FXRant

photo credit: michaelbay.com read about what these two are discussing here Update, January 11, 2009 - "Avatar" has surpassed ...

In Part 1 , we looked at cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema's geometric motifs in "Let The Right One In." In this post, we loo...

The visual effects branch of the Academy have announced their 'list of 15' films, considered semifinalists in the race for the Osca...

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...

Illustrating a visual motif without being overt and obvious is not a simple task. Director Tomas Alfredson and his cinematographer Hoyte v...

Holy cow - my sister is on the television! I wrote about her before, when her book debuted a few weeks ago. Well, were she is, promoting he...

Do you know someone with young twins? Or is expecting twins? Is that someone you? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then you h...

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

Harrison Ford keeps losing his family.

Here are some cleverly edited clips from "The Colbert Report," with Stephen air-guitaring the 'extreme' theme of the Sport...

Here are two amazing fan-made videos of Stephen Colbert breaking character. Serious kudos go out to these obsessive fans who cut the videos...

From "The Colbert Report," June 2, 2009. During the opening segment, the camera does an inadvertent cut, briefly taking Stephen b...

Two summers ago, I wrote about a Pixar film standing tall as the only major summer studio feature that was wholly original. In Wonder Takes...

Post Magazine's cover story is all about ILM's visual effects for J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek." The article, written by K...