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NEWS ABOUT: special effects

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 Metal Gear Solid 4 Is a Winner 

Final installment in popular series is visually amazing

Jun 27, 08 7:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you’re a fan of Metal Gear Solid, you’ll love the fourth and final chapter, Marc Saltzman writes in USA Today; if you’re not, you might be bored stiff by the “cinematic sequences, confusing storylines and campy dialogue” of Guns of the Patriots. But don’t... More »

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special effects • video games • Metal Gear Solid • Guns of the Patriots • Solid Snake • Liquid Ocelet

Effects Wizard Stan Winston
Dead at 62

Aliens, Terminator 2, Jurassic Park brought him 4 Oscars

Jun 16, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oscar-winning special-effects wizard and creature creator Stan Winston died yesterday at 62 after a 7-year struggle with multiple myeloma, the Los Angeles Times reports. Winston won Oscars for his work on Aliens, Terminator 2, and Jurassic Park. "Stan contributed to some of the greatest fantastic movie characters in motion... More »

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special effects • Stan Winston

BC Movie Critters Strong
on Terror, Not Accuracy

Still, most of the beasts in the new flick did exist somewhere at some point

Mar 5, 08 8:42 PM CST
(Newser) - The computer-generated critters in the movie 10,000 BC—due out Friday—all actually existed at some point, but their portrayal in the film is scientifically sketchy. Saber-toothed tigers and woolly mammoths weren't as big as portrayed, and the film's huge terror birds died out 40 million years ago. One... More »

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fossil • woolly mammoth • ancient Egypt • prehistoric mammals • movies • 10,000 BC • saber-toothed cats • terror birds • special effects

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