by Jeff Michael Vice | May 15, 2014 | Editor's Picks, Reviews, What's Hot
In terms of its focus, Million Dollar Arm is lot more like Jerry Maguire (1996) than it is like The Rookie (2002), or even Slumdog Millionaire, an Oscar-winning 2008 drama that, on the surface at least, it would seem to have a lot in common with. And that’s a shame,...
by Jeff Michael Vice | May 6, 2014 | Editor's Picks, Reviews, What's Hot
What you need to know about Fading Gigolo: The romantic comedy stars John Turturro as a middle-aged male prostitute. And Woody Allen plays his best friend and “pimp.” Either you find that idea funny or you don’t. And if you do, you’ll probably enjoy this most peculiar...
by Jeff Michael Vice | Apr 30, 2014 | Editor's Picks, Reviews, What's Hot
For all the things the first Amazing Spider-Man movie did right, it failed in several other, equally important respects. For one thing, it failed to develop a villain that was anywhere close to being as interesting or as integral to the plot as its title character....
by Jeff Michael Vice | Feb 18, 2014 | Reviews, What's Hot
Author’s note: This review of The Wind Rises is based on a subtitled version of the film for awards-season consideration, and not the dubbed version being released in U.S. theaters by Touchstone Pictures. The news that The Wind Rises would be the final animated...
by Jeff Michael Vice | Feb 4, 2014 | Awards, Reviews
“Brevity is the soul of wit” is a saying that’s been attributed to many, though ostensibly it was William Shakespeare who coined it, in Hamlet. Regardless of its true origins, the quote could be used to describe the efforts of shorts filmmakers, who attempt to tell...
