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The World Wasn’t Ready for ‘Magic Mike’
Steven Soderbergh making a movie about male strippers? Channing Tatum becoming a legitimate star? The birth of the McConaissance? On its 10th anniversary, we marvel at the film that upended expectations and brought sexy back to the multiplex
The Gospel of ‘Bull Durham,’ According to Ron Shelton
The director of what many consider to be the greatest baseball movie of all time reflects on the fisticuffs that took place on set, getting edit notes from Donald Trump and what Crash Davis would think about the National League now having a designated hitter
Decades Ago, ‘The Deer Hunter’ Taught Us That ‘God Bless America’ Means Nothing
Today’s pathetic public singalong by House Democrats in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade evoked memories of the 1978 Best Picture-winner, which illustrated the hollowness of patriotic anthems at times of national crisis
Elvis Presley Isn’t the Subject of ‘Elvis.’ We Are
The Baz Luhrmann drama is told from the perspective of Presley’s unscrupulous manager Colonel Tom Parker, which underlines the secret theme of so many artist biopics: Our fascination with being in the proximity of greatness
