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Terminator: Genisys (July 1) — All his other post-office comeback efforts having tanked, the 67-year-old Arnold Schwarzenegger turns again to the time-travel-and-malignant-A.I. franchise that provided his most enduring catchphrase. Director Alan Taylor made Thor: The Dark World and a half-dozen Game of Thrones episodes. Emilia Clarke is the second GoT alumna to step into waitress-turned-soldier Sarah Connor’s BDUs, while Jason Clarke (no relation) is the fourth guy to play resistance general John Connor in the last four films. The trailers have already given away that this installment will reshape the events of the series’ sainted James Cameron–helmed entries — and spoiled other seemingly huge plot points, too. (Not why the Bible and the band both spelled “genisys” wrong, though.) I want to see The Terminator restored to the fullness of its Cameron-era tech-panic glory more than anyone, but this has more than a whiff of desperation about it. Confidence: 40 percent.
Magic Mike XXL (July 1) — Magic Mike's $114 million domestic haul in 2012 represented a little more than sixteen times the male-stripper drama's thrifty budget, so to abjure a follow-up would be to spit in the face of mathematics. You don't leave money on the table in this economy, a subject the original movie addressed with admirable finesse. (Just to be clear, XXL is the second entry in the Magic Mike Cinematic Universe, not the thirtieth, but greasy abs are a growth industry.) Original director Steven Soderbergh insists he's done making features; his replacement, Gregory Jacobs, has worked as an assistant director on almost every production in Soderbergh's mile-long filmography. Then again, Channing Tatum's Magic Mike said he was retiring, too. The follow-up, wherein the bronzed, waxed Kings of Tampa reunite for a strip-off in Myrtle Beach, has reconvened the original cast (save for Matthew McConaughey) while adding Jada Pinkett Smith, Elizabeth Banks, Donald Glover, and Andie MacDowell to the supporting cast. Confidence: 50 percent.
Magic Mike XXL (July 1) — Magic Mike's $114 million domestic haul in 2012 represented a little more than sixteen times the male-stripper drama's thrifty budget, so to abjure a follow-up would be to spit in the face of mathematics. You don't leave money on the table in this economy, a subject the original movie addressed with admirable finesse. (Just to be clear, XXL is the second entry in the Magic Mike Cinematic Universe, not the thirtieth, but greasy abs are a growth industry.) Original director Steven Soderbergh insists he's done making features; his replacement, Gregory Jacobs, has worked as an assistant director on almost every production in Soderbergh's mile-long filmography. Then again, Channing Tatum's Magic Mike said he was retiring, too. The follow-up, wherein the bronzed, waxed Kings of Tampa reunite for a strip-off in Myrtle Beach, has reconvened the original cast (save for Matthew McConaughey) while adding Jada Pinkett Smith, Elizabeth Banks, Donald Glover, and Andie MacDowell to the supporting cast. Confidence: 50 percent.




