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Using your hands Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures In the film, Cage’s Balthazar Blake character uses a lot of hand movements when he utilizes his magical abilities. Cage brings the sort of gusto to all of these gestures usually reserved for a middle finger on the highway. This was all of the actor’s design, according to an interview he did with RadioFree.com. “I remember early on, we were talking about Balthazar wearing these two bracelets, and that whenever he made magic, he’d put the two bracelets together, kind of like Sinbad pulling his belt, and then things would magically happen....

Pearl And X Are Streaming Digitally From A24 This Week A24 By Valerie Ettenhofer/Oct. 17, 2022 2:37 pm EST Ti West’s “Pearl” won’t be hitting shelves as a home release for a few more weeks, but if you missed either of the filmmaker’s Hollywood-inspired slashers in theaters this year, you’ll still be able to witness the madness and genius from the comfort of your own home soon. A24 has just announced that they’ll be screening a double feature of “X” and “Pearl” in the A24 Screening Room this Thursday, October 20, so you can get that movie theater experience without facing the crowds or paying for overpriced popcorn....

Pitch Perfect: Bumper In Berlin Showrunner Megan Amram Expands The Franchise [Exclusive Interview] Peacock By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 16, 2022 3:00 pm EST Megan Amram is a weird person, and I say that as a compliment from the bottom of my weird little heart. The hilarious writer known for “Silicon Valley,” “The Good Place,” “An Emmy For Megan,” and the best meme in the entirety of the Trump Administration is now a showrunner, bringing “Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin” to Peacock....

The Editing Room Altar Paramount Leone’s father Vincenzo, who went by Roberto Roberti professionally, was also a filmmaker who exposed his son to the behind-the-scenes process, As a result, Leone was already familiar with how a large, intermingling crew of technicians and artists working with a vast array of technology was how movie magic happened. As a cinephile from a young age, Leone was plainly aware of the technical grit of filmmaking yet nevertheless transfixed by the final product....

Andor reviews & breakdowns Above, Nerdist’s Dan Casey breaks down everything you might have missed in this week’s episode of “Andor.” Next, Alex at Star Wars Explained shares his thoughts on “Nobody’s Listening!” On Live Action Star Wars, Ralph and James discuss the ninth episode of “Andor.” Tales of the Jedi & LGBTQ representation That Gay Jedi has an excellent video about “Tales of the Jedi” and the retconning of LGBTQ representation....

Thanks To Andor, S*** Just Got Real In The Star Wars Universe Lucasfilm By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 21, 2022 1:04 pm EST “Star Wars,” as we all know, is very serious business and no filmmaker would ever dare depart from the traditions that have been established since 1977. For instance, some character must always mention that they have a “bad feeling” about what’s going to happen. The opening shot of every movie must always take place in space, too....

Finally being heard (Yes Day) Netflix Katie (Jenna Ortega) isn’t being heard. She feels trapped in her life and just wants to hang out with her friends. When planning to attend the music festival Fleekfest, her mother Allison (Jennifer Garner) refuses to let Katie go unless she comes with her. Of course, that’s the least ideal scenario. As the family enjoys their yes day, on which the parents must say yes to their kids’ every request, Allison snoops on Katie’s phone and finds a photo of boys texted to her from her best friend Layla (Megan Stott)....

She-Hulk: Attorney At Law Disney+ The first season of “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” featured less actual lawyering than fans of the character may have expected, but its end credits still paid homage to Tatiana Maslany’s superpowered attorney with courtroom sketch-inspired sign-offs. These comedic, colorful sketches illustrated by Kagen McLeod and cooked up by the team at ASPECT often doubled as potential deleted scenes, starting with She-Hulk in the courtroom before going off book to reimagine moments from the week — like Jen explaining a flow chart about Captain America’s virginity to her cousin Bruce (Mark Ruffalo)....

The Classic Art That May Have Inspired The Costume Design On The Rings Of Power Prime Video By Jenna Busch/Sept. 16, 2022 6:18 pm EST “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” is halfway through season 1, so I’m going to take a moment to praise the incredible costumes of characters like Míriel (Cynthia Addai-Robinson), Galadriel (Morfydd Clark), and Disa (Sophia Nomvete and the MVP of the series). I’m not alone in this admiration....

The Importance Of Star Wars Returning To Its Practical VFX Roots Lucasfilm By Steven Ward/Aug. 5, 2022 6:11 pm EST An overreliance on CGI is a pitfall faced by many sci-fi movies. Even “Star Wars,” with all its revolutionary effects, has found itself criticized for excessively using the technology. Like when George Lucas decided to unnecessarily update his original trilogy with a bunch of gaudy-looking computer generated imagery. Or when the prequels emerged looking far too polished, especially when it came to space battles and lightsaber duels, despite being canonically set further in the past than the original trilogy....

