IF Review: An Imaginative Treat That Doesn’t Fully Satisfy
While IF is entertaining and thematically mature, it fails to fully capitalize on its unique premise.
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Exclusive – Bringing THE LION KING to Life: A Chat with Visual Effects Supervisor Rob Legato
That Shelf spoke to visual effects legend Robert Legato prior to the release of The Lion King on Blu-ray, discussing how this billion-dollar smash came digitally to life.
The Development Slate Episode 36 – Hungry Hungry Hippos (Board Game Challenge)
In part one of the Dev Slate board game challenge, James challenges Yaw to adapt Hungry Hungry Hippos for the big screen.
The Development Slate Episode 34 – The Last Starfighter
This week James and Yaw take a look at a pioneer of CGI and another jewel from the 80’s: The Last Starfigher.
Ghostbusters Review
"As a fan of the original Ghostbusters..." he said, as the entire room ducked for cover.
5 Things That Rule About the New Ghostbusters
We saw the new Ghostbusters movie, and while it's not perfect, there are at least five things you can look forward to enjoying in the summer's latest reboot.
10 Spore Creations That Would Make Great Movie Monsters
Until recently, I was always impressed with the diversity and ferocity of movie monsters. Monster movies, action, horror – these genres spawned some pretty out-of-this-world and hungry creatures, including xenomorphs from Aliens, colossal crab-praying mantis’ from Cloverfield, and, of course, the giant St. Bernard from The Sandlot. Go back even further and you’ve got classics […]
Where The Wild Things Are Trailer
Director Spike Jonze‘s much anticipated adaptation of the popular children’s book Where The Wild Things Are finally has an official trailer. Hit the HD and Fullscreen buttons for best results. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–N9klJXbjQ[/youtube] Where The Wild Things Are by author and artist Maurice Sendak tells the story of a young boy, Max whose imagination takes him on […]
Astro Boy Trailer
Like many kids, I was exposed to reruns of the 1960’s Japanese cartoon Astro Boy in my youth. Part of me liked it, another part of me kind of hated it. I could never put my finger on it, but something about Astro Boy just creeped me out. Maybe it was the fact that he […]
