Candyman (1992)
In her university studies, Helen researches the legend of Candyman, the educated son of a slave who in the late 19th century impregnated a white woman and suffered excruciating torture at the hands of...
In her university studies, Helen researches the legend of Candyman, the educated son of a slave who in the late 19th century impregnated a white woman and suffered excruciating torture at the hands of...
Ladies, if you were ever unfortunate enough to be able to read into the thoughts of your typical sex-starved male, you’d might be appalled at what you’d find. Lurking in the forefront of his...
1990s / Action / Comedy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published January 5, 1998 · Last modified February 3, 2019
While I haven’t always been a fan of Stephen Chow’s (The Tricky Master, Shaolin Soccer) rather broad and uneven sense of humor, nor am I a Wong Jing (City Hunter, High Risk) nut, Royal Tramp is one exception...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 3, 1998 · Last modified January 14, 2019
White Squall is based on a true story of a ship school set in 1960 led by Captain Christopher “Skipper” Sheldon (Bridges, The Fabulous Baker Boys) who, along with his wife (Goodall, Schindler’s List), leads a group...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 29, 1997 · Last modified January 31, 2019
Eleven days before the election, the incumbent president is accused of having sex with a girl scout (of sorts) spelling doom for what would otherwise have been a landslide victory. Enter Conrad Brean (De...
1990s / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published December 26, 1997 · Last modified February 13, 2019
Clarice Starling (Foster, Foxes) is an FBI agent-in-training who is sent for the near impossible task of gaining the aid of a dangerous psychopath, Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins, The Bounty), in catching a serial killer nicknamed Buffalo Bill...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 17, 1997 · Last modified January 5, 2019
A suburban town is terrorized by a series of grisly murders committed by a crazed psycho in a ghoul outfit who like to call his victims before pulling out their entrails. Neve Campbell (The...
1990s / Comedy / Horror / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published December 17, 1997 · Last modified January 4, 2019
Two years after the tragic serial killing of Woodsboro, the killer seems to have returned to terrorize Neve (The Craft, Wild Things) and co. at college. This is a sequel within a sequel, as director...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 7, 1997 · Last modified February 3, 2019
A woman who once had a promise with her best friend to marry him if they were still unmarried when they were 28 receives news that he is about to get married. When she...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 3, 1997 · Last modified February 9, 2019
Based more or less on the book and film The Day of the Jackal, this film stars Bruce Willis (The Fifth Element, Beavis and Butthead Do America) as the international terrorist know as the Jackal, who...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.