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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 reviewingMagic Mike. “The male stripper movie!” they exclaimed. “Oh my God, I can’t wait to see that.” The appeal was obvious:Magic Mikepromised to dish out cheese, sleaze, and glitter a-plenty, not to mention a hot, heaping dose of mostly naked men (among themChanning Tatum,Alex Pettyfer,Matthew McConaughey,Matt Bomer, andJoe Mangianello) busting out their best dance moves....

How James Cameron Fixed ‘Alita: Battle Angel’s Big Eyes, But Not By Making Them Smaller You’ve seen the trailer forAlita: Battle Angelright? It’s the sci-fi movie produced byJames Cameronand directed byRobert Rodriguezfeaturing a robot girl warrior with eyes so big that they look like her tears could drown a fish. Okay, glad we’re on the same page. It turns out that the eyes on the titular character inAlita: Battle Angel(played byRosa Salazar, who has normal human eyes) were so big that James Cameron asked that they be fixed after the first trailer was released....

Joe Russo Says ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Has “More Spoilers” Than ‘Infinity War’, But What The Hell Does That Mean? Marvel Studios is doing everything they can to keep the secrets ofAvengers: Endgameintact so the theatrical experience can be as enjoyable as possible for all audiences. So far all the trailers and TV spots have used footage from the movie sparingly, keeping anything from the second or third acts out of sight. And that’s because, according to co-directorJoe Russo,Avengers Endgamespoilers are higher in quantity thanAvengers: Infinity War....

Superhero Bits: Civil War Soundtrack, Guardians Of The Galaxy Ride, The Blob & More Does the track listing for theCaptain America: Civil Warsoundtrack offer any new details? How isRyan Reynoldshelping the theater fined for showingDeadpooland serving alcohol? WhichMarvelmovie might take over theTwilight ZoneTower of Terror ride at Disney? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. Here’s a new TV spot forCaptain America: Civil Wartalking about consequences. Guardians of the Galaxy 2set photos showYonduand our first look atTaserface....

The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen Featuring Poisoned Milk! (Welcome toThe Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, a series that takes a look at slightly more obscure, under-the-radar, or simply under-appreciated movies. In this edition, we go swimming in bad milk. Not like, evil milk, but milk that’s gone bad at the hands of man. More specifically, it’s… milk… poisoning!) If you’re like me, you spend a few minutes each day thinking about Joan Fontaine....

Alexander Skarsgård Talks Straw Dogs And Thor This post is probably going to be a bit like kicking a beehive. Every time we run an article about the upcomingThormovie, starringChris Hemsworthas the Norse god of Marvel comics and legend, there is a flurry of comments reiterating the fan opinion thatAlexander Skarsgårdshould have been the one cast. And, in a small interview, he says he very nearly was, and that he auditioned quite a few times....

LOL: Jimmy Kimmel Presents ‘Do The Right Thing 2: Do The White Thing’ It’s been 26 years sinceSpike Lee’s provocativeDo the Right Thingdebuted, and since Hollywood has been digging deep into the past for sequels, reboots and remakes, it only makes sense that they would revive the racially charged drama. However, in case you haven’t noticed, Brooklyn has changed a lot since 1989. AsJimmy Kimmelnoted during one of his episodes being taped in New York last week, “There used to be muggers right in this neighborhood stealing old ladies' purses....

New ‘Westworld’ Trailer: “Do You Know What This Dream Means?” The marketingfor HBO’sWestworldcontinues to impress. The footage we’ve seen so far has promised an ambitious, fun and thoughtful piece of science-fiction, and fingers crossed that’s what we’ll see next month when the seriesfinally premiereson HBO. Another trailer – this time showing more of the world from Dolores Abernathy’s (Evan Rachel Wood) perspective – has been released forJonathan NolanandLisa Joy’s loose remake ofMichael Crichton’s film....

Stephen Merchant Is The Latest Recruit In Taika Waititi’s ‘Jojo Rabbit’ The cast ofTaika Waititi’s World War II comedyJojo Rabbitis multiplying like…well, rabbits. British writer/director/actorStephen Merchantis the latest quirky talent to join the cast. Best known Stateside for his role in last year’sLoganand the short-lived HBO seriesHello Ladies, Merchant will be playing a Gestapo agent in the Nazi satire. Merchant, who played the mutant Caliban in James Mangold’s acclaimedLoganand who co-wrote the British version ofThe Office,announced his casting in Waititi’s upcoming Nazi comedy on Instagram....

The Boys Presents: Diabolical Review: An Anthology Experiment That Works, Mostly “The Boys Presents: Diabolical” is ananimated anthologyseries from the twisted world of Garth Ennis' “The Boys,” with eight unique tales. Each comes from different creators, with stories by Ennis, Eliot and Ilana Glazer, Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen, Aisha Tyler, Andy Samberg, Awkwafina, Simon Racioppa, and Justin Roiland and Ben Bayouth. Much like the results of Compound V on wannabe superheroes, the style, tone, and quality of these shorts are all wildly unpredictable, but the short run-times mean nothing really overstays its welcome....

This Week In Trailers: Fubar II, Bonded By Blood, Animal Control, A Mother’s Courage Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

‘The Great Wall’ Trailer: Matt Damon Takes On Monsters In Ancient China Legendary Pictures seems to be in the business of bringing monsters back to theaters in a big way. They revivedGodzillaback in 2014 (with asequel in the works as well), they had kaiju fight Jaegers inPacific Rim, they’re bringing back King Kong next year inKong: Skull Island(watch the new trailer), and then they’re going to haveGodzilla and King Kong fight in 2020....

Cool Stuff: ‘The Real Ghostbusters’ Get Outstanding Statues From Chronicle Collectibles While most of the love forGhostbustersis thrown at the original 1984 movie, there are plenty of fans who also grew up with the animated seriesThe Real Ghostbusters. Even though the team didn’t really look like their cinematic counterparts, the series had a fun style all its own, complete with plenty of vibrant, haunted adventures. Only recently have they been given their due diligence in collectible form, and Chronicle Collectibles is continuing that trend with a set ofThe Real Ghostbustersstatues....