Dark Waters (2019)
Dark Waters is a film based on the true story of a corporate lawyer who ends up taking on DuPont Chemical. The origin of the screenplay originated from a Nathaniel Rich expose on attorney Rob...
Dark Waters is a film based on the true story of a corporate lawyer who ends up taking on DuPont Chemical. The origin of the screenplay originated from a Nathaniel Rich expose on attorney Rob...
The Equalizer 2 brings back Denzel Washington (Fences), along with director Antoine Fuqua (The Magnificent Seven) and screenwriter Richard Wenk (Jack Reacher: Never Go Back), continuing the further adventures of one man’s quest to...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 26, 2014 · Last modified December 16, 2019
The Equalizer is very loosely based on the hit show from the 1980s, starring Edward Woodward, that ran from 1985 to 1989. This new incarnation ramps up the comic book aspects of its premise and...
1990s / Comedy / Drama / Sports
by Vincent Leo · Published May 31, 2007 · Last modified January 28, 2019
As time goes on, my fondness for A League of Their Own grows, and only a waning voice in the back of my mind keeps me from giving it the vaunted 5-star rating. Obviously, not everyone...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 13, 2003 · Last modified December 3, 2019
It’s hard to watch so many good character actors get together in a film that doesn’t explore great characterizations. Yet, here they are, doing what they can to inject life in yet another gimmicky,...
Director Jon Turteltaub has had a nice career for himself making sweet-natured films with heart, and While You Were Sleeping is a prime example. Of course, it’s hard to go wrong with Sandra Bullock in a...
2000s / Action / Animation / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published June 20, 2000 · Last modified March 10, 2019
Here’s another one of those tired retreads that will have you naming the original movie TITAN AE rips off during every consecutive scene just to keep yourself from falling asleep altogether. From STAR WARS...
Some murky lake in the middle of Maine (which isn’t the real Lake Placid) is home to a 30-foot long gargantuan crocodile which is consuming much of the wildlife around it, including a human...
by Vincent Leo · Published May 25, 1999 · Last modified February 24, 2019
Tracy (Kidman) and her college professor, Andy (Pullman), fall in love and get married, but have been unsuccessful in having children. Andy runs into a doctor (Baldwin) who is from the same school he...
1990s / Action / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published January 10, 1999 · Last modified January 28, 2019
In the 1990s, it seems that if you’re given a budget over $100 million, the rule of thumb is to put 90% of it into special effects, while whatever paltry sum is left should...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.