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...
1980s / Action / Adventure / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published June 2, 2019 · Last modified June 3, 2019
Escape from New York is set in a future 1997, during a time when, after the crime rate has skyrocketed out of control, the island of Manhattan has been turned into an ultra-maximum security...
Real-life couple Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn star in this loopy comedy, their third (and, thus far, final) time, in sort of a variation on Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew”, with an amnesia...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published May 6, 2017 · Last modified July 4, 2018
Upping the action, as well as the CG components, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 should go down easily for fans of the first film, even if it’s not quite on the same footing in terms of...
As the Fast and Furious movies have continued, they’ve gotten progressively bigger, better in some cases, but also a whole lot sillier as well. The Fate of the Furious, the eighth film in the lucrative franchise, is perhaps...
Deepwater Horizon depicts the events leading up to and during what would eventually become the worst oil spill in the history of the United States, where the titular drilling rig, the largest in the world...
by Vincent Leo · Published April 5, 2015 · Last modified September 17, 2018
The gang is back for, the poster says, “one last ride.” If this is the last film for the main core players of the franchise (don’t bet on it; promotional interviews already are talking...
Sylvester Stallone plays Ray Tango, a flashy, business-savvy LAPD narcotics officer. Kurt Russell plays Gabriel Cash, a blue-collar, devil-may-care type who scores big busts with equal success. Drug kingpin Yves Perret (Jack Palance) wants the...
2000s / Action / Horror / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published April 17, 2007 · Last modified February 7, 2019
The term “grindhouse” is attributed to a style of films that were regularly churned out in the 1970s that were predicated on delivering exploitative, sensationalist subject matter in order to entertain a defined audience...
1980s / Action / Fantasy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published February 17, 2004 · Last modified May 7, 2019
Campy trash? Cult schlock? Guilty pleasure? It’s “yes” to all three questions in John Carpenter’s crazy kung fu action vehicle, Big Trouble in Little China. It’s not really a film one would call good in...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.