Major League (1989)
Major League is meant to make you laugh, pure and simple. Baseball is merely the platform for some funny hi-jinks, but these characters could have been plugged into any sport and it would have been...
Major League is meant to make you laugh, pure and simple. Baseball is merely the platform for some funny hi-jinks, but these characters could have been plugged into any sport and it would have been...
1980s / Animation / Comedy / Fantasy / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published December 20, 2006 · Last modified January 16, 2019
This film is set in Los Angeles in the 1940s, where part of the city is the fictional Toontown, where all of the famous (and not so famous) cartoon characters (called “Toons”) reside. Bob...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 18, 2006 · Last modified December 18, 2019
In this sequel, a botched rescue attempt of a raccoon in Asia leaves Ace Ventura (Carrey) an emotional wreck, so distraught that he joins a brotherhood of Tibetan monks to help find his way back. While...
Although considered a critical misfire at the time of its release, this comedy would be the film that proved Jim Carrey to be a comedic actor that could be zany and unique enough to...
Although not the worst film in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s career (if you can believe it), it’s still the one that has made him the butt of the most jokes. Schwarzenegger wasn’t exactly a stranger to...
Whoopi Goldberg (The Lion King, Rat Race) plays African-American woman Laurel Ayres, a hotshot Wall Street player that hits the glass ceiling in her company when her white male protégé (Daly, The Outsider) gets the big promotion...
1990s / Action / Comedy / Family / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published November 11, 2006 · Last modified July 11, 2018
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were quite a phenomenon among adolescents in the mid-to-late-1980s, starting off with humble beginnings back in comic book form in 1984, expanding into a wildly popular line of action...
by Vincent Leo · Published November 3, 2006 · Last modified January 28, 2019
The Great White Hype is a broad satire of the boxing industry, particularly in how publicity and marketing govern the suitability of one’s rise to the top more so than sheer talent. Spoofing everything from...
1990s / Comedy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published October 16, 2006 · Last modified February 28, 2019
For some reason, Arnold Schwarzenegger was of the opinion that, at this point in his phenomenal career as an action star, he needed to deflate his macho image by constantly making fun of it. ...
2000s / Animation / Comedy / Family
by Vincent Leo · Published October 3, 2006 · Last modified September 17, 2018
First came Madagascar. Then came The Wild. Now we have yet another 3D-animated film about animals in captivity trying to fend for themselves in what would normally have been their natural habitat. While it isn’t surprising...
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.