San Andreas is a meat-headed special effects film through and through, basically just an excuse to deliver yet another disaster-porn epic, hoping that the titillation people feel when watching buildings crumble and things blowing up...
Many questions emerge shortly after walking out of a viewing of Sucker Punch. Perhaps the first and foremost one is, “What the *bleep* was that all about?” There may be a few more thoughts that...
2000s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published March 30, 2009 · Last modified June 12, 2019
The film version of what many consider to be the apex of creative superhero comic book writing finally gets made, after nearly a decade of starts and stops, most notably by the likes of...
Alternating between pithy and smarmy, Lovelife is first-time writer-director Jon Harmon Feldman’s attempt to marry the ensemble character appeal of TV’s “Friends” with an introspective look at relationships akin to Woody Allen. Although it never really...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 7, 1999 · Last modified March 1, 2019
There’s a heavyweight championship bout going on in an Atlantic City casino, and the Secretary of Defense is in attendance. Shockingly, he is also assassinated during the fight, and although the assassin was taken...
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.
