War Dogs (2016)
Loosely based on a true story chronicled in a 2011 “Rolling Stone” article and subsequent 2015 book (“Arms and the Dudes”) by Guy Lawson, War Dogs follows two lifelong friends, struggling massage therapist and bedsheet salesman...
2010s / Comedy / Drama / Thriller / War
by Vincent Leo · Published August 27, 2016 · Last modified July 26, 2018
Loosely based on a true story chronicled in a 2011 “Rolling Stone” article and subsequent 2015 book (“Arms and the Dudes”) by Guy Lawson, War Dogs follows two lifelong friends, struggling massage therapist and bedsheet salesman...
After Wayne’s World became a surprise hit, becoming not only the highest grossing film based on an SNL skit, but also among the top 10 biggest money makers of 1992, it was inevitable that a sequel...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 25, 2007 · Last modified April 15, 2019
The Usual Suspects is one of those rare thrillers where the more you think you know, the less you truly do. Essentially, it’s all a big mind game movie, seemingly placing all of its emphasis...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 27, 2001 · Last modified December 10, 2019
It will come as no surprise to learn, for those people unfortunate enough to view 3000 Miles to Graceland, that its director, Demian Lichtenstein, started his career in music videos. It is mainly because he...
Obviously, I will be in the minority of people who don’t think A Few Good Men is a great movie worthy of an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. Personally, I find the direction by Rob...
Set in San Francisco, Jennifer Lopez stars as the wedding planner, who has far more success in making sure others get married properly than she has in her own love life. Now she is...
20 years before the Millennium, a newborn girl is tagged by some Satanists who need her to be the sex partner of choice for Satan when he appears before the year 2000. Satan himself...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 23, 1999 · Last modified February 11, 2019
Based on a true story (although the names have been changed), this tells the tale of Sam “Ace” Rothstein (De Niro, A Bronx Tale), a Jewish gambler with an incredible knack for bet-handicapping. His help...
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