Tom & Jerry (2021)
Back in 2009, after the success of hybrid animated/live-action features that bring back old cartoon characters like 2007’s Alvin & The Chipmunks and the Scooby-Doo flicks from 2002 and 2004, Warner Bros. put into development...
Back in 2009, after the success of hybrid animated/live-action features that bring back old cartoon characters like 2007’s Alvin & The Chipmunks and the Scooby-Doo flicks from 2002 and 2004, Warner Bros. put into development...
by Vincent Leo · Published October 15, 2018 · Last modified January 26, 2019
Lindsay (Winona Ryder) is a guest at the wedding of her ex-fiance en route via airplane to his wedding in Paso Robles, California, one of the premier wine regions in the country. While in...
2010s / Drama / Romance / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published February 11, 2018 · Last modified December 5, 2019
Fifty Shades Freed continues what you already expect from the series, and despite giving us better interplay among the leads and reducing the number of instances of overtly laughable dialogue, it can’t be “freed’...
1980s / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published October 22, 2017 · Last modified March 7, 2019
A sick young boy (Savage, Vice Versa) gets a visit from his grandfather (Falk, Vibes), who reads the young lad one of his favorite books, ‘The Princess Bride’. The book is of a beautiful young noble named...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 15, 2012 · Last modified November 22, 2019
It’s the day before Samantha Baker’s (Ringwald) older sister’s wedding. It’s also Samantha’s birthday. While her family all fuss and fret over the nuptials, they forget entirely Sam on her ‘Sweet 16’. The embarrassing grandparents...
Moonstruck is a critically-acclaimed crowd-pleasing romance that would go on to garner six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, with trophies handed out to Cher (The Witches of Eastwick, Mask), Dukakis (I Love Trouble, Mighty Aphrodite),...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 2, 2005 · Last modified November 25, 2019
The funny bone is in the arm of the beholder, and mine is undoubtedly tickled by Wedding Crashers when it is playing as a comedy. It doesn’t always try, as first-time screenwriters Steve Faber and Bob...
Screenwriter Andrew Bergman wrote the original 1979 classic comedy, The In-Laws, to success, and has crafted a handful of quality comedies since then, blending comedy and crime in films like Fletch, The Freshman, Honeymoon in Vegas, and Striptease. ...
I’ve never been one who cared much for wedding films, or even for ethnic family comedies for that matter, but My Big Fat Greek Wedding won me over with surprising ease. Going into this film,...
Set in San Francisco, Jennifer Lopez stars as the wedding planner, who has far more success in making sure others get married properly than she has in her own love life. Now she is...
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.