Mackenzie Foy stars as Clara, suffering through grief with her father and two siblings during their first holiday without her recently deceased mother, Marie. Clara receives an enigmatic and ornate Christmas gift, the last...
Muppet mastermind Jim Henson (The Great Muppet Caper, Labyrinth) conceives of this darkly imagined fantasy story that utilizes his vast imagination and wizardry within the world of puppetry. Regardless of what one might perceive of...
1980s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published May 17, 2018 · Last modified July 11, 2018
Starting off as a top-selling line of toys (primarily action figures) made by Mattel in the early 1980s, “The Masters of the Universe” proved to be immensely popular throughout the decade, spawning several animated...
1980s / Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Musical
by Vincent Leo · Published November 3, 2017 · Last modified July 24, 2018
Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind, Hulk) is cast in one of her first starring roles as Sarah, a teenage girl who has grown tired of her stepmother and father leaving her home alone to babysit...
2010s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published June 12, 2016 · Last modified July 10, 2018
Warcraft is based on the massively popular franchise from Blizzard Entertainment, starting as a PC game series, then branching out to card and tabletop games, novels and comics. As with many video game properties, it...
by Vincent Leo · Published May 27, 2016 · Last modified February 6, 2020
2010’s Alice in Wonderland wasn’t really a great film, but it did rake in a hefty billion dollars from the worldwide box office, so, naturally, that’s going to green-light a sequel just about every time. Six...
2010s / Animation / Comedy / Family
by Vincent Leo · Published December 1, 2012 · Last modified November 25, 2019
When the kids leave the arcade, the game characters come to life (in their own cyber world, anyway — akin to Toy Story). Wreck-It Ralph (Reilly) is a ‘bad-guy’ video game character who is tired...
1980s / Action / Adventure / Fantasy
by Vincent Leo · Published May 6, 2003 · Last modified March 25, 2020
“Barbarism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural.” – Robert E. Howard Robert E. Howard’s literary creation, originally published in a pulp magazine called “Weird Tales” during the 1930s, comes to life...
Monkeybone is a headscratcher of a film; you may laugh your ass off or you may stare in bewilderment, and at the end, you will probably not know for sure what to make of it. ...
1980s / Adventure / Family / Fantasy
by Vincent Leo · Published January 25, 2002 · Last modified March 19, 2019
I would suppose it doesn’t always bode well for a film when the author of the book (Michael Ende) upon which it is based wants his name removed from the opening credits. The Neverending Story is...
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.
