by artchartand | Mar 19, 2010 | 2010, Action & Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Starring Mel Gibson (and a host of other excellent but bit character actors) TMG Scale 7.5 If you like Mel Gibson (and TMG loves him) and liked the Lethal Weapon series and if you thought Taken with Liam Neeson was great, well you might be a bit disappointed. But,...
by artchartand | Mar 6, 2010 | 2010, Commentary
Note: Click on any Article Title or Caption to post a reply comment. Art the Movie Guys says: Avatar Hands down winner. If not, the Academy is just once again, more out of touch with the real people than Nancy Pelosi’s is with her face. OK, tell me I’m out of...
by artchartand | Feb 26, 2010 | 2010, Action & Adventure, Drama
Starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Jennifer Beals TMG Scale 8.0 OK. This movie should get a lesser rating as it is a sort of The Day After/The Bourne Identity mix meets Mad Max. What saves it from a lower rating is the underlying messages and themes and...
by artchartand | Feb 25, 2010 | 2009, Action & Adventure, Animation, Family, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana (yeah..who???) TMG Scale 10 I saw this on the best Imax 3D in the free world at the Navy Pier in Chicago. It would have been equally good on my living room 37 inch Vizio LCD. And Sci Fi is not TMG’s favorite genre by a long...
by artchartand | Feb 23, 2010 | 2009, Action & Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Starring: Jeremy Renner (and TMG does mean “starring.”) TMG Scale 7.5 In the dictionary you will find this film listed under “gripping.” I felt like I was there and tasted the grit of the desert sand. The realism and apparent attention to detail (TMG never served in...
