Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Note: My first paragraph is sure to turn off those with short attention spans and unmitigated love for all things Potter. I challenge you, however, to keep reading. After all, you can’t just guess how it’s going to turn out, now can you? I’ve never been a fan of the Harry Potter films. To me, [...]

AMPAS Selects Best Visual Effects Candidates

Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS®) announced the seven contenders for Best Visual Effects in the 82nd Academy Awards®: Twentieth Century-Fox’s $400 million gamble, Avatar, Tri-Star’s alien allegory to Apartheid, District 9, Warner Bros. Pictures’ releases Terminator Salvation andHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Paramount Pictures’ rebooted Star Trek, DreamWorks’ Transformers: [...]