by Vincent Leo · Published August 15, 2011 · Last modified October 22, 2018
Danny McBride (Up in the Air, The Heartbreak Kid) and James Franco (127 Hours, Spider-Man 3) star in this comedic fantasy sword-and-sorcery adventure that resembles a bad Mel Brooks farce (an opening scene with ‘midgets’ would...
A fictional adaptation based on the autobiographical book by Danny Wallace, Yes Man hermistars Jim Carrey (Horton Hears a Who, The Number 23) as Carl Allen, a bank loan officer who becomes a bit of a...
2000s / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published June 15, 2008 · Last modified January 6, 2020
If I had thought, even for one second, that writer-director M. Night Shyamalan was making a spoof of end-of-the-world sci-fi thrillers from the 1950s, I might give The Happening much more credit than I’ll be...
Here’s a movie title that practically writes my review for me. Interminably silly, Failure to Launch is a go-with-the-flow kind of comedy that has its share of laughs and smart ideas, and yet, sometimes it...
Comedian Will Ferrell and director Jon Favreau have done funny work in comedies that are more adult, mean-spirited, and on many occasions, vulgar. Expectations for their Christmas comedy, Elf, would lead you to think this might...
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.
