by Jeff Michael Vice | Apr 9, 2014 | Reviews, What's Hot
There’s nothing wrong with a film that uses a slow build to really ratchet up the tension. However, slllooowww buuuiiillldddsss are a different matter completely. Oculus would be a prime example of the latter. This allegedly supernatural horror movie takes so much...
by Jeff Michael Vice | Apr 7, 2014 | Reviews, What's Hot
There are those animated films that not only deserve a sequel, they demand it. Disney’s Pixar’s Oscar-winning blockbuster The Incredibles comes to mind. (Fortunately, the studio and the film’s creators have finally come up with an idea for a follow-up, and that...
by Jeff Michael Vice | Apr 1, 2014 | Reviews
What has set the Marvel movies apart from expected, somewhat run-of-the-mill super hero movies based upon comics material from other companies and books is their ability to change genres — yet do so in a strong, compelling fashion. For example, the three Iron...
by Jeff Michael Vice | Apr 1, 2014 | Reviews
The Raid 2 makes a strong case that it’s no longer possible for a film to get an NC-17 rating based on violence alone. After all, if any film were to receive the MPAA’s so-called “rating of doom” it would be for this martial-arts/action-thriller in which blood...
by Jeff Michael Vice | Mar 26, 2014 | Reviews
Cinematic history is littered with the remains of films that failed to conclude in satisfactory fashion. That’s especially true of horror, a genre that relies, nay depends, on strong endings. Even such recent(ish) horror hits as The Blair Witch Project (1999) and...