The Polar Express Movie Review

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Writer(s): Chris Van Allsburg & Robert Zemeckis

Starring: Tom Hanks, Leslie Zemeckis



Director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future Trilogy, & Who Framed Roger Rabbit) brings the beloved childrens story to the big screen. The 3D animated version of "The Polar Express" is done by a man who has a gift for this particular style of movie.

"The Polar Express" stars the voice of Tom Hanks (Angels & Demons, Saving Private Ryan, & The Green Mile) as multiple characters in this movie, and as always Tom hanks does an amazing job.

The movie is dazzling in its own way with how incredible it is on a visual sense. The story is unique and was always a favorite of mine growing up as a child. Witnessing "The Polar Express" on the big screen was quite a marvel.

I can not say the movie is absolutely perfect, and by no means is this ever going to be the first pick come holiday season for most people, but I hope that you do not overlook this movie as a choice to be had come holiday season movie time. It is defiantly a movie that the entire family can love and the story line is timeless.

Robert Zemeckis is an exceptional movie director and should be appreciated for his ability to take chances that go over and above the standard in the Hollywood movie scene. Zemeckis might not always create the perfect movie, but more often then not he delivers some amazing movies and ones that will forever be remembered.

It is time to sit down with the kids, with your loved ones, or even at school before the holiday time off kicks in and enjoy the marvels of "The Polar Express".

My Rating:77%

Scrooged Movie Review

Director: Richard Donner

Writer(s): Mitch Glazer & Michael O'Donoghue

Starring: Bill Murray, Bobcat Goldthwait, John Forsythe, Karen Allen



"Scrooged" is the perfect answer to how to properly do a re telling of a classic story and have it become its very own classic at the same time. Bill Murray (Ghostbusters, Stripes, & Lost in Translation) stars as television executive Frank Cross. Frank has all the same tendencies towards Christmas as does Scrooge from the Charles Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol".

Murray find himself starring along side Bobcat Goldthwait (Police Academy ), John Forsythe (Dynasty), and Karen Allen (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) in this wonderful adult themed Christ movie.

Every single year at this time I manage to sneak this movie in to my holiday season viewing and this year is no exception. It was just this morning in fact that "Scrooged" was playing on the television and I turned it on and as always enjoyed every single minute of it. I know that there is many things that are outrageous and over the top with the movie, but it those things that make it fun and worth all the while to turn on each and every Christmas season.

The tagline for the movie read "Bill Murray is back among the ghosts. Only this time, it's three against one." in reference to his previous work in "Ghostbusters" which had been a hit for Murray four years prior to the release of "Scrooged".

Bill Murray has always been a delight to watch when it comes to movies and with this movie there is no doubt that he is at his best. I am anxiously awaiting Murray's return to the big screen taking on the supernatural in the not too distant future, but in the meantime I will never hesitate to sit down with a good old rum and egg nog to watch Bill and the ghosts in "Scrooged"

If for any reason you have been living under a rock and have never managed to see this movie then there is no better time like the present to head down to your local video store and rent it. If you do not want to leave your house though please feel free to discover the world of online video rentals that are now available these days. Most major movie distributors and rental companies now offer you online access to their movie libraries and offer you the convenience of watching classics such as this without ever leaving your home. That being said you do not have any excuse not to see this movie during the holiday season.

My Rating:90%