Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

TMG Scale 6.5 MPAA Rating: R Starring  Matthew McConaughey, Jenifer Garner I know many folks will just freak out at TMG’s relatively low rating for this movie. After all, TMG is a huge Matthew McConaughey fan.  What he had to do to prepare for this role makes me...

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

TMG Scale 6.0 MPAA Rating: R Starring  Matthew McConaughey, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill A TMG rating of 6.0 is being generous with an emphasis on this movie could have,  and should have, been a whole lot better. How? Listen to an editor and cut about 1.3 hours of...

THE COUNSELOR (2013)

TMG Scale 1.0 minus 7  MPAA Rating: R Starring Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz, Michael Fassbender, Javiar Bardem While Brad Pitt proves he can act marvelously in his sleep, he is the only redeeming quality in this otherwise worthless piece of trash film.  The only purpose...

THE HEAT (2013)

TMG Scale:  9.0  MPAA Rating: R Starring Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy and look for a small spot by Jane Curtin Funny, very funny and often just “effing”hilarious.  Comedy is tough business and there was definitley some comedic genious at work by...

THE INTERNSHIP (2013)

TMG Scale:  5.5 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Starring Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson  along with unnecessary cameos by Will Ferrell and John Goodman A few laughs, slightly cute and little more. Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn can do this bit with no script and half asleep. I am pretty...

THE PURGE (2013)

TMG Scale:  1.0 MPAA Rating: R Starring Ethan Hawke.  No one else. The only thing relevant about this movie is that after seeing it YOU will want to purge….hurl, puke …and perhaps ask for your money back.  The first big clue you have that this movie is a...