BY MIKEY MIGO
I've been watching at least four new movies a week, but that number is about six or so lately. There's nothing better than watching a movie before hitting the hay. No matter what you did or didn't do before putting that DVD on, you get to sit back relax and escape for at least as hour and a half if not longer. Out of the handful that I watched this past week, the one I enjoyed the most and want to talk about is "King of California". Evan Rachel Wood plays the daughter to an unstable father played by Michael Douglas. The father has an epiphany that they must go on a treasure hunt around suburbia to find buried Spanish gold. I've seen Wood here and there in movies and music videos, but honestly never paid attention to her. How she's not places on a higher tier in regards to today's young actresses baffles me. Yet of course the star of this movie is Mr. Michael Douglas doing a role that I can really only imagine him doing. He gave an entertaining yet troubled and charming yet stand-offish performance. Their trials and tribulations across suburbia take them from corporately owned fast food and mega stores searching for gold from the 1600's. It was an awesome story, well acted, and well directed. Pick up the DVD and enjoy it on my recommendation. My favorite part is that this ironic and symbolic story leads to their local Costco. Then again, doesn't every ironic and symbolic story end up at the local Costco? They DO have everything.
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