Gremlins (1984)
In Gremlins, an inventor (Axton, We’re No Angels) buys a strange but infinitely cute pet for his son (Galligan, Waxwork) while in a small curio shop in the Orient. This creature is called a “Mogwai” and caring for it...
1980s / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror
by Vincent Leo · Published May 14, 1997 · Last modified January 26, 2019
In Gremlins, an inventor (Axton, We’re No Angels) buys a strange but infinitely cute pet for his son (Galligan, Waxwork) while in a small curio shop in the Orient. This creature is called a “Mogwai” and caring for it...
by Vincent Leo · Published May 12, 1997 · Last modified January 16, 2019
The legendary Baron Munchausen (Neville, Little Women), fabled to tell wild and fanciful stories, in the late 18th Century finds himself at the end of his life, just as the Age of Reason begins. The...
A brutish 11th Century medieval lord and his lowly peasant squire are magically transported to France of today. Here, they meet one of the lord’s descendants, and enlists her help in trying to find...
1990s / Action / Fantasy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published March 18, 1997 · Last modified March 30, 2019
The second (and final) film in the Bride saga continues with Lian Ni-chang (Lin) vowing to slaughter the remainder of the tribes in Wu-Tang, as she is possessed by evil after being misunderstood by her lover, Zhuo...
1980s / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror
by Vincent Leo · Published February 11, 1997 · Last modified March 16, 2021
The idea for Beetlejuice developed when Michael McDowell, a horror novelist and occasional television writer for “Tales from the Darkside”, sold the rights to some of his Southern Gothic novels to a former studio...
1990s / Action / Fantasy / Martial Arts / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published February 6, 1997 · Last modified January 29, 2019
The Invisible Woman (Yeoh, Wing Chun) is stealing babies from local hospitals for an evil master, while Wonder Woman (Mui, Rouge) is trying to take her down. Thief Catcher (Cheung, The Iceman Cometh) joins forces with the police to try...
1980s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published February 4, 1997 · Last modified December 27, 2018
The Empire Strikes Back continues the Star Wars saga in exciting fashion, with the Empire now having driven the Rebels from their secret base to another on an ice world called Hoth. The Empire eventually finds them...
1990s / Action / Fantasy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published February 2, 1997 · Last modified March 8, 2019
A collection of eight clans collectively known as the Wu-Tang Clan (no, not the rap group) are terrorized by possible extinction by a sorceress and evil clan led by Siamese twins, who are using...
1980s / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published January 29, 1997 · Last modified January 29, 2019
In the 1930s, a young and popular prostitute named Fleur catches the eye of an heir to a chain of groceries, 12th Master Chan. He does what he can to win her over, and...
1970s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published January 22, 1997 · Last modified December 27, 2018
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away — oh, you know the rest. A couple of robots shuttle to a desert planet after their rebel spaceship is taken over by an...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.