Song to Song (2017)
Rooney Mara (The Discovery) and Ryan Gosling (La La Land) star as Faye and BV, a couple of struggling songwriters looking to make their way into the music industry within Austin, Texas. Shortly after meeting,...
Rooney Mara (The Discovery) and Ryan Gosling (La La Land) star as Faye and BV, a couple of struggling songwriters looking to make their way into the music industry within Austin, Texas. Shortly after meeting,...
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...
by Vincent Leo · Published April 13, 2013 · Last modified January 14, 2019
Joel and Ethan Coen follow up their neo-noir breakthrough, Blood Simple, with an entirely different but no less satisfying follow-up, Raising Arizona, which plays out like a somewhat broad and inherently silly farce, but with a...
by Vincent Leo · Published November 28, 2007 · Last modified February 10, 2019
Victorian-era New Zealand is the setting for this very intriguing story of Ada McGrath (Hunter, Broadcast News), a mute woman, as well as her young daughter Flora (Paquin, A Walk on the Moon), who comes to...
by Vincent Leo · Published October 4, 2005 · Last modified August 26, 2019
In many ways, The Big White is Fargo redux, as long as those ways aren’t being funny, smart, or inspired. However, it does take place in snow country, it has a dark and offbeat sense of humor, and...
by Vincent Leo · Published October 14, 2002 · Last modified November 18, 2019
Much of the dramatic resonance that writer-director Brad Silberling brought to MOONLIGHT MILE comes from his very own experiences, most notably his relationship with actress Rebecca Shaeffer, who was stalked and killed by an obsessed fan...
A Life Less Ordinary marks the third straight collaboration between director Danny Boyle, screenwriter John Hodge, and budding superstar Ewan McGregor, following on the heels of their critically acclaimed offbeat films, Trainspotting and Shallow Grave. It would...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 23, 2000 · Last modified March 17, 2019
There are a few filmmakers which I loathe to review, not because I dislike their movies, but because no review, no matter how honest or heartfelt, will be good enough to please their diehard...
1980s / Comedy / Drama / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published March 28, 1998 · Last modified January 14, 2019
An obsessive news producer (Hunter, Raising Arizona) begins to fall for the handsome but shallow TV anchorman (Hurt, Body Heat) who promotes the type of “news as entertainment” qualities she has been working against her whole career. While...
After a near fatal accident, a man is involved in a car accident with another couple which kills the husband but turns on the wife(!) Later in the hospital the two are approached by...
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.