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It was my pleasure to be the guest on Talking Bay 94, a terrific Star Wars podcast.  Industrial Light & Magic digital artist and composi...

Trying something new. I thought I'd attempt to discuss a single weird shot in the 1968 classic film, "Bullitt". I wrote this t...

I recently chatted with Jack Moulton at Letterboxd about how I use the Letterbox app, and we went deep into how we look at movies throughou...

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...

As a kid watching this bit of performance by David Prowse in "Return of the Jedi", I was absolutely convinced that Vader's ...

Disney has been tweeting artwork for each of the movies and TV shows that will be available to stream on its new network, Disney+. One ...

update 5/28/2025: Because of some shenanigans with their server/parent company, my episodes are no longer on the main podcast feed. Grrr. ...

Hal Hickel and I had a lot of fun talking with Ashley Barry-Biancuzzo about our favorite shots from the "Star Wars" movie serie...

"Rogue One" (2016), visual effects by ILM. Visual effects supervisor John Knoll. Lighting by Tom Martinek, compositing by Tod...

  "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" (2006), visual effects by ILM. Visual effects supervisor John Knoll. Winner...

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2015) pic.twitter.com/BKcCLAlhJS — ULTRAKiLLBLAST (@ultrakillblast) March 1, 2019 We take this movie for gra...

"Inferno" (1999), visual effects by Banned from the Ranch Entertainment. Visual effects supervisor Van Ling, compositing/layout...

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...

The amazing armored car chase from "The Dark Knight" (2008) was presented without any musical score from Hans Zimmer, so I alwa...

It’s time for another edition of your favorite movie game show, “Wait, That Was Always There? No, Way!” Here’s a scene from “Star W...