Despite Alex Pettyfer’s presence as Adam, Magic Mike is not about the beginning of a male stripper who is down on his luck and just plain lazy. I’m not even sure it’s really about being a male stripper – much like Boogie Nights isn’t just about being a porn star. While Paul Thomas Anderson’s film is better […]

 

 

Recent movie titles have often pared out any mystery and cut straight to the point. Perhaps this is an additional sign of our shortening attention spans brought on by using too much Google or dismissal of lengthy articles and passages in favor of sound bites and tidbits. Regardless of the reasons why films like Fighting, Taken, Unknown, […]