https://shotonwhat.com/vfx-tools/apple-vfx-tools The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:19:17 -0800 en-US hourly 1 https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-2008 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:16:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-2008
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-rises-2012 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:18:03 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-rises-2012
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, Batman, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City, now on the edge of total annihilation, from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/arc-de-bara-2016 Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:19:17 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/arc-de-bara-2016
Director: JC Ceinos
Cinematographer: JC Ceinos
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-return-of-the-king-2003 Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:00:45 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-return-of-the-king-2003
Director: Peter Jackson
Cinematographer: Andrew Lesnie
Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/transformers-2007 Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:05:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/transformers-2007
Director: Michael Bay
Cinematographer: Mitchell Amundsen
An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/lost-for-words-2013 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:32:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/lost-for-words-2013
Director: Stanley J. Orzel
Cinematographer: Jimmy Wong
Amidst the sweeping cityscape of cosmopolitan Hong Kong, an ex-Marine falls in love with a ballerina from China. Against mounting cultural and religious pressure, the two star-crossed lovers risk it all in pursuit of true love. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/route-30-too-2012 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:52:43 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/route-30-too-2012
Director: John Putch
Cinematographer: Keith J. Duggan
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/and-theyre-off-2011 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:31:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/and-theyre-off-2011
Director: Rob Schiller
Cinematographer: Ulf Soderqvist
A comedy centered on a failed horse trainer who desperately wants to be back in the winner's circle. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/blades-of-glory-2007 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:28:28 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/blades-of-glory-2007
Director: Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Cinematographer: Stefan Czapsky
In 2002, two rival Olympic ice skaters were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men's single competition. Presently, however, they've found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/torc-the-off-road-championships-2012 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:08:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/torc-the-off-road-championships-2012
Director: Brian Lockwood
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/terminator-salvation-2009 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:27:02 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/terminator-salvation-2009
Director: McG
Cinematographer: Shane Hurlbut
In 2018, a mysterious new weapon in the war against the machines, half-human and half-machine, comes to John Connor on the eve of a resistance attack on Skynet. But whose side is he on, and can he be trusted? ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-2008 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 16:37:58 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-2008
Director: Scott Derrickson
Cinematographer: David Tattersall
A remake of the 1951 classic science fiction film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/robin-hood-2010 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 14:27:27 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/robin-hood-2010
Director: Ridley Scott
Cinematographer: John Mathieson
In 12th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/drag-me-to-hell-2009 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 12:16:33 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/drag-me-to-hell-2009
Director: Sam Raimi
Cinematographer: Peter Deming
A loan officer who evicts an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/zombieland-2009 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 11:47:56 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/zombieland-2009
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Cinematographer: Michael Bonvillain
A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting tough guy trying to find the last Twinkie, and a pair of sisters trying to get to an amusement park join forces to travel across a zombie-filled America. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/red-tails-2012 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 08:31:58 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/red-tails-2012
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Cinematographer: John B. Aronson
A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-2010 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 04:27:10 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-2010
Director: Mike Newell
Cinematographer: John Seale
A young fugitive Prince and Princess must stop a villain who unknowingly threatens to destroy the world with a special dagger that enables the magic sand inside to reverse time. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/100-feet-2008 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 04:26:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/100-feet-2008
Director: Eric Red
Cinematographer: Ken Kelsch
After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest... only to discover that the house is possessed by the enraged and violent spirit of her dead husband. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/sherlock-holmes-2009 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 03:55:15 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/sherlock-holmes-2009
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cinematographer: Philippe Rousselot
Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/10000-bc-2008 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 03:45:46 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/10000-bc-2008
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cinematographer: Ueli Steiger
In the prehistoric past, D'Leh is a mammoth hunter who becomes with the beautiful Evolet. When warriors on horseback capture Evolet and the tribesmen, D'Leh must embark on an odyssey to save his true love. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-spiderwick-chronicles-2008 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 03:14:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-spiderwick-chronicles-2008
Director: Mark Waters
Cinematographer: Caleb Deschanel
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/man-on-a-ledge-2012 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 03:07:56 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/man-on-a-ledge-2012
Director: Asger Leth
Cinematographer: Paul Cameron
As a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/jumper-2008 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 01:54:46 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/jumper-2008
Director: Doug Liman
Cinematographer: Barry Peterson
A teenager with teleportation abilities suddenly finds himself in the middle of an ancient war between those like him and their sworn annihilators. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/water-for-elephants-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 01:44:16 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/water-for-elephants-2011
Director: Francis Lawrence
Cinematographer: Rodrigo Prieto
Set in the 1930s, a former veterinary student takes a job in a travelling circus and falls in love with the ringmaster's wife. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/hancock-2008 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 01:42:03 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/hancock-2008
