Golden Globe Award® nominee Matthew McConaughey (Mud, Magic Mike) delivers a career-defining performance as Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof in the “hugely entertaining” Dallas Buyers Club, the inspiring and powerful story of an imperfect man’s fight for survival during an uncertain time in America (Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal). Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée (The Young Victoria) Dallas Buyers Club arrives…
Steven Soderbergh has announced that Side Effects will be his last Hollywood film. At 50, he’s done; he’s said that he’s going to turn to painting and, maybe, directing television. But after directing Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Out of Sight, The Limey, Traffic, Erin Brockovich, Oceans 11, Che, The Informant, and Magic Mike, I would…
I saw about 75 movies in 2012, and while I saw a couple dozen that I liked a great deal, very few movies about LGBT people or queer themes were given a wide release. And that is disappointing in general, but particularly for a critic writing for a paper called San Diego LGBT Weekly. This…
Whoever was behind the marketing for Magic Mike decided that they were not even going to mention the great, Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh, let alone promote him; they were going to hide the fact that the movie is actually really, really good. They were going to focus the ads on a shirtless, occasionally pants-less Channing…
Somewhat surprisingly, this summer’s top cinematic draw for gay men is a political commentary on the plight of the working class. This film tells the story of a young man who has a dream, but also a credit problem. He’s good with his hands, but the only construction job he can get is non-union, and…
We did it! We survived The Walking Dead Escape July 12. I know we said we were going to be spectators, but we just couldn’t give up the opportunity to experience it as survivors. The people around us were prepared with knee and elbow pads, helmets and Go Pro cameras strapped to their heads. By…
When I told a couple of friends that I was taking my boyfriend to see Channing Tatum dance in a strip club in Magic Mike, there was an exultant, “Oh, that looks sooo bad!” They had the so-bad-it’s-good bloodlust; they were hoping for Showgirls crossed with Coyote Ugly, crossed with Staying Alive. “It’s a Steven…
