Tom & Jerry (2021)
Back in 2009, after the success of hybrid animated/live-action features that bring back old cartoon characters like 2007’s Alvin & The Chipmunks and the Scooby-Doo flicks from 2002 and 2004, Warner Bros. put into development...
Back in 2009, after the success of hybrid animated/live-action features that bring back old cartoon characters like 2007’s Alvin & The Chipmunks and the Scooby-Doo flicks from 2002 and 2004, Warner Bros. put into development...
2020s / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Musical
by Vincent Leo · Published January 18, 2021
Jamie Foxx voices Joe Gardner, a middle-aged music teacher at a New York public middle school. Joe is frustrated by his lack of success toward becoming a professional jazz club musician and trying to...
Two teenage elf brothers in a town called New Mushroomton go on a quest that requires them to tap into the long-forgotten magic in the world to have one more day with the father...
1980s / Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy
by Vincent Leo · Published August 20, 2019 · Last modified October 1, 2019
One magical unicorn survives the fate imposed by the wicked King Haggard (Christopher Lee) in his attempt to exterminate the realm. Thinking they couldn’t possibly all be dead (in this story, they are immortal),...
Akira represents one of the most influential anime features of all time. It’s based on the 1982 manga series from Katsuhiro Otomo, who not only co-writes the adaptation, but he also directs this animated...
The inhabitants of the fantasy town of Whoville are gearing up for their favorite time of year, Christmas, and this year has them trying to be three times more into it than in the...
2010s / Action / Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy
by Vincent Leo · Published January 17, 2019 · Last modified January 18, 2019
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is the third film in the lucrative animated series for Dreamworks, and this effort promises to put a cap on the trilogy that might end here,...
1980s / Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy
by Vincent Leo · Published June 5, 2018 · Last modified July 4, 2018
I realize that the age demographic for My Little Pony: The Movie is far below my current age, predominantly aiming at kids below perhaps ten years old, but when you’re a dad with a...
1980s / Action / Animation / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published May 23, 2018 · Last modified July 11, 2018
Bah Weep Grah Na Weep Ninibon. Transformers: the Movie is a theatrically released, ultra-long episode bridging the second and third seasons of the popular TV series that ran during the mid-1980s, based on the Hasbro...
1980s / Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published April 14, 2018 · Last modified July 11, 2018
Turning around the reputation of Disney animation in 1989, The Little Mermaid, the studio’s loose and much more upbeat take on the Hans Christian Andersen tale originally published in 1837 that looked to restore their more...
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.