Movie/DVD Mini-Review Fourplay!

When I wasn't getting wheeljacked, I was enjoying some cinema.

30 Days of Night - Good concept (vampires attack an Alaska town during a stretch where the sun never comes up) well executed. Josh Hartnett actually avoids ruining it, too, providing the film's biggest shock.

Score: 8/10 - Catch a matinée.

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Fred Claus - Snuck into this after the previous film and am totally glad I didn't pay for this tone deaf, unfunny mess. The best scene is when Fred (Santa's brother) attends a support group for the siblings of famous people. Other members include Roger Clinton, Steven Baldwin and Frank Stallone. Go watch "Elf" again instead of this whiff.

Score: 3/10 - Watch on cable if you can't change the channel.

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Mr. Brooks (DVD) - What could've been a taut psychological thriller about an upstanding businessman with an addiction to serial killing founders under way too many plot details. Brevity is the soul of wit, but the writers though more=more.

Score: 6/10 - Rent it.

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Ocean's Thirteen - George, Brad, Matt & Co. bounce back from the self-indulgent "Ocean's 12" with a brisk, meaningless romp set back in Vegas. They aren't really trying, but charm carries the day. The DVD looks terrible, though.

Score: 6/10 - Rent it.