Magic Mike’s Last Dance is a movie directed by Steven Soderbergh starring Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek.
Good old Mike returns with his sculpted abs from the hand of the director everyone loves for this farewell, not very spectacular cinematographically, but fun and entertaining.
Storyline
Mike works as a waiter until a rich woman takes him to London to, together, form a group of male strippers.
Movie Review Magic Mike’s Last Dance
Correct, very correct and knowing that there is a certain Soderbergh in charge of the project, but as not everything can be done by the good director and “one-man band”, he has his always good partners who accompany him: this time, same as always, Channing Tatum, a very good actor for comedy, and Salma Hayek, who does a bit of everything and does everything well.
In short, a film that, with the quality of talent it possesses, could...
Good old Mike returns with his sculpted abs from the hand of the director everyone loves for this farewell, not very spectacular cinematographically, but fun and entertaining.
Storyline
Mike works as a waiter until a rich woman takes him to London to, together, form a group of male strippers.
Movie Review Magic Mike’s Last Dance
Correct, very correct and knowing that there is a certain Soderbergh in charge of the project, but as not everything can be done by the good director and “one-man band”, he has his always good partners who accompany him: this time, same as always, Channing Tatum, a very good actor for comedy, and Salma Hayek, who does a bit of everything and does everything well.
In short, a film that, with the quality of talent it possesses, could...
- 3/1/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Audiences are ponying up for “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” which is projected to lead a quiet Super Bowl weekend at the domestic box office.
The third “Magic Mike” entry earned roughly 4.1 million in opening day and Thursday preview screenings, with industry sources projecting a debut around 8 million. Warner Bros. itself isn’t reporting numbers.
There are a few question marks surrounding the debut of “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” which is receiving a limited release in 1,500 North American locations. Though the film was commissioned for an HBO Max release, Warner Bros. swerved to go theatrical — the studio did the same for its comedy remake “House Party” in January, which also opened in less than 2,000 theaters and has earned a slim 8.8 million.
While “Last Dance” is making a bigger splash than “House Party,” it’ll finish with an opening down from its 2012 original (39.1 million) and 2015 sequel “Magic Mike Xxl”. Critical consensus is...
The third “Magic Mike” entry earned roughly 4.1 million in opening day and Thursday preview screenings, with industry sources projecting a debut around 8 million. Warner Bros. itself isn’t reporting numbers.
There are a few question marks surrounding the debut of “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” which is receiving a limited release in 1,500 North American locations. Though the film was commissioned for an HBO Max release, Warner Bros. swerved to go theatrical — the studio did the same for its comedy remake “House Party” in January, which also opened in less than 2,000 theaters and has earned a slim 8.8 million.
While “Last Dance” is making a bigger splash than “House Party,” it’ll finish with an opening down from its 2012 original (39.1 million) and 2015 sequel “Magic Mike Xxl”. Critical consensus is...
- 2/11/2023
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek Pinault in Warner Bros. Pictures musical comedy ‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ (Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)
Has the magic gone out of Mike? No, not at all. I realize from a quick glance at the film’s current rating on Rotten Tomatoes that I’m swimming against the tide when I call Magic Mike’s Last Dance a worthy end to the franchise. But it’s by far the film with the most heart. And for all you naysayers who watched the trailer and said there wasn’t any chemistry between Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek Pinault, prepare to eat some crow with a side dish of don’t judge a film by its trailers.
Magic Mike’s Last Dance glides in with a voiceover praising dance as a way of recognizing life’s important moments…or something of that nature. I was too distracted by...
Has the magic gone out of Mike? No, not at all. I realize from a quick glance at the film’s current rating on Rotten Tomatoes that I’m swimming against the tide when I call Magic Mike’s Last Dance a worthy end to the franchise. But it’s by far the film with the most heart. And for all you naysayers who watched the trailer and said there wasn’t any chemistry between Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek Pinault, prepare to eat some crow with a side dish of don’t judge a film by its trailers.
Magic Mike’s Last Dance glides in with a voiceover praising dance as a way of recognizing life’s important moments…or something of that nature. I was too distracted by...
- 2/10/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
(L-r) Channing Tatum as Mike Lane and Salma Hayek Pinault as Maxandra Mendoza in Warner Bros. Pictures musical comedy “Magic Mike’S Last Dance,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Magic Mike’S Last Dance is the third installment in Channing Tatum’s male stripper-dance series, and appears to be the last, as the story reaches crazy fantasy heights. That is not to say there isn’t some entertainment value – in the vein of the erotic original – and with director Steven Soderbergh back at the helm (as he was for the first one but not the second), it is a more polish production. Magic Mike’S Last Dance dials back the seriousness of the second movie, and this third installment describes itself as “musical comedy” as it returns more to male erotic dancing and female titillation mode. But then the sequel overshoots the mark, with a remarkably goofy story that mixes a reverse Pretty...
Magic Mike’S Last Dance is the third installment in Channing Tatum’s male stripper-dance series, and appears to be the last, as the story reaches crazy fantasy heights. That is not to say there isn’t some entertainment value – in the vein of the erotic original – and with director Steven Soderbergh back at the helm (as he was for the first one but not the second), it is a more polish production. Magic Mike’S Last Dance dials back the seriousness of the second movie, and this third installment describes itself as “musical comedy” as it returns more to male erotic dancing and female titillation mode. But then the sequel overshoots the mark, with a remarkably goofy story that mixes a reverse Pretty...
- 2/10/2023
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on Wbgr-fm on February 9th, 2023, reviewing “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” the third of the male dancer films featuring Channing Tatum. In theaters on February 10th.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Channing Tatum is back as Mike Lane, but he’s out of the male dancer profession, trying to make ends meet as a bartender in Miami after a bad business deal. While working a swanky benefit, he encounters rich socialite Maxandra Mendoza (Salma Hayek). After providing her with a Magic Mike dance, she hires him to revive a London theater that she got in her recent divorce. Maxandra wants a different kind of dance extravaganza to shake up London, and Magic Mike – with new cast of hunky male hoofers – is just the man to deliver.
”Magic Mike’s Last Dance” is in theaters beginning February 10th. Featuring Channing Tatum, Salma Hayek,...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Channing Tatum is back as Mike Lane, but he’s out of the male dancer profession, trying to make ends meet as a bartender in Miami after a bad business deal. While working a swanky benefit, he encounters rich socialite Maxandra Mendoza (Salma Hayek). After providing her with a Magic Mike dance, she hires him to revive a London theater that she got in her recent divorce. Maxandra wants a different kind of dance extravaganza to shake up London, and Magic Mike – with new cast of hunky male hoofers – is just the man to deliver.
”Magic Mike’s Last Dance” is in theaters beginning February 10th. Featuring Channing Tatum, Salma Hayek,...
- 2/10/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
“No woman wants to be suffocated by testicles.” This pearl of wisdom comes from Salma Hayek Pinault who plays grand dame Maxandra in Magic Mike’s Last Dance, the third (and presumably final) instalment in Channing Tatum’s stripper franchise. Maxandra has coaxed our hero, down-on-his-luck former stripper Mike Lane (Tatum), to London with the promise of 60,000 and the opportunity to direct his very own erotic dance show. But Maxandra’s vision, which quickly becomes Mike’s vision, too, is one of relatively chaste refinement. The aggressive air-humping and up-close gyrating of the former films are – for the most part – nowhere to be seen, replaced by ballet and interpretive modern dance.
But is “suffocation by testicles” not the very heart and soul of the Magic Mike franchise? Is that not the joy? Maxandra talks a good game about how liberating it is to be on the receiving end of a Mike Lane lap dance.
