South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (1999)
Granted, I have never been much of a fan of the “South Park” TV show. I think that the humor is too easy, merely relying on vulgarities in the absence of true wit. Some...
1990s / Animation / Comedy / Musical
by Vincent Leo · Published July 11, 1999 · Last modified October 1, 2019
Granted, I have never been much of a fan of the “South Park” TV show. I think that the humor is too easy, merely relying on vulgarities in the absence of true wit. Some...
Based on a true story. Jan Schlichtmann (Travolta), sensing a quick settlement to avoid negative press, takes on a couple of multimillion dollar companies on behalf of a handful of families who lost their...
by Vincent Leo · Published June 27, 1999 · Last modified February 27, 2019
Treading on some serious hallowed ground here, folks. Director Gus Van Sant decides he wants the certain fruitless endeavor of remaking a masterpiece. Talk about doomed from the start! A secretary is entrusted with...
A struggling San Francisco TV station throws a Hail Mary to save themselves, wherein they will film the life of a local citizen for 24 hours a day and broadcast it live. They locate...
Two divorced parents cope with the father’s new bride-to-be not getting along with their two children who are unwilling to accept her as their stepmother. There is tension all-around as no one likes each...
1990s / Horror / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published June 25, 1999 · Last modified February 7, 2019
In an Ohio high school, the faculty begins exhibiting strange behavior including dressing sexy and drinking copious amounts of H2O. The behavior seems to be spreading to the students as well, and soon the...
Someone is stalking the streets of New York with a small pickaxe and clonking people on the head, leaving dead bodies all around. Never fear because NYPD detective Ed Delaney (Sinatra, The Manchurian Candidate) is...
Playing by Heart follows the story of eleven people all facing a crisis in the love department for various reasons, ranging from AIDS to adultery to inability to commit. Although sporting an impressive cast, its...
by Vincent Leo · Published June 16, 1999 · Last modified February 25, 2019
The biblical story of Moses (Kilmer, The Island of Dr. Moreau) in Exodus, where the Egyptians keep Hebrews as slaves. Fearing her baby boy will be taken and drowned by the Egyptians, a young Hebrew mother...
It’s 1985, and a wedding singer (Sandler, Big Daddy) gets stood up at his own wedding and practically sinks into depression feeling he will never find anyone to love him. He helps a young waitress (Barrymore, Ever...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.