Blade Runner (1982)
The date is November 2019. The city is Los Angeles. Earth has undergone massive population explosions in the urban areas, the city landscape is a mish-mash of every culture, and almost everywhere you go...
The date is November 2019. The city is Los Angeles. Earth has undergone massive population explosions in the urban areas, the city landscape is a mish-mash of every culture, and almost everywhere you go...
2010s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published May 28, 2018 · Last modified July 4, 2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story is the second release in the spin-off series of films that, thus far, seeks to tell a few tales of the past in regards to some of the main characters...
1980s / Action / Animation / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published May 23, 2018 · Last modified July 11, 2018
Bah Weep Grah Na Weep Ninibon. Transformers: the Movie is a theatrically released, ultra-long episode bridging the second and third seasons of the popular TV series that ran during the mid-1980s, based on the Hasbro...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published March 25, 2018 · Last modified July 11, 2018
Set ten years after the events in the first entry, John Boyega (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) stars as Jake Pentecost, the son of Pacific Rim‘s hero, Stacker Pentecost, who sacrificed his life in the...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published July 13, 2013 · Last modified July 5, 2018
Pacific Rim is Guillermo del Toro’s (Hellboy 2, Pan’s Labyrinth) homage to the old Japanese films featuring Kaiju (literal translation: “strange beast”, or the Americanized, “giant monster”), which were sci-fi flicks about grotesque, building-sized creatures who...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published July 21, 2011 · Last modified July 2, 2018
I am of a mind to think that I should just write one review to cover all of the Michael Bay Transformers series, as the strengths and weaknesses are virtually identical in each respective film. It...
2000s / Action / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published July 3, 2007 · Last modified March 10, 2019
Hasbro’s action figures are dusted off for one more go around for a feature film, with the last effort coming in the animated Transformers: The Movie in 1986, which has gone on to become something of...
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.