Superbad (2007)
Those who can’t get enough of the pop-culture literate comedies by Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up) that celebrate the geek culture in wickedly funny ways would do well to check out Superbad. Although he...
Those who can’t get enough of the pop-culture literate comedies by Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up) that celebrate the geek culture in wickedly funny ways would do well to check out Superbad. Although he...
With a convincing rasping wheeze, Samuel L. Jackson (Home of the Brave, Snakes on a Plane) shows off that he has range beyond playing a bad-ass with Resurrecting the Champ, a well-acted but rather formulaic story...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 1, 2007 · Last modified February 7, 2019
Tom Berenger (Major League, Butch & Sundance) plays a rich San Francisco businessman named Tom Merrick, recently involved in a terrible car accident that sees him need major face and body reconstruction in order to...
1990s / Action / Fantasy / Superhero / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published August 26, 2007 · Last modified February 7, 2019
Walter B. Gibson’s famous long-dormant character of the 1930s gets a 1990s update, primarily fitting in the mold of other crime-fighting superhero efforts like Batman and Darkman, both characters whose artistic origins are influenced by the original...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 25, 2007 · Last modified April 15, 2019
The Usual Suspects is one of those rare thrillers where the more you think you know, the less you truly do. Essentially, it’s all a big mind game movie, seemingly placing all of its emphasis...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 23, 2007 · Last modified December 9, 2019
Dan Evans (Heflin) is a struggling, drought-stricken rancher desperate for money who agrees to help escort Ben Wade (Ford), the leader of a band of outlaws, at gunpoint to take the train to Yuma where,...
Although a critical and commercial failure when it was released theatrically, Highlander would become a cult hit on video and cable, and developed a loyal fan base of its own through a unique, if nonsensical, mythology...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 20, 2007 · Last modified June 12, 2019
Set 150 years ago, Tristan is a young man in the small English town of Wall who aims to win the hand of the local beauty (Miller) in exchange for a star that has fallen...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 18, 2007 · Last modified March 22, 2019
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a more modern telling of the Robin Hood legend, with the 1990s penchant for dark tones, excessive violence, rampant innuendo, and a campy, juvenile attitude toward adventure. A huge...
1990s / Action / Comedy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published August 14, 2007 · Last modified February 25, 2019
Consul Han’s (Tzi Ma, Chain Reaction) 11-year-old daughter is kidnapped and held for a $50 million ransom. The FBI are on the case, but he flies in an old friend and police inspector named Lee...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.