Contact (1997)
In 1975, acclaimed filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola developed a project for CTW Productions, a subsidiary of the Children’s Television Workshop, for a 3-to-5-hour television event written, directed, and produced by Coppola to air on...
2010s / Drama / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published December 26, 2013 · Last modified May 20, 2023
In 1975, acclaimed filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola developed a project for CTW Productions, a subsidiary of the Children’s Television Workshop, for a 3-to-5-hour television event written, directed, and produced by Coppola to air on...
1990s / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published February 20, 2007 · Last modified November 21, 2019
Surely there is very real and very convincing data that the planet cannot survive the excesses of the human race: the proliferation of atomic devices, uncontrolled breeding habits, the rape of the environment, the...
by Vincent Leo · Published March 7, 2006 · Last modified November 21, 2019
16 Blocks is a passable time-waster thriller, reminiscent in its plot to the Eastwood flick, The Gauntlet, although darker in execution. Director Richard Donner, who made some of the better cop action flicks of the...
Those who read my site regularly will know that I have little respect for Michael Bay’s style of direction and even less for mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s bloated, mind-numbing, explosion-ridden action flicks. You may be surprised...
A locally famous Chicago hostage negotiator (Jackson, Sphere) gets framed in the murder of his partner, then panics and takes hostages of his own in order to buy himself time to solve his case and clear...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.