The Dirt (2019)
With rock-and-roll biographies coming out seemingly every few months in the wake of big critical and commercial successes like Straight Outta Compton and Bohemian Rhapsody, the time would certainly be ripe for one of the...
With rock-and-roll biographies coming out seemingly every few months in the wake of big critical and commercial successes like Straight Outta Compton and Bohemian Rhapsody, the time would certainly be ripe for one of the...
1980s / Comedy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published January 13, 2018 · Last modified March 4, 2019
A quintessential teen flick of the late 1980s, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure has gone from minor cult hit to an adolescent staple, with an archetype that would be emulated by other famous “stoner” teen duos...
2000s / Documentary / Musical
by Vincent Leo · Published January 5, 2005 · Last modified May 5, 2019
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster is kind of a monster of its own, starting out as promotional footage for the band’s record label, later changing into a proposed reality series to be aired on...
Chalk this up as another in Vince’s seemingly never-ending list of guilty pleasures. I suppose it should be said that a great deal of why I give Rock Star as good a review as I...
by Vincent Leo · Published November 19, 1998 · Last modified February 18, 2019
This is Spinal Tap is a documentary — er, a rockumentary — er, a mockumentary — well… It’s a parody of a documentary based on a fictitious British heavy metal band called Spinal Tap. Rob...
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.