4/10/2023 0 Comments Onstage drinks and grinds![]() ![]() ![]() To address the 'Pony' in the room, Ginuwine's track gets another spin, its slinky, sultry beats again capturing the mood throbbing through this steamy, sweaty, lusty and thrusting - and sex- and body-positive - saga. Not that Magic Mike Live needs it, but Magic Mike's Last Dance doubles as an ad for the IRL tour, while having Tatum and company work towards staging exactly that kind of production. Ditching the stuffy period drama that's been treading the boards there for years, she tasks him with spreading his talents by putting together an upmarket performance. In her divorce proceedings from adulterous media mogul Roger Rattigan (Alan Cox, New Amsterdam), she's now the owner of a theatre that shares his surname, and she has a Mike-inspired itch she wants scratched. Soon he's staying in Max's home - where valet Vincent (Ayub Khan-Din, London Bridge) frowns and Max's teen daughter Zadie (Jemelia George) proves cynical - and also turning director. Pouring drinks at a waterside charity gala, crossing paths with a former client from the first flick and spending a night dazzling Max: that's how Mike winds up on a plane to the UK, once more just following the money. When ultra-rich socialite Maxandra Mendoza (Salma Hayek Pinault, House of Gucci) tempts him back with a $6000 private sensual gig - because she needs a distraction from her messy separation - his prowess moving his hips and removing his clothing firmly remains a means to an end. This time, Mike's business went bust in the pandemic, so he's bartending in Miami. In 2015 sequel Magic Mike XXL, Mike and his fellow Kings of Tampa ( Archenemy's Joe Manganiello, The Boys in the Band's Matt Bomer, John Wick's Kevin Nash and Criminal Minds' Adam Rodriguez) kept disrobing on the road to other fully attired goals, but the group and film wholeheartedly appreciated the joy and empowerment that the series' central line of work gifts women. In the franchise's first 2012 strip, Mike strutted in g-strings to make cash to design custom furniture, but little was turning out as planned. But these films, all three of which are penned by Reid Carolin ( Dog), understand that Tatum's reality isn't the way that this tale usually goes. Before Magic Mike was scorching the screen, he'd already made it big. He isn't currently getting by stripping while striving to follow his passion, of course. This series started out not just putting its star's ripped physique and knack for erotic dancing to eye-catching use, but drawing upon his own story thanks to Tatum's past onstage Florida. ![]() The more things change, the more that plenty stays the same for the saga's hero. Tatum and filmmaker Steven Soderbergh ( Kimi) - the prolific creative force who helmed, shot and spliced the first instalment then just lensed and cut the second with his regular assistant Gregory Jacobs ( Wind Chill) directing and now returns to his trio of OG roles (still credited as Peter Andrews for his cinematography and Mary Ann Bernard for his editing) - have Mike Lane living his own Groundhog Day in a way. ![]() New Magic Mike movie splashing glistening chiselled abs across the screen, same Magic Mike, though. That said, only this exceptionally choreographed but never earth-shattering flick fills its final quarter with wall-to-wall gyrating, including a male-revue number soundtracked by 1998 Dandy Warhols' single 'Boys Better' that has to be seen to be believed. And, it all climaxes with a showcase event demanding dedicated training. In the third film in the Channing Tatum ( Bullet Train)-starring series, there's a team to oversee featuring players from around the globe, too, plus a gruff butler doing his best not-AI Roy Kent impression. From there, the sports-themed favourite and Magic Mike's Last Dance both transport their namesakes to London, then give them jobs under wealthy women managing publicly beloved assets after bitter marriage breakdowns, all as those ladies try to spite their exes while also finding themselves and sorting out their lives. Ted Lasso fans, rejoice - the Magic Mike franchise is taking its lead from the hit sitcom now. ![]()
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