Interview: Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino on Craig Ferguson (Part 1)

Quentin Tarantino always ignites the best movie discussions, even when the questions he's answering  don’t relate to his own movies. Recently, during an appearance The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, Tarantino took a moment to reflect on his favorite and least favorite things about Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. Prometheus talk is at 4:48.  He talks about kids movies are at 7:00.

Video: Marvel's The Avengers Anatomy of a Shot

Behind the Magic: "Marvel's The Avengers" - Anatomy of a Shot

While "The Avengers" posed many visual efffects challenges, one of the larger challenges was pulling together the "tie-in" shot during the third act of the film. Rather than frames, this single shot is measured in minutes on screen and is one of the longest effects shots in the film. It incorporates both practical special effects and extensive digital visual effects by ILM. The New York City environment that serves as the setting for this shot (and virtaully the entire alien invasion) is computer generated by the visual effects team at ILM.

TV Preview: Fringe

FRINGE - Black Umbrella

This week’s episode of Fox’s Fringe, "Black Blotter" (Episode #96) featured an homage to Terry Gilliam’s Monty Python’s Flying Circus. The animation is one of Walter's acid trip. The 75-second Gilliam tribute was produced by 6 Point Harness and directed by Greg Franklin.

Supercut: 38 End Of The World Movies

38 End Of The World Movies

Recut: 2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey (2012 Trailer Recut) by Film School Rejects

The Film School Rejects have re-cut Stanley Kubrick’s epic film 2001: A Space Odyssey into a contemporary movie trailer.  The real genius of the clip is that it serves to remind you why 2001 was such an amazing film to begin with.

Supercut: Filmography 2012

Filmography 2012

Previously: Filmography 2011

Music: The Hobbit: The Musical

The Hobbit: The Musical (Ian McKellen)

Supercut: Inception Horn

The Inception Sound EVERYWHERE NOW!

Supercut: Cinemageddon: 2012 in Movies

Cinemageddon: 2012 in Movies

Featurette: A Return To Middle Earth

The Hobbit 13 Minute Television Special

Music: Hobbit Christmas Song

Hobbit Christmas Song (The Greatest Gift of All!) by The Doubleclicks

Supercut: 80 years of Sci-fi Space Helmets

SUPERCUT: Helmet Oddity

Space helmets typically feature the same basic elements, but over the years different sci-fi films have put their own unique stamps on the familiar design.

Supercut: Season 3 Walking Dead Zombie Kill

Every Season Three Walking Dead Zombie Kill (So Far) in Two Minutes

Humor: The Games of Hunger

The Games of Hunger

Dreamworks animator David Stodolny has spent some of his spare time creating this funny yet seriously twisted Hunger Games animated parody called “Games of Hunger.” In this parody the contestants have to basically eat themselves to death, actually making this hand drawn animated short more bloody, violent and disgusting than the feature film. The last one who doesn’t explode wins!

Featurette: Mass Effect Paragon Lost Anime

Behind The Scenes of Mass Effect Paragon Lost Anime Movie