Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
Set ten years after the events in the first entry, John Boyega (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) stars as Jake Pentecost, the son of Pacific Rim‘s hero, Stacker Pentecost, who sacrificed his life in the...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published March 25, 2018 · Last modified July 11, 2018
Set ten years after the events in the first entry, John Boyega (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) stars as Jake Pentecost, the son of Pacific Rim‘s hero, Stacker Pentecost, who sacrificed his life in the...
1990s / Adventure / Comedy / Romance / Science Fiction / Western
by Vincent Leo · Published February 24, 2018 · Last modified March 13, 2019
Back to the Future Part III is the third and final installment of the popular trilogy, this time going to the past, to Hill Valley of 1885. Those that despised the second film for its darkness generally...
2010s / Action / Adventure / Science Fiction / Superhero / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published February 20, 2018 · Last modified August 21, 2019
Directed and co-written by Ryan Coogler, who has already been on a roll with noteworthy films like Fruitvale Station and Creed, takes on the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Black Panther, one of the better entries to date. Working well as a...
1980s / Adventure / Comedy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published February 15, 2018 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Generally considered the lesser film of the Back to the Future trilogy, mostly because it is darker and less in fun than the other two, Back to the Future II (originally intended to be titled Paradox) is nonetheless an...
2010s / Drama / Romance / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published February 11, 2018 · Last modified December 5, 2019
Fifty Shades Freed continues what you already expect from the series, and despite giving us better interplay among the leads and reducing the number of instances of overtly laughable dialogue, it can’t be “freed’...
2010s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published January 22, 2018 · Last modified July 27, 2018
Justice League fulfills the promise made, albeit in perhaps too short an order, of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice at putting together the titular super-team of Earth’s mightiest heroes of the DC Extended Universe in one...
2010s / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published January 21, 2018 · Last modified July 4, 2018
Frances McDormand (The Good Dinosaur, Transformers: Dark of the Moon) plays Mildred Hayes, a financially strapped grieving mother who decides to rent, after selling her ex-husband’s tractor, the use of the titular three mostly dormant...
1980s / Comedy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published January 13, 2018 · Last modified March 4, 2019
A quintessential teen flick of the late 1980s, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure has gone from minor cult hit to an adolescent staple, with an archetype that would be emulated by other famous “stoner” teen duos...
Set in Sacramento, California, in the year 2002, Lady Bird follows all-girls Catholic private school senior Christine McPherson, who lists among her vast array of idiosyncrasies, that she would no longer be called ‘Christine’, but “Lady...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 24, 2017 · Last modified March 10, 2019
Charles Dickens’ classic novel, “A Christmas Carol”, provides the backbone, and the backstory, for this modern update. It’s become something of a cult classic for people to watch around Christmas time every year, though,...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.