Movies starring Melissa Leo

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice (1995)

90 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie      

I'm not sure how many "In the Line of Duty" movies there are but I have watched and reviewed quite a few and generally they have been good, either entertaining or an interesting dramatization of a true story. Unfortunately wh...

Hide and Seek (2005)

101 mins     Horror, Mystery, Thriller      

The trouble with watching and reviewing lots of movies is not burnout but the simple fact you become far too clued in to movies. As such "Hide and Seek" ended up becoming one of those tick box movies for me, putting a check n...

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

121 mins     Adventure , Crime, Drama      

"The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" is one of those movies which garners praise in some corners but leaves others utterly bewildered by what others see in it. I am kind of in the latter category as for me I tend to pref...

Frozen River (2008)

97 mins     Comedy, Drama      

As "Frozen River" starts we have a close up on Ray's face, dark shadows around the eyes lined with creases speaks volumes of this woman who pensively draws on a cigarette. You immediately know who this woman is even without w...

Greta (2009)

92 mins     Drama, Romance      

When I saw "Greta" listed on the TV schedule it was called "Surviving Summer" and with it starring Hilary Duff made me think cutesy comedy, I hadn't read a synopsis at the time but I did wonder why it was being shown late at ...

The Fighter (2010)

116 mins     Biography, Drama, Sport      

Boxing movies tend to have similar mechanisms going on, the underdog coming good when opportunity comes knocking being one of the most often used. And in fairness there is a touch of that in "The Fighter" and with it there ar...

Conviction (2010)

107 mins     Drama      

This makes me smile because "Conviction" is based on a true story, the sort of which 15 years earlier would haven ended up being made as a TV movie and then ridiculed by all those who won't give TV movies a second thought. No...

Flight (2012)

138 mins     Drama, Thriller      

Movie Review - Flight (2012) Denzel Washington stars as Whip who finds himself confronted by his issues with alcohol and drugs after a plane crash where his actions saved many lives but he had been taking drugs and drink befo...

Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

119 mins     Action , Thriller      

Say it loud, say it proud, say it with slow motion action, big bangs, big special effects and people staring in to the distance, yes "Olympus Has Fallen" is wonderfully over the top to the point of being ridiculous but say he...

Oblivion (2013)

124 mins     Action , Adventure , Mystery      

The older I get the older the movies become which I prefer to watch as much of modern cinema leaves me bordering on the disappointed whilst also bemused by how popular some of these movies are. Take "Oblivion" a movie which f...

Prisoners (2013)

153 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery      

Okay so "Prisoners" is two and a half hours long and I can break things down to a few sentences as on one hand we have Keller Dover who is willing to some seriously extreme things to try and find out where his daughter is, br...

The Equalizer (2014)

132 mins     Action , Crime, Thriller      

The Equalizer (2014) Denzel Washington stars as Robert McCall a man with a secret past who takes on some Russian gangsters when they beat up a young girl...

London Has Fallen (2016)

99 mins     Action , Thriller      

Movie Review - London Has Fallen (2016) Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) finds himself on protection duty in London when President Asher (Aaron Eckhart) has to attend a state funeral. But when it becomes clear that terrorists wan...