The Iron Giant (1999)
A giant robot (voiced by Vin Diesel, Saving Private Ryan) falls to Earth from outer space and startles the people of a small Maine town called Rockwell in 1957. A young boy (Marienthal, American Pie) encounters the gigantic...
1990s / Animation / Family / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published January 31, 2000 · Last modified February 18, 2019
A giant robot (voiced by Vin Diesel, Saving Private Ryan) falls to Earth from outer space and startles the people of a small Maine town called Rockwell in 1957. A young boy (Marienthal, American Pie) encounters the gigantic...
1990s / Animation / Comedy / Musical
by Vincent Leo · Published July 11, 1999 · Last modified October 1, 2019
Granted, I have never been much of a fan of the “South Park” TV show. I think that the humor is too easy, merely relying on vulgarities in the absence of true wit. Some...
by Vincent Leo · Published June 16, 1999 · Last modified February 25, 2019
The biblical story of Moses (Kilmer, The Island of Dr. Moreau) in Exodus, where the Egyptians keep Hebrews as slaves. Fearing her baby boy will be taken and drowned by the Egyptians, a young Hebrew mother...
by Vincent Leo · Published March 9, 1998 · Last modified February 9, 2019
Based on the MTV television series, whereby two teenage metal-heads named Beavis and Butthead watch music videos and act like dumb-asses throughout their low-class neighborhood, Beavis and Butthead puts the duo on the road across the...
1960s / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family
by Vincent Leo · Published February 14, 1998 · Last modified December 5, 2019
Roger and Anita are hooked up romantically by their two pet Dalmatians, Pongo and Perdita, who also become an item. After the two dogs create a litter of 15 puppies, the wicked Cruella De...
1990s / Action / Animation / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published October 4, 1997 · Last modified July 26, 2019
The Joker (voiced by Mark Hamill) is hard up for money so he buys a kryptonite statue and travels to Metropolis, where he concocts a scheme to kill Superman (Daly) for Lex Luthor (Brown) for the amount...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.