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How 'Terminator 2' pulled off the iconic T-1000 blade shot (without CGI)

When I think of James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day, I think about all the groundbreaking visual effects and CGI that changed movies and TV forever...and also about how it's one of the greatest ...
GeekTyrant

PROJECT HAIL MARY Directors Talk About the Surprising Amount of Practical Effects Used in the Film

There have been a ton of advancements in visual effects since the beginning of filmmaking. Movies can use CGI to bring ...
Comicbook.com

Michael Bay Calls Some of the CGI “Sh-t” in His Upcoming Movie

There are often debates among audiences and filmmakers alike regarding visual effects in a film, with some dismissing CGI creations entirely while others note that it’s just another tool in a toolbox ...
Forbes

Critic: Best Visual Effects Top Contenders For 2024 Oscars

As 2024 cinema comes to a close with the Christmas holiday season, it’s also award season and time for the top contenders for the Academy Awards. One of the most interesting categories this year will ...
Los Angeles Times

Blue tongues and an exposed brain: How ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ visual effects went back to basics

It was a typical day on the set of Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” and a dead mime was screaming. The most unsettling problem? The actor‘s tongue still had a visible and decidedly not-ghostly ...
Polygon

Michael Bay doesn’t actually hate his movie’s CG effects

Michael Bay’s new movie Ambulance, which finds Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II caught in a heist gone wrong, arrives to American theaters later in April. But that hasn’t stopped the action ...