But is “suffocation by testicles” not the very heart and soul of the Magic Mike franchise? Is that not the joy? Maxandra talks a good game about how liberating it is to be on the receiving end of a Mike Lane lap dance.
- 2/9/2023
- by Clarisse Loughrey
- The Independent - Film
This weekend a singular cinematic trilogy reaches its climax as Magic Mike’s Last Dance writhes its way into cinemas.
For the closing chapter of Mike Lord’s odyssey, the exotic dancer and furniture maker has gone Transatlantic. His very particular set of skills attracts the attention of a glamorous, philanthropic, backer with a buttload of money, a West End theatre and a powerful desire to piss off her estranged and stuffy hubby.
Mike (Channing Tatum) and Maxandra (Salma Hayek Pinault) are thrown together by faate and the indiscretion of a former bump and grind-recipient at a time when both are adrift in their own lives and disappointments. Max’s indecent proposal for a single dance swiftly evolves into a month-long opportunity for Mike to make his mark on London town as the scorned wife melodramatically exerts her independence.
The dance itself is one of two showcase moments for the pairing of Tatum’s arresting,...
For the closing chapter of Mike Lord’s odyssey, the exotic dancer and furniture maker has gone Transatlantic. His very particular set of skills attracts the attention of a glamorous, philanthropic, backer with a buttload of money, a West End theatre and a powerful desire to piss off her estranged and stuffy hubby.
Mike (Channing Tatum) and Maxandra (Salma Hayek Pinault) are thrown together by faate and the indiscretion of a former bump and grind-recipient at a time when both are adrift in their own lives and disappointments. Max’s indecent proposal for a single dance swiftly evolves into a month-long opportunity for Mike to make his mark on London town as the scorned wife melodramatically exerts her independence.
The dance itself is one of two showcase moments for the pairing of Tatum’s arresting,...
- 2/9/2023
- by Emily Breen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Plot: After his construction company shuts down, a down and out Mike (Channing Tatum) accepts an offer from a wealthy divorcee (Salma Hayek) to fly to London and mount a spectacular stage show.
Review: Magic Mike’s Last Dance is the Staying Alive to the original’s Saturday Night Fever. It’s wholly unnecessary and loses all of the grit, edge and charm that made the original (and its fun sequel) such a sensation. Director Steven Soderbergh has made a tame third entry in the franchise that borders on prudish. We’re supposed to think we’re watching something risqué and naughty, but this is a movie that avoids strip clubs altogether and climaxes in a finale that seems cribbed from the Magic Mike Live stage show and has no nudity whatsoever, with none of the dancers even daring to wear g-strings. All of the guys stay in their boxers,...
Review: Magic Mike’s Last Dance is the Staying Alive to the original’s Saturday Night Fever. It’s wholly unnecessary and loses all of the grit, edge and charm that made the original (and its fun sequel) such a sensation. Director Steven Soderbergh has made a tame third entry in the franchise that borders on prudish. We’re supposed to think we’re watching something risqué and naughty, but this is a movie that avoids strip clubs altogether and climaxes in a finale that seems cribbed from the Magic Mike Live stage show and has no nudity whatsoever, with none of the dancers even daring to wear g-strings. All of the guys stay in their boxers,...
- 2/8/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Repeating the blissfully perfect, pure ode to pleasure that is Magic Mike Xxl would be a fool’s errand, so nearly a decade later––with Steven Soderbergh back in the director’s chair–cinema’s finest stripper-verse is closing out on a more gentle, familiar, innocuous note. Hewing, unexpectedly, closer to a family film at its heart, Magic Mike’s Last Dance offers a more generalized message of the power of dance to engender community. This reliance on plot––and specifically this plot––rings a touch disappointing when considering the franchise’s bolder peaks. But thanks to a couple of memorable set-pieces, this final outing is still sexier than anything the likes of 50 Shades of Grey or Sam Levinson could ever dream up.
Slipping back into (and out of) the comfortable fits of his most beloved character, Channing Tatum’s Mike Lane is in a rut. He has yet...
Slipping back into (and out of) the comfortable fits of his most beloved character, Channing Tatum’s Mike Lane is in a rut. He has yet...
- 2/7/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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 Mike films, is no longer a male stripper. Gone is the guy who tried to turn this skill into a dream — a business. He’s catering an open bar, now: still Mike, still a flirt, still making husbands jealous, but...
Mike Lane (Channing Tatum), titular hero of the Magic Mike films, is no longer a male stripper. Gone is the guy who tried to turn this skill into a dream — a business. He’s catering an open bar, now: still Mike, still a flirt, still making husbands jealous, but...
- 2/7/2023
- by K. Austin Collins
- Rollingstone.com
“Toothless” probably isn’t the first word “Magic Mike” fans want to associate with Channing Tatum’s aging exotic dancer series, but there’s no denying the female-targeting franchise has dulled its bite over the past decade. If the Walt Disney Co. had made a movie about male strippers, it might look something like “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” a soft, in-name-only sequel to the 2012 hit, whose title is about as convincing as reports of director Steven Soderbergh’s retirement.
Tatum’s still got it, and he ain’t about to retire, even if his semi-autobiographical hero, Mike Lane, has lost his magic and seems ready to hang up his thong. Meanwhile, gone are all the other gorgeous hunks who road-tripped with him in “Magic Mike Xxl” — unless you count a lo-res video conference with Ken, Tarzan and two other old friends when Mike gets to London. Why London? That’s...
Tatum’s still got it, and he ain’t about to retire, even if his semi-autobiographical hero, Mike Lane, has lost his magic and seems ready to hang up his thong. Meanwhile, gone are all the other gorgeous hunks who road-tripped with him in “Magic Mike Xxl” — unless you count a lo-res video conference with Ken, Tarzan and two other old friends when Mike gets to London. Why London? That’s...
- 2/7/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Salma Hayek has revealed that Channing Tatum almost “killed” her during a Magic Mike lap dance.
The pair star in the third and final film in the series, Magic Mike’s Last Dance, which sees Tatum’s lead character team up with a wealth socialite (Hayek) to bring a stage show to London.
In one scene, Mike showcases his lap dancing skills for Hayek’s character, which, according to the star, almost ended fatally.
“You know, this one part that’s not in it is where I’m upside down, and my legs had to be somewhere,” she said during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday (30 January).
“But upside down, one loses sense of direction, and I didn’t do what I was supposed to do. So in the rehearsal, I went like, head down, almost hit my head.”
Hayek said that Tatum “held on” to her trousers, but...
The pair star in the third and final film in the series, Magic Mike’s Last Dance, which sees Tatum’s lead character team up with a wealth socialite (Hayek) to bring a stage show to London.
In one scene, Mike showcases his lap dancing skills for Hayek’s character, which, according to the star, almost ended fatally.
“You know, this one part that’s not in it is where I’m upside down, and my legs had to be somewhere,” she said during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday (30 January).
“But upside down, one loses sense of direction, and I didn’t do what I was supposed to do. So in the rehearsal, I went like, head down, almost hit my head.”
Hayek said that Tatum “held on” to her trousers, but...
- 2/1/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
Salma Hayek joined Channing Tatum for Magic Mike’s Last Dance and recently recalled the steamy lap dance scene that could’ve ended up turning into something really bad.
While making an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the Oscar-nominated actor talked about the dance sequence in the Steven Soderbergh-directed film.
“You know, this one part that’s not in it where I’m upside down, and my legs had to be somewhere. But upside down, one loses sense of direction, and I didn’t do what I was supposed to do, so in the rehearsal, I went like, head down, almost hit my head,” she said on the ABC late-night show.
