The personal life of smooth-talking, gas-lighting sociopath Ted Bundy gets put into the spotlight in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile (which takes its name from a quote by the judge in describing the...
In this follow-up to the wildly popular kinky romance drama Fifty Shades of Grey, we find perpetually blushing publishing-house editorial assistant Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson, A Bigger Splash) making it through life without the help or attention...
2010s / Comedy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published October 18, 2012 · Last modified August 7, 2019
A Seattle magazine reporter named Jeff (Johnson) and two of his interns travel to a rural Washington town to investigate the story behind an anonymous personal ad requesting a partner to assist in a time-travel...
Al Pacino plays a Seattle college professor and part-time FBI forensic psychiatry expert, Jack Gramm, who made a name for himself as the chief witness for the prosecution in the death penalty case against...
Those looking for the movie that will finally have everyone crying “comeback” for Sylvester Stallone won’t find it here. In his first starring role since Cop Land three years before, Sly gets back into the kick-ass...
Stakeout is a buddy movie done right, and one of the rare exceptions where the plot is actually almost as interesting as the comical interpersonal hi-jinks between the two stars. It also pairs two people...
Another Stakeout is the sequel to the hit 1987 flick Stakeout, a buddy cop movie that had a good theatrical run, and an even better one on home video. Although it would seem inevitable, it took...
by Vincent Leo · Published November 25, 1997 · Last modified January 28, 2019
A widower’s (Hanks, A League of Their Own) love life has been zero since the death of his beloved wife a year and a half ago. His 8-year-old son calls a nationally broadcast advice program and...
1990s / Comedy / Drama / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published October 4, 1996 · Last modified January 14, 2019
Singles doesn’t have much of a plot to speak of. Basically it’s just about six Seattle twenty-somethings and their interrelated stories about their search for love. Singles is a frustrating film to watch. Not because it’s...
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.
