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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema and more

Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

Channing Tatum Announces That Magic Mike Live Is Coming To Vegas

May 5, 2016 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

channing-taum-magic-mike-liveIn a move that’s not too surprising (except in how long it’s taken), Channing Tatum has revealed that Magic Mike is going live with an all male revue that will be hitting Las Vegas next year. It’s surprising it hasn’t happened before because it seems like such as obvious extension, but they may have held off creating a Magic Mike strip show/club, due to the fact Tatum and co. have been working on a musical stage version of the movie. However, little has been heard about that recently, so they may have decided a revue was the next sensible step instead.

Tatum will direct the show, titled Magic Mike Live, which will recreate the film’s ‘Club Domina’ with three bars, an interactive stage and seating for 450 guests. It’ll open at the Hard Rock Cafe in Vegas next March.

In the video below, Tatum talks about his plans, while surrounded by hot shirtless guys doing household chores – and with some puppies thrown in too. While the video talks about this being a club for ladies, you have to hope that gay guys will be allowed in too, especially as the gay contingent certainly helped make the movie a success! Channing’s house in the vid certainly looks like a gay man’s wet dream, if nothing else!

As Channing says, “What if women were given the option that men have had for centuries?. “That’s when my brain morphed into Kevin Costner from Field of Dreams and said, ’If you build it, they will come, spelled c-u-m.’” Take a look at the video below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Channing Tatum  FILMS: Magic Mike, Magic Mike XXL  

Magic Mike (DVD)

November 25, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer, Cody Horn, Channing Tatum
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Running Time: 105 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: November 26th 2012

While there was a lot of interest in Magic Mike before it was released in cinemas, I don’t think many people suspected that this $7 million budgeted movie would pull in over $100 million at the US box office, or get quite so many people so excited. There’s little doubt much of the interest in the film is that while women are routinely sexualised in cinemas, its rarer for a film to come along that offers the girls and gay guys something to get hot under the collar about, with male characters unabashedly served up for their sexual delectation. [Read more…]

Matt Bomer Gets His Butt Out In A Magic Mike Deleted Scene

October 17, 2012 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

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The Magic Mike DVD promises deleted scenes, and if you’re hoping that will involve more male stripper action, it looks like you’re in luck. Screencaps have popped up online (via SuperHeroFan.net) of a strip scene that didn’t make the final cut, featuring everyone’s favourite dreamboat, Matt Bomer, and his extremely well filled G-string. It’s a Bomer bum alert!

Magic Mike reaches DVD & Blu-ray in the UK on November 26th. [Read more…]

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Will Channing Tatum Direct Magic Mike 2?

September 12, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Shortly after Magic Mike became a suprise success at the box office, Channing Tatum began talking about a sequel, and writer Reid Carolin has been charged with coming up with the script, once more collaborating with Tatum on the story. Plus, there’s a Broadway version of the film in the works.

Now we’ve had an update and it appears Tatum is thinking of making Magic Mike 2 his directorial debut. He told the German site Filmstarts (via The Film Stage), that as Steven Soderbergh is supposedly retiring, Magic Mike 2 could be helmed by Soderbergh’s longtime assistant director Gregory Jacobs (Wind Chill, Criminal), but then suggested that he and Carolin might just end up helming the movie themselves. Who knows how serious he is, but it seems a Tatum directed sequel is possible.

However the follow-up is a way off at the moment, with the Broadway adaptation taking priority at the moment for Tatum and Carolin. They do have sequel ideas though, with the actor telling Allocine, “We have a story, and it is really ridiculous and fun. It’s a road movie sort of thing, where a bunch of strippers get back together. It’s more of a broad comedy. I don’t know whether it will happen or not.”

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ACTORS: Channing Tatum  FILMS: Magic Mike 2, Magic Mike  

Dark Knight Remains On Top Of The US Box Office

August 6, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The Dark Knight Rises has handily won the US box office race for a third week running, taking $36 million for a very good take so far of $354 million. Batman beat out newcomer Total Recall, which took $26 million. That was at the lower end of expectations, and with suggestions it’s not going down well with audiences, it’s unlikely to keep its grosses up in the coming weeks. It may now be hard for Sony to make back the $125 million is spent on the 2012 makeover of Recall.

