The Green Mile (1999)
After creating what was, in my opinion, the best film of the Nineties in his first time at the helm, now years later writer-director Frank Darabont has the impossible task of topping himself in...
After creating what was, in my opinion, the best film of the Nineties in his first time at the helm, now years later writer-director Frank Darabont has the impossible task of topping himself in...
When his wife (Kidman) reveals to a young Manhattan doctor (Cruise) fantasies of infidelity with a strange Navy man from years ago, it kicks the doctor off into an odyssey of sexual fantasies of his own,...
1990s / Comedy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published December 27, 1999 · Last modified March 10, 2019
The plot: Eighteen years after their cult science fiction show is cancelled, the actors of TV’s “Galaxy Quest” are still together, appearing at “GQ” conventions and ribbon-cutting ceremonies, living off their association with the...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 17, 1999 · Last modified March 24, 2019
In Boston, two brothers of Irish descent, Connor (Flanery) and Murphy (Reedus), see themselves as the “saints” meant to rid the town of evildoers once they off some Russian hoods. The people of the city...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 15, 1999 · Last modified February 15, 2019
A 30+ year old loser (Sandler, The Waterboy) is living off of a lawsuit and loses his girlfriend (Adams, Chasing Amy) due to his inability to grow up and show responsibility. He soon gets his chance when he...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 10, 1999 · Last modified February 25, 2019
Based on the novel by Graham Greene, set in 1946 London. Maurice (Fiennes) is a struggling novelist who meets Henry (Rea), a man now married to his ex-lover Sarah (Moore). The two former lovers discover...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 5, 1999 · Last modified February 14, 2019
Truman Burbank (Carrey, Liar Liar) lives in an idyllic town, with a loving wife, good job and neighbors that love him. Yet, he feels that there must be more than just the life in his small...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 4, 1999 · Last modified February 13, 2019
Dr. Ethan Powell is a psychiatrist who studied apes in Africa then mysteriously disappeared for two years. Upon his discovery, he kills three men and is declared insane and sent to a shoddy mental...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 3, 1999 · Last modified February 12, 2019
While obvious comparisons to the American release, The Negotiator, will abound, credit producer-director Johnnie To (Lifeline, The Heroic Trio) for making this not only substantially different, but just as fun and exciting. The film casts Andy...
20 years before the Millennium, a newborn girl is tagged by some Satanists who need her to be the sex partner of choice for Satan when he appears before the year 2000. Satan himself...
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.