Channing Tatum returned to the big screen this weekend in “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” the third installment in his film series about an exotic dancer who longs for respect, love — and possibly a career ...

The “Magic Mike” saga was a big bag of fun while it lasted. And it lasted up to — but not including — the third and maybe-final film in the series, “Magic Mike’s Last Dance.” That’s a frustrating ...

If Magic Mike was a movie about the realities of male stripping, Magic Mike XXL was a movie about the fantasy of male stripping. In bringing back director Steven Soderbergh for part three (Gregory ...

Salma Hayek and Channing Tatum hit the floor in ''Magic Mike's Last Dance." Credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Male stripper turned furniture designer Mike Lane (Tatum) thought he left his ...

The point, the purpose — the raison d’être, if you’re feeling fancy — of the Magic Mike male-stripper movies is catering to women’s fantasies. As the series has expanded from the working-class grit of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This time around Channing Tatum’s Magic Mike will not be joined by his motley crew of dancer ...

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Channing Tatum reprises his role as Mike Lane, and Steven Soderbergh returns to the helm with a script from Reid Carolin, who also wrote the first two films. And newcomer to the franchise Salma Hayek ...

A version of this essay originally ran in conjunction with Magic Mike’s Last Dance’s arrival on digital streaming. It has been updated and reposted in conjunction with the film’s arrival on Netflix.

A decade ago, the director and his screenwriter, Reid Carolin, knew better than to overthink the story of a Florida exotic dancer balancing his daydreams of opening his own furniture store with his ...

Magic Mike’s Last Dance isn’t nearly the crowd-pleaser its predecessors were. However, despite this seeming step down from the crime-adjacent Magic Mike and the affirming bro-trip of Magic Mike XXL, ...

In 2012, the world of male stripping took center stage in Magic Mike. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Magic Mike stars Channing Tatum as Mike Lane, an aspiring entrepreneur who works odd jobs as a ...