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Movies 07.08.2009

A scene from A Perfect Getaway after the Comen VFX treatment

Interview: Josh Comen and Tim Carras of Comen VFX

Michael Leader

We don't want anyone to know that we did anything!

Ahead of the release of A Perfect Getaway, we talk to the guys from Comen FX, about making visual effects you're not supposed to notice...

TV 17.07.2009

Heads up: True Blood starts in the UK tonight

Simon Brew

FX starts screening the marvellous True Blood in the UK, starting at 10pm tonight...

Movies 15.07.2009

Matthew Gratzner discusses the 'Betty' of Alien Resurrection

Martin Anderson

Currently working on Shutter Island, the miniatures master talks about Alien Resurrection's ship...

Movies 15.07.2009

Early, early CGI in Flight Of The Navigator (1986)

Jeff Kleiser discusses the early CGI of Flight Of The Navigator

Martin Anderson

Photo-real CGI in 1986? The visual effects supervisor on Disney's ground-breaking movie tells us how easy it wasn't...

Movies 15.07.2009

George Willis at work on the Rodger Young during the destruction sequence of Starship Troopers

Interview: George Willis on making the Rodger Young for Starship Troopers

Martin Anderson

The man who brought death and destruction to the wonderful ship in Paul Verhoeven's cult favourite tells us how he did it...

TV 15.07.2009

Some of the great spaceships from Gerry Anderson shows

The spaceships of Gerry Anderson - by Gerry Anderson

Martin Anderson

The master of SF TV chats about some of the classic space vehicles that adorned his shows...

TV 15.07.2009

Caprica/Galactica designer Richard Hudolin talks spaceships

Martin Anderson

In support of our sudden interest in screen spaceships, we chat with the man behind colonial chic...

Movies 07.07.2009

Ed Ulbrich amongst his team's remarkable achievements on Benjamin Button

Ed Ulbrich: Behind the extraordinary visual effects of Benjamin Button

Martin Anderson

It's weird, in our world, that the highest praise is when people really have no idea what we do...

Digital Domain's VFX wiz chats with DoG about making the impossible happen...

Movies 30.06.2009

Has CG had its day?

Robert McLaughlin

The entire affair seemed clinical, personality free and really just quite dull, a fireworks display of pixels without the hotdog or jacket spud of entertainment or enjoyment..

Rob discusses whether the days of ‘wow’ factor in CG have passed

Movies 11.06.2009

Have modern visual effects robbed us of reality?

Mark Pickavance

These days you just accept that the star isn't driving the car, flying the plane, jumping out of the helicopter, whatever the film suggests...

Mark bemoans the loss of genuine spectacle from modern film...

Movies 09.06.2009

Interview: Terminator Salvation VFX supervisor Charlie Gibson

Michael Leader

We chat with the man in charge of the movie magic for T4...

Movies 19.05.2009

The Enterprise: zooming our way in May 2009...

Star Trek: what it teaches film makers about special effects

Simon Brew

Because special effects exist to enhance a story, not be the story. They're there to add a dose of magic to what happens on screen, rather than become the primary focus of it

JJ Abrams’ Star Trek reboot continues to mop up cash around the world, and Simon reckons it could teach some filmmakers a few lessons about effects...

Movies 28.04.2009