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The Joys of Old School Practical Effects

April 4, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at the use of old school effects and filming techniques and whether they still have a place in the CGI age… Computers are a wonderful thing. The computer generated image has take cinema up to a point where almost limitless creative possibilities are at a film-makers disposable. You can create a whole […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: avengers: endgame, Bob Keen, Christopher Nolan, Gemini Man, John Wick, Keanu Reeves, Mission: Impossible, Quentin Tarantino, Rick Baker, Scott Adkins, The Thing, Tom Cruise

Movie Review – Creature Designers – The Frankenstein Complex (2015)

August 14, 2016 by Christopher Machell

Creature Designers – The Frankenstein Complex, 2015. Directed by Gilles Penso and Alexandre Poncet. Starring Rick Baker, Joe Dante, Guillermo Del Toro, Phil Tippett and Tim Woodruff Jr. SYNOPSIS: Documentarians Gilles Penso and Alexandre Poncet interview Hollywood special effects and make up artists to explore the ‘Frankenstein Complex’ of creature design in filmmaking.   “Now […]

Filed Under: Christopher Machell, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Alexandre Poncet, Creature Designers - The Frankenstein Complex, Gilles Penso, Guillermo del Toro, Joe Dante, Phil Tippett, Rick Baker, Tim Woodruff Jr.

Rick Baker announces his retirement

May 29, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Sad news today for fans of old school visual effects, as seven-time Oscar winner Rick Baker has announced that he’s set to retire from the industry, having contributed to some of the most memorable special effects of the past four decades. “First of all, the CG stuff definitely took away the animatronics part of what […]

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