Along Came a Spider (2001)
While being pleasantly surprised that another chapter in the Alex Cross series of James Patterson’s thrillers would hit the big screen, after watching this poorly plotted adaptation, I’m not so sure I will want...
Author: Vincent Leo
The Mission (1999)
With so many bad films coming out of Hong Kong in the latter half of the 90s, one can be thankful for director Johnny To for being one of the few to overcome all...
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
A Life Less Ordinary marks the third straight collaboration between director Danny Boyle, screenwriter John Hodge, and budding superstar Ewan McGregor, following on the heels of their critically acclaimed offbeat films, Trainspotting and Shallow Grave. It would...
Almost Famous (2000)
It’s hard to believe the budget for ALMOST FAMOUS was $60 million when you consider the fact that the film has no big name stars or special effects like SPACE COWBOYS, which had about the same budget....
The Matrix (1999)
The seeds for The Matrix were planted in 1992. Sibling writing team Andy and Larry Wachowski were offered their first ongoing comic book series, beginning with issue #3 of “Ectokid” for Clive Barker’s Marvel...
The Eiger Sanction (1975)
Based on the novel by Trevanian (aka Rod Whitaker, who co-wrote the screenplay), Clint plays art professor and successful mountain climber, Jonathan Hemlock, who comes out of retirement as an assassin for a secret government...
Armageddon (1997)
With all of the shoot-em-up ballets of bullets that have been so popular in the John Woo era of Hong Kong cinema, director Gordon Chan as been refreshing in that he has taken the opposite...
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
It will come as no surprise to learn, for those people unfortunate enough to view 3000 Miles to Graceland, that its director, Demian Lichtenstein, started his career in music videos. It is mainly because he...
The Twelve Chairs (1970)
It’s the Mel Brooks film very few have heard of, and for long periods of time since, wasn’t available for most to rent or purchase. There is a DVD out of it now, the...
Citizen Ruth (1996)
There is a George Carlin routine in which he states that given the right context, there really is no taboo subject for comedy. He states that even something as serious as rape can be...