Meet the Parents (2000)
Jay Roach, director of the Austin Powers films, takes another stab at a non-Austin comedy (Mystery Alaska was the first), achieving likable but uneven results. This one casts Ben Stiller as a male nurse named Greg Focker...
Jay Roach, director of the Austin Powers films, takes another stab at a non-Austin comedy (Mystery Alaska was the first), achieving likable but uneven results. This one casts Ben Stiller as a male nurse named Greg Focker...
Robert De Niro (Ronin, Jackie Brown) is Paul Vitti, a New York mob boss with problems. He suffers from anxiety attacks, a lack of nerves, and even impotence. He seeks help from a psychiatrist named...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 23, 1999 · Last modified February 11, 2019
A Bronx Tale starts off with a young boy witnessing a shooting in his Bronx neighborhood, but doesn’t finger the gangster that committed the murder. The gangster (Palminteri, Analyze This) practically adopts the boy as his own,...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 23, 1999 · Last modified February 11, 2019
Based on a true story (although the names have been changed), this tells the tale of Sam “Ace” Rothstein (De Niro, A Bronx Tale), a Jewish gambler with an incredible knack for bet-handicapping. His help...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 27, 1997 · Last modified January 7, 2019
A discharged Vietnam vet (De Niro, The Godfather Part II) works as a cab driver in the tough streets of New York City. He’s antisocial and not very savvy about the way the world works, but...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 11, 1997 · Last modified August 26, 2019
Crime and corruption invade the small New Jersey town of Garrison in the form of NYPD officers who have moved there to find a safe haven from the anxieties in the city. Stallone plays...
This quirky comedy stars Robert De Niro (Goodfellas, Midnight Run) as Wayne “Mad Dog” Dobie, a timid police photographer who saves the life of a local crime boss, Frank (Bill Murray,Groundhog Day), during a robbery....
1980s / Action / Comedy / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published November 19, 1996 · Last modified December 5, 2019
An ex-cop turned bounty hunter (De Niro) will get $100,000 for bringing in an accountant (Grodin) that embezzled $15 million from a giant Chicago mob boss. It figured to be a piece of cake. Still, things...
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.