We Are Marshall (2006)
On the evening of November 14, 1970, an airplane crashed near an airport in West Virginia, killing all 75 passengers on board. Among the passengers were the majority of the Marshall University football team...
Author: Vincent Leo
X-Men (2000)
Upon first hearing of this project I was skeptical, since it seemed virtually impossible to cram almost 40 years of comic book mythos and the dozens of main characters that are a staple of...
Black Christmas (1974)
Although John Carpenter’s 1978 film, Halloween, is widely called by many people the first of the true modern slasher films, many genre enthusiasts point to this little Canadian shocker, released four years earlier, as the one...
Home of the Brave (2006)
Perhaps as a made-for TV movie, Home of the Brave would have been considered solid fare, maybe even supporting enough fine performances by the cast to earn a few choice Emmy nominations. As a theatrical release,...
The Good Shepherd (2006)
Now here’s a movie that will surely test your movie watching mettle. Excessively lengthy, emotionally cold as ice, and thematically overambitious, The Good Shepherd will draw its share of detractors from the impatient, the confused,...
Major League (1989)
Major League is meant to make you laugh, pure and simple. Baseball is merely the platform for some funny hi-jinks, but these characters could have been plugged into any sport and it would have been...
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
This film is set in Los Angeles in the 1940s, where part of the city is the fictional Toontown, where all of the famous (and not so famous) cartoon characters (called “Toons”) reside. Bob...
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
In this sequel, a botched rescue attempt of a raccoon in Asia leaves Ace Ventura (Carrey) an emotional wreck, so distraught that he joins a brotherhood of Tibetan monks to help find his way back. While...
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Although considered a critical misfire at the time of its release, this comedy would be the film that proved Jim Carrey to be a comedic actor that could be zany and unique enough to...
Rocky IV (1985)
Even though Stallone asserted that the Rocky series would conclude with Rocky III, its immense success led MGM/UA’s troubled financiers to clamor for Rocky IV. However, approaching 40 years old, Stallone couldn’t envision further...