Movie reviews of Vincent Leo

It also captures several shots that are evoked in some of his later work, including the infamous shot looking down a spiral,,...

It runs at a fairly low budget, with most of the scenes of hurricane mayhem relegated to actual clips of news reports on Katrina...

In particular, Samuel L.

So, they offer up notable moments of their art at far less what might be the value of such items.

Severe contrivances undermine the more realistic delivery, one involving a cell phone recording that seems too convenient to...

As mentioned previously, there are refreshing moments in which McCormack strikes on a truthful conversation or bit of,,...

Nevertheless, it also means that this inauthenticity will likely preach more to the choir than it might in reaching beyond its...

Michael Sacks is also quite good in support as the sweet-natured cop who sees his captors as basically good people who mean no,...

In one particular scene late in the film involving the trading in of foreign products for those that are American-made, Payne...

Statham plays the same guy he has been playing in various forms for over a decade, in which he goes nose to nose with a variety...

Like Philomena herself, the film that is her namesake is simple in its manner, but underneath, it is full of wisdom,,...

Note: there is a scene after the credits.

Inside Llewyn Davis is a circular story, which, like the ballads contained within the film, repeats motifs like lyrics of a,...

Had it played as a dark, psychological, real-life thriller along the lines of, say, Notes on a Scandal, the ground would have,...

And you never see any of the real mothers or adoptive fathers of any of these children, including one who ends up in the,...

Other than the performances, the one unique thing about this adaptation is the way that it is presented.

The film sets up for an intended third movie, which, given the lucrative success of African-American films of late at the box,...

Perhaps movie magic will be made the next time around.

There is even an moment of intertitle dialogue when a black opponent is referred to with a harsh epithet by one of the...

Despite hearing her thoughts, which are so jumbled together so as to be unintelligible, we know very little about what makes her...

-- Stay tuned after the film is over for a mid-credits scene that ties in to an upcoming Marvel film, and a lighthearted, post...

I would also say that, above its importance as a story, I also appreciate the craft, skill and care to which such a powder-keg...

While the production values are certainly commendable given the meager resources, this story would have produced a stinker at...

In Tim, she finds a man willing to hit the reset button enough times to get to know her as if he could read her instantly,...