‘Titans,’ ‘Mirror Mirror’ No Match for ‘Hunger Games’

April 2, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

Perseus and Snow White were no match for Katniss Everdeen, as The Hunger Games held on to the top spot against the VFX-heavy sequel Wrath of the Titans and Tarsem’s Mirror Mirror. Lionsgate’s Hunger Games earned $61 million in its second weekend at the domestic box office, pushing its total [...]

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PGA Awards Honor ‘Toy Story 3′; Razzies Plaster ‘Last Airbender’

January 24, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

The Producer’s Guild may have added a twist to this year’s awards season narrative by giving its best picture honor to The King’s Speech instead of The Social Network. But when it came to animation, the honors followed in the footsteps of most other awards this year by giving the [...]

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15 Advance in VFX Oscars Race

December 13, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has narrowed to 15 the list of contenders for the Best Visual Effects Oscar. The qualifying films are: Alice in Wonderland The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Clash of the Titans Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part [...]

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