Iron Man (2008)
Multi-billionaire Tony Stark (Downey) is the best in the world at what he does — designing and selling high-powered weaponry to the world, literally changing the face of warfare through his ability to deliver...
2000s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero / War
by Vincent Leo · Published October 10, 2008 · Last modified April 26, 2019
Multi-billionaire Tony Stark (Downey) is the best in the world at what he does — designing and selling high-powered weaponry to the world, literally changing the face of warfare through his ability to deliver...
1980s / Horror / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published September 29, 2008 · Last modified July 4, 2018
Based on the novel by Stephen King, Firestarter stars Drew Barrymore (E.T. the Extraterrestrial, Cat’s Eye) as youngster Charlie McGee, the super-gifted offspring of “Jedi mind trick”-using father Andy (Keith, Major League II) and mind-reading mother Vicky (Locklear, Money...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 26, 2008 · Last modified March 6, 2019
Chevy Chase (Caddyshack, Modern Problems) stars as Nick Gardenia, a divorced writer who is abducted from his secluded Big Sur, California bungalow at gunpoint and forced to rob a bank by a couple of two-bit...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 10, 2008 · Last modified April 3, 2019
Winner of six Academy Awards, including Best Picture of 1960, The Apartment still stands up today as one of the best and most sophisticated Hollywood romantic comedies ever produced. Directed and co-written by the great Billy...
Still in a life crisis after the loss of his beloved wife, Carnegie Mellon English professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Quaid) has become a self-absorbed jackass. No one knows this more than his children, James (Holmes) and...
Action / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published August 22, 2008 · Last modified January 28, 2019
Demolition Man starts off in Los Angeles’s near future of 1996, where crime has run rampant. It takes someone ruthless to catch ruthless criminals, and that man is super-cop John Spartan (Stallone, Rocky V), whose take-no-prisoners...
2000s / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Horror
by Vincent Leo · Published August 12, 2008 · Last modified April 19, 2019
Although only three years have passed since the first film in real time, this sequel takes place about a decade years after the events of The Mummy. Adventurer Rick O’Connell (Fraser, Monkeybone) and librarian Evelyn...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 11, 2008 · Last modified February 20, 2019
A Simple Plan‘s Scott Smith pens the screenplay for this shocker, based on his book of the same name, to middling results. The bulk of the story takes place in Mexico, in Cancun, near the...
1990s / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror
by Vincent Leo · Published August 2, 2008 · Last modified January 28, 2019
A barely recognizable remake of the 1932 Boris Karloff classic, 1999’s The Mummy tells the tale of the Ancient Egyptian high priest, Imhotep (Vosloo, Agent Cody Banks), who made the fatal error of engaging in an affair...
1950s / Musical / Romance / Western
by Vincent Leo · Published July 31, 2008 · Last modified January 22, 2019
Loosely adapted from Stephen Vincent Benet’s story, “The Sobbin’ Women”, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers may not make for the most believable of tales, but it has endured as one of the more beloved musical films...
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.