The Usual Suspects (1995)
The Usual Suspects is one of those rare thrillers where the more you think you know, the less you truly do. Essentially, it’s all a big mind game movie, seemingly placing all of its emphasis...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 25, 2007 · Last modified April 15, 2019
The Usual Suspects is one of those rare thrillers where the more you think you know, the less you truly do. Essentially, it’s all a big mind game movie, seemingly placing all of its emphasis...
by Vincent Leo · Published July 26, 2007 · Last modified February 12, 2019
It’s the 1920s, the Jazz Age in New York. Struggling intellectual playwright David Shayne (Cusack, The Grifters) finally has the chance to earn his first Broadway production, but to have the finances to see his dream...
Based on the long-recurring skit on “Saturday Night Live”, Will Ferrell (Austin Powers, Men Seeking Women) and Chris Kattan (Monkeybone, Corky Romano) play club-hopping brothers, Steve and Doug Butabi, who like to bob their heads and...
by Vincent Leo · Published July 18, 2006 · Last modified December 16, 2019
They superimposed Marlon Wayans’ head on the body of a young dwarf to create the effect of making him look small, but one part of him did appear to shrink down to tiny size during...
Poolhall Junkies tries very hard to be a hip mix of Rounders grittiness, Reservoir Dogs machismo, and Swingers camaraderie, but doesn’t have the talent to pull it off. Although there is an impressive cast for such a low budget feature ($4...
Robert De Niro (Ronin, Jackie Brown) is Paul Vitti, a New York mob boss with problems. He suffers from anxiety attacks, a lack of nerves, and even impotence. He seeks help from a psychiatrist named...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 23, 1999 · Last modified February 11, 2019
A Bronx Tale starts off with a young boy witnessing a shooting in his Bronx neighborhood, but doesn’t finger the gangster that committed the murder. The gangster (Palminteri, Analyze This) practically adopts the boy as his own,...
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.