127 Hours (2010)
Acclaimed filmmaker Danny Boyle directs and co-writes the adaptation of the inspirational memoirs of Aron Ralston’s true-life tale of survival. Ralston (Franco), an avid adventurist, became trapped during a fall in a crevice in...
by Vincent Leo · Published April 17, 2011 · Last modified December 9, 2019
Acclaimed filmmaker Danny Boyle directs and co-writes the adaptation of the inspirational memoirs of Aron Ralston’s true-life tale of survival. Ralston (Franco), an avid adventurist, became trapped during a fall in a crevice in...
2000s / Horror / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published June 27, 2003 · Last modified December 3, 2019
I’m not going to bother trying to figure out all of the things which make little or no sense during 28 Days Later, as they are not only impossible to explain given the little...
Sometimes there are those films that not many people will relate to in its subject matter, but the audacious energy keeps them riveted despite it all. Trainspotting is one such film. Adapted from the novel by...
A Life Less Ordinary marks the third straight collaboration between director Danny Boyle, screenwriter John Hodge, and budding superstar Ewan McGregor, following on the heels of their critically acclaimed offbeat films, Trainspotting and Shallow Grave. It would...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 8, 2000 · Last modified March 10, 2019
After his monumental breakthrough in Titanic and The Man in the Iron Mask, Leonardo DiCaprio’s first film after taking about a year off from acting doesn’t quite prove worth the wait. This one puts him back in...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.