Rocky II (1979)
As Sylvester Stallone approached closer to completing production on Rocky, he conceived that he would like to make it a trilogy, if it proved successful. It was too difficult to relate the full story...
Author: Vincent Leo
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Tom Hanks (The Polar Express, The Terminal) stars as renowned professor of historical religious symbolism Robert Langdon, who finds himself embroiled in a deadly web of intrigue when an old crony ends up murdered in...
49 Days (2006)
Somewhere underneath all of the nonsense, there seems to be a good movie yearning to break free. Sadly, the script doesn’t even begin to touch on the more exciting possibilities with the main story,...
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
I’ll preface this review with an admission. I do feel a bit guilty about giving the third Mission: Impossible movie as high a rating as I do. After giving the matter a great deal of consideration,...
Stick (1985)
Definition of “stick”: long, wooden; can be used to hit you over the head repeatedly without mercy. Review of Burt Reynolds’ Stick: see the definition above. Burt Reynolds gets in the director’s chair for his...
Fight Back to School (1991)
Stephen Chow stars as an undercover cop whose latest assignment is to pose as a student at a nearby school in order to find out what happened to the missing gun of the captain...
Judge Dredd (1995)
Warden: “So, tell me, Rico, what’s the meaning of life?” Rico: “It ends.” The above passage of dialogue could just as aptly be applied to answer what the meaning of the movie is. Judge...
Last Holiday (2006)
Last Holiday remakes the 1950 classic in typically contrived Hollywood fashion, ratcheting up the cuteness factor, while plausibility and any sense of subtlety are largely absent for the duration. What it does have is...
Meteor Man (1993)
I like films about superheroes. I like Robert Townsend. A film by Robert Townsend about superheroes would seem like it couldn’t miss with me. It does — and by a lot. Meteor Man was created...
Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
When a screwball spoof is successful, it is stupid in an intelligent kind of way. Loaded Weapon 1 is just plain stupid. While a few of the quips and sight gags might elicit a mild chuckle...