While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Director Jon Turteltaub has had a nice career for himself making sweet-natured films with heart, and While You Were Sleeping is a prime example. Of course, it’s hard to go wrong with Sandra Bullock in a...
Director Jon Turteltaub has had a nice career for himself making sweet-natured films with heart, and While You Were Sleeping is a prime example. Of course, it’s hard to go wrong with Sandra Bullock in a...
There’s been quite a few good films revolving around the preparation and consumption of food, and as fine as those other films are, Big Night deserves a place right along with them. It isn’t the food...
A quartet of American soldiers in the waning days of the Gulf War find a map that leads to a massive stash of Kuwaiti gold held by Saddam Hussein’s forces. Getting the gold proves...
1990s / Action / Adventure / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published December 20, 2000 · Last modified March 6, 2019
Definitely not to be viewed for a peek at historical accuracy, but definitely worth watching for the unbelievable martial arts talents of its star, OUATIC is a classic Hong Kong action flick that is more entertaining...
1990s / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
by Vincent Leo · Published November 22, 2000 · Last modified March 10, 2019
The fact that Toy Story is the first full-length feature film done entirely in computer graphics would have made this interesting enough. The fact that it is also immensely enjoyable makes this one of the greatest...
by Vincent Leo · Published November 12, 2000 · Last modified March 4, 2019
The story of two innocent men who served 65 years for a murder they had nothing to do with, framed by a local sheriff. The tale is told in flashbacks, about their life in...
Wild Wild West casts Will Smith as Black gunslinger Jim West and Kevin Kline as genius inventor US Marshal Artemus Gordon, who try to stop a nefarious plot by bitter Confederate soldier named Arliss...
Although Clerks was filmed with a much smaller budget and no real actors to speak of, Mallrats is the film that shows Kevin Smith the most at a loss on how to make his movie. Real studio money...
Without a doubt, Magnolia is my personal pick for best film of 1999, and if it weren’t or The Shawshank Redemption, I’d say it was the best film of the 1990s. No, it wasn’t nominated for an...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 10, 2000 · Last modified February 28, 2019
The return of Roman Polanski, director of the classics Chinatown and Rosemary’s Baby, after six years proves to be hardly worth the wait. His latest offering, The Ninth Gate, tells the tale of Corso, an unscrupulous rare book...
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.