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"Think Like a Man Too" is Wack (movie review)

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I like Gabrielle Union, she's pretty funny. Kevin Hart is a great comedian. Megan Good is gorgeous. I loved Taraji Henson in Baby Boy , and Turtle (Jerry Ferrera) was my favourite character on Entourage . Lala is stunning, Regina Hall is still beautiful, and Terrence Jenkins is really growing as an actor. Dennis Haysbert...what a sexy gentleman, and Romany Malco is a cutie. That's it. Those are the only positive comments I can make about this waste of a movie. "Think Like a Man Too" was super boring, and incredibly wack. I swear, the first movie had me in TEARS with laughter. It was fabulous. It was fresh, it has a stacked ensemble cast of so many of my favourite Hollywood faces. I loved the characters, I loved how clever and witty the script was...I loved everything about it. That movie--much like the book of the same name, by Steve Harvey--was a hit. What sucks is when a movie has such strong characters, and such likeable personalities, and it still falls flat

Me. I Am Mariah - Album Review

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I have been a Mariah Carey fan since "Vision of Love" was first released in 1989. Since her first television appearance, on the Arsenio Hall Show back in 1990. Since listening to "Love Takes Time" on cassette at 6th grade parties, and before I even hit the age of 12. I therefore have been inherently trained to love and appreciate this elusive chanteuse. In fact, I am so embedded in the Mariah Carey style of music and performance, that I truly believe she can do no wrong . I buy all of her albums. I go to all of her Toronto concerts, and I have a good number of her piano sheet music books (based on the albums), so that I can recreate the music on my own. Naturally, my appreciation for song writing, for music composition, and for pop/R&B music is fundamentally based on the style, performance, and overall execution of this woman's music. Unapologetically. Needless to say, I purchased her 14th studio album "Me. I Am Mariah" on the day of its rel