Soul (2020)
Jamie Foxx voices Joe Gardner, a middle-aged music teacher at a New York public middle school. Joe is frustrated by his lack of success toward becoming a professional jazz club musician and trying to...
2020s / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Musical
by Vincent Leo · Published January 18, 2021
Jamie Foxx voices Joe Gardner, a middle-aged music teacher at a New York public middle school. Joe is frustrated by his lack of success toward becoming a professional jazz club musician and trying to...
Todd Strauss-Schulson, who dissected slasher film tropes in 2015’s The Final Girls, gets his chance to take on another cliched film genre with the 1990s-era romantic comedy with Isn’t It Romantic, in which an unlucky-in-love single gal...
Monkeybone is a headscratcher of a film; you may laugh your ass off or you may stare in bewilderment, and at the end, you will probably not know for sure what to make of it. ...
1990s / Action / Comedy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published February 7, 2002 · Last modified March 19, 2019
One of the many reasons why I enjoy watching Hong Kong action films is due to the clever use of comic relief even amid the most direst of situations. When this is done well,...
Director Jon Turteltaub has had a nice career for himself making sweet-natured films with heart, and While You Were Sleeping is a prime example. Of course, it’s hard to go wrong with Sandra Bullock in a...
2000s / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published August 23, 2000 · Last modified February 27, 2019
Well, I guess Hollywood still thinks the horror boom of last summer will pay off this year, but people looking for a good time at the theater should probably do their best to avoid The...
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.