War on Everyone (2016)
Back in the late 1990s, there were quite a number of Tarantino knockoffs to come out — hard-boiled and very violent thrillers that featured lots of quirky characters and attempts at amusing, anecdotal conversations...
2010s / Action / Comedy / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published February 9, 2017 · Last modified July 10, 2018
Back in the late 1990s, there were quite a number of Tarantino knockoffs to come out — hard-boiled and very violent thrillers that featured lots of quirky characters and attempts at amusing, anecdotal conversations...
Bad Moms is one of the more pushy raunchy comedies you’ll likely come across, a film so reliant on using vulgarity as a crutch it has characters drop F-bombs at their children’s schools and during...
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is a This is Spinal Tap-like mockumentary that ribs not only popstars like Justin Bieber and their gargantuan egos, but also the culture of modern celebrity in general. It’s made by...
2010s / Action / Comedy / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published March 12, 2016 · Last modified February 13, 2019
Sacha Baron Cohen (Les Miserables, The Dictator) continues his formula of crass, envelope-pushing comedies with The Brothers Grimsby (aka Grimsby outside of the US). The formula consists of trying to elicit laughs through sheer outrageousness, absurdity, and lots and...
One would think that the combined efforts of “SNL” alums and NBC sitcom stars Tina Fey (This is Where I Leave You, Muppets Most Wanted) and Amy Poehler (Inside Out, Are You Here) would be a...
Set in 1998, the storyline follows a group of twenty-something longtime Ohio friends, struggling with the feeling like they need to move on with life and accomplishment, but still unwilling to give up their...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.