Summer of 84 (2018)
Summer of 84 is the collective directorial team known as RKSS’s follow-up to another cult film tapping into the vibe of the 1980s, the zany post-apocalyptic comedy called Turbo Kid. This time out, it’s more of...
2010s / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published August 28, 2018 · Last modified August 30, 2018
Summer of 84 is the collective directorial team known as RKSS’s follow-up to another cult film tapping into the vibe of the 1980s, the zany post-apocalyptic comedy called Turbo Kid. This time out, it’s more of...
2010s / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published July 13, 2018 · Last modified July 17, 2018
Adapted from Austin Wright’s 1993 novel, “Tony and Susan”, Nocturnal Animals has two storylines to follow, one the presumed reality, and the other a presumed fictitious one dramatized from the contents of the manuscript of a...
2010s / Mystery / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published October 10, 2017 · Last modified July 26, 2018
An admirable and inspired attempt to further continue the story as presented in the highly influential 1982 classic, Blade Runner, sees modern visionary Denis Villenueve (Arrival, Enemy) supplant Ridley Scott (who executive produces) as director, further...
2010s / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published April 4, 2017 · Last modified August 1, 2018
The Discovery offers up an interesting theoretical drama about what might occur from a sociological standpoint if it were to be proven that there’s life after death. The film posits that the fear of death...
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...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 4, 2016 · Last modified September 25, 2018
Feeling like one of those cheap domestic thrillers that came and went in the early 1990s, especially the plethora of Stephen King adaptations (the Maine setting is but one of several homages), this is...
The third film in the Dan Brown adaptation series that already includes The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons sees Tom Hanks (Sully, A Hologram for the King) return to play main Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, who we...
2010s / Mystery / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published March 12, 2016 · Last modified June 20, 2019
In an era full of sequels that few were clamoring for, 10 Cloverfield Lane ends up being one of the rare good ones. Part of the reason why is that it feels like an entirely different...
Starting off in Buffalo, NY, at the turn of the 20th century, Mia Wasikowska (Madame Bovary, The Double) stars as an aspiring writer named Edith Cushing (nod to Hammer Horror thespian Peter Cushing, no doubt)...
1990s / Mystery / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published September 15, 2015 · Last modified July 2, 2024
As a young boy, Alex Proyas was deathly afraid of the dark, even more so when he began experiencing recurring nightmares involving strange-looking bald men who come out at night and chase him with...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.