FXRant

There are a LOT of keys, locks and doors in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991), so I made a video in 2022 highlighting every majo...

James Cameron, directing "Titanic" (1997) updated 3/4/25   for the 97th Academy Awards, with Denis Villeneuve snagging another VFX...

To add impact to a shocking moment of extreme violence, director Jim Cameron and the editors of "Terminator 2" used a very old-...

Recently, I had the pleasure of discussing the visual effects of the Robert Zemeckis classic, “Back to the Future” on The VFX Show podcast....

Thank you so much to everyone who wrote me with kind words on our VES Award nomination . Even though there are four names associated with t...

Hi, folks. Here's my big "Avatar" post, and there will probably be a few more about James Cameron's film in the coming we...

Yeah, it's a few weeks late, but I've been a bit busy finishing a film. On an unrelated note, the final trailer for James Cameron...

update: Please read the new FXRant post, "'Avatar' and ILM" to learn more about ILM's work on the film. Looking bac...

Okay, so I really only updated one page, the Academy Awards section of Visual Effects Headquarters that lists every visual effects Oscar w...

I love how author David Bordwell launches into a topic and digs deep. One of his terrific articles is "Unsteadicam Chronicles," ...