Men in Black: International (2019)
Although the original Men in Black trilogy had mostly run out of ideas, not in its third film, but halfway through its first, Hollywood is never one to leave a once-popular franchise dormant for long,...
Although the original Men in Black trilogy had mostly run out of ideas, not in its third film, but halfway through its first, Hollywood is never one to leave a once-popular franchise dormant for long,...
2010s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published April 30, 2018 · Last modified July 4, 2018
It takes some major stones to do what Marvel has done. Literally, in this case, with the culmination of the Infinity Stones, as one of the most ambitious attempts to create a universe of...
2010s / Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published January 3, 2017 · Last modified July 9, 2018
Thor: Ragnarok sees the emergence of Hela (Blanchett, Carol), Goddess of Death, who ends up defiantly defeating her brothers, formerly exiled Thor (Hemsworth, Ghostbusters) and Loki (Hiddleston, Kong: Skull Island), and making her way to Asgard in order to...
2010s / Comedy / Horror / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published July 16, 2016 · Last modified July 9, 2018
Kristen Wiig (Zoolander 2, The Martian) plays Erin Gilbert, an ambitious associate professor seeking tenure at New York’s prestigious Columbia University. Erin ends up losing that when a book she published years ago on ghosts...
2010s / Action / Adventure / Drama
by Vincent Leo · Published December 10, 2015 · Last modified July 4, 2018
Based on the historical novel of the same name by Nathaniel Philbrick, published in the year 2000, In the Heart of the Sea relates the story of a New England whaling ship known as the “Essex”,...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published April 26, 2015 · Last modified July 4, 2018
One might surmise that writer-director Joss Whedon (Much Ado About Nothing, Serenity) might be engaging in a bit of damage control that Avengers: Age of Ultron might be a bit of a let-down as far as entries...
2010s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published November 8, 2013 · Last modified July 4, 2018
Thor: The Dark World is the eighth of the Marvel Films’ Avengers franchise entries, and, arguably, the weakest of them all thus far, though still not very far off from the first Thor film. The formula, which blends monumental...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published April 30, 2012 · Last modified July 4, 2018
Many of the Marvel franchise titles have, as according to plan, come together to pit the all-star team-up of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes against a massive force to (hopefully) save the humanity from perpetual enslavement....
2010s / Action / Fantasy / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published May 10, 2011 · Last modified March 9, 2019
Hard to call it a superhero film when it is about a Norse god, but given its comic book pedigree, that it’s a Stan Lee and Jack Kirby creation, and Thor’s future inclusion in...
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.