The Interview (2014)
The Interview is perhaps more notable for the controversy it inspired than for anything that it contains within the course of its run time, as it not only caused an organization of hackers to infiltrate...
The Interview is perhaps more notable for the controversy it inspired than for anything that it contains within the course of its run time, as it not only caused an organization of hackers to infiltrate...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published May 24, 2014 · Last modified June 12, 2019
Days of Future Past starts off in the near future, where mutants are being hunted to near extinction by super-sophisticated robots known as Sentinels. Not only mutants but homo sapiens carrying the mutant genes as...
by Vincent Leo · Published April 20, 2013 · Last modified August 20, 2018
G.I. Joe: Retaliation is the second film in the series based on the Hasbro toy-line mostly popularized in the 1980s, coming after the weak first entry, G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra. Though it is technically a...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 23, 2013 · Last modified April 12, 2019
Foreign Correspondent is a very loose adaptation of actual wartime reporter Vincent Sheean’s memoirs, “Personal History”, produced by Walter Wanger (Stagecoach, Invasion of the Body Snatchers) and directed by Alfred Hitchcock (Jamaica Inn, The Lady Vanishes),...
The Man Who Knew Too Much is one of the rare instances of a director remaking one of his own earlier works. This 1956 release is the better known of the two, with the original having been...
Acclaimed action director Wolfgang Petersen (Shattered, The NeverEnding Story) gets top notch performances from his strong cast, and an excellent Academy Award-nominated screenplay by Jeff Maguire (Timeline, Gridiron Gang), making In the Line of Fire one of the...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 26, 2007 · Last modified February 16, 2019
Michael Douglas (Romancing the Stone, The Star Chamber) stars as macho NYC detective Nick Conklin, under investigation from Internal Affairs for possibly covering up theft done by his fellow officers in the line of duty....
by Vincent Leo · Published February 11, 2006 · Last modified December 14, 2019
It may not meet the standards of some groups as to its historical accuracy, but Steven Spielberg’s Munich nevertheless is engaging and thought-provoking moviemaking of the highest order. Munich marks the second time that the aftermath...
Rachel McAdams stars as hotel manager Lisa Reisert, who is delayed at the airport due to the terrible local weather in Texas. While waiting for her flight, she meets a handsome and charismatic man...
2000s / Action / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published July 2, 2003 · Last modified May 1, 2019
When you’ve got a billion dollar franchise on your hands, chances are you’re not going to let it sit on the shelves too long. Even if you can’t get the visionary director of the...
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.