Johnny Depp (On Stranger Tides, The Tourist) stars as 18th Century Maine fishing industrialist Barnabas Collins, who unwittingly becomes the object of vengeance when he betrays his servant Angelique Bouchard (Green, The Golden Compass), who turns...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 15, 2012 · Last modified November 22, 2019
It’s the day before Samantha Baker’s (Ringwald) older sister’s wedding. It’s also Samantha’s birthday. While her family all fuss and fret over the nuptials, they forget entirely Sam on her ‘Sweet 16’. The embarrassing grandparents...
Sylvester Stallone plays Ray Tango, a flashy, business-savvy LAPD narcotics officer. Kurt Russell plays Gabriel Cash, a blue-collar, devil-may-care type who scores big busts with equal success. Drug kingpin Yves Perret (Jack Palance) wants the...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 8, 2012 · Last modified January 28, 2019
A surprise hit of 1983, and influential in the dance-film genre on its own, Flashdance came at the right time, as MTV-style rock video editing and music montages became the norm for hits at the box...
2010s / Animation / Comedy / Family
by Vincent Leo · Published December 1, 2012 · Last modified November 25, 2019
When the kids leave the arcade, the game characters come to life (in their own cyber world, anyway — akin to Toy Story). Wreck-It Ralph (Reilly) is a ‘bad-guy’ video game character who is tired...
2010s / Action / Drama / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published November 21, 2012 · Last modified August 8, 2018
Written and directed by David Ayer (Street Kings, SWAT), the filmmaker with a special interest in the workings of the Los Angeles PD, the city where he was raised, in End of Watch, he has directed his...
Based on the best-selling book by reporters and political commentators Mark Halperin and John Heileman, Game Change is a made-for-HBO docudrama relating the rise and fall of the 2008 Republican campaign for president for Arizona Senator...
2010s / Comedy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published October 18, 2012 · Last modified August 7, 2019
A Seattle magazine reporter named Jeff (Johnson) and two of his interns travel to a rural Washington town to investigate the story behind an anonymous personal ad requesting a partner to assist in a time-travel...
2010s / Mystery / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published October 11, 2012 · Last modified July 11, 2018
Another intriguing entry by writer-director Rian Johnson, who follows up the critically acclaimed Brick and The Brothers Bloomwith what is perhaps his best effort yet. It’s a nifty idea that is actually backed up with an erudite...
Nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning one for actress Emma Thompson’s (Wit, Nanny McPhee) excellent adaptation (her first screenplay), Sense & Sensibility is the definitive film version of Jane Austen’s classic novel of 1811. Thompson herself stars...
Reviews from film writer Vince Leo, covering all eras and genres of films from classics to the latest releases.
Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.
