'Back Roads' Review: Alex Pettyfer Makes A Promising Directorial Debut [Tribeca]
In our Back Roads review from the Tribeca Film Festival, we praise the directorial debut of Magic Mike star Alex Pettyfer.
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Michael Shannon And Kevin Spacey Meet In Pleasant, Poignant 'Elvis & Nixon' [Tribeca Review]
Read our Elvis and Nixon review. Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey star as Elvis and Nixon, respectively, in Liza Johnson's new dramedy.
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'Elvis & Nixon' Trailer: Michael Shannon Has The Steel Claws Of A Tiger
"Everybody loves Elvis." Everybody also loves Michael Shannon, so who better to play the King than the 99 Homes star? Watch the Elvis and Nixon trailer.
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Star Wars Bits: Meet Ezra The Con Artist From 'Star Wars Rebels,' Plus ILM, Auditions And Legos
The effects of Star Wars Episode VII are being felt everywhere: Industrial Light and Magic, the Internet, the acting community. Read all about that -- and a lot about Star Wars Rebels -- in this edition of Star Wars Bits. Meet Ezra, a 14-year-old con artist from Star Wars Rebels. Two new trailers for Rebels…
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Sequel Bits: 'Iron Sky', 'Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes', 'The Purge 2', 'Magic Mike 2'
Could John Travolta join the Bond villain ranks? He hopes so. Also after the jump: Matt Bomer is working on new looks for Magic Mike 2 Gary Oldman dishes lots of details about his Apes role Iron Sky: The Coming Race gets a writer and a logo Hong Kong's Monkey King is getting a sequel,…
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'Endless Love' Trailer: A Torrid Young Romance For Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day just wouldn't be complete without a movie romance, and this year we're getting three. One is Winter's Tale, a romantic fantasy starring Colin Farrell as a handsome thief. Another is About Last Night, a cheeky comedy about singles in the big city. And the third is Endless Love, a Romeo and Juliet-flavored drama about a prim-and-proper gal…
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'Endless Love' Trailer: Your Mind Is Not Your Own
The 1981 romance Endless Love had a theme song by Lionel Ritchie and Diana Ross that was one of the biggest singles of the year. So naturally this trailer for the remake features a cover version of the song... 'Addicted to Love,' originally by Robert Palmer. In fact, that's probably a better song for the story;…
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Lee Daniels Wants To Turn Alex Pettyfer Into A Gay Action Hero
I had a long conversation at Fantastic Fest with Evan of Badass Digest about our growing mutual interest in Lee Daniels, director of Precious, The Paperboy and The Butler. Our shared opinion boiled down to the fact that Daniels is a rare man, the sort of director who straddles fringe and mainstream, and who makes weirdly…
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Two More Actors Possibly Up For 'Star Wars Episode VII' Roles
Casting for Star Wars Episode VII is an ongoing and very secretive process. So leave it to the crew at Latino-Review to get the names of two more actors who either have, or will soon, audition roles in the film. They are Peter Pan's Rachel Hurd-Wood and Magic Mike's Alex Pettyfer. The most important part…
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'The Butler' Trailer: We Have No Tolerance For Politics At The White House
Left to his own devices Lee Daniels makes films that are eccentric and sometimes just way the hell out there. (The Paperboy) But he has called his newest film, The Butler, "a big compromise" and explained that the film might be "the closest I will come to as a work-for-hire." Does that mean that, on the…
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Adam's 'Magic Mike' Review: Steven Soderbergh Knows How To Please The Ladies
For another perspective on Magic Mike, check out Angie's review. There is no need to see Magic Mike for its plot. The moment things start to spiral out of control, it becomes quickly apparent that you already know how this cautionary tale of glitz and glamour ends. Boy meets world. World enraptures boy. Boy loses…
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'Magic Mike' Review - Serious Drama, Unserious Thrills
The one and only time my non-cinephile girlfriends have ever seemed truly jealous of my job is when I mentioned in passing that I'd reviewing Magic Mike. "The male stripper movie!" they exclaimed. "Oh my God, I can't wait to see that." The appeal was obvious: Magic Mike promised to dish out cheese, sleaze, and…
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'Magic Mike' Eyeing Broadway Adaptation
These days, it's no longer enough for a movie to just succeed by itself on the big screen -- if there's a movie spin-off, theme park attraction, board game, or stage adaptation to possibly be made of it, someone, somewhere is already working on it. Such is the case with Magic Mike, Steven Soderbergh's male…
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'Magic Mike' Red-Band Trailer: Hey, Put Your Pants Back On!
