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CGSociety interviews with Scott Farrar, Mike Fink and John Knoll about the visual effects Oscar race.

Mr. X Inc. has updated its website to include a great new showreel and VES submission break-downs for Shoot 'Em Up, Lust, Caution and Resident Evil 3.

Making of Puma's Until Then spot, with vfx by The Mill. (via Motionographer)

ILM's Scott Benza, animation supe on Transformers, talks to CNET about the film's visual effects Oscar nomination. There's also a video about ILM's work for Transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

The 80th Academy Award nominees for Visual Effects are:

The Golden Compass
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier

Transformers
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

Nice QuickTime break-down of Blackmagic Design's Toyota Avanza 'Bird' spot.

Cloverfield: Reinventing the Monster Movie, at VFXWorld (does not reveal the monster).

December 2007 issue of Computer Graphics World covers The Golden Compass, Enchanted, I am Legend and Fred Claus.

fxguidetv interview with some of the ILM Transformers crew.

VFXWorld has an article about the VFX Oscar contenders accompanied by befores and afters clips from Transformers, Evan Almighty, The Golden Compass, The Bourne Ultimatum, 300, I am Legend and At World's End.

fxguide podcast with The Water Horse animation supervisor Richard Frances-Moore.

The Sarah Connor Chronicles: A New TV Spin on Terminator, at VFXWorld.

How 3 graphic designers created D-Day on a shoe string budget for the BBC Timewatch program Bloody Omaha. (via VFXHack)

Tales of the Riverbank Takes VFX Across the World, at Studio Daily.

CGSociety's coverage of Alien vs Predator: Requiem.

Behind the scenes of Orangina 'Naturally Juicy', at the Mill Podcast.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets holds a trove of FX, at Los Angeles Times.

January 2008 Below the Line covers I am Legend. See also December 2007 issue on Sweeney Todd.

The January 2008 issue of Post magazine has a cover story on ILM and Tippett's work for The Spiderwick Chronicles. There's also an article on The Tattoist.

One Missed Call: Horror Gets a Facelift, at VFXWorld.

VFXWorld interview with MPC's Gary Brozenich on Sweeney Todd.

Podcast interview with AVP: Requiem directors Greg and Colin Strause, at fxguide.
Effects are special to Strause brothers, at Los Angeles Times.