1980s / Comedy / Romance / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published February 23, 2011 · Last modified January 14, 2019
One of Steve Martin’s (Sgt. Pepper, The Jerk) funniest films, and one which he would co-write. His third collaboration with writer-director Carl Reiner (The One and Only, Fatal Instinct), The Man with Two Brains casts Martin as renowned...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 28, 2009 · Last modified April 25, 2019
A bout of midlife crisis and writer’s block plagues esteemed Italian filmmaker Guido Contini (Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood), coming after a couple of flops that sees him gun-shy when it comes to his creativity,...
A fictional adaptation based on the autobiographical book by Danny Wallace, Yes Man hermistars Jim Carrey (Horton Hears a Who, The Number 23) as Carl Allen, a bank loan officer who becomes a bit of a...
by Vincent Leo · Published October 9, 2009 · Last modified December 18, 2019
It’s The Temp redux. Obsessed is a glossy thriller that delivers everything on a surface level. The makers of the film think that it will be provocative, but its PG-13 rating equates to a lack of bite,...
1980s / Comedy / Drama / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published March 15, 2009 · Last modified August 6, 2018
The 1980s were full of “wrong side of the tracks” romances, from Valley Girl to Say Anything, and in Pretty in Pink, screenwriter John Hughes (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Mr. Mom) tells the story from the perspective of a lower-class...
2000s / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published January 6, 2009 · Last modified February 20, 2019
Very loosely based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald of 1921, the film version pushes forward the timeline of the story to the bulk of the 20th Century. We start the film...
1980s / Action / Comedy / Martial Arts / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published November 13, 2008 · Last modified November 25, 2018
A jumbled mix of various genres popular among African-American moviegoers, Motown king Berry Gordy lent his name and label’s music to this film that blends blaxtploitation, martial arts, and music videos into a lowbrow...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 26, 2008 · Last modified March 6, 2019
Chevy Chase (Caddyshack, Modern Problems) stars as Nick Gardenia, a divorced writer who is abducted from his secluded Big Sur, California bungalow at gunpoint and forced to rob a bank by a couple of two-bit...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 10, 2008 · Last modified April 3, 2019
Winner of six Academy Awards, including Best Picture of 1960, The Apartment still stands up today as one of the best and most sophisticated Hollywood romantic comedies ever produced. Directed and co-written by the great Billy...
1950s / Musical / Romance / Western
by Vincent Leo · Published July 31, 2008 · Last modified January 22, 2019
Loosely adapted from Stephen Vincent Benet’s story, “The Sobbin’ Women”, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers may not make for the most believable of tales, but it has endured as one of the more beloved musical films...
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.
