I had no idea! <p><strong>The Background</strong>: Sarah El-Mahmoud has been with CinemaBlend since 2018, starting as a freelancer shortly after graduating from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in Journalism. In college, she was the Managing Editor of the award-winning college paper, The Daily Titan where she specialized in writing/editing long-form features, profiles and arts &amp; entertainment coverage, including her first run-in with movie reporting, with a phone interview with Guillermo del Toro for Best Picture winner, The Shape of Water.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>What She's Into</strong>: Sarah is CinemaBlend's resident YA enthusiast, often bringing her lifetime love of books and the stories behind their often contentious adaptations to the site. Deeply into when music and movies intersect, from knowing the hype musical tracks of Mamma Mia!, beautiful scores of Michael Giacchino and yes, the absolute banger Twilight soundtrack way too well. She is also passionate about highlighting and interviewing voices within the industry to help open the door for Hollywood to better represent the world through movies and television. Horror, she really loves horror movies. The world of animation as well... OK don't make her pick one genre.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>What She's Excited About Right Now</strong>: The continued resurgence of horror and musicals. The next Hunger Games movie, Mike Flanagan's upcoming shows, the Wicked movies and the final Spider-Verse animated film.&nbsp;</p>
America Ferrera talked about doing shots with Margot Robbie, and this Barbie duo seems like they have a lot of fun.
Megan Fox's ex Brian Austin Green opened up about their relationship, and promptly texted her to apologize.
It sounds like the Affleck/JLo wedding was an emotional experience for Kevin Smith.
Evil Dead Rise director confirms that the next Evil Dead film with have a ton of blood and gore in it, now that it has wrapped on filming.
The number of actresses that were also up for the Devil Wears Prada role is pretty shocking.
Baby Yoda, the money-printing meme machine created by Disney to beat us all into submission with cuteness, caught fire across social media the instant he first appeared on the Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian. (Get that “The Child” nonsense straight out of my face, his name is Baby Yoda.) Chief among those memes was the image of the tiny robed alien sipping from a mug of soup while the Mando (Pedro Pascal) and Cara Dune (Gina Carano) fight. It’s proven to be an extremely versatile image on social media, and series director Bryce Dallas Howard recently revealed …
By all accounts, Big is a classic of 1980s cinema. A charming comedy that helped cement Tom Hanks' status as a superstar. An irresistible premise full of iconic moments -- the FAO Schwarz piano, the toy-filled apartment, Zoltar. An absolute win for director Penny Marshall. But, by cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld's accounts -- which he, conveniently, compiled in a memoir out today -- it was an absolute nightmare to make. You may now know Sonnenfeld best as the director of classics like Men in Black, Get Shorty, and The Addams Family. But he started as a director of photography, working with luminaries …