Padres vs. Pirates; “Terminator Genisys” and “Magic Mike XXL” Now Screening (Mon., 7/6/15)

1) The San Diego Padres are in town for a three game home stand against the Pirates. At press time the Padres are in fourth place in the National League West division and the Pirates are in second place, six games behind the first place Cardinals. 7:05 p.m. PNC Park, 115 Federal St., North Shore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62E4FJTwSuc

2) Terminator Genisys — Arnold Schwarzenegger’s tenure as governor of California will probably go down in the history books as fairly unremarkable, but there’s no question about his box office power. Or is there? The release of this film, the fifth in the Terminator series, will tell us whether “Ahnuld’’s” still got it or not. In this iteration, we’re in the future, and John Connor sends Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect his mother, Sarah. But something gets screwed up with the timeline, and it’s an unexpected and lethal world where Reese sets down. Time travel figures in another way as well. Schwarzenegger’s playing the same character he played 31 years ago … and from watching the trailer, I’d say the computer power needed to achieve his Photoshopped younger face could energize a small city. “I’ll be back … in time for bingo night at the senior center.” Check Fandango for screens and times.

3) Magic Mike XXL — No, you didn’t fall asleep and miss the previous 29 Magic Mike sequels; this is only the second one. The studio just thought “XXL” would be a funny allusion to the length of – well, you know exactly to what they’re alluding, so I needn’t elaborate. Anyway, this is the follow up to the surprise 2012 summer hit about a group of male strippers living the high and low life in Tampa. In case you missed the first one, Mike (played by Channing Tatum whose early years were the inspiration for this story) was the star stripper who, in teaching a newbie the ins and outs of the trade, discovered himself and retired from the business. In XXL he’s agreed to put on the thong and Velcro pants one last time, and he and the boys take a road trip to Myrtle Beach for a final performance. Carnegie Mellon University grads Joe Manganiello and Matt Bomer return, although Matthew McConaughey does not. (His salary demands after an Oscar win priced him of the running.) It sounds, perhaps, a little silly … but imagine a summer movie in which no buildings blow  up. Check Fandango for screens and times.

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