Little late due to Comic-Con and days of recovering but here's my review for Magic Mike XXL. For someone who has never seen the 1st Magic Mike, the sequel was quite entertaining, for some of scenes. Dancing was well choreographed and the soundtrack is quite good. You don't watch this movie for the acting. Not sure what Amber Heard's role was in the movie, which could have be played by nearly any other attractive blonde. Overall, I give it a C-plus. Would rate it higher if the likes of this beauty showed up in the movie.
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| Supermodel Samantha Hoopes |
Meeting Samantha Hoopes was the highlight of the evening. I didn't even care for the movie after that haha. Photo doesn't do her justice and she's really cool in person. Follow her on
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Terminator: Genisys wasn't bad, better than the last two Terminator films and enough Arnold one liners for some added humor. Movie wasn't predictable, which is good by my standards. Lot of folks believe Jai (who plays Kyle) and Emilia (who plays Sarah) were miscasts but Emilia more than holds her own, getting her hands dirty in the film. At very least she looks like a younger Hamilton. Jai does a decent job, despite being outdone by Arnold and even Emilia. I give it a B-minus.
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| Director Robert Rodriguez |
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| Wilmer Valderrama |
The Gallows is a fairly average horror flight in terms scare factor. The film picks up little steam halfway through, albeit becomes rather predictable the rest of the way save for one twist. The neat aspect of the film was they kept their real names for the movie, along with the unrealistic display of night vision from smartphones. For what it's worth, film was ok with the budget they were working with ($100K to be exact) so even if it makes a few million, that's huge. Get's a C-plus in my book, which is about average for most of the horror flicks these days.
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| Always a pleasure running into the lovely Amanda Cerny. If you don't know her yet, follow her on Twitter and Instagram |
Review of Comic-Con in next blog post, as soon as I get through my photos haha.
