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The visual effects supervisors of Industrial Light & Magic, 2011. Standing in the back row from left to right, Roger Guyett, Grady Cofe...

Two very different techniques, two very different contexts. At the beginning and end a single epic narrative.

click here for a larger image I was inspired by the discussion on 5by5's excellent podcast Hypercritical (episode 38) , hosted by Dan...

In the grand tradition of television spinoffs like AfterMASH, The Ropers, and Joey, we present Showtime's Dexter spinoff, LaGuerta! M...

From the 'Think Different' 1997 Apple Computer commercial: Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers...

As noted by this Hollywood Reporter article, a large chunk of Brad Bird's "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" was filmed...

This video illustrates how far the fringe right wing has taken over the Republican party. Can you imagine any one of the GOP hopefuls for P...

Here's a wonderful comic from 2009 that sums it all up.  Created by Barry Deutsch.

Well, here we are again. Very few FXRant updates have occurred in the last few months. The time, we spoke, I had a pretty good excuse . We...

"So, Todd, why haven't you been posting much lately?" asked a theoretical FXRant reader. I'll answer your question with a ...

Listen to the newest edition of The VFX Show, with Mike Seymour, Jason Wingrove and me, Todd Vaziri, talk about the visual effects of Robert...

Here are some highlights from my Academy Awards-night Tweets. (If you're not following me on The Twitter , then shame on you.*) Just saw...

As detailed in this post, we used The VFX Predictinator to predict the winner of the visual effects Oscar, "Inception." We were c...

Congratulations to the entire "Inception" visual effects and physical effects teams for earning the Oscar for visual effects at th...

I may or may not be live-Tweeting the Oscars. I'm @tvaziri . Keep your expectations low.