Similarly, he’s now built a movie around MMA fighter Gina Carano. The difference is that Haywire is no throwaway, for-the-fun-of-it flick, but a legitimate art film and literate espionage vehicle. Double-crossed in a Barcelona job, “company” agent Mallory Kane (Carano) finds herself set up — by her boss and lover, no less (Ewan McGregor, Beginners) […]
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Contagion
Propelled by Cliff Martinez’s other terrific score of 2011 (“Drive” being the other), “Contagion” starts there, on day two of a new, highly lethal virus’ outbreak. Why not day one? There’s a valid reason for that. With the skill of a circus veteran, Soderbergh and writer Scott Z. Burns (“The Informant!”) keep many plates spinning, […]
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Munn ho!: Eighth in a series
Like news of her next movie to shoot, Steven Soderbergh’s male stripper flick, “Magic Mike.” Munn’s been cast as the girlfriend of lead Channing Tatum, who was a stripper before hitting it big in Hollywood. At Shape magazine, she’s even on the October issue’s cover, where she’s sure to attract legions of female haters by […]