House of Games (1987)
Playwright and screenwriter David Mamet takes his first crack at direction with modest success, mostly due to his skills as a writer than anything else. As a director, Mamet shows he is an amateur...
Playwright and screenwriter David Mamet takes his first crack at direction with modest success, mostly due to his skills as a writer than anything else. As a director, Mamet shows he is an amateur...
1970s / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published November 29, 1997 · Last modified December 28, 2018
All the President’s Men is the well-known dramatic account about the cracking of the Watergate scandal and the reporters who scooped it, Woodward (Redford, Three Days of the Condor) and Bernstein (Hoffman, Agatha) of the Washington Post. What started...
1970s / Comedy / Drama / Sports
by Vincent Leo · Published November 28, 1996 · Last modified February 18, 2019
A player/coach (Newman, The Sting) of a last-place bush-league hockey team devises a plan to turn around the team’s success and sell more tickets: beating the crap out of the other teams. This cult-classic hockey comedy...
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.