See it at the movies

Posted 2/14/23

WARWICK SHOWCASE

MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE * * ½ Erotic, feminist, silly sequel

Channing Tatum has his third shot playing the male stripper/lap dancer, only this time he has …

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WARWICK SHOWCASE

MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE
* * ½
Erotic, feminist, silly sequel

Channing Tatum has his third shot playing the male stripper/lap dancer, only this time he has retired to the life of a bartender.

He meets Maxandre, an old acquaintance (Salma Hayek) at a fancy Florida party, only to discover that she is married to a wealthy man who owns a theatre in London where he stages boring productions.

It takes only minutes for the movie to earn its R rating, as the two engage in a sultry, sexy lap dance, even though Mike proclaims, “I don’t do that anymore.”

It has been a long time since Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland said “Let’s put on a show,” but here we go again, as Max hires Mike to direct HER version of her husband’s show.

Off they go to London for a month of casting and rehearsing, hiring street performers and strippers throughout London.

Max and Mike fall in love while he helps her become a strong woman.

The show goes on.

The End.

LIVING
* * * * (Joyce) * * * ½ (Don)
British Heartbreaker

Bill Nighy stars as Mr. Williams, a British civil servant who unhappily goes about his private and public life shuffling papers in the Public Works Department, denying and burying requests for projects like children’s’ playgrounds.

Director Oliver Hermanus emphasizes the dullness in his life and the drabness of London following World War II.

Mr. Williams learns from his doctor that he has six months to live.

He spends an evening with a local chap, “living it up” in a noisy pub and visiting the lower class entertainment venue.

He spends his last few days seeing the sites of London with a proper young lady who worked for him, causing a bit of a scandal.

“Living” tells the story of a sad man who realizes when he is dying that he has not lived.

“All I wanted to be was a gentleman,” he proclaims.

The story comes around nicely as his act of putting the proposal for the playground finds a new life.

Joyce was quite touched by the redemption story while I found it a bit slow and tedious.

Nighy, as always, was great.

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