Quick Takes on Threequels: Ant-Man & Magic Mike

by Nathaniel R

Paul Rudd vs Jonathan Majors in "Quantumania"

Forever behind, always catching up. Herewith two spontaneous reviews of threequels that came out during Oscar madness that we never got around to talking about (as they weren't related to that all-consuming golden season): Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Steven Soderbergh's trilogy-closing Magic Mike's Last Dance...

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Review: Sandra & Channing sparkle in 'The Lost City'

By: Christopher James

Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum search for their own "Romancing the Stone" vehicle in "The Lost City."There are some movies that are “perfect films,” masterpieces that elevate the bar on what cinema can do, where not a single frame should be changed. Other movies are “perfect versions of themselves.” The Lost City is not a perfect film by any means. However, it is the perfect version of itself. It’s a light on its feet, star driven adventure-romance-comedy. Watching it transports one back to the 90s, when movies could be sold solely on a movie star and a logline. If the trailer makes you chuckle, you’ll be giggling for the entirety of the 112 minute running time.

There’s the old saying, those who can’t do… teach. In The Lost City, one could say: those who can’t be archeologists, write horny romance novels. That is the fate of Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock), who has not left her house since the passing of her beloved explorer husband. Her latest entry in the bestselling romance novel series "Lovemore and Dash"  is about to drop and Loretta’s publisher, Beth (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), insists on putting her on a book tour...

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What did you see this weekend? 'Uncharted' and 'Dog' were popular

by Nathaniel R

Tom Holland and Channing Tatum both proved continued drawing power this weekend as the video game adaptation Uncharted opened strong with  $51 million over the long weekend and the original comedy Dog opened to $17 million. Meanwhile international feature Oscar nominees Worst Person in the World and Drive My Car continued their arthouse dominance. Full "estimates" chart after the jump...

Weekend Box Office February 18-21 HOLIDAY WEEKEND 🔺 = new or expanding
OVER 800 SCREENS	UNDER 800 SCREENS
UNCHARTED	WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

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I'll Link to That: System Crasher, A Man Called Otto, Turning Red

• Collider Tom Hanks A Man Called Otto (a remake of Sweden's A Man Called Ove) is getting a Christmas 2022 theatrical release. You might recall that the original was nominated for Best Makeup so Hanks is already attempting to dominate that category next year with this film and those prosthetics on Elvis...
• TFE ...the trailer of which we discussed here a few days back
• The Daily Beast lots of drama on the set of Euphoria this season

Andrew Garfield, Elliot Page, Tahar Rahim, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Paul Thomas Anderson, a gay film causing a stir in Egypt, and more...

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Beauty Break: Channing Tatum for "VMan"

by Nathaniel R

Channing Tatum's tradition (superstition?) of shaving his head between movies is one of our favourite celebrity personality quirks. Because, honestly, who looks better with a shaved head than Tatum? After a long drought where it seemed he was only doing cameos (seriously, when's the last time he led a movie? 2017?) has two comedies out this year Dog (opening this Friday!) and The Lost City with Sandra Bullock (opens March 25th, Oscar weekend). The latter looks like a Romancing the Stone rip-off but if you're going to steal, steal from the best. 

As an added bonus since he's gearing up to shoot Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023) he's happy to thirst-trap it up again in this drool-worthy photoshoot for VMan magazine which you can buy here if you want to plaster these all over your walls. The photos are by Inez and Vinoodh. Pictures are after the jump...

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