The Dream Child picks up with Alice, who we were introduced in the fourth installment, The Dream Master, just graduating high school and looking forward to a future after her harrowing experience that ultimately resulted in...
2010s / Drama / Romance / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published February 11, 2018 · Last modified December 5, 2019
Fifty Shades Freed continues what you already expect from the series, and despite giving us better interplay among the leads and reducing the number of instances of overtly laughable dialogue, it can’t be “freed’...
1990s / Comedy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published October 16, 2006 · Last modified February 28, 2019
For some reason, Arnold Schwarzenegger was of the opinion that, at this point in his phenomenal career as an action star, he needed to deflate his macho image by constantly making fun of it. ...
2000s / Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published May 20, 2005 · Last modified May 20, 2019
As one of the few critics who does not malign Episode I and Episode II, and in fact, one who enjoys them very much, it should come as no surprise that Episode III, the best of the Anakin...
Agnes of God is, at its heart, two mysteries in one. There is a small mystery, which is the main plot of the movie, and then there is a big mystery — or I should...
The concept behind Maybe Baby, a couple try everything possible to get pregnant in vain, isn’t really a novel one (unless you count that it’s based on director Ben Elton’s novel, “Inconceivable”), although this situation is mostly...
Nine Months is a remake of a French farce from the year before, Patrick Brauode’s Neuf Mois, which probably explains why the film tries so desperately to play every joke so over the top, with every...
Director Curtis Hanson follows up his brilliant L.A. CONFIDENTIAL with another impressive outing. WONDER BOYS stars Michael Douglas as Grady Tripp, a college professor and one time successful writer with a severe case of writer’s block....
by Vincent Leo · Published May 25, 1999 · Last modified February 24, 2019
Tracy (Kidman) and her college professor, Andy (Pullman), fall in love and get married, but have been unsuccessful in having children. Andy runs into a doctor (Baldwin) who is from the same school he...
Starting off with a particularly awful scene of two brothers chasing down their philandering stepfather with a military helicopter until he dies of a heart attack, this comedy starts off bad and gets progressively...
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.
