Behind the Scenes on “Spectre”

My first assignment as full-time staff writer at Cinefex magazine is (nearly) complete. On Friday, I submitted the final draft of my Spectre article ... and received the edited version back on the very same day. How that's for efficiency? All that remains is for me to go through a rigorous review and fact-checking process, after which I'll … Continue reading Behind the Scenes on “Spectre”

“Formula For Fire” – My First Cinefex Article

One day in 1981, in a tiny comic shop in London, I stumbled over an American magazine called Cinefex. Within its pages, I discovered a number of ultra-detailed articles about visual effects, a subject that had fascinated me for some time. The films under discussion were Dragonslayer and Raiders of the Lost Ark. The issue … Continue reading “Formula For Fire” – My First Cinefex Article

“Rush” – It’s a Wrap for Cinefex

If you've landed here hoping to learn something about the visual effects of Ron Howard's Formula 1 film Rush, I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed. Yes, I've finished my article on that very subject and yes, I've submitted it to the publishers. But you'll have to wait until it appears in the winter edition … Continue reading “Rush” – It’s a Wrap for Cinefex

Launching Today – The Cinefex Blog

Today sees the launch of the brand new Cinefex visual effects blog. The inaugural post is written by Cinefex publisher Don Shay, and it does a splendid job of setting out the new blog's agenda. While the parent magazine's mission remains unchanged - "to report rather than editorialize, to remain diligently objective, rather than subjective" … Continue reading Launching Today – The Cinefex Blog

“Rush” – Heading Behind the Scenes

Regular visitors to this blog will know I've been writing about the world's best visual effects journal Cinefex for quite some time now. Well, I'm delighted to announce that now I'm writing for it. The article I'm working on will look at the visual effects of Ron Howard's new film Rush, which is scheduled for … Continue reading “Rush” – Heading Behind the Scenes

Revisiting Cinefex (21): The Terminator, Dune

Emerging from a wall of fire on the front cover of Cinefex #21 is the extraordinarily detailed stop-motion cyborg endoskeleton built by Doug Beswick for James Cameron's seminal 1984 science fiction film The Terminator. There's more fictional futurism on the back cover, in the form of the spice harvester from David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of … Continue reading Revisiting Cinefex (21): The Terminator, Dune