Moonstruck is a critically-acclaimed crowd-pleasing romance that would go on to garner six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, with trophies handed out to Cher (The Witches of Eastwick, Mask), Dukakis (I Love Trouble, Mighty Aphrodite),...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 19, 2006 · Last modified December 10, 2019
SNL alum Tim Kazurinsky (aka “Sweetchuck” from the Police Academy films) reworked David Mamet’s one-act play from the mid-1970s, “Sexual Perversity in Chicago” into the modern-day with About Last Night… (reportedly, the title changed due to some...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 30, 2006 · Last modified January 22, 2019
A millionaire’s driver is shot dead in the room of his maid (Sommer, The Prize), and all the facts point to her guilt. Yet this doesn’t hinder the illustrious Inspector Clouseau (Sellers, Dr. Strangelove) to think she’s...
Line in the film that would make a more accurate title: “Welcome to S.H.I.T.” The irony of this film’s central premise is evident when you realize that it’s about a group of kids that have...
If you were to hear the central premise of Little Miss Sunshine without having ever seen a preview, you’d probably dismiss it as just another knock-off of National Lampoon’s Vacation series, and choose to ignore it. Don’t. While...
by Vincent Leo · Published July 18, 2006 · Last modified December 16, 2019
They superimposed Marlon Wayans’ head on the body of a young dwarf to create the effect of making him look small, but one part of him did appear to shrink down to tiny size during...
A prescient, blackly comic satire on the effect that school cliques have on youth that can’t seem to fit in, Heathers would jokingly refer to teen angst having a body count. At the time of the...
Like watching a show about fashion on television or flipping through the pages of a fashion magazine, there is a sense (for some people) of fun, frivolity, and envy at watching the glitz, glamour,...
Gibson plays cabbie Jerry Fletcher, a self-proclaimed conspiracy theorist, who finds government involvement in nearly everything, including assassinations, constant surveillance, and even water pipes breaking in the middle of the city. In addition, Jerry...
There is probably no film this year I’ll struggle with in terms of how I feel about it than Click, a mix of surprisingly mature comedy mixed jarringly with downright juvenile moments of gross-out gags. ...
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.
