1980s / Action / Comedy / Horror / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published June 28, 2018 · Last modified July 10, 2018
Heather Locklear (Firestarter, Uptown Girls) stars as Abigail, a horticulturalist who travels to see her stepfather in order to get more information as to what happened to her deceased mother, whose remains disappeared under mysterious...
1980s / Action / Comedy / Horror / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published June 27, 2018 · Last modified July 6, 2018
It’s a bit of an odd choice for the character of Swamp Thing to be one of the first comic book superheroes to get his own movie, especially in the wake of the success...
2010s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published January 22, 2018 · Last modified July 27, 2018
Justice League fulfills the promise made, albeit in perhaps too short an order, of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice at putting together the titular super-team of Earth’s mightiest heroes of the DC Extended Universe in one...
2010s / Action / Comedy / Superhero / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published August 6, 2016 · Last modified July 9, 2018
Suicide Squad is the third official film in the DC Extended Universe, a bit tangential to what’s come before, save for a couple of Superman/Aquaman references, as well as the appearance of Bruce Wayne/Batman (Affleck, Gone...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published March 25, 2016 · Last modified July 13, 2018
Just as Disney’s brand of Marvel films has sought to build an interconnected cinematic universe of characters that will team up on occasion and cross over into each other’s films, now Warner Bros/DC Entertainment...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published June 16, 2013 · Last modified July 16, 2018
Director Zack Snyder (Sucker Punch, Watchmen), Dark Knight trilogy producer Christopher Nolan and screenwriter David S. Goyer (Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Jumper) return Superman on the big screen, and that’s not an easy task to do for a...
2010s / Action / Superhero / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published July 30, 2012 · Last modified June 12, 2019
Years ago, I had claimed that, despite its faults, X-Men: The Last Stand was the best third film in a superhero series to date, which goes more to show how ideas seem to dissipate once the...
2000s / Action / Superhero / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published July 24, 2008 · Last modified May 20, 2019
It’s difficult to believe that, with all of the superhero franchises that have come out prior to 2008, the creative minds didn’t employ the strategy of saving the most popular and interesting villain for...
1990s / Action / Fantasy / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published November 27, 2005 · Last modified May 29, 2019
“Batman smells — Robin laid an egg.” I couldn’t get these words to the famous “Jingle Bells” parody out of my head while watching what might be the worst mega-budget fiasco of the decade. By...
2000s / Action / Fantasy / Superhero / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published June 18, 2005 · Last modified May 20, 2019
Easily the best Batman movie made to date (later bested by its sequel), Batman Begins takes an ice-cold franchise and makes it red-hot again by reinventing itself. When we last left the series, Joel Schumacher had run...
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.
