Magic Mike’s Last Dance isn’t nearly the crowd-pleaser its predecessors were. However, despite this seeming step down from the crime-adjacent Magic Mike and the affirming bro-trip of Magic Mike XXL, ...

If Magic Mike was a movie about the realities of male stripping, Magic Mike XXL was a movie about the fantasy of male stripping. In bringing back director Steven Soderbergh for part three (Gregory ...

The real enjoyment to be found at the core of the “Magic Mike” series was never really in its erotic dance sequences and wine-mom eye candy, but in how the films manage to underscore its fluffy ...

Years after Magic Mike XXL, Mike Lane (Channing Tatum) is working as a bartender part-time in Florida to help supplement his income. He works a fundraiser gig that results in some awkward run-ins ...

A version of this essay originally ran in conjunction with Magic Mike’s Last Dance’s arrival on digital streaming. It has been updated and reposted in conjunction with the film’s arrival on Netflix.

If you like your beefcake with a side of sassy humor, then here is the trailer for you. "We didn't want to show the best parts of the movie in this trailer," the text in the new trailer for "Magic ...

The clothes are all coming off once again, as Magic Mike is ready to hit the stage in the third installment of the “Magic Mike” franchise, “Magic Mike’s Last Dance.” It’s been 10 years since the first ...

The point, the purpose — the raison d’être, if you’re feeling fancy — of the Magic Mike male-stripper movies is catering to women’s fantasies. As the series has expanded from the working-class grit of ...

It’s been 11 years since Channing Tatum first bared it all in Magic Mike, and yet Magic Mike’s Last Dance proves that he still has a trick or two up his G-string. Director Steven Soderbergh’s latest ...

Sometimes you really can't go home again. Sometimes you really can't go home again. Case in point, "Magic Mike's Last Dance," only in theaters. It's the second and last sequel (insert sigh of relief ...

Salma Hayek and Channing Tatum hit the floor in ''Magic Mike's Last Dance." Credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Male stripper turned furniture designer Mike Lane (Tatum) thought he left his ...