chronicle of events leading to the downfall of one-time Presidential candidate Gary Hart and go illustrate the power of the press to do harm. While there have been n...

Run Time: 1:53
U.S. Release Date: 2018-11-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Jason Reitman
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons, ...
Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Get ready for a deep dive into nostalgia. Ghostbusters: Afterlife, although boasting a next generation of Ghostbusters, works best for those who have seen (and at least somewhat remember) the original two Ivan Reitman films from the ‘80s. Althou...

Run Time: 2:04
U.S. Release Date: 2021-11-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Supernatural Elements)
Genre: Comedy/Horror
Director: Jason Reitman
Cast: Finn Wolfhard, Ernie Hudson, Dan Aykroyd, ...