Repressed teenager Janey Glenn (Parker) is newly moved to Chicago with her newly retired military dad, mom, and younger brother, having been enrolled in an all-girls Catholic school, but making a fast friend with...
Bill Murray’s first starring role showcases the easygoing smart-alecky character that would take him through nearly a career of suitably memorable roles. It’s the first of four films he would make with director Ivan Reitman...
I guess it goes without saying that the success or failure to any magic trick is in fooling the audience. If the audience is fooled, they will think the magician to be a true...
2000s / Action / Comedy / Sports
by Vincent Leo · Published June 21, 2004 · Last modified May 10, 2019
Rawson Marshall Thurber may be a first-time big-screen writer-director, but he had already made a splash in sports comedy with a series of television commercials for Reebok called, “Terry Tate: Office Linebacker”. Thurber started...
There are only two reasons I’m giving The Fighting Temptations a marginal recommendation: great music and it manages to succeed in what it sets out to do, leave you feeling better coming out than going in. ...
BLUE CRUSH is a film that really has little by way of surprises in its plot, story or delivery. However, it does sport one big surprise: it’s actually a decent flick. From the movie’s...
1990s / Action / Fantasy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published March 8, 2000 · Last modified March 8, 2019
It’s pretty difficult to give you a plot summary of a film that is not only faithless to its own plot, but at times does not even remember what it is. I’ll give it...
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.
