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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).

Melancholia

October 31, 2011
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A science-fiction end-of-the-world drama from the infamous Danish director Lars von Trier? As a follow-up to his bizarre “Antichrist”? Such is “Melancholia”.

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Like Crazy

October 30, 2011
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When British student Anna (Felicity Jones) meets American boy Jacob (Anton Yelchin) they seem like starcrossed lovers until Anna overstays her visa and is then not allowed back into the United States forcing the young lovers apart and into the arms of others.

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Tower Heist

October 30, 2011
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“Tower Heist” is set in a luxurious Manhattan tower on the corner of Central Park, not coincidentally in the area of the real Trump Tower.

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The Descendants

October 30, 2011
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In “The Descendants” George Clooney plays Matt King, a man who is living in hell while residing in a Hawaiian paradise.

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A Dangerous Method

October 26, 2011
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It’s a stagey adaptation of a stage play featuring the three main characters Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud and Sabina Spielrein all talking endlessly about psychoanalysis.

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My Week With Marilyn

October 26, 2011
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The week of “My Week With Marilyn” belongs to Colin Clark who worked for Sir Laurence Olivier in 1957 during production of “The Prince And The Showgirl” starring Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. This film is adapted from Clark’s memoirs of that week.

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Martha Marcy May Marlene

October 17, 2011
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Olsen plays Martha, a young girl who escapes from a cult where she’s been held captive for two years.

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Dirty Girl

October 17, 2011
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When her Mormon stepfather (William H. Macy) tries to discipline her, she takes off on a road trip with Clarke, her gay boyfriend played by Jeremy Dozier, to try and find her real father.

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The Way

October 17, 2011
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“The Way” begins with Sheen receiving news of his son’s death in a hiking accident in Spain. Sheen travels to Europe to collect the cremated ashes of his son.

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Living In The Material World

October 13, 2011
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Scorsese’s three-and-a-half-hour doc is a loving tribute to the Beatle who felt trapped in a material world while yearning for the spiritual world.

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