1980s / Action / Comedy / Science Fiction / Superhero / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published July 28, 2018
Superman III is the first in the series without any trace of the guiding hands of director Richard Donner and acclaimed writer Mario Puzo, leaving the franchise completely in the hands of Superman II‘s clean-up director, Richard...
Richard Lester (A Hard Day’s Night, The Three Musketeers) replaces a disgruntled Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon, Conspiracy Theory) as the director for Superman II after many scenes, about three quarters of it, had been filmed by Donner...
The First Purge is a prequel to the other three Purge films that have been released thus far, describing the genesis of the project in which U.S. citizens are allowed to commit any crime, within...
1970s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published July 14, 2018 · Last modified July 16, 2018
Heralded by some as the greatest superhero film of all time, Superman is an epic befitting a legendary, larger-than-life comic book deity. No easy feat for a character so well-known and revered by millions the world...
Muppet mastermind Jim Henson (The Great Muppet Caper, Labyrinth) conceives of this darkly imagined fantasy story that utilizes his vast imagination and wizardry within the world of puppetry. Regardless of what one might perceive of...
In this second solo Ant-Man adventure, set before the cataclysmic events in the climax of The Avengers: Infinity War, ex-burglar Scott Lang (Rudd, Mute) is found serving out the final days of his two-year sentence under...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published July 8, 2018 · Last modified July 10, 2018
In the year 2045, orphaned teenage Columbus, Ohio resident Wade Watts (Sheridan, X-Men Apocalypse) lives, like seemingly everyone else around not working in the upper echelons of a corporation, in squalor (called ‘The Stacks”, which...
2010s / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published July 8, 2018 · Last modified July 10, 2018
The Netflix film Mute is a passion project directed and co-written by Duncan Jones, who made a splash with Moon, then solidified his fans with Source Code, which is the primary interest for most people who seek this one out...
1980s / Comedy / Horror / Musical / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published July 4, 2018 · Last modified July 10, 2018
Little Shop of Horrors is based on the long-running off-Broadway musical of 1982 with music from Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman, Produced by David Geffen (who also produced this film), which itself...
1980s / Action / Comedy / Horror / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published June 28, 2018 · Last modified July 10, 2018
Heather Locklear (Firestarter, Uptown Girls) stars as Abigail, a horticulturalist who travels to see her stepfather in order to get more information as to what happened to her deceased mother, whose remains disappeared under mysterious...
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.
