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Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally victimized...

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:02:00 -0500

Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally victimized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Google is wrong about Matthew Bomer's Bacon Number. Demi Moore was not in Magic Mike. We do not know who to contact about this (Channing Tatum? Matthew McConaughey? The President?) but if you have any ideas, please let us know so we can report it to the appropriate authorities.

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:00:10 -0400

Google is wrong about Matthew Bomer's Bacon Number. Demi Moore was not in Magic Mike. We do not know who to contact about this (Channing Tatum? Matthew McConaughey? The President?) but if you have any ideas, please let us know so we can report it to the appropriate authorities.

Meet Reid Carolin: As if starring classic-Texas-handsome Matthew...

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:12:00 -0400

Meet Reid Carolin:

As if starring classic-Texas-handsome Matthew McConaughey, green-eyed-ball-of-gyrating-muscle Channing Tatum, giant-Gaston-esque Joe Manganiello, I-have-a-perfect-smile Adam Rodriguez and more-beautiful-than-Kiera-Knightley Matthew Bomer wasn’t enough, Magic Mike also has a handsome screenwriter. (So handsome it’s easy to assume he’s part of the cast.)

This blue-eyed Harvard-grad has not only composed additional music for The Vow (for which we are eternally grateful) and served as Associate Producer on Stop-Loss, he’s also used his powers for good; writing and producing Earth Made of Glass, a Peabody-winning documentary about the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

We at FYMM firmly believe that Mr. Carolin should be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Primarily because the script for Magic Mike is so very wonderful, but also because his nomination would markedly raise the handsomeness of that pool of nominees.

Now it turns out that he is working on Magic Mike: The Musical (an idea we have been feverishly discussing the possibility of since we learned about this movie.) The real question on our minds is, will Reid Carolin ever stop giving?

We told you it was good. And now you don’t just have to...

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:57:00 -0400

We told you it was good. And now you don’t just have to take our word for it. Some highlights from the reviews:

Variety: “That’s not to say Tatum isn’t actor enough to handle the assignment. In addition to the role’s physical demands, he has the added challenge of making it look effortless, and Tatum’s gift comes in playing things casual, inhabiting the character without having to spell out an elaborate backstory. Of the other strippers, McConaughey steals the spotlight, adding yet another strong characterization to a respect-building streak that began with “The Lincoln Lawyer” last year.”

Hollywood Reporter: “While this plotline echoes countless perils-of-success movies and easily could have become a maleShowgirls, Soderbergh shrewdly avoids letting it turn lurid or campy by underplaying the melodrama. Instead, he observes droll but humanizing details, like a quick shot of Mike patiently ironing out crumpled dollar bills retrieved from his underwear. The humor is refreshingly low-key and unforced, such as having True Blood hunk Manganiello, who’s built like Iron Man, be the delicate one of the troupe, fretting over herpes or throwing his back out while giving a zaftig customer an airborne thrill.”

Movieline: One could simply call it absolutely spectacular on account of the man meat, which certainly delivers on raunchy, knowing fun. But it’s the deeper themes, captured in an observational style, that really make Magic Mike work as more than just a cheap thrill. It may be a stripper movie, but it’s also about economic self-determination and the struggle between art vs. commerce — and that goes as much for Soderbergh and Tatum as it does for the characters grasping for dollars, and their creative destinies, on-screen.

And our personal favorite, from Indiewire: But, Tatum dances his heart out and performs the best Dancing Alone to Pony number to ever grace a screen. He dances like he is trying to earn the Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Pelvic Thrusting. Newsflash: it’s won. He wins it. No one can match his rate of thrusts per minute.

We here at Young Feminists for Magic Mike have yet to recover from seeing the Pony sequence in it’s full glory, but here is a preview:

Go see the movie. You won’t regret it.

A triumph! We are too overcome with feelings and handsomeness to...

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:35:32 -0400

A triumph!

We are too overcome with feelings and handsomeness to unpack what we just saw, but for the record, it exceeded expectations.

So close I feel I’m almost cupping Matthew Bomer’s…

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:36:51 -0400

So close I feel I’m almost cupping Matthew Bomer’s…

We at FuckYeahMagicMike have tickets to an advance screening...

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:26:00 -0400

We at FuckYeahMagicMike have tickets to an advance screening tonight. We could barely sleep last night from the excitement. It’s like Christmas morning but better because Channing Tatum is going to take off all his clothes. We don’t know how we are going to be able to focus on work today with so much naked man in our future but we will try.
So to all we wish a:

May all your vests be made of leather and all your pants tear-away!

xoxoxo,
Young Feminists for Magic Mike

Is this attire not a bit too formal for a beach setting?

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:52:46 -0400

Is this attire not a bit too formal for a beach setting?

