The Day the Earth Stood Still

Visual Effects Society announces VES Awards nominees

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Visual Effects Society has revealed the nominees for this year's VES Awards. Iron Man leads the pack with five nominations, followed by The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Cloverfield and Hellboy II: The Golden Army with four nods each. Battlestar Galactica, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Jericho and Pushing Daisies were among the shows nominated in the television category. Here are all the VES Awards nominees: OUTSTANDING VISUAL [Read more...]

The Day the Earth Stood Still steers clear of politics, revisits existentialist SF

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It is difficult to see Scott Derrickson's The Day the Earth Stood Still as a movie that exists independently of Robert Wise's 1951 original, mostly because the two use a very similar tone in delivering their messages. However, while the original never really attempts to rise above its didacticism - a popular trend in the genre back in the day - the premise of the remake is primarily a reflective one and thankfully shows little ambition to be as instructive as Wise's film. It is precisely the [Read more...]