9 (2009)
9 is the full-length version of director Shane Acker’s 11-minute mostly dialogue-less computer-animated short film from 1995 that went on to garner an Academy Award nomination. Producer Tim Burton became a fan of Acker’s vision...
2000s / Animation / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published August 20, 2010 · Last modified November 18, 2019
9 is the full-length version of director Shane Acker’s 11-minute mostly dialogue-less computer-animated short film from 1995 that went on to garner an Academy Award nomination. Producer Tim Burton became a fan of Acker’s vision...
2010s / Adventure / Family / Fantasy
by Vincent Leo · Published March 21, 2010 · Last modified February 6, 2020
Director Tim Burton teams up with Disney scribe Linda Woolverton in a visual tour-de-force telling of the classic story, which combines elements of the two Lewis Carroll allegories, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and its...
1980s / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published March 3, 2005 · Last modified May 16, 2019
Back to the Future is pure entertainment, and very successful at that. Wholly inspired and brilliantly executed, this brainchild of co-screenwriter Bob Gale and director Robert Zemeckis is chock-full of in-jokes and sight gags...
Jim Jarmusch’s films are a definite acquired taste, speaking volumes to a small, but very loyal following of fans, while seeming too surreal and quirky to most everyone else. My personal feeling towards his...
I’m not sure if there’s a need for debate as to whether the first Charlie’s Angels is better than the second, as film-making this superficial doesn’t really merit much thought or analysis, but I can...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.