Binary Botox: The Case Against Digital De-Aging
Let’s get one thing straight: Rogue One should’ve let Peter Cushing rest in peace. Digital de-aging has been a not-so-recent… Read More
November 28, 2017
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The Unheralded Imagination of Early DreamWorks Animation
Remembering the genuine creative risks of DreamWorks’ early repertoire, and the heat death of traditional animation. Read More
May 18, 2017
7 Films That Could Be Headlined by Creepy Dead CGI Actors
Performances from the Uncanny Valley.If you saw Rogue One last weekend, you glimpsed what may be the future of posthumous performances.… Read More
December 23, 2016
The Lazy Backlash Against CGI Needs to End
Almost immediately after it played at Comic-Con, a teaser scene from Duncan Jones’ Warcraft leaked online. Just like every other… Read More
July 16, 2015
What CGI Can’t Do
Within the past two weeks, I’ve seen two large-scale, effects-driven adventure movies, and neither looked anything like the other. The… Read More
May 11, 2015
The Mental Gap That Makes Blockbuster Movies Boring
Walt Disney PicturesWe’re on the cusp of summer with all of its glistening promise of wide-eyed wonder, and the most pressing… Read More
April 28, 2014
SFotD: ‘The Escape’ is Fueled By Adrenaline and Photoshop Skills
https://medium.com/media/0e34942adabb7c22a19e4a0b794e4fe5/hrefWhy Watch? The opening shot will hook anyone with its gorgeous, highly-detailed cityscape from a neon-infused future. Fortunately, the rest… Read More
October 15, 2012
6 Powerful ‘Oz’ Pics Show Off Some Gorgeous CGI Terrain and Michelle Williams as a Good Witch
There’s no doubt that Sam Raimi learned a lot (and proved a lot) about big budget filmmaking when he took… Read More
July 16, 2012
Watch: ‘Video Game High School’ Is What the Future Should Look Like
Why Watch? Yesterday, we wrote about the theory that sites like YouTube and Vimeo would make festivals obsolete for independent… Read More
May 31, 2012