by Vincent Leo · Published January 13, 2009 · Last modified February 28, 2019
Based on the William Adler novel, The War of the Roses, an allusion to the bloody Middle Ages battle between the Houses of Lancaster and York, is director (and co-star) Danny DeVito’s (Hoffa, Duplex) second theatrical directorial...
A prescient, blackly comic satire on the effect that school cliques have on youth that can’t seem to fit in, Heathers would jokingly refer to teen angst having a body count. At the time of the...
2000s / Fantasy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published December 2, 2003 · Last modified May 2, 2019
The experience of figuring out Donnie Darko is like buying a jigsaw puzzle at a garage sale and trying to put it together realizing that you may not have enough pieces to make a complete...
The Vagrant is another of those “suburban nightmare” flicks that came out in the 80s, only a few years too late. Had it come sooner, it might have found a modest audience for those who...
Falling into the category of “Don’t hate me for recommending this movie to you” is The Salton Sea, a very dark black comedy that will probably turn off just as many viewers who find it...
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...
Five friends go to Vegas for a bachelor party and one of them ends up accidentally killing a prostitute, and later a security guard who stumbles on the body. They decide to cover it...
The Opposite of Sex is a scandalous black comedy starring Christina Ricci as an unscrupulous and manipulative 16-year-old who moves in with her gay half-brother and seduces his lover. Upon notifying them she is...
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.
