Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) and Olivia Wenscombe (Scarlett Johansson) in The Prestige. Warner Bros. “The first part is called “The Pledge”. The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of ...

Legendary magician Penn Jillette reviews some of the most iconic magic tricks in cinema, from the dramatic illusions in The Prestige and The Illusionist to the comedic tricks in Ant-Man and The Wasp ...

In "The Prestige," Cutter (Michael Caine) says that a great magic trick is composed of three parts: The "Pledge" is where the audience is shown something ordinary, followed by the "Turn," during which ...

The film was co-written and directed by "Batman Begins" director Christopher Nolan. I have to admit I am a Nolan fan. His first film, "Memento," is a spectacular feat of editing, and he is responsible ...

The Prestige 's narrative is imbued with historical references, including a fateful meeting with the iconic Nikola Tesla (David Bowie). Just like a great magic trick, The Prestige requires close ...

All magic tricks have three parts — and so do most movies, for that matter. No wonder writer-director Christopher Nolan (“Memento”) performs such marvelous sleight-of-hand in “The Prestige,” a ...

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Magic trumped the battlefield at the national boxoffice Friday as Buena Vista's "The Prestige" took the top spot for the day, while Paramount Pictures' "Flags of Our Fathers" entered the list in the ...