Shrek 2 (2004)
A sheer delight from beginning to end, Shrek 2 manages to be even better than its now classic predecessor in scope and humor value. Whether or not the pop references and modern jokes will stand the...
Author: Vincent Leo
Lost in Translation (2003)
Ten years before the release of Lost in Translation, Bill Murray opted to star in a light romantic comedy, Groundhog Day, and although I’m a big fan of Murray’s schmoozy slapstick flicks, I just shook my head when...
Moving Violations (1985)
Seeking to capitalize on the success of the lowbrow comedies that flourished in the mid-80s comes Moving Violations, a sparsely amusing throwaway film from the same writers of Police Academy and Bachelor Party, Pat Proft and Neal Isreal. ...
Short Cuts (1993)
I’d like to say that I understand what Short Cuts is all about and Altman’s intent on this vignette-style film featuring several different interconnected storylines that jump between each other every minute or two. Frankly,...
Van Helsing (2004)
Stephen Sommers, the writer-director of the successfully revamped creature features The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, tries to strike up another franchise with Van Helsing, another throwback to the pantheon of monster movies released in the 30s...
Shade (2003)
I suppose that if you were to never have seen a film involving grifters, especially one of the many to have emerged in just the past five years alone, you might find Shade to be passable,...
Lost in Time (2003)
Lost in Time is a modest tearjerker that winds up succeeding because we really do end up feeling for the characters, hoping they can find some sort of happiness in the end. Directed by Derek...
Mean Girls (2004)
The ultimate irony of a satire about a good girl who pretends to convert to a bad girl in order to undermine the loathsome “in-crowd” but becoming one of them in the process —...
The Candidate (1972)
Although decades old, The Candidate still feels more resonant now as the year it was released. In fact, it’s a satire so spot-on that it’s often hard to distinguish when screenwriter Jeremy Larner’s script is...
13 Going on 30 (2004)
One could easily dismiss 13 Going on 30 as the female version of Big, and while it does have the same basic premise of a kid trapped in their adult body prematurely, the two films are thematically...