Almost Famous (2000)
It’s hard to believe the budget for ALMOST FAMOUS was $60 million when you consider the fact that the film has no big name stars or special effects like SPACE COWBOYS, which had about the same budget....
It’s hard to believe the budget for ALMOST FAMOUS was $60 million when you consider the fact that the film has no big name stars or special effects like SPACE COWBOYS, which had about the same budget....
by Vincent Leo · Published February 27, 2001 · Last modified December 10, 2019
It will come as no surprise to learn, for those people unfortunate enough to view 3000 Miles to Graceland, that its director, Demian Lichtenstein, started his career in music videos. It is mainly because he...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 12, 2001 · Last modified April 3, 2019
It doesn’t say much for a movie when a half hour after viewing it, all you can recall are some memorably gross moments. Couple this with the fact that it is a sequel to...
Set in San Francisco, Jennifer Lopez stars as the wedding planner, who has far more success in making sure others get married properly than she has in her own love life. Now she is...
Conman in Tokyo is a guilty pleasure of sorts. It’s a film that at its core is routine and predictable, yet is injected with such a spirit of fun and over-the-top style that it actually...
Are we to assume Tim Robbins has officially given up on his career as a front-line actor now that it appears he doesn’t want to choose good films anymore? After this stinker in a...
One of the main staples in storytelling, whether in cinema or in literature, has been that of the quest for the perfect mate. The ground on “Searching for Mr. Right” has been tread on...
2000s / Animation / Comedy / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published December 31, 2000 · Last modified March 12, 2019
I must admit, although the trailer and commercials for this film made it look awful, I was still hopeful I would be wrong considering I enjoyed the old animated television show. I figure it...
“The Skeleton of a Movie” may have been a more appropriate title for this film that’s more fun in hearing about than it is to actually view. At just a smidgen over 90 minutes,...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 30, 2000 · Last modified March 17, 2019
Based on real events that happened back in 1991, and chronicled in Sebastian Junger’s bestseller, this is a mostly speculative account of what happened on board a fishing vessel in the North Atlantic which...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.