Hayek continued, “[Tatum] held on to my pants, but I was really concerned because my pants were going away, and I couldn’t remember if I had underwear or not in this moment. So, instead of putting my hands to protect my head,...
While making an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the Oscar-nominated actor talked about the dance sequence in the Steven Soderbergh-directed film.
“You know, this one part that’s not in it where I’m upside down, and my legs had to be somewhere. But upside down, one loses sense of direction, and I didn’t do what I was supposed to do, so in the rehearsal, I went like, head down, almost hit my head,” she said on the ABC late-night show.
Hayek continued, “[Tatum] held on to my pants, but I was really concerned because my pants were going away, and I couldn’t remember if I had underwear or not in this moment. So, instead of putting my hands to protect my head,...
- 2/1/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Magic Mike’s Last Dance is the upcoming dramedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek. It is written by Reid Carolin.
It is the sequel to 2015’s Magic Mike Xxl, and is scheduled to release February 10, 2023.
Premise
Mike Lane takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can’t refuse… and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, once Mike discovers what she truly has in mind, will he—and the roster of hot new dancers he’ll have to whip into shape—be able to pull it off?
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It is the sequel to 2015’s Magic Mike Xxl, and is scheduled to release February 10, 2023.
Premise
Mike Lane takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can’t refuse… and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, once Mike discovers what she truly has in mind, will he—and the roster of hot new dancers he’ll have to whip into shape—be able to pull it off?
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- 12/22/2022
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Salma Hayek is joining the world of Magic Mike in Magic Mike’s Last Dance. When the teaser trailer dropped for the Steven Soderbergh film, the steamy scenes between Hayek and Channing Tatum got major buzz.
Now the Oscar-nominated star is opening up about the scene and how challenging it was to shoot.
In the trailer, Tatum’s Mike Lane shows Hayek’s character what he really does and a sensual lap dance ensues.
“It’s very physically challenging,” Hayek said during an interview with Entertainment Tonight. “My goodness. You just wait to see. It’s just complicated.”
It was in the middle of a press tour for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish that Hayek got into talking about her role on Magic Mike’s Last Dance.
“I play a strong woman,” Hayek told her Puss in Boots costar, Antonio Banderas. “You know what was my day going into the office?...
Now the Oscar-nominated star is opening up about the scene and how challenging it was to shoot.
In the trailer, Tatum’s Mike Lane shows Hayek’s character what he really does and a sensual lap dance ensues.
“It’s very physically challenging,” Hayek said during an interview with Entertainment Tonight. “My goodness. You just wait to see. It’s just complicated.”
It was in the middle of a press tour for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish that Hayek got into talking about her role on Magic Mike’s Last Dance.
“I play a strong woman,” Hayek told her Puss in Boots costar, Antonio Banderas. “You know what was my day going into the office?...
- 12/18/2022
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
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Salma Hayek Pinault is opening up about filming Magic Mike’s Last Dance alongside Channing Tatum.
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight that was posted Thursday, the Puss in Boots: The Last Wish actress explained the filming behind the steamy lap dance scene with Channing Tatum that can be seen in the newly released trailer.
“It’s very physically challenging,” Pinault told Et. “My goodness. You just wait to see. It’s just complicated.”
In the third installment of the franchise, “Magic” Mike Lane finds himself bartending in Florida when he hooks up with a wealthy socialite, played by Pinault. Her character then drags Mike to London with an enticing business offer to headline a dance show. In the film, Tatum reprises his role as a male stripper, which is roughly based on his own experiences as a stripper in Florida.
Pinault also...
Salma Hayek Pinault is opening up about filming Magic Mike’s Last Dance alongside Channing Tatum.
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight that was posted Thursday, the Puss in Boots: The Last Wish actress explained the filming behind the steamy lap dance scene with Channing Tatum that can be seen in the newly released trailer.
“It’s very physically challenging,” Pinault told Et. “My goodness. You just wait to see. It’s just complicated.”
In the third installment of the franchise, “Magic” Mike Lane finds himself bartending in Florida when he hooks up with a wealthy socialite, played by Pinault. Her character then drags Mike to London with an enticing business offer to headline a dance show. In the film, Tatum reprises his role as a male stripper, which is roughly based on his own experiences as a stripper in Florida.
Pinault also...
- 12/18/2022
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It wasn’t just Channing Tatum who had to bare all during “Magic Mike’s Last Dance.”
Co-star Salma Hayek revealed that her role was also “physically challenging,” especially when it came to the steamy lap dance sequence teased in the trailer. Hayek plays a wealthy socialite who partners with “Magic” Mike (Tatum) for a London burlesque show. Of course, the duo is also romantically involved as Mike shows off his moves and lifts Hayek out of her seat.
“It’s very physically challenging,” Hayek told Entertainment Tonight about mastering the sequence. “My goodness. You just wait to see. It’s just complicated.”
As for her role in “Last Dance,” Hayek could only tease that she plays a “strong woman” and enjoyed every second of production.
“You know what was my day going into the office? I would just sit around and watch, like, 12 men, semi-naked dancing and doing pirouettes,” Hayek said.
Co-star Salma Hayek revealed that her role was also “physically challenging,” especially when it came to the steamy lap dance sequence teased in the trailer. Hayek plays a wealthy socialite who partners with “Magic” Mike (Tatum) for a London burlesque show. Of course, the duo is also romantically involved as Mike shows off his moves and lifts Hayek out of her seat.
“It’s very physically challenging,” Hayek told Entertainment Tonight about mastering the sequence. “My goodness. You just wait to see. It’s just complicated.”
As for her role in “Last Dance,” Hayek could only tease that she plays a “strong woman” and enjoyed every second of production.
“You know what was my day going into the office? I would just sit around and watch, like, 12 men, semi-naked dancing and doing pirouettes,” Hayek said.
- 12/17/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Magic Mike’s Last Dance Trailer — Steven Soderbergh‘s Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023) movie trailer has been released by Warner Bros. The Magic Mike’s Last Dance trailer stars Channing Tatum, Salma Hayek, Ayub Khan Din, Caitlin Gerard, Gavin Spokes, Jemelia George, Juliette Motamed, and Vicki Pepperdine. Crew Reid Carolin wrote the screenplay for Magic Mike’s Last [...]
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- 11/17/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Channing Tatum returns to the dance floor for Magic Mike’s Last Dance. The third film of the Magic Mike franchise just debuted a new trailer that finds Mike performing his magic in London after taking a break from the stage.
Joining Channing Tatum are Salma Hayek Pinault (House of Gucci), Ayub Khan Din (Ackley Bridge), Juliette Motamed (We Are Lady Parts), Vicki Pepperdine (Johnny English Strikes Again), and newcomer Jemelia George. Magic Mike‘s director Steven Soderbergh is back at the helm after taking the second film of the series off. Magic Mike and Magic Mike Xxl‘s screenwriter Reid Carolin penned the third film.
Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin, Nick Wechsler, Peter Kiernan, and Magic Mike Xxl director Gregory Jacobs produced, with Julie M. Anderson executive producing. Soderbergh’s behind-the-scenes team includes production designer Pat Campbell (The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself), costume designer Christopher Peterson (The Irishman), music...
Joining Channing Tatum are Salma Hayek Pinault (House of Gucci), Ayub Khan Din (Ackley Bridge), Juliette Motamed (We Are Lady Parts), Vicki Pepperdine (Johnny English Strikes Again), and newcomer Jemelia George. Magic Mike‘s director Steven Soderbergh is back at the helm after taking the second film of the series off. Magic Mike and Magic Mike Xxl‘s screenwriter Reid Carolin penned the third film.
Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin, Nick Wechsler, Peter Kiernan, and Magic Mike Xxl director Gregory Jacobs produced, with Julie M. Anderson executive producing. Soderbergh’s behind-the-scenes team includes production designer Pat Campbell (The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself), costume designer Christopher Peterson (The Irishman), music...
- 11/15/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
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Channing Tatum returns as “Magic” Mike Lane for a last fling and dance in London in the trailer for Warner Bros.’s Magic Mike’s Last Dance comedy that dropped on Tuesday.
Finding himself broke and bartending in Florida, Lane hooks up with a wealthy socialite, played by Salma Hayek Pinault, who lures him to London with an offer he can’t refuse, and an agenda all her own. “People are numb, disconnected. We’re going to wake them up with a wave of passion they’ve never felt before,” Hayek Pinault says at one point in the trailer to describe the dance show spectacular that Magic Mike will headline.
Lane has to then whip a new dance troupe into shape to succeed, or fail, with his latest business venture. The threequel sees Tatum return to his signature role as a male stripper...
Channing Tatum returns as “Magic” Mike Lane for a last fling and dance in London in the trailer for Warner Bros.’s Magic Mike’s Last Dance comedy that dropped on Tuesday.
Finding himself broke and bartending in Florida, Lane hooks up with a wealthy socialite, played by Salma Hayek Pinault, who lures him to London with an offer he can’t refuse, and an agenda all her own. “People are numb, disconnected. We’re going to wake them up with a wave of passion they’ve never felt before,” Hayek Pinault says at one point in the trailer to describe the dance show spectacular that Magic Mike will headline.
Lane has to then whip a new dance troupe into shape to succeed, or fail, with his latest business venture. The threequel sees Tatum return to his signature role as a male stripper...
- 11/15/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"We're going to wake them up with a wave of passion they've never felt before!" Warner Bros has unveiled the first official trailer for Magic Mike's Last Dance, the next sequel in the beloved Magic Mike series. It's headed to theaters in February!! This one brings back Steven Soderbergh to direct again - he made the first one back in 2012, but let Gregory Jacobs direct the second one (Xxl in 2015). Now it's time for his "last dance!" The plot for this one involves Mike being taken to London to start an exciting new male reveue show with a new partnership. Can he pull it off? Are there ulterior motives? Channing Tatum returns to star again as the famous male stripper Mike Lane. The cast for this sequel includes Salma Hayek, Ayub Khan Din, Caitlin Gerard, Gavin Spokes, with newcomers Jemelia George, Juliette Motamed, and Vicki Pepperdine. Oh yes!! What a trailer!
- 11/15/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It may be Magic Mike’s last dance, but Channing Tatum is going out with more than bang.
The third “Magic Mike” film, “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” debuted its trailer featuring Tatum teasing a titillating onstage performance as the titular erotic dancer. Per the official synopsis, “Magic” Mike Lane (Tatum) takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite (Salma Hayek Pinault) who lures him with an offer he can’t refuse…and an agenda all her own.
With everything on the line, once Mike discovers what she truly has in mind, will he — and the roster of hot new dancers he’ll have to whip into shape — be able to pull it off?
Steven Soderbergh returns to direct the film,...
The third “Magic Mike” film, “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” debuted its trailer featuring Tatum teasing a titillating onstage performance as the titular erotic dancer. Per the official synopsis, “Magic” Mike Lane (Tatum) takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite (Salma Hayek Pinault) who lures him with an offer he can’t refuse…and an agenda all her own.
With everything on the line, once Mike discovers what she truly has in mind, will he — and the roster of hot new dancers he’ll have to whip into shape — be able to pull it off?
Steven Soderbergh returns to direct the film,...
- 11/15/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Magic Mike is back for one last ride.
Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” the third and final entry in Channing Tatum’s star-making male stripper series.
Tatum first pulled the curtain back on “Last Dance” in October, releasing a first-look image of a character played by Salma Hayek brushing his well-defined six-pack.
All good things begin in Miami.#MagicMikesLastDance in theaters Valentine’s Day weekend.
And #MagicMikeLive’s @mmltour is open now! pic.twitter.com/5zUYWTAkhg
— Channing Tatum (@channingtatum) October 21, 2022
While the exact premise of “Last Dance” had been kept under wraps, both Tatum and Soderbergh have teased information about the sequel.
“I want it to be the Super Bowl of stripping,” Tatum told People about “Last Dance.” “I want dancing like we’ve never been able to do in the other two movies, because we had to be honest to what the reality of that world is,...
Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” the third and final entry in Channing Tatum’s star-making male stripper series.
Tatum first pulled the curtain back on “Last Dance” in October, releasing a first-look image of a character played by Salma Hayek brushing his well-defined six-pack.
All good things begin in Miami.#MagicMikesLastDance in theaters Valentine’s Day weekend.
And #MagicMikeLive’s @mmltour is open now! pic.twitter.com/5zUYWTAkhg
— Channing Tatum (@channingtatum) October 21, 2022
While the exact premise of “Last Dance” had been kept under wraps, both Tatum and Soderbergh have teased information about the sequel.
“I want it to be the Super Bowl of stripping,” Tatum told People about “Last Dance.” “I want dancing like we’ve never been able to do in the other two movies, because we had to be honest to what the reality of that world is,...
- 11/15/2022
- by Katie Reul
- Variety Film + TV
Either Channing Tatum’s Mike Lane is pregnant, or Salma Hayek is learning to read a new form of brail in the new Magic Mike’s Last Dance image. That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, dollars will rain, and junk will swing like a pendulum when the Steven Soderbergh-directed sequel gyrates its way into cinemas. Initially, Magic Mike’s Last Dance was destined for HBO Max. However, Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav is salivating for box office Somalians and wants Tatum and company to shake what their mama gave them on the big screen. The third chapter of the Magic Mike franchise oils up in theaters on February 10, 2023, the same weekend as the Super Bowl! How much ball handling can the public take in one weekend? We’ll soon find out.
The threequel plot details are wrapped tighter than Tatum’s skinny jeans fresh from the dryer. Still,...
The threequel plot details are wrapped tighter than Tatum’s skinny jeans fresh from the dryer. Still,...
- 10/21/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
A teenager and his half-brother head for the bright lights of Blackpool on an emotional quest to find his biological father
In all its good-natured silliness and gag-filled sprightliness, Eaten By Lions from director Jason Wingard is this week’s unexpected treat: a really happy multicultural comedy that, for me, revived the spirit of Ayub Khan-Din’s East Is East from 1999.
It’s the story of Omar (Antonio Aakeel) a teenage boy of south Asian background who has been living with his gran and his half-brother Pete (Jack Carroll) ever since their mum and dad – technically Pete’s dad – died in a bizarre accident: the couple’s hot-air balloon crashed in a safari park, causing them to suffer the terrible fate of the title.
In all its good-natured silliness and gag-filled sprightliness, Eaten By Lions from director Jason Wingard is this week’s unexpected treat: a really happy multicultural comedy that, for me, revived the spirit of Ayub Khan-Din’s East Is East from 1999.
It’s the story of Omar (Antonio Aakeel) a teenage boy of south Asian background who has been living with his gran and his half-brother Pete (Jack Carroll) ever since their mum and dad – technically Pete’s dad – died in a bizarre accident: the couple’s hot-air balloon crashed in a safari park, causing them to suffer the terrible fate of the title.
- 3/27/2019
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Starry short wraps for Bill Kenwright Films ahead of company’s feature push.
Pride star Andrew Scott and Munich actor Ciaran Hinds lead cast in recently wrapped short The Hope Rooms, the filmmaking debut of theatre director Sam Yates.
