The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
Jim Jarmusch has taken on horror before to success with his 2013 vampire flick, Only Lovers Left Alive. This one takes his usual lightheartedly droll approach to cinema, building on the quirky, bluesy, lackadaisical vibe...
Jim Jarmusch has taken on horror before to success with his 2013 vampire flick, Only Lovers Left Alive. This one takes his usual lightheartedly droll approach to cinema, building on the quirky, bluesy, lackadaisical vibe...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 24, 2017 · Last modified March 10, 2019
Charles Dickens’ classic novel, “A Christmas Carol”, provides the backbone, and the backstory, for this modern update. It’s become something of a cult classic for people to watch around Christmas time every year, though,...
1980s / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published October 22, 2017 · Last modified March 7, 2019
A sick young boy (Savage, Vice Versa) gets a visit from his grandfather (Falk, Vibes), who reads the young lad one of his favorite books, ‘The Princess Bride’. The book is of a beautiful young noble named...
Joe Versus the Volcano ranks among a very select category of movies that miss the mark in terms of quality, but which has an unmistakably appealing nature that makes you like it despite it. While...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 21, 2012 · Last modified February 15, 2019
Whoopi Goldberg (The Player, The Lion King) stars as Terry Dolittle, a international accounts computer operator working behind the scenes for a major New York City bank. Terry gets into a bit of trouble with...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 5, 2006 · Last modified December 18, 2019
It might be a step down from the pleasure that was The Addams Family, but this sequel doesn’t miss too far off the mark. Although darker, with a more adult vibe (this one kicks the...
2000s / Action / Comedy / Family
by Vincent Leo · Published March 8, 2005 · Last modified May 23, 2019
Vin Diesel plays Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe, whose squad failed to get captured scientist Harold Plummer (Tate Donovan) back alive in a covert mission. Since the mission was not a success, Wolfe’s next assignment is...
Trees Lounge marks the first feature film written and directed by actor Steve Buscemi, showing that he has some talent behind the camera, as well as in front of it. This modest film falls into...
A romantic comedy like no other before it, Annie Hall proves to be a tour-de-force and landmark film for Woody Allen as a writer, director, and star. It’s the film that showed Allen, and the world,...
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