FXRant

click for larger Yeah, this is totally scientific. Just like The Predictinator. (cough) (What is The VFX Predictinator, you ask? Well...

UPDATED 10/17/14, SEE BOTTOM OF POST When it comes to issues regarding proper aspect ratio projection of movies and television shows, I am...

Many distinguished Hollywood directors have embraced the Futura font over the years, most notably Stanley Kubrick , J.J. Abrams ( here and ...

Yeah, I know. There haven't been any FXRant posts recently. I have a few half-written pieces in the pipeline, so there's that. The ...

UPDATE 2 : This post has been updated with an additional film.  Click here to read. This is an update to a previous post . Since dir...

Since it's been a while since I did one of these things... view larger sources: FAST AND FURIOUS 6 trailer (201...

Congratulations to the entire visual effects team behind "Gravity", the winner of the visual effects Oscar in the 86th Academy A...

view larger Your 2013 visual effects Academy Award nominees... without visual effects.

illustration by Graham Edwards Tomorrow is the big Oscar telecast, so let's do a quick roundup of pre-Oscar Predictinator-related n...

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

"Gravity" vfx supervisor Tim Webber. Photo by Jeff Heusser "Gravity" was the big winner at the 12th VES Awards, ho...

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...

The subtle dolly zoom in "Ratatouille". S croll down for a large , annotated film clip . Vashi Nedomansky has edited a brilli...

UPDATE: Yep. Now that the Academy Award nominations have been announced, it’s time to fire up The VFX Predictinator.  This year’s p...

The nominees for the 86th Academy Awards have been announced. As always, the nominees were determined by the visual effects branch of the A...