Daniel Konrad Cooper (Burn Burn Burn) produces for Bill Kenwright Films and under his own banner Rather Good Films. Screenplay is from David Watson.
The high-end short tells the story of estranged father, Eamonn, and his son, Sean, who meet up after 15 years in a café in London in order to heal old wounds.
The film also stars Polish actress Agnieszka Grochowska, who joined the film set straight from the premiere of Obce Niebo at the Gdansk Film Festival for which she collected the Best Actress award.
Director Yates is known for his work in theatre with recent productions including East Is East with Jane Horrocks and Ayub Khan Din and The El. Train with Golden...
Pride star Andrew Scott and Munich actor Ciaran Hinds lead cast in recently wrapped short The Hope Rooms, the filmmaking debut of theatre director Sam Yates.
Daniel Konrad Cooper (Burn Burn Burn) produces for Bill Kenwright Films and under his own banner Rather Good Films. Screenplay is from David Watson.
The high-end short tells the story of estranged father, Eamonn, and his son, Sean, who meet up after 15 years in a café in London in order to heal old wounds.
The film also stars Polish actress Agnieszka Grochowska, who joined the film set straight from the premiere of Obce Niebo at the Gdansk Film Festival for which she collected the Best Actress award.
Director Yates is known for his work in theatre with recent productions including East Is East with Jane Horrocks and Ayub Khan Din and The El. Train with Golden...
- 9/25/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Just last night, he New Group just honored Founding Artistic Director Scott Elliott and celebrated its 20th Anniversary season. Scott Elliott is an award-winning stage director, filmmaker and the founding Artistic Director of The New Group, where he recently directed the critically acclaimed revival of David Rabe's Sticks and Bones. At The New Group, he has directed world premieres by Thomas Bradshaw, Ayub Khan Din, Francine Volpe, Erika Sheffer and Tommy Nohilly and the world premiere of the 2010 musical The Kid Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Award nominations for Outstanding Musical. Other credits include The New Group's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie starring Cynthia Nixon David Rabe's Hurlyburly and numerous collaborations with Ayub Khan Din, Wallace Shawn and Mike Leigh. Broadway credits include Present Laughter, Barefoot in the Park, The Threepenny Opera, The Women and Three Sisters. This spring at The New Group,...
- 3/10/2015
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
Families.
Families are messy, complicated, confusing – no matter which part of the world or what generation one is born into. Perhaps for many it’s the family, that unit of supposed safety and belonging, which becomes the biggest catalyst for personal change and inevitably shakes up the boundaries of identity.
Ayub Khan Din’s play East is East, currently performed at Trafalgar Studios in London, is a high intensity drama exploring the vulnerability and strength of family and finding oneself as an individual.
Explored in particular is the South Asian Diaspora.
George Khan (Ayub Khan Din) is the father and the head of the house. He is a somewhat intimidating Muslim father obsessed with instilling Pakistani culture and roots into his half-English, half Muslim children.
We learn that George emigrated from India to the UK in 1936. He describes how he struggled, how he did not belong but eventually reached success.
Families are messy, complicated, confusing – no matter which part of the world or what generation one is born into. Perhaps for many it’s the family, that unit of supposed safety and belonging, which becomes the biggest catalyst for personal change and inevitably shakes up the boundaries of identity.
Ayub Khan Din’s play East is East, currently performed at Trafalgar Studios in London, is a high intensity drama exploring the vulnerability and strength of family and finding oneself as an individual.
Explored in particular is the South Asian Diaspora.
George Khan (Ayub Khan Din) is the father and the head of the house. He is a somewhat intimidating Muslim father obsessed with instilling Pakistani culture and roots into his half-English, half Muslim children.
We learn that George emigrated from India to the UK in 1936. He describes how he struggled, how he did not belong but eventually reached success.
- 11/15/2014
- by Aashi Gahlot
- Bollyspice
Channel 4 is bringing back 8pm dramas in 2015 with a new weeknight series The ABC, a show about a multicultural school in Lancashire.
Inspired by shows such as Educating Yorkshire and Educating The East End, the series is being written by East is East's Ayub Khan Din.
The show promises to "offer a funny and revealing insight into the daily drama of the teachers, teenagers and families whose lives and cultures collide in the large Northern comprehensive".
A press release adds: "With the wide ethnic mix of the community reflected in the corridors and classrooms, education isn't always the first thing on the agenda for the staff and pupils of The Arnold Braithwaite College.
"But if anyone can appreciate the nuances and pressures of educating a diverse flock, it's new headteacher Emma Hussein."
Ayub Khan Din recently enjoyed success taking East Is East to the stage, which has won critical acclaim.
Inspired by shows such as Educating Yorkshire and Educating The East End, the series is being written by East is East's Ayub Khan Din.
The show promises to "offer a funny and revealing insight into the daily drama of the teachers, teenagers and families whose lives and cultures collide in the large Northern comprehensive".
A press release adds: "With the wide ethnic mix of the community reflected in the corridors and classrooms, education isn't always the first thing on the agenda for the staff and pupils of The Arnold Braithwaite College.
"But if anyone can appreciate the nuances and pressures of educating a diverse flock, it's new headteacher Emma Hussein."
Ayub Khan Din recently enjoyed success taking East Is East to the stage, which has won critical acclaim.
- 11/11/2014
- Digital Spy
Ayub Khan Din's award-winning East is East was first performed on the stage all the way back in 1996, becoming an acclaimed feature film three years later and even spawning a fine follow-up movie West is West.
It returns to London with a new cast as part of Jamie Lloyd's second Trafalgar Transformed series, with Ayub himself taking on the role of patriarch George 'Genghis' Khan. Its themes are as potent as ever, as wars in former colonies continue to bubble and Ukip weasels its way in to our leaders' debates.
Set in '70s Salford, first-generation immigrant George is married to white Englishwoman Ella (Jane Horrocks). He owns a chip shop run with the help of Ella's friend Auntie Annie (Sally Bankes). His son Nazir has flown the nest under a cloud, running off to be a hairdresser in Eccles.
Also at the shop are the six kids...
It returns to London with a new cast as part of Jamie Lloyd's second Trafalgar Transformed series, with Ayub himself taking on the role of patriarch George 'Genghis' Khan. Its themes are as potent as ever, as wars in former colonies continue to bubble and Ukip weasels its way in to our leaders' debates.
Set in '70s Salford, first-generation immigrant George is married to white Englishwoman Ella (Jane Horrocks). He owns a chip shop run with the help of Ella's friend Auntie Annie (Sally Bankes). His son Nazir has flown the nest under a cloud, running off to be a hairdresser in Eccles.
Also at the shop are the six kids...
- 10/17/2014
- Digital Spy
Mumbai, June 29: British Pakistani actor-writer Ayub Khan-Din who shot to international fame playing the lead in "My Beautiful Laundrette" and "Sami & Rosie Get Laid", is back directing a play about Bollywood called "Bunty Berman Presents".
However Ayub is quick to point out that the play is not really a celebration of the song-and-dance formula that Bollywood is famous for. He celebrates another kind of Bollywood in the play, thereby creating a confusion among critics.
"The reviews are mixed. Critics in the West are much more comfortable with Indian actors on stage in colourful costumes doing 'Bollywood'. I'm not interested.
However Ayub is quick to point out that the play is not really a celebration of the song-and-dance formula that Bollywood is famous for. He celebrates another kind of Bollywood in the play, thereby creating a confusion among critics.
"The reviews are mixed. Critics in the West are much more comfortable with Indian actors on stage in colourful costumes doing 'Bollywood'. I'm not interested.
