Bill Murray plays an annoying American video store clerk who travels to England to visit his brother (Gallagher) on his birthday. The brother does not want him botching an important business meeting with his presence,...
1990s / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published November 12, 1998 · Last modified January 22, 2019
A psychiatrist (Gere, Pretty Woman) begins a romance with the sister (Basinger, Batman) of one of his patients (Thurman, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen), although later finding out she’s married to a powerful gangster-type (Roberts, Runaway Train). His...
1990s / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published November 7, 1998 · Last modified February 4, 2019
Note to Hollywood: would you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop bombarding us with the same old “Earth is about to be destroyed so please watch two hours of people hugging and crying because they’re all...
1990s / Action / Comedy / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published October 24, 1998 · Last modified February 4, 2019
A crew of hitmen make the fatal blunder of kidnapping a young Chinese daughter (Chow, Sol Goode) of a wealthy businessman for ransom. One major problem: the girl is their boss’ goddaughter and he wants...
1990s / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published October 13, 1998 · Last modified September 18, 2023
Michael Crichton began writing “Sphere” in 1969 as a conceptual follow-up idea after his best-selling novel, “The Andromeda Strain”. He liked sci-fi stories where aliens wouldn’t resemble humans in any way. Whereas “The Andromeda...
On the campus of an ivy league New England college, someone dressed like Nanook of the North is recreating urban legends and killing everyone on campus in the process. If you’re looking for a...
by Vincent Leo · Published October 3, 1998 · Last modified February 5, 2019
The Japanese word for a master-less samurai is “Ronin”. Fittingly enough, a group of international mercenary covert op specialists are employed by a mysterious underground spy organization to obtain a suitcase they do not...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 20, 1998 · Last modified January 22, 2019
A high school guidance counselor (Dillon, In & Out) is accused of rape by a student (Richards, The World is Not Enough) who is the daughter of a wealthy and powerful widow (Russell, Spider-Man 3). After it is found...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 11, 1998 · Last modified April 3, 2019
Is an introduction really necessary for one of the greatest noir films ever created? Even after the plot has been hashed and rehashed by countless other films in the last 60+ years, Double Indemnity is still...
An out-of-work amateur bowler (Bridges) gets mistaken for a wealthy business man due to having the same last name and becomes embroiled in a quagmire of trouble when the rich Lebowski’s daughter gets kidnapped and...
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.
