Adapted by Daniel Clowes (Art School Confidential, Ghost World) from his own graphic novel from 2010, Wilson progresses beyond the one-panel comic strips from its print counterpart for the purpose of a more straightforward black comedy story...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 28, 2017 · Last modified January 20, 2021
Funnyman Jordan Peele’s (of TV’s “Key and Peele”) feature-film directorial debut proves he has quite an eye for filmmaking, crafting a comedy with horror-movie leanings, along with elements of science fiction and thrillers to success,...
2010s / Action / Animation / Comedy / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published February 17, 2017 · Last modified July 7, 2018
Spinning off from the surprise 2014 hit, The LEGO Movie, The LEGO Batman Movie gives further exploration into one of its small bit characters, Batman (again voiced here by Will Arnett, TNMT: Out of the Shadows), and...
2010s / Action / Comedy / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published February 9, 2017 · Last modified July 10, 2018
Back in the late 1990s, there were quite a number of Tarantino knockoffs to come out — hard-boiled and very violent thrillers that featured lots of quirky characters and attempts at amusing, anecdotal conversations...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 3, 2017 · Last modified January 22, 2019
Over the many years of reviewing films, the one blind spot I’ve had when it comes to the kinds of movies I regularly partake in is the musical. In fact, in my original review...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 28, 2017 · Last modified November 22, 2019
Mike Mills writes and directs this textured semi-autobiographical drama, set in Santa Barbara in 1979 after the women’s liberation movement and free love have made way for a bohemian existence for the laid-back seaside...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 21, 2017 · Last modified February 13, 2019
Set primarily in the 1950s, we find Ray Kroc (Keaton, Spotlight) is a struggling traveling salesman trying to peddle an electric milkshake mixer that promises to spark sales by increasing the supply by shortening the wait...
2010s / Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published January 3, 2017 · Last modified July 9, 2018
Thor: Ragnarok sees the emergence of Hela (Blanchett, Carol), Goddess of Death, who ends up defiantly defeating her brothers, formerly exiled Thor (Hemsworth, Ghostbusters) and Loki (Hiddleston, Kong: Skull Island), and making her way to Asgard in order to...
2010s / Comedy / Drama / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published November 29, 2016 · Last modified July 4, 2018
Warren Beatty’s (Bulworth, Dick Tracy) first motion picture work in about fifteen years sees him a bit rusty with Rules Don’t Apply, an earnest but inconsistent attempt at a comedy with dramatic undertones that feels like...
Directed by star John Krasinski, his second such effort, The Hollars is yet another well-meaning dramedy about yet another financially and emotionally sulking big-city resident who returns small-town home to his dysfunctional family to care for...
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.
