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A brawn and bred cinematic dream! Your visit to see Magic Mike is a night you won’t forget! 

Over time cinema has seen an array of movies showcasing female flaunting, take for instance, Coyote Ugly and Burlesque. However, a long time has passed since a movie bared the bulge and had us ladies in a fluster. Magic Mike takes what audiences loved about The Full Monty (1997) and provides audiences with a regenerated and contemporary take upon the male entertainment industry. If you’re ready to handle some buff, bronzed and boorish male heart-throbs tease their way into your lives, then allow Magic Mike to fulfil your needs.

Magic Mike is based loosely upon Channing Tatum’s experience as a male stripper in his teens. Tatum co-produced the movie, and honestly plays the lead role as “Magic Mike”, a thirty year old self-described “entrepreneur”, who owns small businesses in roof tiling, car detailing and designing custom furniture. Money struggles are a plenty, so in order to continue building his businesses’ he earns some extra cash (usually screwed up and attached to his g-string) as one of the “Cock-rocking Kings of Tampa”, a male stripping act who work at the club Xquisite. The plot evolves when Mike meets a nineteen year old naïve and directionless football scholarship dropout Adam (Alex Pettyfer) whilst working on a roofing job. Their working relationship quickly blossoms into a friendship, which leads Mike to introduce Adam to his “Kings of Tampa” work mates. Adam begins by lending a hand backstage at Xquisite, before he is awkwardly thrust on stage and encouraged to undress in front of an awaiting female audience. His shyness is an instant hit with the ladies as they see his timidness as an act. After Alex is hired by the clubs manager Dallas (Matthew McConaughey), he is taken on a wild journey through some dark and dangerous times, where he makes more than one too many implausible decisions.

The actors are perfectly cast for their roles; Tatum and Pettyfer showcase their ability to give a humorous, yet touching performance. While McConaughey works a treat as the straight-talking erratic manager, who at one point teaches Adam how to gyrate in the gym, wearing a crop top and the shortest shorts (you won’t be able to keep a straight face through this scene!). Matt Bomer, Adam Rodgriguez and Joe Manganiello are the buffed bronzed and frankly beautiful fellow dancers, who spend the majority of the film undressing, gyrating, and looking pretty - (what more could we want?).

The storytelling may be pretty foreseen, but there’s no doubting the films honesty and good humoured nature. Magic Mike is the perfect movie for a girly night out!

Release Date: UK: 11/07/12

Certificate: 15

Starring: Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey

Director: Steven Soderbergh