- 6/29/2013
- by Leon David
- RealBollywood.com
Rashid Karapiet, who has died aged 84, was an actor, singer, playwright, broadcaster and teacher. He was not a star but a jobbing professional, one of the unsung heroes of the theatrical profession, a good companion with, as Tom Stoppard described it, a "vivid" personality. Rashid was also a much-loved and loyal friend.
The second of five children of Edward and Marie-Therese Carrapiett, he was born Reginald Carrapiett in India, and went to school at St Columba's, Delhi, and then St Joseph's and the Agricultural College in Allahabad. He travelled to Britain in the 1950s to train at the Bristol Old Vic theatre school, then took a teacher-training course at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London, and adopted Rashid Karapiet as his professional name. An accomplished linguist, he taught for many years in Germany and the Netherlands.
In 1960, Rashid appeared in Santha Rama Rau's dramatisation of A Passage to India...
The second of five children of Edward and Marie-Therese Carrapiett, he was born Reginald Carrapiett in India, and went to school at St Columba's, Delhi, and then St Joseph's and the Agricultural College in Allahabad. He travelled to Britain in the 1950s to train at the Bristol Old Vic theatre school, then took a teacher-training course at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London, and adopted Rashid Karapiet as his professional name. An accomplished linguist, he taught for many years in Germany and the Netherlands.
In 1960, Rashid appeared in Santha Rama Rau's dramatisation of A Passage to India...
- 5/1/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Poster Exclusive time for you all and we’ve got a good look at forthcoming horror Love Bite this morning.
Jessica Szohr, Ed Speleers, Luke Pasqualino star alongside Timothy Spall in this sex-horror-comedy directed by Andy DeEmmony who has taken on the likes of Red Dwarf, Father Ted and recently directed Ayub Khan-Din’s West is West. The film is due out in Uk cinemas on the 9th of November.
Here’s a synopsis,
Summer holidays in the dead-end seaside town of Rainmouth, Jamie is bored out of his mind and desperate to escape until he meets beautiful, smart and sexy American traveller Juliana. But soon after Juliana’s arrival, strange things start happening. One of the local teens goes missing at a party. Then, another. Jamie is warned by an enigmatic stranger that a werewolf is in town – and preying solely on virgin flesh! The only way to be...
Jessica Szohr, Ed Speleers, Luke Pasqualino star alongside Timothy Spall in this sex-horror-comedy directed by Andy DeEmmony who has taken on the likes of Red Dwarf, Father Ted and recently directed Ayub Khan-Din’s West is West. The film is due out in Uk cinemas on the 9th of November.
Here’s a synopsis,
Summer holidays in the dead-end seaside town of Rainmouth, Jamie is bored out of his mind and desperate to escape until he meets beautiful, smart and sexy American traveller Juliana. But soon after Juliana’s arrival, strange things start happening. One of the local teens goes missing at a party. Then, another. Jamie is warned by an enigmatic stranger that a werewolf is in town – and preying solely on virgin flesh! The only way to be...
- 10/29/2012
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Last week saw the release of The Avengers here in the UK, the year’s biggest film to date, and the third-highest-grossing film of all time. Naturally, it was a pretty good week – somewhat marred, however, by the fact that the UK edition has a violent scene edited and Joss Whedon’s commentary track omitted.
Needless to say, I’ll be importing my copy from the Us sometime in the future, after its release there tomorrow. (It also means I’ll have the proper title – ‘The Avengers’ – on the cover, and not just ‘Avengers Assemble’, a name which I refuse to use, because ‘The Avengers’ is just way cooler.)
This week is just as big a week all round, with Whedon returning to the home entertainment market in the form of The Cabin in the Woods, along with the equally-praised Indonesian action film, The Raid, and many more excellent films.
Needless to say, I’ll be importing my copy from the Us sometime in the future, after its release there tomorrow. (It also means I’ll have the proper title – ‘The Avengers’ – on the cover, and not just ‘Avengers Assemble’, a name which I refuse to use, because ‘The Avengers’ is just way cooler.)
This week is just as big a week all round, with Whedon returning to the home entertainment market in the form of The Cabin in the Woods, along with the equally-praised Indonesian action film, The Raid, and many more excellent films.
- 9/24/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Raid; The Cabin in the Woods; The Angels' Share; All in Good Time; Free Men; The Dictator
Film fans enduring the typically murky stereoscopy of Dredd 3D in UK cinemas may also experience a sense of deja vu about its plot, which traps beleaguered law enforcement agents in a tower block run by vicious drug-dealing criminals, from which they must attempt to escape with their lives. A strikingly similar scenario underpins Gareth Huw Evans's altogether superior martial-arts thriller The Raid (2011, Momentum, 18), though any comparison between the two ends there. For while Dredd galumphs its heavy booted, bombastic way around the screen, The Raid is altogether lighter on its feet, reminding us of the close comparison between martial arts movies and highly choreographed musicals, both of which have the unmistakeable physicality of acrobatic human interaction at their heart.
Incongruously directed in Indonesia by Welshman Evans, The Raid plays its...
Film fans enduring the typically murky stereoscopy of Dredd 3D in UK cinemas may also experience a sense of deja vu about its plot, which traps beleaguered law enforcement agents in a tower block run by vicious drug-dealing criminals, from which they must attempt to escape with their lives. A strikingly similar scenario underpins Gareth Huw Evans's altogether superior martial-arts thriller The Raid (2011, Momentum, 18), though any comparison between the two ends there. For while Dredd galumphs its heavy booted, bombastic way around the screen, The Raid is altogether lighter on its feet, reminding us of the close comparison between martial arts movies and highly choreographed musicals, both of which have the unmistakeable physicality of acrobatic human interaction at their heart.
Incongruously directed in Indonesia by Welshman Evans, The Raid plays its...
- 9/22/2012
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Off-Broadways The New Group has just announced its 2012-2013 season, featuring three world premiere productions. As the season launch in Fall 2012, Scott Elliott, Artistic Director of The New Group, directs Francine Volpes The Good Mother, featuring Gretchen Mol. Jonathan Marc Shermans new work Clive arrives in Winter 2013, directed by and featuring Ethan Hawke in the title role. Spring 2013 ushers in the premiere of a new musical at The New Group, Bunty Berman Presents..., by Ayub Khan Din music, book, lyrics and Paul Bogaev music, directed by Scott Elliott.
- 5/22/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
All In Good Time is a hugely warm hearted, comic tale adapted for the big screen from the Olivier award winning play Rafta Rafta by Ayub Khan Din (East is East.) Centred around a close knit, larger than life British Asian family living in present day Bolton, All In Good Time follows Atul Dutt and his young bride Vina for whom the first taste of married life is proving far from straightforward.
When their hard saved for honeymoon is cancelled the day after the wedding, the newlyweds have no choice but to return to the Dutt household and set up home there.
As prying family members and gossipy neighbours conspire to keep the couple from consummating their marriage, Atul and Vina start to panic. But if they can just keep their situation private, and if they can just get a bit of time alone, all could be saved for this pair.
When their hard saved for honeymoon is cancelled the day after the wedding, the newlyweds have no choice but to return to the Dutt household and set up home there.
As prying family members and gossipy neighbours conspire to keep the couple from consummating their marriage, Atul and Vina start to panic. But if they can just keep their situation private, and if they can just get a bit of time alone, all could be saved for this pair.
