Erin Brockovich (2000)
Based on a true story. Erin Brockovich (Roberts) is a struggling mother of three who bulldozes her way into working for a small law firm, and uncovers a possible coverup involving a powerful multi-billion dollar...
Based on a true story. Erin Brockovich (Roberts) is a struggling mother of three who bulldozes her way into working for a small law firm, and uncovers a possible coverup involving a powerful multi-billion dollar...
Director Curtis Hanson follows up his brilliant L.A. CONFIDENTIAL with another impressive outing. WONDER BOYS stars Michael Douglas as Grady Tripp, a college professor and one time successful writer with a severe case of writer’s block....
As soon as you find out that the movie’s set around Christmas time, and the main characters in the film are named “Rudy” and “Nick”, you know you’re going to be in for a...
2000s / Action / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published February 28, 2000 · Last modified March 29, 2019
A spaceship transporting a wide variety of passengers crashes on a “ghost” planet whose last inhabitants mysteriously died off over twenty years before. Surviving on the desert planet proves to be a chore, not...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 8, 2000 · Last modified March 10, 2019
After his monumental breakthrough in Titanic and The Man in the Iron Mask, Leonardo DiCaprio’s first film after taking about a year off from acting doesn’t quite prove worth the wait. This one puts him back in...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 22, 2000 · Last modified March 17, 2019
“Mr. Madonna”, Guy Ritchie, follows up his splash debut to Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels with another wryly comic (and violent) crime piece with Snatch. Like the previous film, it features a cast of almost two...
2000s / Horror / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published January 15, 2000 · Last modified March 12, 2019
What starts out as intriguing if derivative sci-fi soon descends into meaningless horror and in the end a real letdown from a cast and crew of professionals who should know better. From the fact...
It should be abundantly clear after the year 2000 that Steven Soderbergh is the best director no one’s ever heard of working in Hollywood today. Arguably his two films (Traffic and Erin Brockovich) could legitimately claim...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.