A realistic, refreshingly unsentimental working-class drama with a spot-on, Oscar-nominated performance by its star, Marion Cotillard, makes Two Days One Night one of the more thought-provoking and emotional films of 2014. Sibling Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre...
2010s / Action / Superhero / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published July 30, 2012 · Last modified June 12, 2019
Years ago, I had claimed that, despite its faults, X-Men: The Last Stand was the best third film in a superhero series to date, which goes more to show how ideas seem to dissipate once the...
2010s / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published May 21, 2011 · Last modified December 10, 2019
Owen Wilson stars as a Hollywood hack screenwriter named Gil, traveling to his favorite city, Paris, with his fiancée Inez (McAdams) and her parents, John (Fuller) and Helen (Kennedy). Paris brings out the romanticized notions of...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 28, 2009 · Last modified April 25, 2019
A bout of midlife crisis and writer’s block plagues esteemed Italian filmmaker Guido Contini (Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood), coming after a couple of flops that sees him gun-shy when it comes to his creativity,...
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.