The only other new entry in the top 10 is Diary Of A Wimpy Kids: Dog Days, which placed third with $14.7 million. That’s less than the opening gross of the two previous Wimpy Kid movies, but as it only cost $22 million to make, the studio isn’t likely to be worrying too much, especially as the franchise has done very well on DVD.

Ted also had reason to celebrate, as it broke the $200 million mark over the weekend, which certainly isn’t bad for a movie that few people had that many expectations of just a month ago. Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of August 3rd-5th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Dark Knight Rises $36.4 $354.6
2 Total Recall $26.0 $26.0
3 Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days $14.7 $14.7
4 Ice Age: Continental Drift $8.4 $131.8
5 The Watch $6.3 $25.3
6 Ted $5.4 $203.4
7 Step Up Revolution $5.3 $23.0
8 The Amazing Spider-man $4.3 $250.6
9 Brave $2.8 $223.3
10 Magic Mike $1.3 $110.8
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FILMS: Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Total Recall (2012), Ice Age: Continental Drift, The Watch, Ted, Step Up Revolution, The Amazing Spider-man, Brave, Magic Mike  

Dark Knight Rises Stays Atop The US Box Office

July 30, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Going into this weekend, there was a lot of debate over whether the US public was still put off going to the cinema by the terrible events in Colorado. In the end, while there probably was still a bit of a knock on effect, it wasn’t as bad as some had predicted. The Dark Knight Rises handily won the weekend, taking another $60 million for a 10 day total of $289 million, just behind the $313 million The Dark Knight had taken at this stage.

The new entries were pretty weak though. The Watch landed in third spot with just $13 million, below many of the already soft predictions many had for it. The marketing seems to be the problem here, with many left unclear exactly what sort of film the Ben Stiller movie is, especially as some promos pretty much ignored the alien invasion angle while others only concentrated on that.

Step Up Revolution made it to number four with $11.8 million. To be honest it’s not a horrible start as the film don’t cost much to make, but it’s well down on previous instalments in the series.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of June 27th-29th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Dark Knight Rises $64.0 $289.0
2 Ice Age: Continental Drift $13.3 $114.8
3 The Watch $13.0 $13.0
4 Step Up Revolution $11.8 $11.8
5 Ted $7.5 $193.6
6 The Amazing Spider-man $6.8 $242.0
7 Brave $4.2 $217.2
8 Magic Mike $2.5 $107.5
9 Savages $1.7 $43.8
10 Moonrise Kingdom $1.3 $38.3
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FILMS: Ice Age: Continental Drift, Neighborhood Watch, Step Up Revolution, Ted, The Amazing Spider-man, Brave, Magic Mike, Savages, Moonrise Kingdom  

The Dark Knight Rises At The US Box Office

July 24, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

This weekend’s box office numbers were understandably delayed out of respect for the victims of last week’s Colorado shooting. However now they’ve been released, with The Dark Knight Rises taking a massive $160 million, the third biggest opening weekend ever after The Avengers and Deathly Hallows Part 2, and the biggest ever for a 2D release.

Many suspect the film’s gross was slightly supressed due to the shooting, as most had expected it to take between $170 and $180 million. Even so, most people refused to be put off by the horrific acts just outside Denver.

The Dark Knight Rises was the only new release in the top 10, with most of the other movies slipping down a place. Some suspect it was family films more than Batman that were affected by the massacre, with parents keeping children out of the multiplxes. Ice Age 4 dropped far more than expected, 56% off from last weekend.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of July 20th-22nd.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Dark Knight Rises $160.8 $160.8
2 Ice Age: Continental Drift $20.4 $88.8
3 The Amazing Spider-man $10.8 $228.6
4 Ted $10.0 $180.4
5 Brave $6.0 $208.7
6 Magic Mike $4.2 $101.9
7 Savages $3.3 $40.0
8 Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection $2.2 $60.2
9 Moonrise Kingdom $1.8 $36.0
10 To Rome With Love $1.4 $11.1
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FILMS: Ice Age: Continental Drift, The Amazing Spider-man, Ted, Brave, Magic Mike, Savages, Tyley Perry's Madea's Witness Protection, Moonrise Kingdom, To Rome With Love  

