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...
by artchartand | Feb 22, 2010 | 2009, Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams TMG Scale: 7.5 This is a solid effort at Sherlock Holmes. TMG was never a big Sherlock buff but this movie turned him on to this late 19th Century legend of London detective. Think NCIS and a bit absent minded...
by artchartand | Feb 21, 2010 | 2009, Action & Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Starring: Liam Neeson (and other great actors but TMG has never heard of them) TMG Scale 9.0 TMG loved this film. It was like watching a ball roll down a hill. It started a bit slow but just gathered momentum as it went. Neeson was great. TMG wants to say no more...
