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A few weeks ago, I did an impromptu question and answer session on Twitter. I've collected all the tweets into a Storify, and am reposti...

Many moons ago, a valuable blog post by “Vizy Acky” was circulated in online visual effects communities, simply titled “Be Prepared For...

The other night, I unleashed a tweetstorm about interactive light. Enjoy. [ View the story "Chatter about Visual Effects, Interactiv...

The time I ranted on Twitter about those horrible videos and articles about how "CGI" is ruining modern movies.   Here's the d...

The other day, I unleashed a mini-tweetstorm about diopter shots. It all started with a visual effects shot from "Star Wars: Episode II...

Just as I did for  2012 films and 2011 films , I thought it would be interesting to track the average global box office grosses from this...

... finishing up this one film.   Oh, look, here's a new teaser for a film that has some pretty nifty visual effects.   ...

Just like last year, I thought it would be interesting to see a breakdown of the average box office earnings of each of this year's ...

The nominees for the 85th Academy Awards have been announced.  As always, the winner of each category will be voted upon by the full Acade...

The first teaser for J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek Into Darkness" has arrived.  You can watch it in HD at Apple Trailers , or on ...

New commercial for "The Avengers" update: One more "The Avengers" promo, this one is a lovely fan-made video by Ma...

Two very amazing things happened recently, related to the visual effects of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon". For one, Deadlin...

An image from "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, Part II", which has earned over $1.3 billion at the global box office. ...

I’m overwhelmed by the positive response audiences have given “Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol”.  The folks ...

I can't tell you how happy I am that the early reviews of Brad Bird's "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" are so po...

It's time for the Awesomest Oscar Pool Ballot In The History Of Oscar Pool Ballots. Each year I create a special ballot based on the osc...

For the first time ever, the visual effects category of the Academy Awards is filled with five nominees (rather than the traditional three)...

After years of relentless begging and pleading from people who know what they're talking about, the visual effects branch of the Academy...

Having an Oscar party this weekend? Want to liven things up with a pool? If so, use this ballot I created for my Oscar party. Every year I...

Here are the nominees for Best Visual Effects for the 82nd Academy Awards: “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andr...