Director Steven Soderbergh (Haywire, Ocean’s Thirteen) continues to expand his horizons by taking on the world of male strippers, something that is always tantalizing, and yet rarely has gotten big-screen treatment from Hollywood in the...
Isaac (Rogen, Steve Jobs), Ethan (Gordon-Levitt, The Walk), and Chris (Mackie, Love the Coopers) are friends since childhood who’ve made it a point, after Ethan’s parents are killed by a drunk driver, to get together every Christmas Eve...
2 Guns is a meat-headed buddy action comedy that sports a few twists and turns, and a smattering of solid yuks, but fails to truly connect due to Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur’s lack of...
2010s / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published February 10, 2013 · Last modified August 6, 2018
Reviewing a film like Side Effects poses a bit of a challenge, as revealing the aspect of it that will make or break it for most people will likely be the very thing that spoils that...
Writer-director Christopher Nielsen must think that the three “D”s in “3D animation” must stand for Dreary, Disenchanting and Disgusting. The first Norwegian film to be completely animated by computer graphics, and one of their...
While watching Richard Linklater’s (Before Sunset, The School of Rock) semi-autobiographical homage to his high school days in Dazed and Confused, it’s almost impossible not to think about another film that similarly captured the essence of...
1970s / Action / Drama / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published November 21, 2006 · Last modified December 26, 2018
In the 1960s and early 1970s, large amounts of heroin had been trafficked into the United States from France, who refined opium obtained from Turkey into the addictive, potentially deadly drug. U,S, author Robin...
The Godfather is a tough film to review, as it’s almost hallowed ground to some fans out there, and many others who might argue that it’s the greatest film of all time. I’m not even...
1980s / Action / Comedy / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published April 19, 2005 · Last modified May 20, 2019
Setting the standard for cop buddy movies for years to come, Lethal Weapon may not have revolutionized the genre, but definitely proves to be an exceptionally efficient example of how the formula can work when the...
2000s / Action / Comedy / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published July 25, 2003 · Last modified April 18, 2020
Although I am not a fan of any other Michael Bay mega-blockbusters, I did enjoy the original Bad Boys, mostly because it did manage to make me laugh quite a bit. Even so, I came...
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.
