Only the terrific performances by the two stars keep this mushy and manipulative “inspirational” tear-jerker together. Pay It Forward has a decent idea: a teacher (Spacey) introduces a different kind of assignment for his social studies...
Based on Roger Rueff’s stage play “Hospitality Suite” (which he adapts for the big screen himself), this tells the story of one night in a hotel hospitality suite with three lubricant salesman attending a...
Lester Burnham (Spacey) hits his midlife crisis when his job is in jeopardy, his wife (Bening) won’t have sex with him, and his daughter (Birch) despises him. His new neighbors include an ultra-right-wing nut (Cooper) and...
A locally famous Chicago hostage negotiator (Jackson, Sphere) gets framed in the murder of his partner, then panics and takes hostages of his own in order to buy himself time to solve his case and clear...
Writer John Kelso (Cusack, Bullets Over Broadway) travels to Savannah to write for a magazine on the home of Jim Williams (Spacey, LA Confidential) , but the story turns out to be not so much his house,...
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.
