First-time feature director Nahnatchka Khan scores nicely in her first feature directorial duty, after a few notable production efforts on television, including the hit, “Fresh Off the Boat”, with Always Be My Maybe (a play...
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is a This is Spinal Tap-like mockumentary that ribs not only popstars like Justin Bieber and their gargantuan egos, but also the culture of modern celebrity in general. It’s made by...
Derek Zoolander (Stiller, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb) is back, the eternally daft and narcissistic male supermodel, now retired and reclusive, who has been persuaded by a ‘fashion police’ agent working for Interpol,...
The King of Comedy isn’t so much a comedy in the traditional sense, although it might be classified as a twisted, and quite tragic, comedy of errors. It is also a scathing satire on...
My Favorite Year marks the directorial debut of actor Richard Benjamin, and by all accounts, he nailed it right out of the gate. It’s a loving tribute to the celebrity of yesteryear, which not...
Forest Whitaker returns with yet another film aimed at female audiences, this time going for a younger crowd with First Daughter, the latest in a series of seemingly never-ending tales about the repression of self-identity that...
It’s sort of a poor man’s Big Chill, complete with Kevin Kline, in this multi-character piece reportedly shot entirely with DV cameras in 19 days, with roles written specifically for the friends of writer-director-stars Cumming...
William Thacker (Grant, Sense and Sensibility), owner of a quaint bookstore in Notting Hill, England, receives a famous customer in the form of Anna Scott (Roberts, Stepmom), the most popular actress in Hollywood. They bump into...
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.
