Toni Collette (Krampus, The Boxtrolls) stars as diorama model artist Annie Graham, a wife to the reliable Steve (Byrne, Louder Than Bombs) and mother of two teenagers, Peter (Wolff, Patriots Day) and Charlie (Shapiro), whose secretive, manipulative and mostly...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 10, 2017 · Last modified August 30, 2018
The works of Stephen King are a strong influence on the popular Netflix show, “Stranger Things”, which, in an interesting twist, becomes the influence on a Hollywood studio pushing for a popular Stephen King...
2010s / Horror / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published March 29, 2017 · Last modified July 27, 2018
An Alien clone, but effective enough to provide a couple of hours of effective jolts, Daniel Espinosa’s (Child 44, Safe House) attempt at delivering the monster-on-the-spaceship premise gets dusted off for one more go-around in Life. Zombieland and Deadpool writing partners Rhett...
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 / Horror / Mystery / Superhero / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published January 24, 2017 · Last modified January 21, 2019
M. Night Shyamalan (The Visit, After Earth) returns to his regular mode with Split, a twisty thriller with mild horror elements, which some will view as a return to form of sorts. Certainly, there are moments...
Ouija: Origin of Evil is one of those franchise entries that many will overlook due to the bad taste left in the mouth of its predecessor. That’s a shame for director Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Hush),...
2010s / Comedy / Horror / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published July 16, 2016 · Last modified July 9, 2018
Kristen Wiig (Zoolander 2, The Martian) plays Erin Gilbert, an ambitious associate professor seeking tenure at New York’s prestigious Columbia University. Erin ends up losing that when a book she published years ago on ghosts...
2010s / Action / Horror / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published July 10, 2016 · Last modified July 23, 2018
With themes that seem to tap into today’s headlines, The Purge: Election Year seems less like a sci-fi premise with a horror-movie sense of aesthetic, and more like a freaky fun-house mirror of our own society...
Blake Lively (The Age of Adaline, Accepted) stars as Nancy, former medical school student from Galveston, TX, who travels to her recently deceased mother’s favorite secret surfing spot in a lush spot on the Mexican...
Touring the Pacific Northwest, the D.C.-based punk quartet known as the Ain’t Rights haven’t quite taken this part of the country by storm, ending up taking a bit of a detour from their tour...
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.
