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Snow White and the Huntsman Featurette – How did they Make the Digital Armies?

Snow White and the Huntsman Army

Universal Pictures have released this great featurette from the movie looking at how the armies were created in the wood during the opening scene of the film where we see the King attaching hundreds of people who shatter on impact. Most of what you see was done in a computer and as you’ll see from [...]




Ted Review

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A TV showrunner/writer branching out and bringing their own inimitable style to the big screen can be a tricky endeavour, but Ted marks a triumphant achievement for Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane in what is undoubtedly the comedy of the year thus far. The film’s sugar-coated fairytale-like exterior (complete with a wonderfully deadpan Patrick Stewart [...]




Hollywood Unhinged – Pulling the plug on the CGI apocalypse

Keira prepares for the end of everything

On planetary destruction, misinterpreting Mayan texts and tackling computer-generated disasters. The end of the world, this week, is low-key. Male strippers dominate cinemas right now in Magic Mike, but there’s drama of a different sort in Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World. It’s the story of Steve Carell and Keira Knightley figuring [...]




Hollywood Unhinged – Can Directors get CGI rehab?

John Carter

John Carter battles Martians with a loincloth, a chiselled torso and the ability to jump really high. The John Carter trailer doesn’t give much away in terms of plot. Instead we have epic landscapes, aliens with extra limbs and production design that all looks worryingly Attack of the Clones. Visually, everything’s awesome but there’s not [...]




Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray Review

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Reviewing this box set when it is out in stores and in all probability snapped up by eager Star Wars fans seems a little unnecessary. The promise of a shiny high def transfer and the long awaited deleted scenes from the Original Trilogy conspire to tempt you to part with your cash once more, to [...]




George Lucas Adds CGI Yoda on Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray

Star Wars BD Packshot with Senitype

Two weeks ago, we got to go to the Blu-ray trailer luanch of the brand new blu-ray box set for George Lucas’ Star Wars: The Complete Saga. Those present were Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett), Anthony Daniels (C-3P0) Producer Robert Watts,  and Nick Gillard and later in the day, ILM Digital Artist John Goodson and Visual Effects Supervisor [...]




A ‘Fast & Furious’ Daytrip – Interview with Hollywood Stuntman Kyle Woods

Kyle Wood

Somewhat of an adrenaline junkie in his youth, stuntman Kyle Woods holds multiple national championships, world titles and world records from his days in the motorcycle stunt industry. With now almost a decade’s worth of work in Hollywood (including bringing his skills and talent to four films from the Fast & Furious series), HeyUGuys and [...]




The Tree Of Life Clip Gives Us A CGI-Free Cosmos

The Tree Of Life

Following its limited theatrical release so far, word of mouth on Terrence Malick’s latest has been mixed. Some have, predictably, greatly enjoyed it, others have dismissed it as a mess. As always, Malick’s work is infused with depictions of creation in all of its beauty and this time around F/X guru Douglas Trumbull (2001, Close [...]




Black Swan Visual FX Reel

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With Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” currently being showered with countless accolades and awards for the likes of Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director it’s perhaps fitting that we should take time out to appreciate the film’s stunning FX work. And in an age where CGI is overly abundant, overused and over obvious it’s even [...]




Despicable Me Mini Movie – Orientation

Minions

This is the third Mini Movies that Universal have made for Despicable Me and it’s just as good as the other two! We’ve already had Banana where we get to see just how much The Minions love fruit, then it was all about the Home Makeover where Gru’s mansion is turned into a child friendly [...]




Despicable Me Mini Movie – Home Makeover

Minions

Last week, Jon put up the first Mini Movie from Despicable Me and thousands of you out there came to the site to watch it. Now, Universal have released another called Home Makeover where we get to see what happens when the Orphanage send someone round to make sure that Gru’s house is fit for [...]




New Despicable Me Mini-Movie Preview – Banana!

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Keen to ride the wave of positive momentum from the release of their Steve Carell starring animation Despicable Me Universal have given us a sneak peek of a new Mini-Movie. It all sounds like the Pixar shorts, and is set to be included on the forthcoming Blu-ray/DVD pack. Titled Banana, this footage showcases the movie’s [...]




Framestore Talk Harry Potter and the Visual Effects

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Last night I managed to overcome the snow and the crowds in the West End of London to meet the people at Framestore. These are the people who provided Dobby and Kreacher for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and who were coincidentally celebrating the forthcoming release of the latest Narnia film, Voyage [...]




Win a Family Pass to Despicable Me and a Goodie Bag

Despicable Me UK QUad

Steve Carell gets animated in Despicable Me, out in cinemas this week and we’re giving you the chance to win a prize pack and a family pass (2 adults, 3 children) to your local Apollo Cinema to enjoy the film. We reviewed the film here, and to check out all the trailers and posters for [...]




Despicable Me Review

Despicable Me Gru

Despicable Me is the new animated movie from Universal Studios and the same producer who was behind the Ice age movies. It’s a film that has promised the same quality level set by Pixar and also to offer  some really interesting characters with the introduction of the ‘Minions’ that are no doubt going to be [...]




The Thing To Be Reborn in CGI…But Not Quite Yet

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Screen Rant is today reporting two announcements made by 20th Century Fox regarding their planned continuation of the Fantastic Four franchise, the next instalment of which is tentatively titled Fantastic Four Reborn. The first announcement informs us that The Thing will be rendered entirely in CGI, the practical effects suit worn by Michael Chiklis clearly [...]




James Franco to Witness the Rise of the Apes

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20th Century Fox are hoping that their present day prequel to Planet of the Apes will rekindle the series after the Tim Burton Apes movie didn’t work out (though it is a far more interesting movie than people give it credit for), and Rise of the Apes has a star tonight in the form of [...]




Rise of the Apes, Prequel to Planet, Out Summer 2011

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There’s finally official confirmation that 20th Century Fox are moving ahead with their prequel to the Planet of the Apes series with Rise of the Apes, due in cinemas on the 24th of June 2011. The Escapist director Rupert Wyatt will take the reins of this one, and will direct the screenplay from Amanda Silver [...]




How is a Transformer Designed?

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Let’s face it, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen wasn’t the greatest movie ever made, but one thing we can agree on its that the effects and the robots all looks phenomenal! FilmSchoolRejects have gotten their hands on a cool little video that will feature on the new Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen DVD / Blu [...]