Stardust (2007)
Set 150 years ago, Tristan is a young man in the small English town of Wall who aims to win the hand of the local beauty (Miller) in exchange for a star that has fallen...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 20, 2007 · Last modified June 12, 2019
Set 150 years ago, Tristan is a young man in the small English town of Wall who aims to win the hand of the local beauty (Miller) in exchange for a star that has fallen...
2000s / Adventure / Family / Fantasy
by Vincent Leo · Published December 11, 2005 · Last modified June 12, 2019
Sometimes gorgeously realized, this first chapter in a proposed seven-film series, based on their appropriate counterparts in novel form by C.S. Lewis, still falls short in the narrative and dialogue. With fantasy films raking...
Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from his own stage play, “Compleat Female Stage Beauty”, Stage Beauty spins a tale of Ned Kynaston (Crudup), one of the most famous, and one of the last, male actors who...
2000s / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Fantasy
by Vincent Leo · Published May 21, 2004 · Last modified May 10, 2019
A sheer delight from beginning to end, Shrek 2 manages to be even better than its now classic predecessor in scope and humor value. Whether or not the pop references and modern jokes will stand the...
An ambitious creme de la creme politician (Northam, The Winslow Boy) sees all he owns (including his wife (Blanchett, Elizabeth) in limbo when the conniving ex-wife (Moore, Cookie’s Fortune) of someone he worked for blackmails him with a letter...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 7, 1997 · Last modified February 3, 2019
A woman who once had a promise with her best friend to marry him if they were still unmarried when they were 28 receives news that he is about to get married. When she...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.