FXRant

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

Spotted on The Twitter: Will five nominees screw up our formulas? Of course it will, but this could lead to The VFX Predictinator 2.0: The...

From Variety: "Boardwalk Empire" and "Inception" received the most nominations for the Visual Effects Society's nint...

I have a new metaphor to describe the studio-driven push for 3D stereo films. I've said, and many agree, that 3D is not part of the nat...

This is another follow-up post to our "Back To The Future" podcast on The VFX Show. On the podcast, we discussed the early prod...

Oh, my. What on earth am I doing? And why am I doing it?

This is the first of several follow-up posts to our "Back To The Future" podcast on The VFX Show. Here's an objective breakd...

Even those who didn't think "Inception" was a masterpiece must admit the film is rich, interesting, and worth talking about. ...

There are a few new eyeballs visiting FXRant recently (hi!), and since I'm buried in work, and would like to show off some of the origin...

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

Here's some more on-the-nose satire from The Onion: New Google Phone Service Whispers Targeted Ads Directly Into Users' Ears I parti...

Congratulations to Paul Franklin the entire team at Double Negative and New Deal Studios for their incredible visual effects work on Chris...

This photo combines three things I love: my hometown of Chicago, Michael Bay (the auteur behind 'splosions!!! ), and The A.V. Club, pos...

As the sad, demented souls who actually follow this blog have noticed (and God bless you demented souls), I haven’t been posting a lot latel...

As you may know, the amazing animated series "Futurama" is returning with new episodes on Comedy Central later this year, and they...