Confession time: I really enjoyed Magic Mike. The movie may have put off some folks with all the beefcake dude-ity and bumpin’ and grindin’, but once you got past those topless theatrics you actually found a surprisingly solid character drama that was occasionally kind of fun. The biggest surprise (that was not in somebody’s shorts)? Channing Tatum. Not only did ol’ Charming Potato actually …
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The Knick is shaping up to be an interesting mini-series. Starring Clive Owen as Dr John W. Thackery, a surgeon who wants to bring medicine forward by any means necessary. Steven Soderbergh is the man behind the show, and while he’s only done one season, he is keen to do another. Last Updated: July 9, 2014
We live in a glorious age of medicine. There’s nothing that a doctor cannot do these days without enough drugs and scalpels, something which Kervyn doesn’t appreciate as he wasn’t too happy with the plastic surgery voucher that I gifted him with for his birthday. There used to be an age of medicine where headaches were cured by drilling a …
Forget the Avengers or X-Men, for many fans the only movie featuring beefy men dressed in various outlandish costumes (that they usually take off very quickly though) that they’re looking forward to, is the sequel to Steven Soderbergh and Channing Tatum’s male stripper drama Magic Mike. The first film, based on Tatum’s real life experiences as a male stripper, was a massive critical and …
I’m just going to give you a minute to stop screaming shrilly from excitement at reading that headline… …Okay, you all done now, Darryn? Good. As I was about to say, after seeing a veritable mountain of dollar bills stuffed into the box office g-string of director Steven Soderbergh and star Channing Tatum’s male stripper sorta-biographical dramedy, Magic Mike, there was …
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It’s a big week for musical entertainers at the movies, with three new films opening in South Africa that fit this theme. Actually, it’s a big week for new movies in general, with seven flicks debuting locally today. Last Updated: September 27, 2013
Traci Braxton husband was Kevin Surratt Sr., a longtime partner who stood by her …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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