I think we can all acknowledge that women would never be where...

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:54:00 -0400

I think we can all acknowledge that women would never be where we are today without our fore-mothers who broke down barriers and ceilings for us. Modern female authors wouldn’t be where they are without women like Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters. An don’t even get me started on where we would all be of it weren’t for Gloria Steinem. So today we, Young Feminists for Magic Mike, would like to pay tribute to two women whose shoulders we directly stand on - The Weather Girls.

We don’t even want to try to imagine what the world was like before It’s Raining Men. Our workout mixes would be infinitely less interesting (and handsome). Gay clubs would be less joyful. The Weather Girls were true visionaries. Have you listened to the song or watched the music video recently? It’s literally raining men. Men of all kinds. Wearing trench coats, underwear, fedoras & boots. Doing pirouettes.

There is what they have done for the world a whole, and then there is there direct impact they have had on Magic Mike. Watch this:

(We know).

While at first we was disconcerted that Steven S. didn’t choose to go with the original version of the song, after watching this, I feel pretty ok about it. Mostly because this new slightly slower, more sinewy version gives the choreographer the ability to incorporate moves like this:

And mostly this:

Acoustic changes aside, it’s clear to see the direct aesthetic influence of the Weather Girls. Trench coats, umbrella’s, fedoras, boots. It’s all there.

So thank you Weather Girls. We owe so much to you.

Do we think that top was picked out for Matthew McConaughey by...

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:49:00 -0400

Do we think that top was picked out for Matthew McConaughey by the movie’s costume designer or was it something he already had in his closet? I’m inclined to believe the latter which raises a bigger question: did he cut the end off of it or did he buy it in that size? Again, I’m leaning towards the latter. (For the record, I’m not entirely convinced that Matthew McConaughey was purposely cast in this film. I think he was just hanging around southern Florida shirtless in a leather vest and kept wandering onto set to give the actors advise on how to take their clothes off until Steven Soderbergh was forced to incorporate him into the plot.) (Also why is Alex Pettyfer’s face so terrified? It’s just a crop top. I’m sure he can get one for you too.)

So today is Flag Day. Well what better way to show your...

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:15:00 -0400

So today is Flag Day. Well what better way to show your appreciation for the American Flag than to wear it. As a thong. Put your hand over your crotch, face the gif, and repeat after me.

I pledge allegiance to the Cast of Magic Mike and to the Objectification for which it stands, man thongs, tight butts, with body oil and handsome men for all.

Well with the release of the red band trailer we are finally...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:42:00 -0400

Well with the release of the red band trailer we are finally getting answers to some of our questions. Primarily, “are the restraints necessary?” Obviously, they are. If anything there need to be more. (Still no answers on the rubber glove. I am, perhaps, more confused about its presence.)

Dear Steven Soderbergh, So - we’ve already established our...

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:07:13 -0400

Dear Steven Soderbergh,

So - we’ve already established our undying admiration and respect for you and your work on Magic Mike. But that doesn’t mean that we don’t have a few reservations.

For example, let’s consider “Magic Mike TV Spot #4.” It’s almost perfect. Almost. And then you get to the scene at 00:20. This perfectly encapsulates our initial reaction:

But once we sang and danced our frustrations out, much like Zac Efron in High School Musical 2, we decided that we should do something more constructive about our concerns - write to you about them.

So here we are.

We’re just looking to open a constructive conversation, so that as you start to consider Magic Mike 2 (it’s clearly a trilogy), you can keep some of our concerns in mind.

1. WHY DOES CODY HORN’S CHARACTER NOT WANT TO KNOW WHAT MAGIC MIKE DOES FOR TWENTIES (see above at 00:20)? It just makes no sense. Ever since we saw the first preview, we don’t think it would be an exaggeration to say that we’ve spent at least a few hours a day thinking about what it is that he does and wishing that he would show us. So imagine our surprise that when offered the opportunity to find out (and be shown, not just told), her character unequivocally just says no. This seems to be related to some of her deeper issues with who Magic Mike is. Why does she not accept him for who he is? Why does she want him to change? Why doesn’t she want to see his best and most successful skill - he’s clearly proud of it. If given the opportunity, we’re not sure that there exists a single human being who would actually say no. It just seems like this scene is removed from reality.

2. Is it really a good idea to encourage the custom furniture design? Does anyone really need/should anyone really have a glass table with steel bottles as the base?

3. Why is Kevin Nash in the movie? And more importantly why does it look like he’s folding his jacket neatly instead of just dropping it and dancing like the others? By the time he’s done handling his jacket; Joe Manganiello has already dropped to the ground, humped it and gotten back up; Matt Bomer has both swiveled his hips and asked us to come hither; and Channing Tatum, well…no words can fully encapsulate all that he (and his hips) do.

