1990s / Action / Fantasy / Superhero / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published August 26, 2007 · Last modified February 7, 2019
Walter B. Gibson’s famous long-dormant character of the 1930s gets a 1990s update, primarily fitting in the mold of other crime-fighting superhero efforts like Batman and Darkman, both characters whose artistic origins are influenced by the original...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 25, 2007 · Last modified April 15, 2019
The Usual Suspects is one of those rare thrillers where the more you think you know, the less you truly do. Essentially, it’s all a big mind game movie, seemingly placing all of its emphasis...
Jason Bourne is back, and he’s still being chased by a faction of the CIA who have insidiously been trying to keep the details of his origin and missions under wraps for fear of...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 1, 2007 · Last modified February 20, 2019
Star Lindsay Lohan (Georgia Rule, Chapter 27) spends the bulk of this movie trying to get revenge on the mysterious person who has “killed” her, although the person she really needs to exact justice on...
1980s / Mystery / Thriller / Uncategorized
by Vincent Leo · Published July 28, 2007 · Last modified February 16, 2023
In the early 1980s, filmmaker Curtis Hanson had just come off of directing Losin’ It, a teen comedy about a group of young American men who travel to Tijuana, Mexico to lose their virginity....
by Vincent Leo · Published July 27, 2007 · Last modified December 15, 2019
Maxwell Smart (Adams), the dimwitted super-spy from the hit Mel Brooks/Buck Henry-created TV series from the 1960s, “Get Smart” returned in 1980 for a brand new, racier adventure. Entitled The Nude Bomb, it has...
by Vincent Leo · Published July 26, 2007 · Last modified February 12, 2019
It’s the 1920s, the Jazz Age in New York. Struggling intellectual playwright David Shayne (Cusack, The Grifters) finally has the chance to earn his first Broadway production, but to have the finances to see his dream...
After 12 years cooped up in a mental institution stemming from a breakdown occurring from childhood events, 20-something Dana (Leonard, “Jericho”) is finally released. She is soon reunited with her two best childhood friends,...
In 1968, Roderick Thorp’s 1966 novel, “The Detective”, was adapted to the screen by 20th Century Fox. The film version starred Frank Sinatra as middle-aged ex-cop Joe Leland and performed well enough at the...
1408 is based on the Stephen King short story of the same name, originally written for a collection of straight-to-audiobook tales called “Blood and Smoke”. Although the gist of it is the same, like...
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.
