Movie Review: Fred Claus

Fred Claus
Directed by David Dobkin
Starring Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Kevin Spacey, Rachel Weisz
Rated PG

For a lot of people, Christmas is their favorite time of year. Religious implications aside, and for reasons left to the individual, there is no other span of time in the calendar year as generally well regarded as the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Having said that, it becomes more and more difficult each year to sift through the garbage and enjoy it for what it is, or at least what it was that made you like it in the first place. The season itself starts earlier and earlier each year thanks to the wonders of the obscenely over-commercialized retail arena and political correctness has stifled the spirit of the holiday so much that we feel martyred just for wishing someone a Merry Christmas. This twinge of sadness, this funk, lurked around and stayed with me throughout this movie...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

Movie Review: Into The Wild

One thing about writing movie reviews is that you don’t want to give away “spoilers.”

Also, I really don’t want to resort to "reviewer clichés," you know, the ones that are always found in the blurbs in the newspapers.

Well, I think both of these rules may have to be ditched for my review of Into The Wild.

Going into the film, most all of the audience knows the story, especially since it's being promoted as "the life and death" of the young Christopher Johnson McCandless, who graduates from college, gives away his savings for law school, turns his back on his parents, assumes a new name, and goes on a journey for the truth...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!