Onward (2020)
Two teenage elf brothers in a town called New Mushroomton go on a quest that requires them to tap into the long-forgotten magic in the world to have one more day with the father...
Two teenage elf brothers in a town called New Mushroomton go on a quest that requires them to tap into the long-forgotten magic in the world to have one more day with the father...
Spider-Man is my favorite comic book character, but that hasn’t exactly translated into me blindly loving every movie about him. In fact, most of them have disappointed in some form or fashion. I even...
Cloak & Dagger is a guilty pleasure film for many people who were children in the 1980s, and like most children’s films to come out around the same period, it has a cheesy charm, but...
2010s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published April 30, 2018 · Last modified July 4, 2018
It takes some major stones to do what Marvel has done. Literally, in this case, with the culmination of the Infinity Stones, as one of the most ambitious attempts to create a universe of...
2010s / Action / Comedy / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published July 7, 2017 · Last modified August 9, 2018
Spider-Man: Homecoming represents the third time in this young century that Marvel’s flagship superhero has been attempted on the big screen. While it’s understandable that Sony wouldn’t just let a sure-shot property go to waste,...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published May 6, 2016 · Last modified July 4, 2018
The Marvel Cinematic Universe, almost as if trying to address Batman v Superman and how to do a major superhero battle film right (or, after the disappointing Age of Ultron, how to do an Avengers film right), unloads Captain America:...
2010s / Action / Adventure / Drama
by Vincent Leo · Published December 10, 2015 · Last modified July 4, 2018
Based on the historical novel of the same name by Nathaniel Philbrick, published in the year 2000, In the Heart of the Sea relates the story of a New England whaling ship known as the “Essex”,...
1980s / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published February 7, 2013 · Last modified May 17, 2022
In 1980, the screenwriting team of Gary Travis and Michael January concocted an original horror film idea of a woman buying a house and coming to believe it’s haunted. It’s later revealed that there...
“…Nobody wants to see vampire killers anymore. Or vampires. Apparently, all they want are demented madmen running around in ski masks hacking up young virgins.” – Peter Vincent Charley Brewster (Ragsdale) is a typical suburban...
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.