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

It’s that time of year again.  Time to feed The VFX Predictinator. For the uninitiated, The VFX Predictinator is a formula my wif...

Congratulations to all the nominees for Best Visual Effects in the 84th Academy Awards.  The winner will be announced Sunday, February 26...

Inspired by The Talk Show #71  hosted by Dan Benjamin and John Gruber, I just had to make a poster for the rhetorical film, James Bond: ...

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

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 ...