SUMMER MOVIE EXTRAVAGANZA - Reviews & Stuff

Hey humans behind their computer screens! So for some reason last week I subconsciously wanted to spend way too much money/satisfy my film lover side and saw three movies in theatre. Yes, ALL IN ONE WEEK!
As a sort of unspoken rule most summer movies just tend to be blegh. It's the same with summer television like props out to Netflix because with the Bachelorette ending (I know. Someone throw a Starbucks at me quick) there is literally nothing good until September. If it's all a ploy to get people outdoors all I can say to that is YES I WILL CONTINUE WATCHING NEXT EPISODE.
So not to get too sidetracked here... the three movies I watched are:

  1. Ghostbusters
  2. The Legend of Tarzan
  3. Star Trek Beyond
Ghostbusters

Man oh manie man, I was super stoked to see this movie. Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones my idols, my sweet sweet comedic lady gods. When I first heard that they were doing a female cast of Ghostbusters I thought "this Samantha, this is why you have lived in this generation." As a sort-of-kind-of-not-really joke I wore a Ghostbusters pin underneath my graduation robes. 

Why you may ask? I DON'T KNOW I MAY SAY.  But I was amped up to the extremes. Last Tuesday night I grabbed a late drink with some friends (when I say late it was 9:30 and I had already been laying in bed motionless when I got the call). When we were finished we were mere steps from the theatre and my dear friend turns to me and asks "you wanna see the new ghostbusters movie." I floated on a wave of popcorn wind straight to the theatre that was completely and 100% empty. 
Was it the late hour that made me fall out of my chair laugh? Or, could it be, that this movie was just the right amount of campiness and pun-infused joke machine that I imagined it to be. No I'm not lucky I'm blessed, yes. 
My Rating: 3.5/5 Stars 

The Legend of Tarzan

As the dreaded Friday night approached seemingly plan-less I knew I needed to conjure up something quick or it would be a night of netflix and youtube yet again. My darling sister messaged me at 7am that morning, after my stepdad had butt dialed me at 6:30 am, and revealed that she too had the fear of a friendless Friday night and I knew just how to remedy this. Alexander Skarsgard without a shirt. The cinematography was ACES and Samuel Jackson do you ever disappoint? Nope, you don't.  Harley Quinn what are you doing out in the jungle? And Christoph Waltz, I see you boo. 
My Rating: 2.7/5 Stars

Star Trek Beyond

On the cooler side of things (well not really because it felt like the crack of the devils ass outside) me and mommy dearest went to Paramount Studios and saw the new Star Trek film with a Q&A of the special effects producer on Sunday! IT WAS RAD! -- not so much the movie as the experience -- but yas yas yas. The movie was... a reach. Granted when I watch action movies my eyes tend to glaze over but normally the Star Trek films are more character driven than  bang bang boom if you know what I mean. 
My Rating: 1.5/5 Stars = movie
                   5/5 Stars = experience

The obvious next filmic adventure will DEFO be Suicide Squad. Let me know if anyone wants a half-assed review of that film or any other summer film releases you think is $15 dollars worth. Xoxo Sam

January Favorites

I know January isn't technically over but just thought I would get a head start! So much has happened this month it really is weird for me to think that I was in California for the majority of it. I swear I come back to New York and it's like I never went home at all (feels the same way being in California too!)
Also something I wanted to slightly mention was that I canceled my Ipsy subscription this month as well. Not to speak badly but when I returned to my apartment and opened the two Glam Bags I had waiting from December and January I was really disappointed with the quality of the products as well as the amount of products. If you are going to have a larger bag I don't think it is smart to send like 4 items in it. One of my friends is still subscribed so I asked them to tell me how they like the product choices in the upcoming month to see if I would possibly resubscribe (wow that was a longer paragraph than I expected). But I want to be totally honest with you all about the things I choose to purchase!
So to start it off makeup!

Clothing


MISC.
Diet: Really trying to start every day with Oatmeal. I needed to use up the box of Quaker Oats I had but also went to Whole Foods and bought their organic brand of Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal so excited to try that out! Also eating lots of fruits and fruit based foods to make sure my Vitamin C, Potassium, etc. stay normal throughout the winter. 
Movies: Saw the Revenant last night and will review that for my second half of the oscars best picture nominations. *if you missed it you can find it here* I also watched Joy and can't wait to share with you all what I thought.
TV: I go through weird relations with reality TV but right now I am all about The Bachelor, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and Vanderpump Rules (I know they are all so frickin' awful but so oddly addicting and entertaining)
Music: It's odd because being home my music taste is normally pretty typical: top 50, some oldies, etc. But whenever I get back to New York I get into odd music kicks. Right now it's just been old movie soundtracks. 

I hope you enjoyed this post! Let me know what you would like to see next on the blog xoxo Sam



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