At this point I don't think Steven Soderbergh's new film Magic Mike needs a whole lot of introduction. For those just catching up, the film is based on Channing Tatum's late-teens experience as a male exotic dancer, and features Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, and more beefy guys as the dancers in a Florida club.…
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'Magic Mike' UK Trailer - Less Furniture Building, More Beefcake
Now this is what I'm talking about. Whereas the first U.S. trailer for Steven Soderbergh's male stripper flick Magic Mike took pains to frame Mike (Channing Tatum) as just a sensitive furniture maker searching for something more than the seedy life of an exotic dancer, the new U.K. trailer plays up the sheer entertainment value…
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'Magic Mike' Trailer: Channing Tatum Knows How To Work It
When Steven Soderbergh announced that he would make a film based on experiences Channing Tatum had in his youth as a male stripper, there was some collective eye-rolling and giggling. But Tatum's image has changed a lot in the last few months thanks to 21 Jump Street. We knew the guy had beefcake dance moves…
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First Look: Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer And Matthew McConaughey Strip Down For Steven Soderbergh's 'Magic Mike'
Love him or hate him, you'll be seeing a lot of Channing Tatum in 2012: Shooting at things in Steven Soderbergh's Haywire, romancing Rachel McAdams in The Vow, going to the prom with Jonah Hill in 21 Jump Street, fighting Cobra in G.I. Joe Retaliation, and possibly getting killed by Steve Carell in Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher. But if…
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'In Time' Review: Andrew Niccol Tries To Occupy Sci-Fi
I’ll say this for In Time, Andrew Niccol’s story describing a society driven into extreme class segregation by an economic system in which time is literally money: Niccol drives Justin Timberlake like a taskmaster. The singer-turned-actor runs like crazy, jumps, fights, and sweats his way through a movie that all too often feels more detached…
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Warner Bros. Will Release Steven Soderbergh's Male Stripper Movie 'Magic Mike' In June 2012
Briefly: Steven Soderbergh has already wrapped his movie Magic Mike, which stars Channing Tatum and is based on Tatum's own youthful experience as a male exotic dancer. Because Soderbergh works fast he's already got a cut of the film, and Warner Bros. has picked up the movie for distribution next summer. Magic Mike will hit…
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Casting Bits: 50 Cent In 'Frozen Ground', Betsy Brandt And Kevin Nash In 'Magic Mike', Ashley Bell In 'Last Exorcism 2' And 'Chasing Shakespeare'
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson hasn't exactly blown anyone away with his acting chops, but the guy who once got shot 9 (or was it 3? Either way) times and lived to tale the tale isn't about to get scared off by a couple of negative reviews. He's already got three films lined up for next…
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Steven Soderbergh's 'Magic Mike' Adds Adam Rodriguez And Wendi McLendon-Covey
Briefly: Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike is going to shoot soon, with Alex Pettyfer playing a male exotic dancer under the hustling tutelage of Channing Tatum, whose real-life dancing experience informed the script. Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer, Joe Mangianello, Cody Horn, Riley Keough and Olivia Munn co-star, but the project isn't done adding actors. THR reports…
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Casting Bits: Sienna Guillory Confirmed For 'Resident Evil: Retribution;' Olivia Wilde In 'Better Living Through Chemistry;' James Hong In 'RIPD'
This is kind of a catch-all casting break, as it goes all over the map. I'd love to tie the four stories that follow to a theme beyond 'these people are all in new movies,' but if that theme exists, I'm afraid it escapes me now. So, after the break you'll find: Sienna Guillory appears…
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Casting Bits: Alexandra Maria Lara In 'Rush;' Cody Horn In 'Magic Mike;' Caleb Landry Jones In 'Byzantium'
I'd like to make this the 'leading lady' edition of Casting Bits, but I don't think Caleb Landry Jones would like that very much. (Jason Segel would probably be OK with it.) Still, after the break you'll find that two films have chosen their lead actresses, while Jones joins Jordan. Ahem. To wit: Alexandra Maria…
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Steven Soderbergh's 'Magic Mike' Casts Riley Keough And Joe Manganiello; Jessica Biel Rumored
Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike, the film based on experiences Channing Tatum had as an exotic dancer in his youth, is going forward full-steam. The film locked Alex Pettyfer early on to play a young male stripper mentored by 'Magic' Mike Martingano, played by Tatum. Earlier this week the film landed Matthew McConaughey and Matt Bomer…
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Steven Soderbergh's 'Magic Mike' Recruits Matthew McConaughey And Matt Bomer
You probably know by now that one of Steven Soderbergh's last pre-retirement films will be Magic Mike, written by Reid Carolin, a film about a male stripper that is partially based on actor Channing Tatum's experiences working as a young dancer and 'ab and ass' showman in Tampa, FL. (And one which has been drawing…
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'In Time' Trailer: Justin Timberlake And Amanda Seyfried Run Through The Future
Andrew Niccol's new film In Time posits a world in which the only currency is time: every individual has a body clock which, after 25 years, constantly counts down to death. Anyone can earn or steal more time, and without that wealth, it is game over. The extended trailer we saw at Comic Con made…
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'In Time' Extended Trailer Starring Justin Timberlake And Amanda Seyfried
Imagine that your body stopped aging at 25 and that you could live forever. It's a very promising proposition if not for one small caveat. At the age of 25, your body is given one year to live. The only way to remain alive is to acquire more time on your body's biological clock. And…
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