National Treasure (2004)
I’m not the first person who has compared this very derivative film to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade or in the best-selling novel, “The Da Vinci Code”, but it would be practically impossible to...
I’m not the first person who has compared this very derivative film to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade or in the best-selling novel, “The Da Vinci Code”, but it would be practically impossible to...
Back in 1992, screenwriter Richard Jefferies wrote the screenplay for a little known comedy-horror atrocity called The Vagrant, which was about a man who buys a new house only to be terrorized by a local...
Three years, three Oscar-worthy performances for Russell Crowe, who won it in 2000 for his role as Maximus Meridus in Gladiator. Crowe deserved and received another nomination with his incredible performance with this one, and...
Watching THE SOUND OF MUSIC for the first time as an adult is a bit akin to biting into a chocolate covered cherry after eating a box of salty crackers. Such overwhelming sweetness, and...
In the quietest of ways, director Michael Mann has been putting together an impressive career of quality films. Even more impressive is the fact that he co-writes and produces his own material, and he...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 11, 1999 · Last modified February 11, 2019
Wolf starts off with a book publishing exec (Nicholson, Hoffa) running his vehicle into a wolf in the middle of a desolate road, and when trying to move it out of the way gets bitten in the...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.