The Girl Who Played With Fire

Movie Summary of The Girl Who Played With Fire by Michael The Moviegoer. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE = **1/2 “Burned Out” It’s been only a few months since the hot Swedish import “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” opened in theatres here, and now the much-anticipated sequel arrives. A murder mystery involving a [...]

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Cyrus

Movie Summary of Cyrus by Michael The Moviegoer CYRUS = *** “Not Miley” “Cyrus” is a movie that seems soft and vulnerable on the surface, but is full of prickly edges as you get closer. John C. Reilly plays John, a man with such low self-esteem he’s been unable to talk to women for seven [...]

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Inception

Movie Summary of Inception by Michael The Moviegoer. INCEPTION = ** “Fast Asleep” If you’re a fan of Christopher Nolan, go ahead and hate me. But spending two and a half hours being confused and disoriented is not my idea of a good time at the movies. “Inception” tries hard to be something different and [...]

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The Kids Are All Right

Movie Summary of The Kids Are All Right by Michael The Moviegoer. THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT = *** “Just All Right” Critics have been falling all over themselves to lavish high praise on this film which was an audience favorite at Sundance earlier this year. But it doesn’t live up to the buzz and [...]

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Knight and Day

Movie Summary of Knight and Day by Michael The Moviegoer. KNIGHT AND DAY = **1/2 “Mission: Implausible” Imagine Tom Cruise playing his Ethan Hunt character as if he were Leslie Nielsen in “Airplane”. There are moments in “Knight And Day” that are exactly that funny. I’m still trying to determine if the laughs are intended [...]

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Winter’s Bone

Movie Summary of Winter’s Bone by Michael The Moviegoer. WINTER’S BONE = ***1/2 “Ozark Mountain Devils” As cold as the title suggests, “Winter’s Bone” is a chilling exercise in suspense from director Debra Granik. This is an indie CGI-less masterpiece. No computer-generated enhancements are needed when you have performances as authentic as those put before [...]

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The Extra Man

Movie Summary of The Extra Man by Michael The Moviegoer. THE EXTRA MAN = ** “Ex-centric Men” I wasn’t a fan of 2003’s “American Splendor” which garnered Oscar nominations for Shari Springer Berman’s and Robert Pulcini’s screenplay. But their new film “The Extra Man” feels awfully flat by comparison. They’ve assembled a fine cast with [...]

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I Am Love

Movie Summary of I Am Love by Michael The Moviegoer. I AM LOVE = **1/2 “You Are What You Eat” Luca Guadagnino’s Italian saga “I Am Love” looks delicious on the plate, tastes like comfort food going down, but finally leaves an aftertaste of high fructose corn syrup. Tilda Swinton succeeds in tackling a role [...]

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Agora

Movie summary of Agora by Michael The Moviegoer. AGORA = ** “Sword And Sandal Philosophy” “Agora” is a sword-and-sandals historical epic which only comes to life, oddly enough, during the scenes between battles. Set in Alexandria, Egypt, nearly 400 years after the death of Christ, the story centers on Hypatia, a librarian and philosophy professor, [...]

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The Karate Kid

Movie summary of The Karate Kid by Michael The Moviegoer. THE KARATE KID (2010) = walk-out “Chop Suey” Disney used to theatrically re-release their classic films every seven years or so to attract a younger generation to them as new films. That was before home video made every film accessible to anyone at anytime. But [...]

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