That’s all for now. More soon.

with best regards,

Young Feminists for Magic Mike

uninhabited-paradise: Magic Mike - TV Spot 2 My Reaction to...

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:45:00 -0400

uninhabited-paradise:

Magic Mike - TV Spot 2

My Reaction to Magic Mike - TV Spot #2

When ~~Matthew Bomer~~ Adam Rodriguez does an upside down twirl in a sailor hat:

When they tell me to “grab a six pack”:

When Alex Pettyfer makes out with the girl in the audience (which has to be against the rules):

When Channing Tatum worms his way across the stage in a velvet vest and matching pants:

When I realize there is choreography centered around Channing Tatum flexing:

When I hear the way Matthew McConaughey says “lawbreakers”:

When Matthew Bomer does a sassy Beyonce-esque hip roll:

When Matthew McConaughey spits fire:

When you see someone walking around in a ~~speedo~~ cut-off denim shorts filled with dollar bills:

Waiting for June 29th:

nieistotny: On my list of movies to see. My reaction to the...

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:15:00 -0400

nieistotny:

On my list of movies to see.

My reaction to the Magic Mike trailer:

Channing Tatum, “You don’t have anything sharp on you I could stick myself with do you?”
Girl, “No.”
Channing Tatum, “Good cause I do.”
Me:

Matthew McConaughey, “Will you welcome to the stage, the one, the only…Magic Mike!”:

When Alex Pettyfer asks Channing Tatum if he’s hitting on his sister:

What I see when Joe Manganiello comes on stage:

When Channing Tatum shows up in his construction worker costume:

When he shows everyone his custom furniture designs:
When the girl says, “I’m just trying to figure out, why stripping?”:

When the girl tells him to “not forget about the people who live in the daylight”:

When the girl says she can’t be around his “lifestyle”:

When the girl says she doesn’t want to go the strip show again:

When Channing Tatum asks if she wants to know what he has to do for $20:

Me showing the trailer to everyone I know:

What is happening here? “Like” if you can’t...

Thu, 31 May 2012 14:38:10 -0400

What is happening here? “Like” if you can’t wait to find out.

An open letter to Steven Soderbergh Dear Steven Soderbergh, We...

Wed, 30 May 2012 21:18:00 -0400

An open letter to Steven Soderbergh

Dear Steven Soderbergh,

We know that you’ve been called many things in your illustrious career: bold, innovative, genius, visionary…the list goes on. But we’ll be honest, we didn’t really get all the hype. I mean we enjoyed Oceans Eleven and Thirteen. We thought Traffic and Out of Sight were pretty good.

But now, thanks to Magic Mike, we stand corrected. We can barely come up with enough superlatives to describe you. And we haven’t even seen the movie yet.

So thank you. We cannot describe the utter joy we feel everytime we get a Google alert for “magic mike,” watch the trailer(s) (sometimes in freeze frame mode), look at pictures of the cast or even just hear the words “magic” or “Mike”. Not only have you created what appears to be the greatest movie of our generation, but you have found a way fill each and everyone of our days with happiness, horniness and handsomeness.

With undying gratitude,

Young Feminists for Magic Mike

PS Thank you for giving us a new found appreciation for the American flag. We have never felt more patriotic. More on that in the next letter.

(Source: lexidurante96)

'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Delay Is About the 'Tatum of It All' | Deadline

Wed, 30 May 2012 20:47:00 -0400

'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Delay Is About the 'Tatum of It All' | Deadline:

This is the smartest decision Paramount has ever made. All films slated to come out right now should be halted and re-shot to include more scenes with Channing Tatum (including The Amazing Spider Man and To Rome With Love.) He’s the perfect addition to any film!

Quote of the Day “Fact is, the law says that you cannot...

Wed, 30 May 2012 20:38:23 -0400

Quote of the Day

“Fact is, the law says that you cannot touch. But I see a lotta of lawbreakers up in this house tonight…”

This may also be the greatest movie quote of all time.

Matt Bomer performing Dr. Love | Magic Mike This tumblr is a...

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:00:00 -0400

Matt Bomer performing Dr. Love | Magic Mike

This tumblr is a place for us to put our thoughts and feelings on what we can only expect will be the greatest movie of all time. Our emotions and questions about the film are legion. To begin with just this image: Why are his scrubs creased? Are those wool slacks dyed to look like scrubs? Did he purchase them or dye them himself? Whither the sweat bands on the orderlies? Are the restraints necessary? Why would Matthew Bomer need to be wearing just one rubber glove? Is the glove part of the costume or functional? And as always, we are eternally curious about what music is playing during the strip tease. These are just a few of the mysteries that we can only hope the film will solve for us.