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Herculean Task: Double Negative & Hercules

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With the Director’s Cut arriving on DVD & Blu-Ray for Hercules today in the UK, Trevor Hogg chats with Ryan Cook  about the visual effects work contributed by Double Negative… When it came to bringing the Lernan Hydra, Erymanthean Boar, Nemean Lion, Cerberus, Centaurs, and three half-starved, savage blood-caked wolves to life, the Herculean labour […]

John Boyega addresses racist comments from Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer

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It was a trailer that was very well recieved by Star Wars fans (if the Flickering Myth Reaction is anything to go by) but there were some who felt that John Boyega (Attack the Block) shouldn’t play a Stormtrooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens because – get this – he’s black. Aside from the […]

The Callow Way – Hunger Games officially 4% better than last one

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This week, Neil Calloway was badgered by PR emails … I don’t know where it came from; I certainly didn’t ask for it, didn’t sign up to it, had never heard of the person who sent it me, but it popped into my inbox at 9.45 on Monday morning. It was a press release, telling […]

Movember – Top 5 Movie Moustaches

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Luke Owen celebrates Movember… As a macho male man, I bloody love and appreciate a good moustache. Here in the UK, we use the month of November to help raise awareness of prostate cancer by growing our moustaches in the spirit of charity. It’s all for a great cause. But then we shave them off. […]

Herculean Task: Method Studios & Hercules

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With the Director’s Cut arriving on DVD & Blu-Ray for Hercules on December 1, 2014 in the UK, Trevor Hogg chats with Doug Bloom  about the visual effects work contributed by Method Studios… “We worked on the final sequence in the film which is the Hera Temple and Hera Temple Destruction Sequence,” states Method Studios […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction

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Well, it was the trailer the world had been waiting for. And what a moment it was. At around 3pm on Friday 28th November, 2014 the Internet virtually crashed as thousands of Star Wars fans attempted to get onto the iTunes page only to discover that most of us didn’t have Quicktime installed. Of course, […]

Herculean Task: Milk VFX & Hercules

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With the Director’s Cut arriving on DVD & Blu-Ray for Hercules on December 1, 2014 in the UK, Trevor Hogg chats with Nicolas Hernandez and Will Cohen  about the visual effects work contributed by Milk VFX… “About a year ago we did a proof of concept of how soldiers could fight in formation and walk […]

Herculean Task: Cinesite & Hercules

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With the Director’s Cut arriving on DVD & Blu-Ray for Hercules on December 1, 2014 in the UK, Trevor Hogg chats with Simon Stanley-Clamp  about the visual effects work contributed by Cinesite… Contributions to Paramount movies World War Z (2013) and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) as well previously working with Visual Effects Supervisor John Bruno […]

New TV spot for Horrible Bosses 2

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Out now in cinemas, Warner Bros. have released a TV spot for Horrible Bosses 2 which stars Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day alongside Jennifer Aniston, Chris Pine, Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx and Kevin Spacey. SEE ALSO: Movie Review – Horrible Bosses 2 Watch the TV spot below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4B1Tqm39MY&feature=youtu.be Fed up with answering to higher-ups, Nick […]