Why John Ford Waited So Long To Bring John Wayne Into The Big Leagues United Artists By Jeremy Smith/Aug. 31, 2022 4:23 pm EST For over a decade of John Wayne’s early career, the actor was considered too much of a lightweight to register as the two-fisted lead in a Western or war flick. At 6’ 4", you’d think he’d be an imposing presence, but put him in front of a camera and that immaculate face would undo him every time....

Why You Should Watch The Sandman’s End Credits DC Comics By Jamie Gerber/Aug. 3, 2022 3:41 pm EST Prepare to start seeing Morpheus in your dreams, because “The Sandman” finally arrives on Friday. The Netflix show follows Dream of the Endless, who is the living embodiment of dreams and master of the Dreaming itself. Like most of us, his relationship with his family is complicated, especially since his siblings happen to be Destiny, Death, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and Delirium....

Quack attack is back, Jack! Buena Vista Pictures Doherty’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-him (and ultimately pared down) role in “Home Alone” was that of Steffan McCallister, a cousin of Kevin living in France. The two smartly dressed girls opposite Doherty in the scene are further McCallister cousins and unnamed sisters of Steffan. Their parents are Rob (Ray Toler) and Georgette (Virginia Smith), Kevin’s aunt and uncle and parents to Steffan and Heather (Kristin Minter), the latter of whom was the elder McCallister who did the initial (wrong) headcount in the first movie....

American Horror Story Season 11: Everything We Know So Far About The Return Of The FX Horror Series FX By Valerie Ettenhofer/Aug. 2, 2022 9:31 pm EST “American Horror Story” is ten seasons in and shows no signs of stopping. Since 2011, the high-concept FX anthology from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk has covered everything from murderous Los Angeles real estate to rundown circus sideshows to the real-life missing colonists of Roanoke, Virginia....

Ben Stiller Stunned The Severance Cast With A Season 1 Surprise Apple TV+ By Andrew Housman/Sept. 19, 2022 10:17 am EST “Severance” has as many twists and turns in its plot as there are hallways in its set. Despite how brightly illuminated these liminal spaces are on the Apple TV+ television series, it’s never certain what waits around the corner of this labyrinth. Audiences weren’t the only ones who didn’t know what to expect, either....

Better Call Saul Season 6 Breaks Bad And Turns On The Waterworks AMC By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 8, 2022 10:55 pm EST Welcome back, “Saul” fans. I was on vacation last week, which means you get a double-dose of “Better Call Saul” recaps tonight, with both episode 11, “Breaking Bad,” and episode 12, “Waterworks.” And of course, it’s worth mentioning that tonight’s episode is the penultimate ep of the series — yep, there’s only one more “Better Call Saul” episode left before the show rides off into the sunset....

Clive Barker Had One Overarching Piece Of Advice About David Bruckner’s Hellraiser Approach Hulu By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 22, 2022 4:39 pm EST David Bruckner has made quite a name for himself as the director of “The Night House,” “The Ritual,” and segments for “Southbound,” “V/H/S/,” and “The Signal.” He’s been cited as one of the most exciting voices in the genre, but all of that good faith is no match for the expectations set when tackling a legacy franchise....

Disenchanted Director Teases The Film’s Winks And Nods To Other Disney Movies Disney By Matthew Bilodeau/Nov. 14, 2022 6:06 pm EST About 15 years ago, director Kevin Lima (“A Goofy Movie”) made something pretty special with “Enchanted.” The 2007 live-action riff on Disney tropes is loaded with charm primarily thanks to Amy Adams as Giselle, the marriage-hopeful Princess who finds herself leaving her animated world of Andalasia for the real world after falling down a well....

What’s actually going on? Instagram/Henry Cavill Not only was Johnson determined to get Superman in his “Black Adam” movie, he was also insistent that Henry Cavill was the only Superman for the job (unlike the “Shazam!” post-credits scene, which used a body double and never showed Superman’s face). Johnson continued: “You can Venn diagram, business-wise, this whole thing 90 different times, but it all comes back to, ‘Where’s Superman?’ You have to have Superman in the mix....

Finding The Right ‘Voice’ For Jack Torrance Was Key To The Shining’s Success Warner Bros. By Michael Boyle/Dec. 22, 2022 7:51 pm EST There are a million reasons why Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” has become such a beloved film, but the top of the list has got to be Jack Nicholson’s performance as Jack Torrance. Unlike his book counterpart, Nicholson’s Jack gives off unsettling vibes from the moment he shows up on screen, and he only gets worse from there....