Sarah El-Mahmoud
The Background: 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 & 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.
What She's Into: 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.
What She's Excited About Right Now: 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.
Latest articles by Sarah El-Mahmoud
Final Destination 6 Has Set Up Its Main Cast, And It Includes Some Star Wars And DC TV Actors
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
The upcoming Final Destination movie has casted a host of actors as the production gets underway in Vancouver.
Rachel Zegler Can't Stop, Won't Stop Sharing Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes BTS Pics, And I Love To See It
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes' Rachel Zegler keeps sharing sweet BTS tidbits from the film.
Calling All Oscars: Darren Aronofsky Is Teaming With Austin Butler To Adapt A Popular Novel
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Austin Butler has found his next movie, and he's set to be working with Darren Aronofsky!
Florence Pugh Shares Video Touring The Thunderbolts Set, Jokes Someone Will 'Rugby Tackle' Her For Posting It
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Florence Pugh shares a sneaky video of herself on the set of Marvel's upcoming movie, Thunderbolts, where she'll reprise her role as Yelena Belova.
After Rumored Setbacks, Star Trek 4 Has Taken A Huge Step Forward
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
A new screenwriter for Star Trek 4 has been chosen by Paramount.
Judd Apatow Is Confused About The Perceived Status Of Big Screen Comedies Following Barbie's Blockbuster Success, And He's Totally Right
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Judd Apatow weighed in on Barbie's success and status as a comedy whilst sharing his thoughts on the genre's future.
Jennifer Garner Responded After The Last Thing He Told Me Got Renewed For Season 2, But Fans Have All The Questions
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Apple's The Last Thing He Told Me will return for a second season with Jennifer Garner.
DeWanda Wise Contemplates Two Wild Questions About Imaginary’s Plot, And Some Good Points Were Made
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Exclusives DeWanda Wise talked to us about producing Blumhouse's Imaginary, and what she and the filmmakers had to think about.
Kristen Stewart Doesn't Envision Herself In A Classic Wedding Dress, But Admits She Already 'Got To Do It' In Twilight: 'Kind Of The One'
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
How does one top Kristen Stewart's viral wedding dress in The Twilight Saga? According to the actress, you don't.
The Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Cast Talk About The Scenes They’d Love To Show Ivan Reitman To Hear His Feedback
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Exclusives Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd and Finn Wolfhard reflect on how the late Ivan Reitman might react to the latest Ghostbusters movie.
Whoa, Imaginary’s 10-Year-Old Pyper Braun Actually Inspired The Movie’s Most Chilling Scene
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Exclusives Jeff Wadlow shares how one key (and rather scary) Imaginary scene came together.
‘She Was So Public About It’: Frida Director Shares How New Amazon Documentary Handles The Icon’s Bisexuality
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Exclusives Frida director Carla Gutierrez talks about portraying Frida Kahlo's queerness in intimate Amazon Prime documentary about the painter's life.
Movie Character Break-Ups We're Still Not Over
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
It's time to talk about our favorite love affairs that didn't get happy endings across Hollywood's history.
Best Rom-Coms For Teens And How To Watch Them
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
These great romantic comedies revolving around high schoolers will set your heart aflutter.
I Just Learned Matt Damon Met His Wife The Same Year Ben Affleck And JLo First Broke Up
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
So apparently, Matt Damon me his future wife the same year that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez broke up, and wow.
Critics Have Seen Jake Gyllenhaal's Road House Remake, And They're All Saying The Same Thing About Conor McGregor
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Critics have thoughts on Jake Gyllenhaal's Road House remake, and they involve Conor McGregor.
Millie Bobby Brown Shares The Valuable Lesson She Learned On Godzilla That Helped Her While Filming Damsel
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Exclusives As Millie Bobby Brown talks fighting a dragon in Netflix's Damsel, she reflected on her work in Godzilla: King of the Monsters.
Where Did Blumhouse Come Up With The Idea For An Evil Teddy Bear Movie Anyway? Imaginary's Origins, Explained
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Exclusives When CinemaBlend spoke to director Jeff Wadlow and producer Jason Blum, we learned about Chauncey's origins.
Imaginary Review: As Scary As You’d Expect From A Movie About A Teddy Bear
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Tried-and-true fans of the genre are not going to bat an eye at this rather elementary scare fest.
‘The Internet Really Loved Him Recently’: Call Her Daddy Host Nods At Drake’s Alleged Nude Photo Leak While Asking Camila Cabello About Vacationing With The Rapper
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Camila Cabello was the latest guest on Call Her Daddy, and she spilled the tea on her recent Drake link up.
Jason Blum Ran Into John Krasinski, Who Also Has An Imaginary Friend Movie, And It Was Awkward: ‘I Hope He Is Not Upset With Us’
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Exclusives Imaginary's director Jeff Wadlow and producer Jason Blum react to John Krasinski's own imaginary friend movie coming out two months after their horror movie.
The Twilight Series Is Moving Forward In An Unexpected Way, And I'm So Here For It
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Lionsgate is working on a Twilight series, and I'm so here for how the studio wants to reboot the franchise.
Clueless’ Donald Faison Has A Way Harsh Take On His Character Today, And I Can’t Disagree With Him
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Clueless alum Donald Faison has some brutal thoughts about his iconic '90s character, Murray.