by Vincent Leo · Published October 15, 2000 · Last modified March 31, 2019
Janusz Kaminski, the much lauded cinematographer for Spielberg films such as Saving Private Ryan, Amistad and Schindler’s List, takes his first crack at directing with not too impressive results. This one could almost be called Rosemary’s Baby 2: The...
In KEEPING THE FAITH, Ben Stiller plays a rabbi, Edward Norton plays a Catholic priest, and Jenna Elfman is their childhood friend that moved away long ago. Now she is back, but feelings long...
Although Clerks was filmed with a much smaller budget and no real actors to speak of, Mallrats is the film that shows Kevin Smith the most at a loss on how to make his movie. Real studio money...
I suppose it was about time for producer Jerry Bruckheimer to release another stinker on the movie-going public, and Remember the Titans ranks among his very worst. Based on a true story, this film is...
2000s / Comedy / Drama / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published October 7, 2000 · Last modified February 16, 2019
Bob is a contract builder in Chicago, with a nice life and loving vet wife. After a tragic car accident leaves his wife for dead, her heart is transplanted into the ailing Grace, a...
Based on Nick Hornby’s book of the same name, this features Rob, owner of a small vinyl record store which caters to obscure and hard-to-get vinyl lovers. Rob seems to have hit an impasse...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 24, 2000 · Last modified December 10, 2019
After director Gordon Chan’s last lackadaisically fun flick, Beast Cops, he turns up the heat with an equally exciting and action-packed tale of computer espionage in 2000 A.D. According to the film, those who can control...
Director Tim Burton has a following of individuals who prefer to be dazzled by art design and costumes than through suspenseful cinematic technique. If all it took to be a good movie was to...
Unlike most other films of its subgenre, this teen slasher pic actually has an original idea and thoughtful premise. It starts off with a class field trip to Paris that gets a boy named...
Without a doubt, Magnolia is my personal pick for best film of 1999, and if it weren’t or The Shawshank Redemption, I’d say it was the best film of the 1990s. No, it wasn’t nominated for an...
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.
