For Love of the Game (1999)
Kevin Costner plays future Hall of Fame pitcher named Billy Chapel, in the twilight of his career, who has one last game left to go before his probable retirement. During the game, he flashes...
1990s / Drama / Romance / Sports
by Vincent Leo · Published September 18, 1999 · Last modified March 1, 2019
Kevin Costner plays future Hall of Fame pitcher named Billy Chapel, in the twilight of his career, who has one last game left to go before his probable retirement. During the game, he flashes...
Lester Burnham (Spacey) hits his midlife crisis when his job is in jeopardy, his wife (Bening) won’t have sex with him, and his daughter (Birch) despises him. His new neighbors include an ultra-right-wing nut (Cooper) and...
Those expecting the typical gross-out Farrelly brothers fare may be a bit mystified by this one. To those like me who can’t stand those films simply because they are little more than juvenile sick-fests, Outside...
American Pie is about four high school boys on the verge of graduation who form a pact to all lose their virginity before leaving high school. They all try their hardest but find out it...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 2, 1999 · Last modified March 15, 2019
A deadly biological weapon which destroys all life for miles when it reaches above 50 degrees is sought after by terrorists and it’s up to a lowly diner worker and ice cream man to...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 29, 1999 · Last modified February 11, 2019
In 922 AD, an Arab ambassador is chosen to accompany a band of roguish Vikings up through Northern Europe where they encounter a cult of man-beasts who not only vastly outnumber them, but appear...
Three film students travel to Maryland to make a documentary based on an urban legend involving a witch in the woods outside of a town formerly known as Blair. While there, they find strange...
Based on the bestseller by Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle is nothing but 2+ hours of missed opportunities. First and foremost, director Luis Mandoki does not seem to realize that to have an effective tearjerker,...
1990s / Comedy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published August 12, 1999 · Last modified March 3, 2019
A crashed plane is mistaken for a nuclear bomb explosion by an eccentric inventor and his family. In their attempts to get away before the world explodes, they go underground in their massive bomb...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 11, 1999 · Last modified February 11, 2019
Wolf starts off with a book publishing exec (Nicholson, Hoffa) running his vehicle into a wolf in the middle of a desolate road, and when trying to move it out of the way gets bitten in the...
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.