Channing Tatum Will Fireman-Carry Your Movie

Channing Tatum has appeared in 3 relatively inexpensive movies in the last 6 months: "The Vow," "21 Jump Street," & "Magic Mike". Each picture has grossed >$100M US, most notably "Magic Mike," which cost an estimated $7M to make and has grossed about $102M so far. Wow.

 Another Tatum-Soderbergh team-up (as well as Douglas and Banderas and Paxton and Fassbender and! McGregor) that I really enjoyed is "Haywire." It wasn't nearly as profitable, but is approximately 169% more high speed-low drag. Burnt mercenaries, tradecraft, duplicity and fistfights. What more could you want.

If a more soulful Tatum is your jam, go back and check out "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints." He has a small part, but it's compelling. The movie also features a pre-"Transformers" Shia LaBeouf and a post-rehab/pre-"Iron Man" Robert Downey, Jr.