Shaft (2019)
Not to get too confusing, but the 2019 version of Shaft is actually a sequel to the John Singleton’s 2000 version, Shaft, and, due to the appearance of Richard Roundtree, we find that both of...
Not to get too confusing, but the 2019 version of Shaft is actually a sequel to the John Singleton’s 2000 version, Shaft, and, due to the appearance of Richard Roundtree, we find that both of...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 11, 2006 · Last modified November 29, 2019
First-time writer-director Rian Johnson’s script for Brick was written shortly after film school in the mid-1990s, during a period when he had read just about any Dashiell Hammett book he could get his hands on. ...
1990s / Action / Fantasy / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published August 23, 2004 · Last modified May 14, 2019
Unintentional humor abounds, in this very poor attempt at trying to start up another franchise superhero (based on an actual DC Comics character spun off of Superman) with Shaquille O’Neal in the lead role. ...
One of the things we can always be thankful for is that most dumb comedies only last 90 minutes or less. You go into it knowing it’s going to be completely silly slapstick, but...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.