Amnesia (1997)
In AMNESIA, Nicholas Walker plays a preacher who has an tawdry affair at a local motel with his son’s school teacher. He is stuck in a loveless marriage, desperately yearning to find some way to...
In AMNESIA, Nicholas Walker plays a preacher who has an tawdry affair at a local motel with his son’s school teacher. He is stuck in a loveless marriage, desperately yearning to find some way to...
by Vincent Leo · Published October 23, 1999 · Last modified February 20, 2019
Nick (Cusack) is a cocky air traffic controller in the busiest airspace in the world, New York City. Russell (Thornton) is the new hotshot who joins the crew, but he’s reckless amid his skill. The tension...
In the summer of 1969, when the first men landed on the moon and Woodstock was the big event, a family of four (well, five if you include the groom’s mother) travel out to...
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 April 29, 1999 · Last modified February 27, 2019
Clay is setup by the husband of the woman he’s having an affair when hubby commits suicide and tries to make it look like Clay killed him. Clay wants no one to suspect so...
Disturbing but ultimately riveting look into the lives of four people: Ann (MacDowell), John (Gallagher), Cynthia (San Giacomo), and Graham (Spader). Ann and John are married but John is sleeping with Ann’s sister, Cynthia. Graham...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 17, 1998 · Last modified February 14, 2019
John Travolta (Face/Off, Phenomenon) plays Governor Jack Stanton — well, actually, he plays Governor Bill Clinton, in this very loose portrayal of Clinton’s rise to grab the Democratic nomination in 1992. Along the way, there...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 11, 1998 · Last modified April 3, 2019
Is an introduction really necessary for one of the greatest noir films ever created? Even after the plot has been hashed and rehashed by countless other films in the last 60+ years, Double Indemnity is still...
A New Orleans attorney (Branagh, Dead Again) has a fling with a waitress (Davidtz, Fallen) and tries to sort out her life after finding that she is being tormented by her deranged father (Duvall, Sling Blade). He...
Hitchcock’s DIAL M FOR MURDER revisited, this time with Douglas out to off his philandering wife, and hiring her lover to do the deed. Things get complicated when the lover isn’t up to the...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.