Practical Magic (1998)
The ladies in the Owens’ family have one thing in common: they are witches with their own affinity for magic. Unfortunately they are also cursed. Any man they fall in love with will ultimately...
The ladies in the Owens’ family have one thing in common: they are witches with their own affinity for magic. Unfortunately they are also cursed. Any man they fall in love with will ultimately...
1990s / Action / Fantasy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published December 20, 1998 · Last modified February 4, 2019
When two warring factions in Ancient Japan, the mainlanders and the highlanders, go to war, Ling (Li, Once Upon a Time in China) and his school of martial artists head to the mountains. While there, he...
1980s / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published October 30, 1998 · Last modified February 4, 2019
A young boy (Warnock) jumps into a time hole with six dwarves who have stolen the Supreme Being’s (Richardson, Rollerball) map for time travel locations. They then proceed to go from age to age, including meeting...
by Vincent Leo · Published October 29, 1998 · Last modified February 20, 2019
In the 10th century, a young king is wounded and a dragon donates half his heart to save him. The king becomes a tyrant, causing much misery upon his subjects. Years later, a noted...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 30, 1998 · Last modified March 1, 2019
An angel wants to find out more about humanity and what it is to love. He falls in love with a surgeon, and turns in his wings for his taste at being human and...
1980s / Action / Comedy / Fantasy
by Vincent Leo · Published July 25, 1998 · Last modified January 29, 2019
A Royal Guard from the Ming Dynasty is out to stop a rapist-murderer, and during their epic battle they end up frozen under the snow. Three centuries later they are thawed in modern-day Hong...
by Vincent Leo · Published April 16, 1998 · Last modified February 3, 2019
Denzel Washington (Courage Under Fire, Devil in a Blue Dress) plays a cop out to catch a serial killer responsible for a several mysterious murders in his city. Only trouble is the murderer may be...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 4, 1998 · Last modified February 3, 2019
In modern-day Hong Kong, a popular orchestra conductor (Chow Yun-Fat, A Better Tomorrow) has visions of a past life as a member of the Qin dynasty over 2000 years ago. Across town, an archaeologist’s daughter...
1930s / Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Musical
by Vincent Leo · Published June 17, 1997 · Last modified December 27, 2018
I know everyone knows the story, but for the purists I will continue. Dorothy (Garland, Meet Me in St. Louis) runs away from her home on the farm, due to dissatisfaction with her life, desiring to...
Jim Carrey (Dumb & Dumber, Batman Forever) stars as bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss, a nice guy, but also, a total loser. One day, Stanley stumbles across a strange wooden mask which turns out to have...
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.