As the marketing people have no doubt told you, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” opens everywhere today. My review won’t be available until much later tonight, when the new issue of NOW goes online (UPDATE: There it is!), so I’ll just make that enigmatic smile I make whenever I talk about Nicolas Cage transcending the movie he’s in, and let you wonder precisely how he goes about doing that.

Mostly it’s the shoes.

In other news, if you’ve been trying to process the latest Mel Gibson scandal, the AV Club’s Genevieve Koski has found what may be the best way to understand it. Great job, Koski!