Saturday, February 4, 2012
Welcome to the Movie Review and Movie Summary site by Michael The Moviegoer. Your place for movie recommendations with helpful movie reviews of the latest theater releases. Be sure to check back often so you don’t miss a review. Movies are rated from zero stars (Embarrassing) to **** Stars (Excellent).

Man On A Ledge

January 31, 2012
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The preposterous plot of “Man On A Ledge” is so ridiculously insane that the man on the ledge threatening to jump just might be the sanest person in the movie.

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The Grey

January 31, 2012
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Liam Neeson is very good as a man hired to keep Alaska oil workers safe from wolves.

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Detachment

January 22, 2012
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Adrien Brody stars as a substitute high school teacher hired by the school’s principal Marcia Gay Harden to sub for one month while a new permanent teacher can be found.

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Haywire

January 22, 2012
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In “Haywire”, real-life female martial arts champion Gina Carano stars as Mallory Kane.

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Ten Best Films of 2011

December 12, 2011
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Michael The Moviegoer’s list of the Ten Best Films of 2011 :

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Albert Nobbs

December 12, 2011
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“Albert Nobbs” is the story of a woman who made a desperate choice to make her way as a man in a man’s world. He/She works as a service butler in a hotel.

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Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close

December 12, 2011
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Thomas Horn (who won Teen Jeopardy) stars as the young boy Oskar Schell who loses his father (Tom Hanks) in the 9/11 attacks.

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Shame

December 12, 2011
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Fassbender plays a sex addict in McQueen’s film which is an in-depth character study of a man who “suffers” from sex addiction.

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New Year’s Eve

December 8, 2011
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In Garry Marshall’s 2-hour montage of aborted movie ideas Swank plays the girl responsible for making sure the Times Square ball will drop at midnight without a hitch. Naturally, it has a power failure.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

December 7, 2011
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The plot involves high-ranking members of British intelligence, among them George Smiley. After a mission in Budapest goes horribly wrong, Smiley becomes consumed with discovering who among them is a mole, a double agent spying for the Russians.

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