Excalibur (1981)
Co-scripted and directed by John Boorman, made after failing to get his intended very adult take on Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” films made into one movie, Excalibur offers up an ambitious, brutally violent take on...
Author: Vincent Leo
The Goonies (1985)
A huge fan favorite for those who watched this growing up, The Goonies makes up for its silly, predictable story and stereotypical characters (the portrayal of the murderous and thieving Italian-American family, the Fratellis (which means...
Vice (2018)
Written and directed by Adam McKay, who impressed in his last effort from 2015, The Big Short, Vice is specifically a biopic of sorts about former Vice President of the United States under George W. Bush,...
Glass (2019)
Glass serves as a sequel to two films from M. Night Shyamalan, 2000’s Unbreakable and 2018’s Split, the latter of which tied itself to the former with the post-end title stinger. Bruce Willis makes his return as...
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is the third film in the lucrative animated series for Dreamworks, and this effort promises to put a cap on the trilogy that might end here,...
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
Terry Gilliam’s passion project finally arrives on the big screen after decades of production limbo and a variety of aborted efforts to bring a “Don Quixote” film to completion. The closest he came before...
The Blues Brothers (1980)
The Blues Brothers ranks among my favorite films of all time — not the best, just a favorite. With inspiration that never remotely comes close to ceasing, John Landis’ wildly over-budget film is more an experience...
Leave No Trace (2018)
Winter’s Bone director Debra Granik returns after eight years hiatus (doing a couple of documentaries in between) with yet another thoughtful and richly detailed drama, also emerging as one of the best films of...
Bumblebee (2018)
For the first time in the six films in the franchise thus far, the reins of a Transformers flick has been given to someone whose name is not Michael Bay. In the case of the...
Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)
Mere words are not going to do justice to the experience of watching Breakin’ 2 Electric Boogaloo, so I would advise just watching it for yourself if you are interested, regardless of anything I have...