Roxanne (1987)
Steve Martin (The Lonely Guy, The Man with Two Brains) stars and writes this modern adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s most famous play, “Cyrano de Bergerac”, and while it lacks the classic style and level of...
Steve Martin (The Lonely Guy, The Man with Two Brains) stars and writes this modern adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s most famous play, “Cyrano de Bergerac”, and while it lacks the classic style and level of...
1980s / Comedy / Fantasy / Musical / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published June 23, 2012 · Last modified February 21, 2019
E.C. Segar’s original comic strip provides the basis for this cinematic live-action adaptation of the popular titular character, which had also been popularized through the cartoons by Max Fleischer, revolving around a burly but...
A romantic comedy like no other before it, Annie Hall proves to be a tour-de-force and landmark film for Woody Allen as a writer, director, and star. It’s the film that showed Allen, and the world,...
by Vincent Leo · Published July 27, 2003 · Last modified November 13, 2019
After viewing The 4th Floor, the predominant question in many viewers’ minds will be, “What in the world happened to William Hurt?!” It seems that it wasn’t so long ago when he was considered one...
Starting off with a particularly awful scene of two brothers chasing down their philandering stepfather with a military helicopter until he dies of a heart attack, this comedy starts off bad and gets progressively...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.