In this second solo Ant-Man adventure, set before the cataclysmic events in the climax of The Avengers: Infinity War, ex-burglar Scott Lang (Rudd, Mute) is found serving out the final days of his two-year sentence under...
2010s / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published July 8, 2018 · Last modified July 10, 2018
The Netflix film Mute is a passion project directed and co-written by Duncan Jones, who made a splash with Moon, then solidified his fans with Source Code, which is the primary interest for most people who seek this one out...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published May 6, 2016 · Last modified July 4, 2018
The Marvel Cinematic Universe, almost as if trying to address Batman v Superman and how to do a major superhero battle film right (or, after the disappointing Age of Ultron, how to do an Avengers film right), unloads Captain America:...
2010s / Action / Comedy / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published July 21, 2015 · Last modified July 4, 2018
A bit of an also-ran in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ant-Man may not have the ready-made name recognition of the rest of the Avengers, but it does tie in with the overall story arc of the...
David Gordon Green (Your Highness, Undertow) returns to his art-housey roots as a small-scale, poignant independent filmmaker after the last few years making some fairly dumb, zany comedies, and proves he still has the magic...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 28, 2010 · Last modified August 26, 2019
It’s not easy to imagine Harold Ramis, the writer-director of Caddyshack and Groundhog Day, turning in a film this bad. I suppose one could see the diminishing returns in his last two films, The Ice Harvest and Analyze That, but Year...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 20, 2005 · Last modified November 25, 2019
Although the story is uneven, the laughs are still there, and plenty of them occur to make the 40-Year-Old Virgin one of the funnier comedies of 2005. It definitely earns its R rating (almost pushing...
Will Ferrell delivers again, with a little help from his friends, in this scattershot comedy that manages to hit just enough hilarious moments to look past the fact that there isn’t a well-developed, cohesive...
If I would have known that Jason Bloom was at the helm, the man responsible for one of the worst films I’ve ever had the misfortune to see, Bio-Dome, I would have stayed far, far...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 26, 2000 · Last modified December 9, 2019
200 Cigarettes is set on New Year’s Eve, 1981, in the East Village of NYC. Several young people are heading to a New Year’s Eve party with their problems and stories, many of them crossing...
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.
