Experiment in Terror / The Grip of Fear (1962)
For a modern audience any film that contains mention of “Twin Peaks” and “Tarantino”...
The Epics – Three Fox Films Matte Shots – Part 6
In this continuing saga of epic movies and their matte shots I've combined...
The Epics – Ben Hur Matte Shots – Part 5
I was tempted to cover THE TEN COMMANDMENTS...
The Epics – The Agony and the Ecstacy Matte Shots – Part 4
Head of the special photographic effects department at the time was Lenwood Ballard Abbott...
The Epics… The Greatest Story Ever Told Matte Shots – Part 3
George Stevens' THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965) was really one of the last...
The Epics…QUO VADIS Matte Shots – Part 2
Certainly one of the better giant studio epics, Mervyn Leroy's 1950 QUO VADIS...
The Epics… King of Kings Matte Shots – Part 1
So, on with todays theme - THE EPIC MOVIES - the first in an ongoing series...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Twelve
Greetings fellow enthusiasts and fans of the wonderful world of traditional era matte painting...
The Legacy of Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Part 3)
On March 11th, 2013, The Clone Wars was cancelled, leaving many of its stories untold...
Taxi Driver – ANALYSIS (Part Two)
Created by Lewis Michael Bond and Luiza Liz Bond...
Dune: Part Three – Trailer #1
Here's the trailer for Dune: Part Three - An upcoming epic space opera film directed by Denis Villeneuve...
Taxi Driver – ANALYSIS (Part One)
Created by Lewis Michael Bond and Luiza Liz Bond...
Dune: Part Three – Character Posters
Dune: Part Three - An upcoming epic space opera film directed by Denis Villeneuve...
Apocalypse Now – ANALYSIS (Part One)
I love the smell of YouTube in the morning (erm, late afternoon-ish)...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Eleven
It's been a while since I posted one of these enormous retrospectives...
Popcorn Revisited #196
With Popcorn Revisited, I take you back into the archives of the Popcorn Jedi Video channel...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Ten
Greetings fellow matte painting and traditional special effects fans. I'm back with yet another mammoth blog post...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Nine
It's been a while, and a few loyal and long time dedicated Matte Shot readers...
Honest Trailers – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Katniss is back in the beginning of the end of The Hunger Games...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Eight
Greetings to all who are particularly partial to the long lost era of traditional, hand painted mattes...
Popcorn Revisited #193
With Popcorn Revisited, I take you back into the archives of the Popcorn Jedi Video channel...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Seven
Welcome fans and devotees of old school mattes, models and clever trick photography...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Six
Hello again friends and olde timey matte and trick shot enthusiasts. It's that time again...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Five
Hi friends... it's autumn here now and the season is turning a different colour 'down under'...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Four
Shouldn't we all be living like 'The Jetsons' (a cool futuristic Hanna-Barbera cartoon)...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Three
Hello there folks. I know it's been an eternity since one of these substantial blog posts...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Two
Hi Guys and Gals.... it's matte magic time once again, with a healthy round up of films and genres...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part One
Boy oh boy, you haven't seen a site like this one...well, maybe you have but I haven't...so impressed with it...
Why is this part of Mandalorian lore being left out?
The Mandalorian Show has done a great job at introducing Mandalorian culture to the fandom...