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  Behind the VFX and stuntmen who created 'Iron Man 3's' Air Force One rescue scene

  By Nathan Ingraham on May 11, 2013 07:05 pm + 36 comments

  One of Iron Man 3's defining action scenes is the so-called "barrel of monkeys" scene (minor Continue reading…

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  Watch 'Jurassic Park' engineers build the movie's giant mechanical T. rex

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 6, 2013 10:23 pm + 36 comments

  Jurassic Park may have helped revolutionize modern CG animation in movie-making, but out of the 14 Continue reading…

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  'Life of Pi' VFX studio reportedly acquired after facing bankruptcy

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 29, 2013 04:34 am + 34 comments

  Following weeks of speculation, the bankrupt VFX house behind many of the effects in Oscar winner L Continue reading…

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  Forty cameras turn Mark Ruffalo into the Hulk before your eyes

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 1, 2013 07:31 pm + 16 comments

  There's no need for sets or costumes at Industrial Light & Magic — when filming a movie at the Continue reading…

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  Astonishingly real Audrey Hepburn shills chocolate in new commercial

  By Amar Toor on February 28, 2013 05:22 am + 227 comments

  If the success of a commercial is measured by the number of heads it turns, then Galaxy chocolate's Continue reading…

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  Before VFX shows the stark reality of unfinished films

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on February 26, 2013 12:07 pm + 16 comments

  Like it or not, CGI is now an integral part of filmmaking — but the studios that produce the Continue reading…

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  Why are digital video effects artists so angry at Hollywood?

  By Tim Carmody on February 25, 2013 04:56 pm + 204 comments

  "The irony is not lost on any of us up here that in a film whose central premise is to ask the Continue reading…

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  Protests as Oscar-winning 'Life of Pi' VFX studio faces bankruptcy

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 24, 2013 07:44 pm + 86 comments

  All eyes are on the Oscars tonight, as Hollywood’s biggest stars make their annual pilgrimage to Continue reading…

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  Watch this: soldier hacks ex-girlfriend's robot brain in 'Tears of Steel'

  By Jeff Blagdon on September 30, 2012 01:08 pm + 40 comments

  Smoothing things over with your spurned ex-girlfriend can be arduous in the best cases, but the Continue reading…

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  Visual effects of 'Boardwalk Empire' exposed, layer by layer

  By Dante D'Orazio on January 21, 2012 08:07 pm + 15 comments

  Remember the old days when you could easily point out something in a movie or TV show and tell your Continue reading…