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 always bugged me that Matthew McConaughey had to play a rodeo cowboy dying of AIDS in Dallas Buyers Club to win an Oscar, when he’d already given one of the defining performances of an entire ...

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, ...

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...

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.

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 ...

"Magic Mike's Last Dance" is now available to watch from the comfort of your living room. The third entry in the "Magic Mike" franchise stars Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek Pinault. You can buy "Magic ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...