http://www.ropeofsilicon.com The best and latest movie news, reviews, features and editorials - updated daily Wed, 23 May 2012 22:55:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/amazing-spider-man-featurette-the-lizard/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/amazing-spider-man-featurette-the-lizard/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 03:47:17 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=60245 The Amazing Spider-Man centered on the film's villain, Dr. Curt Connors (aka The Lizard), with interviews with Rhys Ifans and director Marc Webb as well as new footage from the film.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/amazing-spider-man-featurette-the-lizard/feed/ 0 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new-pictures-from-prometheus-and-an-extended-featurette/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new-pictures-from-prometheus-and-an-extended-featurette/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 20:00:16 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=60229 Prometheus. Are you clicking through?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new-pictures-from-prometheus-and-an-extended-featurette/feed/ 2 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new-prometheus-tv-spot-featurette/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new-prometheus-tv-spot-featurette/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 17:00:23 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=60027 Prometheus.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new-prometheus-tv-spot-featurette/feed/ 0 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/prometheus-featurette-reveals-even-more-is-enough-enough/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/prometheus-featurette-reveals-even-more-is-enough-enough/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59311 Prometheus and I've gathered eight new screen captures from the video, but the question is out there... Are we beginning to see too much?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/prometheus-featurette-reveals-even-more-is-enough-enough/feed/ 9 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/get-to-know-the-triplets-from-pixars-brave/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/get-to-know-the-triplets-from-pixars-brave/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:04:45 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=58593 Brave taking a look at the film's young triplets -- Hamish, Harris and Hubert.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/get-to-know-the-triplets-from-pixars-brave/feed/ 1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new-featurette-for-pixars-brave/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new-featurette-for-pixars-brave/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:30:12 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=58077 Brave taking a look at the film's lead character Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald).]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new-featurette-for-pixars-brave/feed/ 0 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sound-of-the-hunger-games-featurette-ipad-foley/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sound-of-the-hunger-games-featurette-ipad-foley/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:00:43 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=57172 The Hunger Games is pretty interesting when you consider how they recorded some of the foley effects outdoors using boom mikes and an iPad.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sound-of-the-hunger-games-featurette-ipad-foley/feed/ 0 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/tv-spots-and-featurettes-for-dark-shadows-the-avengers-and-snow-white-and-the-huntsman/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/tv-spots-and-featurettes-for-dark-shadows-the-avengers-and-snow-white-and-the-huntsman/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:24:10 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=57105 Dark Shadows and Snow White and the Hunstman and I've got three of those along with a new featurette for The Avengers for you to preview.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/tv-spots-and-featurettes-for-dark-shadows-the-avengers-and-snow-white-and-the-huntsman/feed/ 0 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/snow-white-and-the-huntsman-trailer-first-look-kristen-stewart/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/snow-white-and-the-huntsman-trailer-first-look-kristen-stewart/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:29:42 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=56837 Snow White and the Hunstman marketing and debuted a new trailer and an extended five minute look at the film.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/snow-white-and-the-huntsman-trailer-first-look-kristen-stewart/feed/ 28 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/explore-the-visual-effects-of-rango-in-new-ilm-sizzle-reel/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/explore-the-visual-effects-of-rango-in-new-ilm-sizzle-reel/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:29:49 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54559 Rango.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/explore-the-visual-effects-of-rango-in-new-ilm-sizzle-reel/feed/ 0 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-trailer-for-transformers-dark-of-the-moon-and-featurette-for-hugo/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-trailer-for-transformers-dark-of-the-moon-and-featurette-for-hugo/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:38:41 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54104 Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Hugo.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-trailer-for-transformers-dark-of-the-moon-and-featurette-for-hugo/feed/ 1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/tarsems-snow-white-feature-mirror-mirror-delayed-weeks-featurette/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/tarsems-snow-white-feature-mirror-mirror-delayed-weeks-featurette/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:30:12 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=53594 Mirror Mirror by two weeks, tightening the gap between it and Snow White and the Huntsman. On top of that I have a new featurette taking a closer look at Julia Roberts' character, the evil queen.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/tarsems-snow-white-feature-mirror-mirror-delayed-weeks-featurette/feed/ 3 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/explore-sound-drive-real-steel-harry-potter-deathly-hallows-part-2/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/explore-sound-drive-real-steel-harry-potter-deathly-hallows-part-2/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:50:13 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=50431 Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Real Steel, Drive and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/explore-sound-drive-real-steel-harry-potter-deathly-hallows-part-2/feed/ 1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hugo-scorsese-3d-new-york-film-festival/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hugo-scorsese-3d-new-york-film-festival/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:14:39 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47730 Hugo will play at the New York Film Festival tonight, October 10, and an introductory video has been released along with a bit of buzz surrounding the feature.