One thing is for sure, Steven Soderbergh loves Channing Tatum. The dude has appeared in the director’s last three films. Last year they teamed up for the ploddingly slow “Haywire” and the goofy, male stripper, after school special “Magic Mike”. This time around, Tatum gets to keep his clothes on and the result is a smart and suspenseful thriller that will keep you guessing right up until the film’s final moments. That is, of course, assuming you can keep up with the convoluted and diabolically twisted plot.
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Bateman and McCarthy waste away in stupid comedy, ‘Identity Thief’
How do you know when a movie is really bad? Sometimes you can see it from the time pre-production begins — the story, the cast, the filmmaking team just don’t seem to fit. Others the right cast and team can just misfire. Too often, studio executives in Hollywood think that you can take a proven director, a reliable leading man and the popular up and coming actress and generate a hit no matter how good the script is. “Identity Thief” is the perfect example of such a movie — good director, great comic leads but a terribly executed idea.
‘Warm Bodies’ bucks zombie movie standards and makes you think about life and death — movie review
Every great couple has a great story about how they met and fell in love. The best love stories always start with a couple overcoming obstacles to prove that true love will win overall. Perhaps it’s an age difference or a social class difference or maybe your parents hate each other and have declared you can never be together — or maybe you’re dead and the other person is alive. Yes, apparently it is possible for love to form between a flesh eating zombie and live member of the fairer sex….