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February 14th, 2014
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Blood Work
December 1st, 2004
December 1st, 2004
‘Be afraid, be very afraid.’ That’s the advice from Paul Katte, cofounder of Sydney’s Makeup Effects Group, when asked what he says to aspiring makeup effects practitioners in Australia.
Star Wars vs Harry Potter
December 5th, 2012
December 5th, 2012
Meanwhile, such classic tropes will outlive us all. Maybe in 2023 a bunch of Gen-Yers will take their kids to see the latest CGI action adventure blockbuster and snort derisively to each other ‘this is just Harry bloody Potter all over again’.
Through a Virtual Eye
June 1st, 2007
June 1st, 2007
It’s the distributors and studios that are going to save money — by not having to earmark hundreds of millions to send a movie around the world as they do currently.
Will artificial intelligence be your next girlfriend?
March 6th, 2014
March 6th, 2014
If Scarlett Johansson was your computer operating system, wouldn’t you fall in love with her? Of course, you don’t really get to roll around in bed with her like the hero Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) in ‘her’ (but then he doesn’t really either, in a scene that’s frankly a bit creepy).
Paranormal Activity: Ghost Protocol
October 23rd, 2015
October 23rd, 2015
Peli agrees that THE GHOST DIMENSION is the last PARANORMAL ACTIVITY story he plans to be involved with. But then again, he reminds us it’s not really up to him whether or not we see the name again. ‘Maybe, many years down the road, they’ll say they want a re-make or more of them. I have no idea,’ he says.
Oblique September 11 references
April 30th, 2008
April 30th, 2008
It was inevitable Hollywood would deconstruct the actual events — as it finally did with United 93 and World Trade Center — but for the longest time it hardly dared breathe the phrase ‘September 11, 2001’, using the drama of everything from aliens to divorce as a stand-in.
Artificial Intelligence In Movies
Ever heard of The Uncanny Valley? It's that strange zone where a ...
Hunting the White Rabbit
Down the Hole
You think the Wachowski brothers had it tough?
Sure, they brought ...
December 1st, 2004
How Hollywood Murdered the Blockbuster
Steven Spielberg invented the blockbuster, but what kind of terror hath he ...
November 20th, 2015
Batman Ends
2005's Batman Begins, from the Chicago-based, UK-born writer/director Christopher Nolan, was a ...
July 25th, 2012
Men in the Moon
Director David Sington refocuses our gaze on the Moon landings but this ...
April 5th, 2008
Creative Free For All
A historic experiment in film and media was all ready to take ...
June 1st, 2005