Topics:  channing tatum, magic mike, matthew mcconaughey, movie

Male strippers make eyes pop in film

Matthew McConaughey, centre, pictured with Channing Tatum, third from right, in a scene from the movie Magic Mike.
Matthew McConaughey, centre, pictured with Channing Tatum, third from right, in a scene from the movie Magic Mike. Contributed - Roadshow Films publicity website

WHAT three words best describe Magic Mike?

"Funny, sexy, cool," says Joe Manganiello, aka werewolf Alcide on HBO's True Blood, who co stars in the new movie from Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh.

Well, that's a start. But there's a lot more going on in this R-rated movie, which blends drama and humour with some incredibly eye-popping scenes of male strippers.

Not since 1980's American Gigolo, which featured a young Richard Gere as an expensive male escort, has a movie about beefcake been so exuberant and yet so ambitious.

Female moviegoers are already intrigued.

 

Read more at Brisbane Times

 


 


inline-story-realEstate



Around the Network

Local Partners

Promotions

Free 6-day VIP access to The Qld Times' new ePaper

Get your exclusive digital access today!

Click here

Find Your Local
BEAUTY SERVICES

Click Here

Trending Topics

Share Your...

Help make the news! Share your photos, stories, events or just post a general notice to the community.

Stay Connected

Get the news as it happens, in your inbox

You can change the newsletters you are subscribed to when you edit your profile

Edit Profile


Local Profile

Special Offers

Latest deals and offers

Horoscopes

Taurus

Take a new tack with your close friends this week and you may find that they are resources for you in ways you had not imagined. You can't...

more


Marketplace

Special Offers & Messages from our National and Local Partners

Compare & Save