You couldn’t accuse Jeffrey Manchester of being inconsiderate or impolite. Sure, the former member of the U.S. Army’s 82nd airborne division had fallen on hard times in terms of steady employment, and when you need to provide for your family, you do what you have to do. In Manchester’s case, …
Read More »'Blink Twice' Gives Tech Bros the Full 'Get Out' Treatment
There are a few cardinal rules that every screen character should live by: Don’t go in the basement. Never get off the boat. Never go against the family. And for fuck’s sake, never, ever go to a private island where a tech bro and his toxic buddies like to chill …
Read More »'Blink Twice' Star Naomi Ackie Says the Film Is a 'Warrior Cry' for Women
Naomi Ackie fondly remembers filming late-night dance montages with her Blink Twice castmates in Yucatán, Mexico. As the Dixie Cups’ island-inflected version of “Iko Iko” blared, the actors, covered in glitter, frolicked, squealed, and cheesed into the camera. But in this nightmarish thriller (out Aug. 23), which marks Zoë Kravitz’s …
Read More »'Fly Me to the Moon' Is One Giant Leap Backward for Rom-Coms
America is in crisis. It’s the late 1960s, and President John F. Kennedy’s promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade has yet to be fulfilled. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration — NASA, for short — has experienced a major setback when a …
Read More »Watch Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum Share 'Classified' Final 'Fly Me to the Moon' Trailer
“No way are they cleared for this,” Channing Tatum says as he presents the newest Fly Me to the Moon trailer with co-star Scarlett Johansson. True to her character in the movie, Johansson responds, “Come on, we gotta bend the rules just this once… “ In the latest sneak peak …
Read More »Channing Tatum's Private Fantasy Island Turns Nightmarish in 'Blink Twice' Trailer
Rule Number One: Never go on a private island with a billionaire you don’t know. On Tuesday, Amazon MGM Studios released the trailer for Blink Twice, the directorial debut of Zoë Kravitz out Aug. 23, starring Channing Tatum as tech billionaire Slater King, who lures women to a creepy private …
Read More »Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum Shake Up NASA in 'Fly Me to the Moon' Trailer
Sony and Apple have dropped a first look at Fly Me to the Moon, a new rom-com starring Scarlett JohanssonandChanning Tatum as two NASA workers with a specific mission: faking the moon landing. The film, directed by Greg Berlanti, is set in the 1960s during the space race as NASA …
Read More »'Magic Mike's Last Dance' Is Very Unlikely to Turn You On
Something’s off about Magic Mike’s Last Dance. It starts off well enough — it gives us what we want by giving us more of what worked before — before it loses its way. But it opens enticingly, teasingly, like a fly. Mike Lane (Channing Tatum), titular hero of the Magic …
Read More »Steven Soderbergh Talks Sex, Superheroes and His 'Below Deck' Fandom
You’re never quite sure what Steven Soderbergh is going to do next. And that mercurial sensibility is part of his charm. The man who burst onto the scene at the age of 26 with his erotic thriller Sex, Lies, and Videotape has played in so many sandboxes, from crime comedies …
Read More »Channing Tatum Is the Veteran Among New Dancers in 'Magic Mike's Last Dance' Trailer
In the aftermath of a business deal gone wrong, Channing Tatum’s Mike Lane has no choice but to pick back up where he left off. In the trailer for Magic Mike’s Last Dance, the former stripper reveals to a wealthy socialite (Salma Hayek) that his gig as a bartender is …
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