Panic Room (2002)
Panic Room would seem like a can’t miss thriller, especially given the talent involved and their respective track records. Jodie Foster starred in one of the best of the nineties, director Fincher directed a few...
Panic Room would seem like a can’t miss thriller, especially given the talent involved and their respective track records. Jodie Foster starred in one of the best of the nineties, director Fincher directed a few...
Fans of David Mamet’s con-men thrillers should definitely check out this solid take on the same themes from this Argentinean gem entitled Nine Queens (or Nueve Reinas, if you prefer). Like those films, Nine Queens runs its themes deeper than...
Although I am a fan of comic books, and enjoy Wesley Snipes’ work even when he is playing an expressionless monosyllabic badass, I was disappointed in the first film in what is now a...
1980s / Action / Comedy / Sports
by Vincent Leo · Published March 20, 2002 · Last modified May 26, 2026
The Cannonball Run isn’t traditionally a great film. It’s loose, chaotic, silly, and filled with jokes and stereotypes that haven’t aged well. Critics were right to call it tasteless, mindless, sexist, racist, antisemitic, and...
Without the ridiculous and typical Charles Bronson ending, Love and Bullets might have gotten a modest recommendation. Within this rather routine thriller, there are a number of things to like. For starters, the storyline removes...
David S. Goyer’s previous work includes screenwriting credits on such films as Blade (and Blade II), Dark City, The Crow: City of Angels, Death Warrant and Kickboxer 2. Not exactly work brimming with character development. Curiously, Goyer’s first time directing a film...
Remember the late 80s, when it seemed like damn near every movie was a paranoid thriller where everyone from the mistress, nanny, girl-next-door, and Fluffy the neighborhood cat was out to destroy the average...
I suppose it may be true that if you’ve seen one buddy movie, you’ve seen ’em all. The “buddies” are usually two people who don’t particularly belong together and throughout have an inability to...
It’s tough to pull off a successful sex comedy. It may be easy to make one since there is a percentage of the movie-going population that will find anything sexual as hilarious, and the...
2000s / Adventure / Family / Fantasy
by Vincent Leo · Published March 7, 2002 · Last modified March 20, 2019
I have not read any of Harry Potter’s adventures, so take the review for what it’s worth, as I will not be comparing the film and how faithful it may or may not be...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.