https://shotonwhat.com/vfx-tools/side-effects-software-houdini The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Thu, 19 Sep 2019 13:51:35 -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/skyfall-2012 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 14:56:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/skyfall-2012
Director: Sam Mendes
Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/big-miracle-2012 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 22:16:45 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/big-miracle-2012
Director: Ken Kwapis
Cinematographer: John Bailey
In small-town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his Greenpeace-volunteer ex-girlfriend on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly-forming ice in the Arctic Circle. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/immortals-2011 Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:14:48 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/immortals-2011
Director: Tarsem Singh
Cinematographer: Brendan Galvin
Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/il-ragazzo-invisibile-fratelli-2017 Thu, 19 Sep 2019 13:51:35 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/il-ragazzo-invisibile-fratelli-2017
Director: Gabriele Salvatores
Cinematographer: Italo Petriccione
Three years later Michele (The Invisible boy) meets his mother and his twin sister. Both have stories and superpowers but their intentions may not be what Michele thinks. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/shutter-island-2010 Mon, 09 Sep 2019 22:35:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/shutter-island-2010
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cinematographer: Robert Richardson
In 1954, a U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer, who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/thor-2011 Sat, 24 Aug 2019 22:02:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/thor-2011
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cinematographer: Haris Zambarloukos
The powerful but arrogant god Thor is cast out of Asgard to live amongst humans in Midgard (Earth), where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-3-2007 Mon, 19 Aug 2019 18:00:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-3-2007
Director: Sam Raimi
Cinematographer: Bill Pope
A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button-2008 Wed, 31 Jul 2019 10:49:34 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button-2008
Director: David Fincher
Cinematographer: Claudio Miranda
Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/chappie-2015 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 09:26:52 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/chappie-2015
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Cinematographer: Trent Opaloch
In the near future, crime is patrolled by a mechanized police force. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/beowulf-2007 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:28:52 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/beowulf-2007
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cinematographer: Robert Presley
The warrior Beowulf (Ray Winstone) must fight and defeat the monster Grendel (Crispin Glover), who is terrorizing Denmark, and later, Grendel's Mother (Angelina Jolie), who begins killing out of revenge. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/rise-of-the-guardians-2012 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:28:08 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/rise-of-the-guardians-2012
Director: Peter Ramsey
When the evil spirit Pitch launches an assault on Earth, the Immortal Guardians team up to protect the innocence of children all around the world. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/mirror-mirror-2-2012 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:55:16 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/mirror-mirror-2-2012
Director: Tarsem Singh
Cinematographer: Brendan Galvin
An evil queen steals control of a kingdom and an exiled princess enlists the help of seven resourceful rebels to win back her birthright. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/zero-dark-thirty-2012 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:52:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/zero-dark-thirty-2012
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Cinematographer: Greig Fraser
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/ice-age-continental-drift-2012 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:35:02 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/ice-age-continental-drift-2012
Director: Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier
Cinematographer: Renato Falcão
Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/jack-and-jill-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:34:01 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/jack-and-jill-2011
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
Family guy Jack Sadelstein prepares for the annual event he dreads: the Thanksgiving visit of his fraternal twin sister, the needy and passive-aggressive Jill, who then refuses to leave. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/chronicle-2012 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:30:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/chronicle-2012
Director: Josh Trank
Cinematographer: Matthew Jensen
Three high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery underground. Soon they find their lives spinning out of control and their bond tested as they embrace their darker sides. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/mad-max-fury-road-2015 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:29:06 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/mad-max-fury-road-2015
Director: George Miller
Cinematographer: John Seale
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper, and a drifter named Max. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-2009 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:41:53 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-2009
Director: Michael Bay
Cinematographer: Ben Seresin
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:02:58 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows-2011
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cinematographer: Philippe Rousselot
Detective Sherlock Holmes is on the trail of criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty, who is carrying out a string of random crimes across Europe. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/captain-america-the-first-avenger-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:28:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/captain-america-the-first-avenger-2011
Director: Joe Johnston
Cinematographer: Shelly Johnson
Steve Rogers, a rejected military soldier transforms into Captain America after taking a dose of a "Super-Soldier serum". But being Captain America comes at a price as he attempts to take down a war monger and a terrorist organization. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/sick-boy-2012 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 19:54:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/sick-boy-2012
Director: Tim T. Cunningham
Cinematographer: Sean C. Cunningham
