By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Neon and Remembers. While America and Japan garner the majority of the spotlight when it comes to animation, France has become the third largest producer, with the time-traveling feature film by Ugo Bienvenu benefiting from the country's supportive infrastructure. Arco revolves around a 10-year-old boy determined to visit the [...]

By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Digital Domain and HBO Getting an opportunity to transform a frail carnival performer into a ghastly creature known as Skeleton Man for It: Welcome to Derry was Digital Domain. The HBO series was one of the first projects to benefit from the proprietary Gen Man 2.0, which is an [...]

By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of BlueBolt Visual Effects and Focus Features. Given that both sprung from the creative mind of Julian Fellows, dealt with the inner workings of a British aristocratic household pre-World War II, and have been lauded with an Oscar and 15 Primetime Emmy awards, it is hard to completely separate Gosford [...]

By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Netflix. Going from the political intrigue of Westeros to an impending extraterrestrial invasion of Earth to a presidential assassination are Executive Producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, who partnered with Creator and Showrunner Mike Makowsky for the Netflix production of Death by Lightning, which recounts the murder of American [...]

By BARBARA ROBERTSON Director James Gunn wanted to create a new version of Superman, not a sequel or prequel, one that was closer to the spirit of the comic books. (Image courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures) This year’s Best Visual Effects Oscar contenders display a full range of visual effects from invisible effects supporting dramatic [...]