Repressed teenager Janey Glenn (Parker) is newly moved to Chicago with her newly retired military dad, mom, and younger brother, having been enrolled in an all-girls Catholic school, but making a fast friend with...
1990s / Comedy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published October 27, 2013 · Last modified February 5, 2019
Tim Burton (Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands) takes on comic science fiction in Mars Attacks!, a big-screen narrative version of the cult Topps trading card series from the early 1960s, in which Martian in flying saucers are...
Still in a life crisis after the loss of his beloved wife, Carnegie Mellon English professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Quaid) has become a self-absorbed jackass. No one knows this more than his children, James (Holmes) and...
Here’s a movie title that practically writes my review for me. Interminably silly, Failure to Launch is a go-with-the-flow kind of comedy that has its share of laughs and smart ideas, and yet, sometimes it...
1980s / Adventure / Family / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published July 28, 2004 · Last modified May 13, 2019
In 1978, 12-year-old David (Cramer) is walking in the woods one day and falls in a ravine. When he awakes, he finds himself in 1986, still the same age, while the family he once...
Highly acclaimed playwright and screenwriter David Mamet takes the helm as director for the seventh time, and while he’s certainly done better as a writer, this is the film where he finally hits his...
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.
