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Disney's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms might just be the movie of the holiday season. Not only does it give us a modern twist on a classic story with a heroine who isn't afraid to create her own destiny, but it also adds an important element of diversity to the tale by author E. T. A. Hoffmann. In a recent interview with Popsugar, Misty Copeland expressed her excitement for portraying The Ballerina - a role that typically isn't played by a woman of color on screen.

Copeland, who started learning ballet at 13, is no stranger to breaking barriers in the world of ballet. In 2014, she was the first black woman to perform the lead role of Odette/Odile in the American Ballet Theatre's performance of Swan Lake in Australia. The following year, she became the first black woman to be promoted to principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre's 75-year history.

The Oculus at the Westfield World Trade Center in New York City got a magical makeover from Oct. 21 to Oct. 23 when the tetrad of worlds from Disney's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms - the Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers, Land of Sweets, and the mysterious Fourth Realm - emerged as a maze-like adventure. Two stars of the film, Mackenzie Foy, who plays Clara, and Misty Copeland, who plays The Ballerina, gladly came along for the immersive experience.

Foy and Copeland sat down with Popsugar in the Land of Sweets to talk about the excitement over the upcoming movie. Before the interview began, Copeland kicked off her gorgeously embellished heels to make herself more comfortable. Rather than sitting in a row on one of the oversize candy benches, she happily plopped on the ground so that all three of us could make a circle while we talked. "It's Ok,...

Part 2 of Mariano Llinás’s ever-expanding and increasingly gregarious La Flor begins in media res—albeit not at all where we last left off. “Somewhere in the 80s,” we are told by a now-narrating, now-omniscient Llinás at the beginning of this 342 minute part, four French-speaking spies are gathered “somewhere in South America.” Global and geopolitical, this more novelistic drama spans several continents and countless characters, and though Part 2 is subdivided numerically and neatly into 10 smaller section, it nonetheless never reveals anything except what you do not expect it to.Again and again, the audience is reminded that there are only “good guys and bad guys,” and that, as in any other slick, suspenseful spy thriller, there will be twists and turns, endless secrets and lies and characters who double-, triple-, or quadruple-cross one another. Their mission, Operation Hercules, is framed once by a character named Casterman—an investigator in Brussels...

Happy (almost) May Day, readers! A new month brings us new home media releases, and we have another great batch of titles to look forward to this week. For all you movie monster fans out there, Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell hits both Blu-ray and DVD, and Universal has assembled Tremors: The Complete Collection on DVD as well. Cult film fans are going to want to pick up the new HD releases of Blood Hook and Terror, and for those of you who missed it in theaters earlier this year, Winchester comes home to haunt your shelves this Tuesday.

Other releases for May 1st include Desolation, Stephanie, Caught, Followers, The Ballerina, Trailer Park Shark, The Unwilling, and Kaleidoscope.

Blood Hook

7 years ago, Peter's grandfather went missing under mysterious circumstances. Now, Peter and his friends have returned to the placid Wisconsin town to check out his inherited lake house and...

Stars: Steve Pullen, Isabella Pullen, Peggy Pullen, Charles Pullen, Bronson Pullen, Joseph Pullen, Cheyenne Fridley. Valli Downey, Deena Dill, Del Crawford, Aidan Dunlap, Alexandra Pouloutides | Written and Directed by Steve Pullen

On the run from Child Protective Services, Glenn and his nine-year- old daughter, Sophia, disappear into the swampy Virginia backwoods. In hiding they live off the land in a tattered tent, keeping a safe distance from other homeless outcasts and the gangs of rednecks who occupy the forest. The tragedy that has brought father and daughter to this desperate place has also torn a crater-like hole in their shattered lives, leaving the girl defenceless against nightly hauntings by ghosts who encircle the tent and breathe threats to carry her away. As the hauntings become increasingly violent and terrifying her father is forced to try everything in his power to free his daughter from the grip of this nightly torment.

101 Films have announced they are set to release Steven Pullen’s The Ballerina, an American horror film in the tradition of The Forest and The Awakening that takes the haunted forest sub-genre to terrifying new heights, on DVD and digital download next month.

On the run from Child Protective Services, Glenn and his nine-year- old daughter, Sophia, disappear into the swampy Virginia backwoods. In hiding they live off the land in a tattered tent, keeping a safe distance from other homeless outcasts and the gangs of rednecks who occupy the forest. The tragedy that has brought father and daughter to this desperate place has also torn a crater-like hole in their shattered lives, leaving the girl defenceless against nightly hauntings by ghosts who encircle the tent and breathe threats to carry her away. As the hauntings become increasingly violent and terrifying her father is forced to try everything in his...