Total Recall (2012)

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Felix Vasquez

Colin Farrell is back again as an odd choice for action hero playing “Average Joe” Douglas Quaid. He is a factory worker who helps produce police bots for his world that has been divided in to two separate factions. The remaining world that has survived chemical war fare are living on various levels, all controlled by the government. Douglas’ world remains a stink hole lower class existence until he arrives at Rekall, anxious to install artificial memories in to his brain for the sake of amusement. Upon implanting a fantasy in his mind, Quaid learns he is really a super spy, and now Chancellor Cohaagen who is slowly rising to power, is after him. Along with him and his army of robotic police, there’s Doug’s smoking hot wife Lori, who is revealed to be a skilled assassin who is driven to kill Douglas at all costs.

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Superhero Movie (2008)

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Felix Vasquez

“Superhero Movie” is a comedy that’s remained off the radar for a long time since its release, and that’s a good thing. As a comedy it’s a pretty solid spoof of the “Spider-Man” movies, mocking the inherent silliness and idiocy of the Sam Raimi movies. And ironically enough it manages to be a much more creative and coherent superhero picture than “Spider-Man 3” ever hoped to be. I don’t disagree that the movie is a mixed bag of humor that tackles the superhero movie craze, as well as old hat superhero tropes, but it’s succeeds as an entertaining novelty and a respectable guilty pleasure.

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“Grease: Live!”, and Five Observations About The Show

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Felix Vasquez

Like many people that likely watched “Grease Live,” I’m a huge fan of 1978’s “Grease.” I’ve seen it at least a thousand times and watch it every single time it’s on television. So naturally fans like me would go in to “Grease Live” comparing it to the 1978 movie, consciously and sub-consciously. It was a risky venture giving us a live broadcast of “Grease,” but FOX took a gamble, and a wise one by getting in on the live musical broadcast gimmick, starting off with one of the most entertaining musicals of all time. “Grease Live” is pretty much the same as we always knew it, seemingly taking bits and pieces from the 1978 movie and including numbers from the original musical. Surely enough while I was worried about what I was getting in to, a lot of my reservations about casting, and production were absolutely destroyed with what was a pretty damn fun, three hour broadcast.

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“The Action Elite” Raves About “The Genesis Exiles”

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Felix Vasquez

The bad asses at “The Action Elite,” one of the most popular online havens for action buffs around, covering everything from movies, TV shows and books, took the time out review my new novel “The Genesis Exiles.”

From the website that’s had the privilege to interview folks like Keanu Reeves, Michael Jai White, and Wesley Snipes, I am thrilled to say that they rated “The Genesis Exiles” with a four out of five stars, branding it as “Explosive!” And that’s not a recommendation I take with a grain of salt.

“The Action Elite” knows the action genre well, and gave “The Genesis Exiles” a fair, honest, and thankfully rave review. Here are some choice excerpts from the review from The Action Elite webmaster Eoin Friel:

“I’m pleased to say that it’s genuinely thrilling and action-packed with well developed characters who we care about…”

“Vasquez Jr. has an immediately appealing writing style and when penning the action scenes there is an energy to them which shows that he was just as excited writing them as we are reading them…”

“This would make for an excellent movie or even TV series as the characters are so engaging that you want to spend more time with them…”

Read the full review here, and don’t hesitate to buy “The Genesis Exiles”! It’s now available on paperback, and Kindle!

Thanks to “The Action Elite” for taking time out of their busy schedule to review “The Genesis Exiles.”

Teen Witch (1989)

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Felix Vasquez

“Teen Witch” is one of the last relics of the eighties that isn’t just a fantasy for teen girls based around the joy of superficiality and empty popularity, but something of a cheesy comedy that absolutely embraces its idiocy time and time again. The unapologetic cheesiness and truly awful values of “Teen Witch” is often so bad, and yet so damn charming to endure. You almost have to admire it for building up to an anti-climax that boasts about how great it is to have the guy of your dreams, even if he’s as deep as a Koi pond. Dorian Walker’s film also dares to embrace the hip hop genre with a trio of young white men from the suburbs. Thank goodness for Larry Weir.

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Creed (2015)

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Felix Vasquez

Sylvester Stallone paid proper tribute and respect to his character Rocky Balboa with the final chapter in his saga “Rocky Balboa.” The character deserved the poetic finale after the clunker that was “Rocky V.” Ryan Coogler’s “Creed” is an utter accomplishment that works as a part of Rocky Balboa’s tale, and as the beginning of a new underdog saga. What initially seemed like a lame cash in, is a brilliant twist on the underdog tale with Stallone turning his sights Balboa’s rival and friend Apollo Creed. What was viewed as a sad death in a camp classic in “Rocky IV” carries over in to “Creed,” where Apollo’s death has had a serious significant effect.

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