Lucy takes a babysitting job, only to find out something evil lurks downstairs. ]]> 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/let-me-in-2010 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:28:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/let-me-in-2010
Director: Matt Reeves
Cinematographer: Greig Fraser
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-2010 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:06:19 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-2010
Director: Samuel Bayer
Cinematographer: Jeff Cutter
The spectre of a dead child rapist haunts the children of the parents who murdered him, stalking and killing them in their dreams. ]]> 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/your-highness-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 16:36:33 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/your-highness-2011
Director: David Gordon Green
Cinematographer: Tim Orr
When Prince Fabious's bride is kidnapped, he goes on a quest to rescue her... accompanied by his lazy useless brother Thadeous. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/journey-2-the-mysterious-island-2012 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 15:51:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/journey-2-the-mysterious-island-2012
Director: Brad Peyton
Cinematographer: David Tattersall
Sean Anderson partners with his mom's husband on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/aeon-flux-2005 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 10:07:52 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/aeon-flux-2005
Director: Karyn Kusama
Cinematographer: Stuart Dryburgh
Aeon Flux is a mysterious assassin working for the Monicans, a group of rebels trying to overthrow the government. When she is sent on a mission to kill the Chairman, a whole new mystery is found. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/nanny-mcphee-returns-2010 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 10:02:01 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/nanny-mcphee-returns-2010
Director: Susanna White
Cinematographer: Mike Eley
Nanny McPhee arrives to help a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war, though she uses her magic to teach the woman's children and their two spoiled cousins five new lessons. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter-2012 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 08:16:29 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter-2012
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Cinematographer: Caleb Deschanel
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-expendables-2-2012 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 05:44:28 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-expendables-2-2012
Director: Simon West
Cinematographer: Shelly Johnson
Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/snow-white-and-the-huntsman-2012 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 04:32:56 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/snow-white-and-the-huntsman-2012
Director: Rupert Sanders
Cinematographer: Greig Fraser
In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen. ]]> 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/resident-evil-afterlife-2010 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 04:23:15 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/resident-evil-afterlife-2010
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cinematographer: Glen MacPherson
While still out to destroy the evil Umbrella Corporation, Alice joins a group of survivors living in a prison surrounded by the infected who also want to relocate to the mysterious but supposedly unharmed safe haven known only as Arcadia. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/night-at-the-museum-battle-of-the-smithsonian-2009 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 04:17:28 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/night-at-the-museum-battle-of-the-smithsonian-2009
Director: Shawn Levy
Cinematographer: John Schwartzman
Security guard Larry Daley infiltrates the Smithsonian Institution in order to rescue Jedediah and Octavius, who have been shipped to the museum by mistake. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/yogi-bear-2010 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 03:58:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/yogi-bear-2010
Director: Eric Brevig
Cinematographer: Peter James
A documentary filmmaker travels to Jellystone Park to shoot a project and soon crosses paths with Yogi Bear, his sidekick Boo-Boo and Ranger Smith. ]]> 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/poseidon-2006 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 03:43:03 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/poseidon-2006
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cinematographer: John Seale
On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for their lives as they attempt to escape the sinking ship. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/wrath-of-the-titans-2012 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 03:17:16 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/wrath-of-the-titans-2012
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Cinematographer: Ben Davis
Perseus braves the treacherous underworld to rescue his father, Zeus, captured by his son, Ares, and brother Hades who unleash the ancient Titans upon the world. ]]> 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/dolphin-tale-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 02:28:46 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/dolphin-tale-2011
Director: Charles Martin Smith
Cinematographer: Karl Walter Lindenlaub
A story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap. ]]> 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/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/i-am-legend-2007 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 01:07:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-am-legend-2007
Director: Francis Lawrence
Cinematographer: Andrew Lesnie
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/alvin-and-the-chipmunks-chipwrecked-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 00:56:26 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/alvin-and-the-chipmunks-chipwrecked-2011
Director: Mike Mitchell
Cinematographer: Thomas E. Ackerman
Playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and Chipettes accidentally go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise. They discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-three-musketeers-2-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 00:50:57 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-three-musketeers-2-2011
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cinematographer: Glen MacPherson
The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war. ]]> 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/john-carter-2012 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 23:59:01 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/john-carter-2012
Director: Andrew Stanton
Cinematographer: Dan Mindel
Transported to Barsoom, a Civil War vet discovers a barren planet seemingly inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter Woola and a princess in desperate need of a savior. ]]>