- 5/16/2012
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Joss Whedon's superhero team-up is still a box-office Marvel, devouring competition from American Pie and Dark Shadows
The winner
Holding on to the UK top spot for the third straight week, Avengers Assemble has notched up a highly impressive £40.28m after just 18 days of play. That's ahead of the entire runs of superhero predecessors such as Spider-Man (£29.03m), Spider-Man 2 (£26.73m) and Spider-Man 3 (£33.55m). The only comicbook adaptation that's ahead of it is The Dark Knight, with £49.07m. Chris Nolan's second Batman movie stood at £34.67m at the same stage of release (after three weekends of play), so Joss Whedon's superhero team-up looks on course to overtake it by the end of its run. However, week-on-week declines have been 39% and 49% for Avengers Assemble, compared with a gentler 22% and 39% for The Dark Knight, and if revenues keep declining steeply for the Marvel picture, it may just fall short.
The winner
Holding on to the UK top spot for the third straight week, Avengers Assemble has notched up a highly impressive £40.28m after just 18 days of play. That's ahead of the entire runs of superhero predecessors such as Spider-Man (£29.03m), Spider-Man 2 (£26.73m) and Spider-Man 3 (£33.55m). The only comicbook adaptation that's ahead of it is The Dark Knight, with £49.07m. Chris Nolan's second Batman movie stood at £34.67m at the same stage of release (after three weekends of play), so Joss Whedon's superhero team-up looks on course to overtake it by the end of its run. However, week-on-week declines have been 39% and 49% for Avengers Assemble, compared with a gentler 22% and 39% for The Dark Knight, and if revenues keep declining steeply for the Marvel picture, it may just fall short.
- 5/15/2012
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
This year has already seen a successful British Asian film, The Exotic Marigold Hotel. Now comes All in Good Time, from the writer of East is East, Ayub Khan-Din. The director, Nigel Cole’s last film, Made in Dagenham, about female workers striking at the Ford Car Plant for equal pay, was critically appreciated. The film is also produced by the same person who bought you Oscar winning film The Queen. With an impressive team behind the it and based on an Asian theme, read on to find out if you should make time to watch All in Good Time.
The story in a nutshell centres around a close knit Asian family, focussing on newly married couple Atul Dutt (Reece Ritchie – Prince of Persia) and Vina (Amara Karan – The Darjeeling Limited). When their honeymoon to Goa is cancelled the day after the wedding, the newlyweds have to return home to live with the family.
The story in a nutshell centres around a close knit Asian family, focussing on newly married couple Atul Dutt (Reece Ritchie – Prince of Persia) and Vina (Amara Karan – The Darjeeling Limited). When their honeymoon to Goa is cancelled the day after the wedding, the newlyweds have to return home to live with the family.
- 5/14/2012
- by Anjum Shabbir
- Bollyspice
A classic 1960s working-class drama translates beautifully into a comedy of contemporary British Asian family life
All in Good Time is a touching, likable comedy of life in Lancashire's Hindu community. Though this aspect is little publicised, it's closely based on Bill Naughton's 1965 play of the same title.
Born in Ireland and raised in Bolton, Naughton emerged as a novelist and playwright in the late 50s in the wave of northern working-class writers like Shelagh Delaney, Keith Waterhouse, Alan Sillitoe, David Storey and Stan Barstow. But having been born in 1910 and worked for years as a coal-bagger, cotton-loom operator and lorry driver, Naughton belonged to an earlier generation and was altogether less chippy, aggressive, and self-consciously political about his background.
He enjoyed considerable success in the theatre and had three of his plays filmed, though his most enduringly popular work, the film version of Alfie, completely misrepresented Naughton's radio play,...
All in Good Time is a touching, likable comedy of life in Lancashire's Hindu community. Though this aspect is little publicised, it's closely based on Bill Naughton's 1965 play of the same title.
Born in Ireland and raised in Bolton, Naughton emerged as a novelist and playwright in the late 50s in the wave of northern working-class writers like Shelagh Delaney, Keith Waterhouse, Alan Sillitoe, David Storey and Stan Barstow. But having been born in 1910 and worked for years as a coal-bagger, cotton-loom operator and lorry driver, Naughton belonged to an earlier generation and was altogether less chippy, aggressive, and self-consciously political about his background.
He enjoyed considerable success in the theatre and had three of his plays filmed, though his most enduringly popular work, the film version of Alfie, completely misrepresented Naughton's radio play,...
- 5/12/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
The question that's usually prompted by the British film industry's more feeble offerings is, "How did this get funded?" But All In Good Time must have seemed a safe bet. It's directed by Nigel Cole, who made Calendar Girls, and it's scripted by Ayub Khan-Din, who wrote East Is East, so the producers must have assumed it would be ... well, a colourful, crowd-pleasing comedy drama. They wouldn't have expected a film as boring and hollow as this one.
- 5/12/2012
- The Independent - Film
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
It is all too apt that Ayub Khan-Din began his career as a bit-player in Stephen Frears’ seminal British drama My Beautiful Launderette, what with that film’s focus on the culture clash of Asians growing up in Britain. Khan-Din’s subsequent screenplays for smash hit East is East and acclaimed follow-up West is West depict a similar struggle, and this time, returns with an adaptation of Bill Naughton’s play All in Good Time. While the theme might start feeling well-harvested by now, this is a unique, unconventional film of its type, enticing even when it doesn’t always work.
Atul (Reece Ritchie) and Vina (Amara Karan) are a young Asian British couple growing up in Bolton. We meet them at their wedding, and while it should be the happiest day of their lives, their meddling, more traditionally Indian families are only making things harder.
It is all too apt that Ayub Khan-Din began his career as a bit-player in Stephen Frears’ seminal British drama My Beautiful Launderette, what with that film’s focus on the culture clash of Asians growing up in Britain. Khan-Din’s subsequent screenplays for smash hit East is East and acclaimed follow-up West is West depict a similar struggle, and this time, returns with an adaptation of Bill Naughton’s play All in Good Time. While the theme might start feeling well-harvested by now, this is a unique, unconventional film of its type, enticing even when it doesn’t always work.
Atul (Reece Ritchie) and Vina (Amara Karan) are a young Asian British couple growing up in Bolton. We meet them at their wedding, and while it should be the happiest day of their lives, their meddling, more traditionally Indian families are only making things harder.
- 5/12/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
Dark Shadows (12A)
(Tim Burton, 2012, Us) Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jackie Earle Haley. 113 mins
Another expensive pop-gothic fantasy (remake) for Depp and Burton's gallery – how long before either they get bored or we do? This time Johnny's an effete 18th-century vampire, reawakened in 1972 to reunite with his dysfunctional Addams-like descendants and marvel at the modern world. Expect fish-out-of-water silliness, a light shade of darkness, and the usual descent into messiness.
Café De Flore (15)
(Jean-Marc Vallée, 2011, Can) Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent. 121 mins
Music and mystery add a great deal to this well-made emotional drama, which switches between a present-day DJ and a 1970s mother (Paradis) whose child has Down's syndrome.
Beloved (15)
(Christophe Honoré, 2011, Fra/UK/Cze) Chiara Mastroianni, Ludivine Sagnier, Catherine Deneuve. 139 mins
Using flashbacks and musical moments, Honoré tells the story of a former prostitute, her daughter and the men in their lives.
(Tim Burton, 2012, Us) Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jackie Earle Haley. 113 mins
Another expensive pop-gothic fantasy (remake) for Depp and Burton's gallery – how long before either they get bored or we do? This time Johnny's an effete 18th-century vampire, reawakened in 1972 to reunite with his dysfunctional Addams-like descendants and marvel at the modern world. Expect fish-out-of-water silliness, a light shade of darkness, and the usual descent into messiness.
Café De Flore (15)
(Jean-Marc Vallée, 2011, Can) Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent. 121 mins
Music and mystery add a great deal to this well-made emotional drama, which switches between a present-day DJ and a 1970s mother (Paradis) whose child has Down's syndrome.
