Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
Fifty Shades Freed continues what you already expect from the series, and despite giving us better interplay among the leads and reducing the number of instances of overtly laughable dialogue, it can’t be “freed’...
2010s / Drama / Romance / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published February 11, 2018 · Last modified December 5, 2019
Fifty Shades Freed continues what you already expect from the series, and despite giving us better interplay among the leads and reducing the number of instances of overtly laughable dialogue, it can’t be “freed’...
In this follow-up to the wildly popular kinky romance drama Fifty Shades of Grey, we find perpetually blushing publishing-house editorial assistant Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson, A Bigger Splash) making it through life without the help or attention...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 17, 2015 · Last modified December 5, 2019
Fifty Shades of Grey adapts E.L. James’s massively popular book, only truly notably significant because it brought about BDSM subject matter into the mainstream. With everything depicted already having been filmed in pornography that’s not...
2010s / Comedy / Family / Musical
by Vincent Leo · Published December 12, 2014 · Last modified August 15, 2018
Annie is 2014’s updating of the 1982 musical directed by John Huston, which itself had been based on the Broadway musical adaptation of the Harold Gray comic strip, “Little Orphan Annie”, but with more glitz and modern...
1980s / Comedy / Family / Musical
by Vincent Leo · Published June 15, 2014 · Last modified August 15, 2018
Annie is a musical that has become a fan favorite for those who grew up watching it, though film critics in general have remained rather tepid toward it, citing that it is overblown and clunky. ...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published May 9, 2010 · Last modified August 12, 2019
Robert Downey Jr. reprises his role as narcissist hi-tech playboy billionaire Tony Stark, who finds his world popularity surging after his adopted superhero status has caused the longest era of peace on Earth in...
2000s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero / War
by Vincent Leo · Published October 10, 2008 · Last modified April 26, 2019
Multi-billionaire Tony Stark (Downey) is the best in the world at what he does — designing and selling high-powered weaponry to the world, literally changing the face of warfare through his ability to deliver...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 8, 1999 · Last modified February 11, 2019
Wealthy billionaire playboy Thomas Crown (Brosnan, Tomorrow Never Dies) devises a plan whereby he steals a Monet painting values at over $100 million. An insurance agent (Russo, Lethal Weapon 4) would much rather get the painting back rather...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 17, 1997 · Last modified February 7, 2019
A billionaire (Hopkins, Nixon) flies his supermodel wife (Macpherson, Batman & Robin) up to Alaska for a fashion shoot. While there the billionaire’s plane crashes in the middle of the deserted wilderness, leaving only the billionaire and 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.