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hugo-scorsese-3d-new-york-film-festival/feed/ 1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ready-robot-boxing-flick-real-steel/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ready-robot-boxing-flick-real-steel/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:33:33 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=45341 Real Steel and it doesn't look half-bad, but I'm wondering what you think. Have a click through and check out a new featurette and leave your comments on the film set to hit theaters on October 17.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ready-robot-boxing-flick-real-steel/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rise-planet-apes-visual-effects-featurette-reveals-wetas-technical-brilliance/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rise-planet-apes-visual-effects-featurette-reveals-wetas-technical-brilliance/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:59:03 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=44477 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rise-planet-apes-visual-effects-featurette-reveals-wetas-technical-brilliance/feed/ 3 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/peter-jackson-reveals-video-blog-set-the-hobbit/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/peter-jackson-reveals-video-blog-set-the-hobbit/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:10:17 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=43789 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/peter-jackson-reveals-video-blog-set-the-hobbit/feed/ 5 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/visual-effects-breakdown-video-hanna/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/visual-effects-breakdown-video-hanna/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:44:33 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=43368 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/visual-effects-breakdown-video-hanna/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/nolan-fincher-discuss-malick-tree-life-featurette/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/nolan-fincher-discuss-malick-tree-life-featurette/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 06:09:22 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=42030 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/nolan-fincher-discuss-malick-tree-life-featurette/feed/ 8 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/harry-potter-franchise-featurette-films/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/harry-potter-franchise-featurette-films/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:11:58 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=41626 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/harry-potter-franchise-featurette-films/feed/ 2 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/inception-trailer-composer-zack-hemsey-discusses-his-work/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/inception-trailer-composer-zack-hemsey-discusses-his-work/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:19:38 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=38859 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/inception-trailer-composer-zack-hemsey-discusses-his-work/feed/ 4 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/from-inception-to-iron-man-2-effects-reels-for-the-best-picture-oscar-nominees/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/from-inception-to-iron-man-2-effects-reels-for-the-best-picture-oscar-nominees/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:51:37 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=37054 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/from-inception-to-iron-man-2-effects-reels-for-the-best-picture-oscar-nominees/feed/ 6 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hereafter-visual-effects-breakdown/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hereafter-visual-effects-breakdown/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:43:39 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=36942 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hereafter-visual-effects-breakdown/feed/ 5 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/five-hours-a-day-six-days-a-week/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/five-hours-a-day-six-days-a-week/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:16:26 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=36934 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/five-hours-a-day-six-days-a-week/feed/ 1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/check-out-this-black-swan-visual-effects-reel/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/check-out-this-black-swan-visual-effects-reel/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:20:18 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=36009 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/check-out-this-black-swan-visual-effects-reel/feed/ 5 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/making-of-tron-legacy-featurette-will-make-you-wish-the-movie-was-this-good/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/making-of-tron-legacy-featurette-will-make-you-wish-the-movie-was-this-good/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:24:38 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=35152 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/making-of-tron-legacy-featurette-will-make-you-wish-the-movie-was-this-good/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-sound-of-black-swan/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-sound-of-black-swan/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:39:07 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=34466 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-sound-of-black-swan/feed/ 0 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-sound-of-tron-legacy/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-sound-of-tron-legacy/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:56:53 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=34192 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-sound-of-tron-legacy/feed/ 2 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new-black-swan-clip-and-featurette/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new-black-swan-clip-and-featurette/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:56:05 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=33943 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new-black-swan-clip-and-featurette/feed/ 8 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/gorgeous-new-looks-at-disneys-tangled/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/gorgeous-new-looks-at-disneys-tangled/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:20:20 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=32653 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/gorgeous-new-looks-at-disneys-tangled/feed/ 8