Amy 1981  G, 100 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Vincent McEveety
Cast: Jenny Agutter, Barry Newman, Kathleen Nolan, Chris Robinson, Margaret O'Brien, Nanette Fabray, Lou Fant, Lucille Benson, Lonny Chapman, Frances Bay
Amy Medford (Jenny Agutter) is a dedicated teacher in the early 1900s who leaves her home to teach at a school for the deaf and blind children.
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 Bowfinger 1999 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Oz
Cast: Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Christine Baranski, Jamie Kennedy, Barry Newman, Adam Alexi-Malle, Kohl Sudduth, Robert Downey Jr., Terence Stamp
Bobby Bowfinger (Steve Martin) is an unsuccessful movie producer who, in desperation, bets everything on "Chubby Rain" as the film that will finally make it big time. There is, of course, one major problem: the movie needs Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy) to star in it, but Ramsey is not interested. That does not stop Bowfinger. He uses a hidden camera to photograph the unsuspecting Ramsey talking to the film's actors. Even when Ramsey disappears, Bowfinger remains undaunted and searches for and finds a double to play Ramsey's "role."
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City on Fire 1979  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alvin Rakoff
Cast: Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen, James Franciscus, Ava Gardner, Henry Fonda, Jonathan Welsh, Terry Haig, Richard Donat, Mavor Moore, Donald Pilon
This is a weak disaster film, despite the good cast. The plot involves an oil-refinery fire that quickly leaps out of control and threatens a drought-stricken community.
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Fatal Vision 1984  TV, 192 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Greene
Cast: Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Andy Griffith, Gary Cole, Barry Newman, Gary Grubbs, Mitch Ryan, Albert Salmi
In 1970, a military doctor's pregnant wife and two small daughters were brutally murdered in their home. During the investigation of this real life case, the murdered woman's father becomes increasingly suspicious of his son-in-law's role in the murder. He convinces the police to focus their scrutiny on the doctor. An Emmy went to Malden for his job as the father.
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G-Men from Hell 2001  PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action
Director: Christopher Coppola
Cast: William Forsythe, Tate Donovan, Bob Goldthwait, Barry Newman, Zach Galligan, Vanessa Angel, Paul Rodriguez, David Huddleston, Kari Wuhrer, Robert Goulet, Gary Busey
G-Men Dean and Mike (William Forsythe and Tate Donovan) are not the most honest agents around, so when they are killed in a booby-trapped car, they descend into Hell. They escape from the Devil (Robert Goulet (!)) and find their way back home. Now they must perform good deeds in order not to return to Hell. Pretty good comedy/action film.
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Good Advice 2001 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Rash
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Angie Harmon, Denise Richards, Jon Lovitz, Rosanna Arquette, Estelle Harris, Barry Newman, Lisa Rinna, John de Lancie, Francoise Surel
Ryan (Charlie Sheen) is a successful stockbroker until he sleeps with the wrong woman and gets bad advice from the woman's husband. Now he's out of work, and his live-in girlfriend, Cindy (Denise Richards), leaves him and heads to Brazil. When Cindy's boss, for whom she writes an advice column for a newspaper, wants to know where her column is, Ryan starts writing it. Ryan falls for the boss, Page (Angie Harmon), in this comedy that's better than most direct-to-video films.
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Goodbye Lover 1999  R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roland Joffe
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Dermot Mulroney, Mary-Louise Parker, Don Johnson, Ellen DeGeneres, Ray McKinnon, Alex Rocco, Andre Gregory, John Neville, Barry Newman
In this black comedy, real estate agent Sandra Dunmore (Patricia Arquette) is enjoying a love affair with Ben (Don Johnson). There is a BIG catch: Sandra is married to Ben's younger brother, Jake (Dermot Mulroney). Before long, Sandra hatches a scheme to murder her husband, collect the insurance money, and marry Ben. Ben, however, has other plans that don't quite match Sandra's.
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Grilled 2006 R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jason Ensler
Cast: Ray Romano, Kevin James, Tom Carey, Sofia Vergara, Kim Coates, Burt Reynolds, Juliette Lewis, Dorie Barton, Wayne Federman, Kinna McInroe, Jon Polito, Michael Rapaport, Barry Newman, Jack Kehler
Partners Maurice and Dave (Ray Romano and Kevin James) sell meat door-to-door in California's San Fernando Valley and have found themselves in a terrible slump that leads to their involvement with bad men. Now, they must find a way out of their predicament before all is lost.
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 The Limey 1999 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzman, Peter Fonda, Barry Newman, Joe Dallesandro, Nicky Katt, Amelia Heinle, Melissa George, William Lucking, Matthew Kimbrough, John Robotham
The moment British ex-con Wilson (Terence Stamp) is released from prison, he heads for L.A. to investigate his suspicions about the car accident in which his daughter, Jennifer (Melissa George), was killed. The trail leads to the very successful record producer, Valentine (Peter Fonda), and Wilson knows just how to make Valentine squirm.
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Manhood 2003  R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bobby Roth
Cast: Nestor Carbonell, John Ritter, Janeane Garofalo, Bonnie Bedelia, Nick Roth, Lauren Tom, Barbara Williams, Barry Newman, Andrew J. Ferchland, Skyler Shaye, Sybil Temchen, Carole Davis
Reformed womanizer Jack (Nestor Carbonell) tries to put his life back together–starting with connecting to his son and nephew. This is a boring, dark drama of a dysfunctional family. Sundance Film Festival material was billed as a dark comedy, but the comedy is hard to find.
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 Vanishing Point 1971 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, Paul Koslo, Robert Donner, Severn Darden, Victoria Medlin, Timothy Scott, Karl Swenson, Lee Weaver, Tom Reese, Owen Bush, John Amos, Val Avery, Rita Coolidge
While driving a supercharged Dodge Challenger from Colorado to California, Kowalski (Barry Newman) leads the police on a merry chase and is aided by a blind jockey, Super Soul (Cleavon Little), who monitors police radios and clues Kowalski in as to their whereabouts.
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What the #$*! Do We Know? 2004 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicenti
Cast: Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, Barry Newman, Robert Bailey Jr., John Ross Bowie, Armin Shimerman, Robert Blanche, Larry Brandenburg, Daniela Serra, James Drake
During Amanda's (Marlee Matlin) attempt to find answers about life, psychiatrists, doctors, physicists, scientists, and philosophers speak intermittently throughout the film on the subjects of religion and science as well as that intersecting line that separates them.
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| 1. Amy (1981)
2. Bowfinger (1999)
3. City on Fire (1979)
4. Fatal Vision (1984)
5. G-Men from Hell (2001)
6. Good Advice (2001)
7. Goodbye Lover (1999)
8. Grilled (2006)
9. The Limey (1999)
10. Manhood (2003)
11. Vanishing Point (1971)
12. What the #$*! Do We Know? (2004)
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