DEEPWATER HORIZON (Theatrical Release USA 2016)

 Ben Meyers’ Rating: 4.3|5.0 Starsìììì 

Deepwater Horizon—GREAT special effects—follows them with good acting and presentation. The movie could be rewatched just to observe the special effects. Because this movie bases itself on an actual event, it allows viewers to get inside that event to experience what it could be like to have an oil rig explode. Watch for the cameo of Trace Adkins, the western singer and actor, toward the end of the movie. The movie mixes the elements of suspense and thrill to earn its rights to time and financial expenditure. 

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Storyline 

An oil rig malfunctions, and the lives of all workers become endangered. 

Additional Thanks 

Thank you to Director Peter Berg for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian, Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, and David Womark for making the film possible. Cast includes: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan O’Brien, and Kate Hudson. 

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe? 

Yes. This film is well done and worth watching. 

Ben Meyers

HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (Theatrical Release USA 2003)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.4|5.0 Stars ììì

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days—a fair to middling romance—pairs Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson in an original story that turns into a romance story for a specific adult audience. The film has some sexual references and partial nudity.

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Storyline

Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson) writes an article on “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.” Ben Barry (Matthew McConaughey) makes a bet that he can make any girl fall in love with him in 10 days. Co-workers put them together to see who will ‘win’.

Additional Thanks

Thank you to Director Donald Petrie for his directing efforts. Thank you to Executive Producer Richard Vane for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Michelle Rueben (Kathryn Hahn), Jeannie (Annie Parisse), Tony (Adam Goldberg), Thayer (Thomas Lennon), Judy Spears (Michael Michele), Judy Green (Shalom Harlow), Phillip Warren (Robert Klein), Lana Jong (Bebe Neuwirth), and Lori (Samantha Quan).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Maybe. The film may work for sophisticated adults.

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