1917 (2019)
1917 takes place in Northern France amid the Great War. Lance Corporals Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) and Schofield (George MacKay) are two British soldiers commanded to carry orders from their General (Colin Firth) across No...
1917 takes place in Northern France amid the Great War. Lance Corporals Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) and Schofield (George MacKay) are two British soldiers commanded to carry orders from their General (Colin Firth) across No...
The inhabitants of the fantasy town of Whoville are gearing up for their favorite time of year, Christmas, and this year has them trying to be three times more into it than in the...
2010s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published April 30, 2018 · Last modified July 4, 2018
It takes some major stones to do what Marvel has done. Literally, in this case, with the culmination of the Infinity Stones, as one of the most ambitious attempts to create a universe of...
2010s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published November 3, 2016 · Last modified July 13, 2018
Benedict Cumberbatch stars as New York-based neurosurgeon, Dr. Stephen Strange (Cumberbatch, Zoolander 2), a big shot at his profession with as big an ego to flaunt. He has a level of cocky, self-satisfied smarm not...
2010s / Action / Adventure / Fantasy / War
by Vincent Leo · Published December 17, 2014 · Last modified July 8, 2018
This is the one that finally broke me. J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” has the secondary title of “There and Back Again”, which certainly rang true for many readers, who enjoy going back to the...
Starting in the 1840s United States, Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Solomon Northup, a free Black man living as a carpenter and musician in Saratoga, NY, with his wife and two children. Two white men...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published May 18, 2013 · Last modified July 11, 2018
Star Trek Into Darkness is director J.J. Abrams’s (Super 8, Mission Impossible III) follow-up to his commercially and critically acclaimed reboot of the iconic science fiction series, Star Trek, and should largely please fans of the more...
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.