Directed by “Soul” editor Kevin Nolting (a Pixar vet for nearly 22 years), the short provided an opportunity to dig more deeply into 22’s aversion to life until she meets jazz pianist Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx), who’s determined to return to Earth to play professionally in New York. “All during the making of ‘Soul,’ we wondered why she didn’t want to be born,” said Nolting, who also edited the Oscar-winning “Inside Out” and “Up” for director/chief creative officer Pete Docter....

If budget-friendly office desk is your thing, there are a bunch of different options to choose from. Finding the perfect desk can easily turn into an exhausting search, especially when you’re not physically in a store to test important features such as durability and sturdiness. Luckily, desk designs can be pretty versatile, giving you lots of groundwork when it comes to style, functionality, and most importantly: price point. Whether you’re shopping for an office desk, writing desk, computer desk, a folding desks, an L-shaped desk, or a space-saving workstation that’s small enough to fit in a dorm room, you don’t have to spend over $100 to get something nice....

TV writing is a realm where the writer can become just as popular as the show they create. While there are fundamental similarities to any genre of screenwriting and script writing, writing for television is its own area of specialty. If you’ve ever dreamed of writing a TV series, we’ve rounded up a bunch of books that need to be on your reading list. Even if you already work in television, or are thinking about writing a screenplay, you’ll find some useful information in the titles below....

The new release date for “A Quiet Place Part II” marks its fourth attempt at opening. Paramount was originally scheduled to open the movie in U.S. theaters on March 20, 2020, but the pandemic forced the title to delay to September 4, 2020. As the pandemic showed no signs of slowing down, Paramount announced in July it would be delaying “A Quiet Place Part II” again to April 23, 2021, over a year after its first scheduled date....

“Originally this thing was quite a dark, R-rated, vicious action piece, but we hammed it up and made it fun,” star Aaron Taylor-Johnson told HERO Magazine in conversation with Andrew Garfield. “I don’t know what happened, but it became a comedy!” “Bullet Train” stars Pitt, Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Sandra Bullock, Joey King, Andrew Koji, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Shannon, Zazie Beetz, and Benito A Martínez Ocasio (aka Bad Bunny) in the ensemble cast....

All due respect to James Cameron and his underwater actors in “Avatar: The Way of Water,” but you can’t beat the filmmaking gamble of Casper Kelly’s “Adult Swim Yule Log.” Adult Swim’s first feature-length live action endeavor dropped without warning December 11 after the season finale of “Ricky and Morty”: A cozy two-minute yule log video morphs into a disturbing home invasion horror movie that becomes a supernatural cabin-in-the-woods thriller with a young couple (Justin Miles and Andrea Laing) who may be at the mercy of a haunted fireplace....

The annual awards fete the finest production design in movies, TV, commercials, music videos, and animated features in 12 categories. The monochromatic “Mank” is the only film that took home an ADG award that is competing for Best Picture. Pixar’s “Soul” is the favorite for Best Animated Feature. Other ADG nominees included Oscar hopefuls “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” In terms of the Oscar race, “Mank” is now primed to take the win for the meticulous work created by production designer Don Burt and set decorator Jan Pascale....