Beloved (15)
(Christophe Honoré, 2011, Fra/UK/Cze) Chiara Mastroianni, Ludivine Sagnier, Catherine Deneuve. 139 mins
Using flashbacks and musical moments, Honoré tells the story of a former prostitute, her daughter and the men in their lives.
- 5/11/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
As expected, American Pie: Reunion had a solid first week at the box office but didn’t trouble the all-conquering Avengers at the top of the cinematic pile.
Truth be told I don’t see anything getting near the Marvel epic for another week or so yet either. It smashed the opening weekend box office record set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 in the States and unsurprisingly a sequel has been confirmed this week by the studio.
This week’s big release though should do a pretty bit of business at the box office as well with Tim Burton’s latest quirky baroque offering Dark Shadows making its arrival on the big screen.
Burton has amassed some serious box office bank with his recent offerings such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factor and Alice in Wonderland and can now pretty much do whatever he pleases in the eyes of his employers.
Truth be told I don’t see anything getting near the Marvel epic for another week or so yet either. It smashed the opening weekend box office record set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 in the States and unsurprisingly a sequel has been confirmed this week by the studio.
This week’s big release though should do a pretty bit of business at the box office as well with Tim Burton’s latest quirky baroque offering Dark Shadows making its arrival on the big screen.
Burton has amassed some serious box office bank with his recent offerings such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factor and Alice in Wonderland and can now pretty much do whatever he pleases in the eyes of his employers.
- 5/11/2012
- by Rob Keeling
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A breezy British-Asian comedy about Bolton-based newlyweds who have to stay with his parents when their honeymoon is cancelled
East Is East writer Ayub Khan-Din teams up with Calendar Girls director Nigel Cole for this breezy British-Asian comedy. Bolton-based newlyweds Atul (Reece Ritchie) and Vina (Amara Karan) can't wait to get their hands on each other, but, forced to stay put due to a cancelled honeymoon, the pair struggle to consummate their marriage in Atul's cramped family home. While Ritchie and Karan offer up charming performances, their characters could use more depth: the romantic complications feel sudden without much psychological insight. Prepare to shed a tear when a more involving story about Atul's mother, Lopa (Meera Syal), comes to fruition.
Rating: 4/5
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East Is East writer Ayub Khan-Din teams up with Calendar Girls director Nigel Cole for this breezy British-Asian comedy. Bolton-based newlyweds Atul (Reece Ritchie) and Vina (Amara Karan) can't wait to get their hands on each other, but, forced to stay put due to a cancelled honeymoon, the pair struggle to consummate their marriage in Atul's cramped family home. While Ritchie and Karan offer up charming performances, their characters could use more depth: the romantic complications feel sudden without much psychological insight. Prepare to shed a tear when a more involving story about Atul's mother, Lopa (Meera Syal), comes to fruition.
Rating: 4/5
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- 5/10/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Bollyspice were at the red carpet event for All in Good Time, an exciting new British Asian film starring Meera Syal (Goodness Gracious Me, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom), at London’s prestigious British Film Institute. The film is adapted from the award winning play Rafta Rafta, written by Ayub Khan Din, who also wrote the successful East is East.
Set in Bolton, in the north west of England, it centres around a close knit Asian family, focussing on newly married couple Atul Dutt (Reece Ritchie – Prince of Persia) and Vina (Amara Karan – The Darjeeling Limited). When their honeymoon is cancelled the day after the wedding, the newlyweds reluctantly return home to the family. From here on begins the chaotic challenge of noesy neighbours and meddling parents and how the couple struggle to keep their marriage ticking…
Walking the red carpet were the films director Nigel Cole (Calendar Girls, Made in Dagenham), writer Ayub Khan Din,...
Set in Bolton, in the north west of England, it centres around a close knit Asian family, focussing on newly married couple Atul Dutt (Reece Ritchie – Prince of Persia) and Vina (Amara Karan – The Darjeeling Limited). When their honeymoon is cancelled the day after the wedding, the newlyweds reluctantly return home to the family. From here on begins the chaotic challenge of noesy neighbours and meddling parents and how the couple struggle to keep their marriage ticking…
Walking the red carpet were the films director Nigel Cole (Calendar Girls, Made in Dagenham), writer Ayub Khan Din,...
- 5/10/2012
- by Anjum Shabbir
- Bollyspice
★★★☆☆ As an Olivier Award-winning British play about young Indian newly-weds that toured the globe, it was always inevitable that someone would look at Ayub Khan-Din's Rafta, Rafta and think 'BAFTA, BAFTA'. Enter Made in Dagenham's Nigel Cole, who directs the likeable big screen adaptation All in Good Time (2012) (which takes its title from the influential 1963 Bill Naughton play of the same name) complete with a light touch and a talented cast.
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- 5/10/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
It’s been another Bollywonderful week – they buzz for Jannat 2 is strong – it’s a very engaging movie and the chemistry between Emraan Hashmi and Randeep Hooda is very strong! Emran was over the moon when we told him he’s the first hero to have three consecutive blockbusters in a row. He is still very unassuming and believes he can only succeed if the script and direction is right. When we joked about who is the best kisser in Bollywood he laughed and whispered that it has to be him! Emran is looking forward to the release of Shanghai opposite Abhay Deol and says his fans will see him in a different light. One thing Emran does want to do is plan for a long awaited holiday with his family in Europe where he will switch his phone off for two weeks and be “normal” for a while.
- 5/10/2012
- by RajPablo
- Bollyspice
The perils of living with your parents are laid bare in this new clip from British romantic-comedy All In Good Time. There's nothing like the sound of dad flushing the loo to kill wedding night passion stone dead.The pair of suffering lovebirds are Atul (Reece Ritchie) and Vina (Amara Karan), the trouble couple at the heart of Ayub Khan Din's adaptation of Rafta Rafta, his own Olivier-winning play. The East Is East writer is back on familiar terrain with a Bolton-set tale of love, families, Asian culture, and, presumably, the odd hoodie. With Nigel 'Calendar Girls' Cole behind the camera on this one, there's a strong feel-good vibe, despite the cancelled honeymoon and the nuptial nightmare that's unfolding under patriarch Harish Patel's roof. There may also be running.Can All In Good Time repeat the success of those Brit hits? Find out from May 11.brightcove.
- 5/3/2012
- EmpireOnline
All in Good Time hits UK cinemas May 11th and Studio Canal have given us 10 pairs of tickets for various locations over the next few days to give away to you lucky HeyUGuys readers. This evening’s screening in Bolton at the Cineworld will be attended by members of the cast who will conduct a Q&A so it’s definitely one not to be missed.
We have tickets to give away in Bolton tonight (16th April), Manchester tomorrow (17th April), Birmingham Wednesday (18th) and Leicester Thursday (19th). All you have to do is fill in the form below and include the location that you’d like to attend and then 10 people randomly picked from the entries will win a pair of tickets each.
All In Good Time is directed by Nigel Cole (Calendar Girls, Made In Dagenham) and produced by Oscar nominated Andy Harries (The Queen) and Suzanne MacKie (Calendar Girls,...
We have tickets to give away in Bolton tonight (16th April), Manchester tomorrow (17th April), Birmingham Wednesday (18th) and Leicester Thursday (19th). All you have to do is fill in the form below and include the location that you’d like to attend and then 10 people randomly picked from the entries will win a pair of tickets each.
All In Good Time is directed by Nigel Cole (Calendar Girls, Made In Dagenham) and produced by Oscar nominated Andy Harries (The Queen) and Suzanne MacKie (Calendar Girls,...
- 4/16/2012
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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