Director: Peter Berg
Cinematographer: Tobias A. Schliessler
Hancock is a superhero whose ill considered behavior regularly causes damage in the millions. He changes when the person he saves helps him improve his public image. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/knowing-2-2009 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 01:31:57 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/knowing-2-2009
Director: Alex Proyas
Cinematographer: Simon Duggan
M.I.T. professor John Koestler links a mysterious list of numbers from a time capsule to past and future disasters and sets out to prevent the ultimate catastrophe. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/land-of-the-lost-2009 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 01:09:57 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/land-of-the-lost-2009
Director: Brad Silberling
Cinematographer: Dion Beebe
On his latest expedition, Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant and a redneck survivalist. In this alternate universe, the trio make friends with a primate named Chaka, their only ally in a world full of dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-sorcerers-apprentice-2010 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 00:32:46 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-sorcerers-apprentice-2010
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Cinematographer: Bojan Bazelli
Master sorcerer Balthazar Blake must find and train Merlin's descendant to defeat dark sorceress Morgana la Fée. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/green-zone-2010 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 23:51:33 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/green-zone-2010
Director: Paul Greengrass
Cinematographer: Barry Ackroyd
Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/men-in-black-3-2012 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 23:31:41 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/men-in-black-3-2012
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cinematographer: Bill Pope
Agent J travels in time to M.I.B.'s early days in 1969 to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/predators-2010 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 22:07:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/predators-2010
Director: Nimród Antal
Cinematographer: Gyula Pados
A group of elite warriors parachute into an unfamiliar jungle and are hunted by members of a merciless alien race. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-ruins-2008 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 20:58:01 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-ruins-2008
Director: Carter Smith
Cinematographer: Darius Khondji
A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist, embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle where something evil lives among the ruins. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-smurfs-2011 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 19:21:53 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-smurfs-2011
Director: Raja Gosnell
Cinematographer: Phil Meheux
When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world into New York City. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-green-hornet-2011 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 18:53:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-green-hornet-2011
Director: Michel Gondry
Cinematographer: John Schwartzman
Following the death of his father, Britt Reid, heir to his father's large company, teams up with his late dad's assistant Kato to become a masked crime fighting team. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/clash-of-the-titans-2010 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 18:20:18 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/clash-of-the-titans-2010
Director: Louis Leterrier
Cinematographer: Peter Menzies Jr.
Perseus demigod, son of Zeus, battles the minions of the underworld to stop them from conquering heaven and earth. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world-2010 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 18:14:21 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world-2010
Director: Edgar Wright
Cinematographer: Bill Pope
Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in order to win her heart. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/leap-year-2010 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:27:26 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/leap-year-2010
Director: Anand Tucker
Cinematographer: Newton Thomas Sigel
Anna Brady plans to travel to Dublin, Ireland to propose marriage to her boyfriend Jeremy on Leap Day, because, according to Irish tradition, a man who receives a marriage proposal on a leap day must accept it. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/hellboy-ii-the-golden-army-2008 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:56:41 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/hellboy-ii-the-golden-army-2008
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cinematographer: Guillermo Navarro
The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so Hellboy (Ron Perlman) and his team must save the world from the rebellious creatures. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/x-men-origins-wolverine-2009 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:22:22 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/x-men-origins-wolverine-2009
Director: Gavin Hood
Cinematographer: Donald McAlpine
The early years of James Logan, featuring his rivalry with his brother Victor Creed, his service in the special forces team Weapon X, and his experimentation into the metal-lined mutant Wolverine. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/living-hell-2008 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:45:26 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/living-hell-2008
Director: Richard Jefferies
Cinematographer: Eric Leach
A mild-mannered teacher and a hazmat specialist have to figure out how to stop an unstoppable creature who feeds on light and energy, and moves with exponential speed, before it destroys everything in its path. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/kick-ass-2010 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:17:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/kick-ass-2010
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Cinematographer: Ben Davis
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a superhero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-am-number-four-2011 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:17:26 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-am-number-four-2011
Director: D.J. Caruso
Cinematographer: Guillermo Navarro
Aliens and their Guardians are hiding on Earth from intergalactic bounty hunters. They can only be killed in numerical order, and Number Four is next on the list. This is his story. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/salt-2010 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:14:15 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/salt-2010
Director: Phillip Noyce
Cinematographer: Robert Elswit
A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/underworld-rise-of-the-lycans-2009 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:51:55 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/underworld-rise-of-the-lycans-2009
Director: Patrick Tatopoulos
Cinematographer: Ross Emery
An origins story centered on the centuries-old feud between the race of aristocratic vampires and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/sky-captain-and-the-world-of-tomorrow-2004 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:03:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/sky-captain-and-the-world-of-tomorrow-2004
Director: Kerry Conran
Cinematographer: Eric Adkins
After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/glamour-dolls-2016 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 08:33:52 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/glamour-dolls-2016
Director: John De Luca
Cinematographer: Graham Martyr
This is the story of two male prostitutes who want to become professional actors and how they struggle to get into show business. ]]>