Arrival (2016)
On its surface, Arrival is relating a story we’ve seen many times before: alien spacecraft have approached Earth, and we have no idea what they want, which leads to a anxiousness and tension for those below...
2010s / Drama / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published November 24, 2016 · Last modified July 4, 2018
On its surface, Arrival is relating a story we’ve seen many times before: alien spacecraft have approached Earth, and we have no idea what they want, which leads to a anxiousness and tension for those below...
1990s / Action / Comedy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published August 14, 2007 · Last modified February 25, 2019
Consul Han’s (Tzi Ma, Chain Reaction) 11-year-old daughter is kidnapped and held for a $50 million ransom. The FBI are on the case, but he flies in an old friend and police inspector named Lee...
Keke Palmer plays Akeelah Anderson, an 11-year-old girl growing up in the crime-ridden streets of South-Central Los Angeles. Her father passed away five years ago, leaving her nearly unsupervised as her mother (Bassett) has...
Perhaps the lesser of all of the Coen Brothers’ films, their remake of the 1955 film, The Ladykillers, proves to be just too disjointed to fully enjoy in its totality. Blame miscasting of the supporting...
1990s / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published January 7, 1997 · Last modified January 28, 2019
Keanu Reeves (A Walk in the Clouds, Speed) stars as Eddie Kasalivich, a machinist working on an experiment to rid the world of petroleum products and introduce hydrogen-based power into the world through an ever...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.