FXRant

Just about every single TV sold in the U.S. has ‘motion smoothing’ switched on by default. The TV attempts to create additional tempora...

I made a Special Edition High Definition restoration of Doomblake's video, "Darth Vader being a Jerk." direct link ...

This is one of director J.J. Abrams' favorite visual effects shots from his film, "Mission: Impossible III". Rather than ha...

Hal Hickel, promoting "Rogue One" on home video, with Alan Tudyk (voice of K-2SO) If you want to hear a fun interview with IL...

I read this somewhere. In an attempt to answer the question "What is great cinematography?", a solid answer is "if you ...

Whenever there’s a chance to do an apples-to-apples comparison of something related to the art and science of filmmaking, I’ll jump on it...

Back in July of 1986, Starlog Magazine printed an article by Bruce Gordon about "Back to the Future", in which Gordon ponders ...

update: Since Cinefex shut down, the links presented below have broken. I've restored the article and you can read it here:  http://...

I joined my friends Merlin Mann and John Siracusa for a special episode of their podcast, Reconcilable Differences. It's a very speci...

click here for larger I made a graphic charting the progression of the guilty-not guilty voting in the jury room from the 1957 classic...

Every single shot of the original "Star Wars" trilogy is shown in real time without any temporal maniuplation, with only two ex...

Congratulations to the entire visual effects team behind "Blade Runner 2049" for their Academy Award win for Best Visual Effects! ...

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 a t...

“War for the Planet of the Apes” was the big winner at the 16th VES Awards. Winner of four awards, including Outstanding Visual Effects...

"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" was the top earner of this year's visual effects Oscar nominees, at $1.3B global box office.  ...