Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (2019)
Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film (if you count the who volumes of Kill Bill as one entity), Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (called OUATIH from here on out), is both different than anything he’s done before...
2010s / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published July 28, 2019 · Last modified October 1, 2019
Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film (if you count the who volumes of Kill Bill as one entity), Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (called OUATIH from here on out), is both different than anything he’s done before...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 3, 2017 · Last modified January 22, 2019
Over the many years of reviewing films, the one blind spot I’ve had when it comes to the kinds of movies I regularly partake in is the musical. In fact, in my original review...
Although I’ve enjoyed most of the films of Joel and Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis, True Grit), there are occasional films, usually their comedies, in which I find little to connect with. The Ladykillers is a primary...
1990s / Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published May 10, 2007 · Last modified February 4, 2019
Tim Robbins (Cadillac Man, Tapeheads) plays hotshot Hollywood studio exec Griffin Mill, who believes that he may soon be on the outs with the studio now that they’ve hired another up-and-comer in Larry Levy (Gallagher, Sex...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 7, 2007 · Last modified February 12, 2019
Based on James Ellroy’s novel, LA Confidential is a modern noirish tale of how police corruption and the flourishing of organized crime go hand in hand, as well as how public decisions are dictated by public...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 22, 2007 · Last modified March 23, 2019
Kevin Smith’s (Dogma, Chasing Amy) fifth film was intended to be his last in the microverse (aka, the View Askewniverse) of Jay and Silent Bob, who appeared as characters in his four previous films, though...
Duane Martin stars as Derrick, a down-but-not-quite-out law student struggling to pay the bills and get his homework in on time. In order to earn some much-needed cash, Derrick takes a cushy evening job...
“The truth is you are a mean person with an ugly heart and, quite frankly, we don’t give a flying f*ck what you think!” — Romy White, Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion. (Probably after reading...
Bobby Bowfinger (Martin) is a small-time Hollywood producer who becomes enamored of a script a friend of his writes, a schlock alien invasion story called “Chubby Rain”. Thinking this will be the film which takes...
Jimmy Hollywood has always been a bit of a guilty pleasure for me, as I do concede that the main thrust of this satire is unfocused, losing itself on occasion under secondary side stories...
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