Channing Tatum Says Magic Mike 2 May Be On The Way

July 12, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

I went to watch Magic Mike yesterday and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a cinema so chock full of women (and me). Indeed it’s been attracting such big audiences that despite only costing $12 million to make, it’s already grossed over $77 million in the US alone.

With numbers like that, the question becomes, will there be a sequel, especially as the movie certainly leaves the door open for one? According to the Channing Tatum, plans are indeed afoot. When asked during a Twitter interview for Glamour if there will be a Magic Mike 2, Tatum answered, “Yes, yes and yes! We’re working on the concept now. We want to flip the script and make it bigger.”

The actor’s producing partner Reid Carolin wrote the script for Magic Mike, based on Channing Tatum’s days as a 19-year-old male stripper. It isn’t known if Carolin is working on the sequel, or if they plan on bringing new writers in. It’s also too early to tell at this point if Steven Soderbergh will be back to direct a follow-up.

It’s also tough to know what Tatum means by ‘flip the script’? It suggests maybe part 2 will look at female strippers, but could just be an expression he used to say they want to do things on a bigger scale. If they do go female, it could be a mistake, as what’s made the first film such a success is the promise of sexy guys!

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Ted Tops The US Box Office, With Magic Mike Also Overperforming

July 2, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

It was a good weekend for R-rated movies at the US box office, with both Ted and Magic Mike beating out predictions with great opening weekend numbers. Seth MacFarlane’s feature film directorial debut, Ted, came out on top with a superb $54.1 million, the highest number ever for an original R-rated comedy (although behind The Hangover II and Sex And the City if you count established comedy franchises). People obviously liked the idea of a foul-mouthed, pot-smoking teddy bear.

Magic Mike had to settle for second spot, but a $39 million debut is still impressive, especially considering it only cost about $7 million to make. It certainly seems there were a lot of people waiting for the male stripper film, as it made almost half its weekend money on Friday.

There were a couple other new entries in the top 10, with Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection coming fourth with a decent $26.3 million. That’s lower than the last couple of Madea movies, but still a very strong take on a busy weekend and proves Perry is still a force to be reckoned with, especially amongst African-American audiences. The Chris Pine starrer People Like Us, which was the week’s only real underperformer, taking $4.3 million to place 10th on the chart.

Take a look below for the box office top 10 for the weekend of June 29th-July 1st.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Ted $54.1 $54.1
2 Magic Mike $39.1 $39.1
3 Brave $34.0 $131.6
4 Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection $26.3 $26.3
5 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted $11.8 $180.0
6 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter $6.0 $29.0
7 Prometheus $4.9 $118.2
8 Moonrise Kingdom $4.8 $18.4
9 Snow White And The Huntsman $4.4 $145.5
10 People Like Us $4.3 $4.3
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FILMS: Ted, Magic Mike, Brave, Tyley Perry's Madea's Witness Protection, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Snow White & The Huntsman, People Like Us  

Magic Mike (Cinema)

June 30, 2012 By Stephen Sclater Leave a Comment

Starring: Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Joe Manganiello, Olivia Munn, Channing Tatum
Running Time: 110 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: July 11th, 2012

When I first saw the advert I thought, ‘Oh no, it’s Showgirls meets The Full Monty’, however I was perplexed somewhat that Oscar winning director Stephen Soderbegh was at the helm. He’s delivered some brilliant films over the years, including Traffic, Erin Brockovich and Solaris, although his work of recent has not been as impressive, namely Haywire and Contagion.

However, with Magic Mike, he has given us is a crowd pleasing, energetic, realistic behind-the-scenes look at the glamorous but shady lives of the stripping community, in a tight, well scripted gem of a movie. [Read more…]

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