The One I Love (2014)
The One I Love is one of those movies that will likely hold an extra amount of enjoyment going in without any sort of knowledge, so if you haven’t seen it yet, and you like...
2010s / Romance / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published August 24, 2014 · Last modified March 21, 2019
The One I Love is one of those movies that will likely hold an extra amount of enjoyment going in without any sort of knowledge, so if you haven’t seen it yet, and you like...
2010s / Action / Comedy / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published August 1, 2014 · Last modified July 4, 2018
Peter Quill (Pratt, The LEGO Movie) was a young boy in 1988 when he was abducted by an alien spacecraft flying overhead. He has spent the next few decades working as a ‘junker’ as part of...
Great music and performances are likely enough to please most viewers who enter into a biopic about a famous musical act, but they’re not necessarily enough to take things to the next level of...
2010s / Action / Horror / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published July 19, 2014 · Last modified July 23, 2018
The first The Purge had been one of the surprise hits of 2013, earning $64 million on a $3 million budget. What it had was its interesting concept. What it lacked was the budget to really...
1960s / Adventure / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published July 13, 2014 · Last modified March 22, 2019
Charlton Heston (The Omega Man, Tombstone) stars as American astronaut George Taylor, who is returning back to Earth from a mission that has aged them six months, though many years have actually passed on the...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published June 27, 2014 · Last modified August 13, 2018
It’s becoming more difficult by this fourth entry in the Transformers series to criticize it when it delivers exactly what its fans expect, namely, incessant explosions, sparkly bits, gratuitous cheesecake, and a plot and dialogue written...
1980s / Comedy / Family / Musical
by Vincent Leo · Published June 15, 2014 · Last modified August 15, 2018
Annie is a musical that has become a fan favorite for those who grew up watching it, though film critics in general have remained rather tepid toward it, citing that it is overblown and clunky. ...
2010s / Action / Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy
by Vincent Leo · Published June 14, 2014 · Last modified January 18, 2019
In what will likely go down as my personal pick for the most disappointing film of 2014, given my lofty expectations going in, How to Train Your Dragon 2 takes just about every character I grew...
Schmidt (Hill) and Jenko (Tatum) are back, moving to the Vietnamese Church across the street as their new base of operations for their undercover narcotics unit. This time, they’re going to portray themselves as...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published June 6, 2014 · Last modified July 31, 2018
Tom Cruise in another big-budget science fiction vehicle that’s not easy to readily separate from one of his other recent releases (Oblivion, War of the Worlds, Minority Report), but don’t let its familiar premise or generic...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.