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Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023) Review

A STYLISH (YET IMPERFECT) LAST DANCE   Released back in the summer of 2012, Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike was a surprising hit, finding a special niche with moviegoers in a tale that was loosely based on now popular actor Channing Tatum’s experience as a male stripper. The film, which starred Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Joe Manganiello, and Matt Bomer, centered

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The Lost City (2022) Review

A FLAWED AND CLUNKY, YET AMUSING ROMANTIC ACTION-ADVENTURE   While the blending of different genres is now commonplace (and has been for quite some time), the merging of romance and action has become a popular one to fall back on for cinematic storytelling. There’s nothing like the marriage between the action-adventures heroics and dangers to drive up the sexual tension

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Smallfoot (2018) Review

NOT EVERY LEGEND IS A TALL TALE   In today’s cinematic world, animated features have become commonplace, with some of the major studios (and a few smaller ones) releases one or two titles a year; garnishing opportunity to tell colorful kid-friendly tales as well as to cash on the box office market of children’s entertainment. While Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, and

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Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) Review

 A SOLID SEQUEL THAT SHINES (NOT BURNS)   Back in 2015, moviegoers everywhere were introduced to director Matthew Vaughan’s visual spy action film Kingsman: The Secret Service. Adapted from the graphic novel Kingsman by Mark Millar (writer) and Dave Gibbons (artist), the film, which starred Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Samuel L. Jackson, and Michael Caine, follows the journey

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Logan Lucky (2017) Review

A MILD AND PREDICTABLE SOUTHERN HEIST CAPPER   Director, film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor. Yes, I’m talking about Steven Soderbergh. Being critically praised for his 1989 indie drama Sex, Lies, and Videotape (winning the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival), Soderbergh went on to become a Hollywood director for several well-known films that were met with critically success /

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