Dragged Across Concrete is writer-director S. Craig Zahler’s further exploration of the seamy underbelly of American society, particularly through the prism of how that experience causes ripple effects that throw even innocent people into...
Caution: The following review contains general details about the film’s finale. Read at your own risk. The fact that a young George Lucas would be on location in Utah during the shooting of part of Mackenna’s...
Introductions are hardly necessary for Sergio Leone’s grand epic western, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, the greatest of the spaghetti westerns. Though Leone had directed two very impressive entries already in in the...
by Vincent Leo · Published October 18, 2005 · Last modified January 14, 2020
Werner Herzog’s haunting, fictionalized odyssey set in 1560 tells the tale of a group of Spaniards out to find the fabled city of El Dorado, rumored to have an unlimited wealth of gold. Klaus...
“Marky Mark” Wahlberg must have been kicking himself in the fanny after passing up the chance to be in the immensely entertaining Steven Soderbergh heist flick, Ocean’s Eleven. His commitment to the critically panned remake...
Francisco Scaramanga (Lee) is the world’s leading assassin, pulling in a million dollars per killing. He loves the kill as much as the money, thinking it an art-form, as evidenced by his use of...
Slowly but surely, Mexican director Guillermo del Toro has been crafting a nice little career for himself as a director of atmospheric horror, and El Espinazo del Diablo (or The Devil’s Backbone, as it’s known in the English-language...
A quartet of American soldiers in the waning days of the Gulf War find a map that leads to a massive stash of Kuwaiti gold held by Saddam Hussein’s forces. Getting the gold proves...
Long before Three Kings there was this early 70s war-comedy gem called Kelly’s Heroes, with a terrific cast and funny situations. Set during WWII, this tells the tale of a small group of Americans who learn of a...
1960s / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published May 29, 1998 · Last modified February 3, 2019
A soon-to-be divorced woman (Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s) needn’t worry any longer about her failing marriage when it is discovered her husband died after a tumble off of a moving train. She soon discovers her husband...
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.
