Casino (1995)
Based on a true story (although the names have been changed), this tells the tale of Sam “Ace” Rothstein (De Niro, A Bronx Tale), a Jewish gambler with an incredible knack for bet-handicapping. His help...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 23, 1999 · Last modified February 11, 2019
Based on a true story (although the names have been changed), this tells the tale of Sam “Ace” Rothstein (De Niro, A Bronx Tale), a Jewish gambler with an incredible knack for bet-handicapping. His help...
1990s / Horror / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published January 22, 1999 · Last modified March 29, 2019
The crew of a tug boat take refuge from a storm in a seemingly abandoned Russian ship. Terror erupts when they find themselves besieged by a mutating and murderous alien life form intent on...
A mathematical genius thinks there is a pattern to life and the universe and tries to learn about everything through the numbers and patterns around him. One day he meets an orthodox Jewish man...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 26, 1998 · Last modified February 21, 2019
A notorious bank robber (Clooney) busts out of prison with the help of a former inmate (Rhames) but kidnaps a female US Marshal (Lopez) on the escape route. The Marshal escapes and the two felons make their...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 12, 1998 · Last modified February 4, 2019
An orphaned young woman named Mary (O’Hara, Miracle on 34th Street) travels to Cornwall to stay with her aunt and uncle in a place called the Jamaica Inn. The downside to this is the fact that...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 10, 1998 · Last modified February 11, 2019
A young lawyer (Damon, Courage Under Fire) goes to work for a crooked ambulance-chasing firm, and tries not to drown in his first case against a highly successful insurance company and their formidable team of lawyers....
1960s / Drama / Romance / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published November 29, 1998 · Last modified January 18, 2019
Bonnie and Clyde is based on a notorious but true story. The events are set in the 1930s, dealing with a recently released bank robber, Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty, Heaven Can Wait) who hooks up with a...
1930s / Adventure / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published November 23, 1998 · Last modified December 3, 2019
Robert Donat plays Richard Hannay, a Canadian visiting London who travels to a local show. Gunshots erupt, and during the mad dash for the exits, he bumps into a woman (Mannheim), asking to go...
by Vincent Leo · Published November 23, 1998 · Last modified January 22, 2019
A man involved in a near fatal car accident becomes a wheelchair-ridden paraplegic, and through his strong desire for voyeurism and some cheap entertainment watches his neighbors though his second story Soho apartment. In...
by Vincent Leo · Published November 20, 1998 · Last modified February 20, 2019
…and I still don’t care what you did last summer. Julie (Hewitt), one of the survivors from the first film, tries to get herself together but is still having nightmares about her traumatic experience with...
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.