Coming 2 America (2021)
Coming 2 America is the much-belated sequel to Eddie Murphy’s most popular of starring vehicles, 1988’s Coming to America. Murphy returns to his role as Akeem Joffer, an obscenely wealthy prince of the fictional...
Coming 2 America is the much-belated sequel to Eddie Murphy’s most popular of starring vehicles, 1988’s Coming to America. Murphy returns to his role as Akeem Joffer, an obscenely wealthy prince of the fictional...
2010s / Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published December 22, 2016 · Last modified July 4, 2018
Rogue One is a Star Wars prequel that spins off of the line at the beginning of the original Star Wars (Episode IV) that mentions that rebel spies stole the secret plans for the Death Star. This one has...
I have seen Field of Dreams multiple times since its release in theaters back in 1990; it’s one of those films that I enjoy more as I grow older. I used to consider it good (but...
1990s / Action / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published April 24, 2006 · Last modified July 1, 2019
Warden: “So, tell me, Rico, what’s the meaning of life?” Rico: “It ends.” The above passage of dialogue could just as aptly be applied to answer what the meaning of the movie is. Judge...
I like films about superheroes. I like Robert Townsend. A film by Robert Townsend about superheroes would seem like it couldn’t miss with me. It does — and by a lot. Meteor Man was created...
The Sandlot is a favorite movie for some, but I won’t count myself among them. Those who enjoy the film probably do so for all of the reasons I don’t — it’s childish, predictable, unrealistic, poorly...
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...
1990s / Adventure / Animation / Family / Musical
by Vincent Leo · Published February 13, 2003 · Last modified April 17, 2019
Disney continues its string of instant classic family films with one of their best in recent years, The Lion King. Essentially, it’s a loose interpolation of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” set in the fields of Africa, with...
1970s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published January 22, 1997 · Last modified December 27, 2018
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away — oh, you know the rest. A couple of robots shuttle to a desert planet after their rebel spaceship is taken over by an...
The best submarine commander in the Soviet Union (Connery, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) now leads the maiden voyage of the Red October, a spiffy new nuclear submarine capable of going undetected by sonar, to...
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.