A huge fan favorite for those who watched this growing up, The Goonies makes up for its silly, predictable story and stereotypical characters (the portrayal of the murderous and thieving Italian-American family, the Fratellis (which means...
1980s / Action / Comedy / Musical
by Vincent Leo · Published January 12, 2019 · Last modified January 14, 2019
The Blues Brothers ranks among my favorite films of all time — not the best, just a favorite. With inspiration that never remotely comes close to ceasing, John Landis’ wildly over-budget film is more an experience...
Mere words are not going to do justice to the experience of watching Breakin’ 2 Electric Boogaloo, so I would advise just watching it for yourself if you are interested, regardless of anything I have...
Wholly dated by today’s standards, but then, all the more reason to watch. Breakin’ (originally titled in production as Breakdance (which it was still called in foreign markets), then Break Dancin’) is an earnest attempt at a feel-good break-dancing...
Style Wars is a documentary look at the street art among the youth of New York in the early 1980s, especially in the South Bronx, particularly in graffiti art and break-dancing. The film takes...
1980s / Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published December 1, 2018 · Last modified December 3, 2018
Krush Groove resides firmly on my list of guilty pleasures — a film that generates unintentional laughs from its worst moments, but which only makes me love it all the more for it, to the point...
The Dream Child picks up with Alice, who we were introduced in the fourth installment, The Dream Master, just graduating high school and looking forward to a future after her harrowing experience that ultimately resulted in...
The film starts off in a sillier mode, where Freddy Krueger’s bones begin to reconstitute themselves after a dog desecrates his burial ground by relieving himself over it (the dog is named “Jason”, in...
by Vincent Leo · Published October 16, 2018 · Last modified October 15, 2018
Dream Warriors is easily the best of the sequels in the Nightmare on Elm Street series, and some lovers of the franchise consider it even better than the original in many ways. It certainly is a...
Long before people were interacting in a virtual reality slumber in films like The Cell and The Matrix, there was this modestly overlooked sci-fi teaser which delved into the possibilities of one person interacting with another in...
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.
