10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
In an era full of sequels that few were clamoring for, 10 Cloverfield Lane ends up being one of the rare good ones. Part of the reason why is that it feels like an entirely different...
2010s / Mystery / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published March 12, 2016 · Last modified June 20, 2019
In an era full of sequels that few were clamoring for, 10 Cloverfield Lane ends up being one of the rare good ones. Part of the reason why is that it feels like an entirely different...
2010s / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published April 28, 2015 · Last modified January 8, 2020
Given what lengths many go to to stay looking young, let’s all hope that there aren’t a bunch of women driving around Sonoma County, California, looking for snowfall to drive off the road into...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 1, 2007 · Last modified February 7, 2019
Tom Berenger (Major League, Butch & Sundance) plays a rich San Francisco businessman named Tom Merrick, recently involved in a terrible car accident that sees him need major face and body reconstruction in order to...
More slick trash for the mindless horror-loving set, Final Destination 2 is a film without a reason to exist. As bad as it was, at least the first film had the nifty new idea going for it,...
Upon first sight of the opening credits, either an homage to or a rip-off of The Matrix, depending on your perspective, you’ll probably guess that Second Time Around is going to be a sci-fi flick dealing...
If Changing Lanes proves anything, it’s that good acting, directing, writing and production values aren’t always enough to make a good film. Changing Lanes doesn’t do anything wrong per se, the main problem is that it just...
1990s / Mystery / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published October 16, 2001 · Last modified December 11, 2019
Before being remade in the US as VANILLA SKY, there was this gem by Alejandro Amenabar, who would later direct the equally excellent flick in 2001, THE OTHERS. This is a hard film to review,...
2000s / Comedy / Drama / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published October 7, 2000 · Last modified February 16, 2019
Bob is a contract builder in Chicago, with a nice life and loving vet wife. After a tragic car accident leaves his wife for dead, her heart is transplanted into the ailing Grace, a...
Sandra Bullock plays a newspaper columnist who is forced to enter a drug rehab facility or face going to jail after she steals a limo and ends up in an accident. While there, she...
1990s / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published April 24, 1998 · Last modified February 14, 2019
Sometime in the near future, as the opening credits state, human beings are genetically produced so that they have the best traits possible. It is expected that these “valid” humans succeed and become mental...
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.