Onward (2020)
Two teenage elf brothers in a town called New Mushroomton go on a quest that requires them to tap into the long-forgotten magic in the world to have one more day with the father...
Two teenage elf brothers in a town called New Mushroomton go on a quest that requires them to tap into the long-forgotten magic in the world to have one more day with the father...
2010s / Fantasy / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published December 3, 2017 · Last modified July 13, 2018
Guillermo del Toro (Crimson Peak, Pacific Rim) returns to his favorite playground once again, that realm where fantasy and reality co-exist, ever so tenuously. Though worlds apart in terms of its story, The Shape of Water may...
Set in small-town Florida, Chris Evans (Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Age of Ultron) stars as Frank Adler, the uncle and sole guardian of his late sister’s seven-year-old daughter, Mary (Grace, Independence Day: Resurgence), who he...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published March 19, 2016 · Last modified February 6, 2020
At this point in the Divergent series, the makers have decided that they have little chance of actually coming out of the shadow of the Hunger Games series to be thought of as anything more than a blatant...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published March 2, 2015 · Last modified August 9, 2018
The Divergent series is like that stick of chewing gum you popped into your mouth before a big meeting that you keep chewing on long, long, long after the flavor has gone. You want to spit...
Great music and performances are likely enough to please most viewers who enter into a biopic about a famous musical act, but they’re not necessarily enough to take things to the next level of...
Fruitvale Station is based on the true story of the shooting of 22-year-old Oscar Grant in the early hours of New Year’s Day, 2009. The event was captured by various cell phones from bystanders to...
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.