According to my records, this essay — a midway temperature-taking of this year’s summer movies — should have been about women and Hollywood. This was the season, after all, when an impressive number of films would be released with women at their center, from “Testament of Youth” to “Trainwreck.” And while those films have been hits, with “Pitch Perfect 2” and “Spy” becoming legitimate blockbusters, leave it to Channing Tatum to teach us the summer’s most valuable lesson so far.Read full article >>