Cinemagic

This month we are tackling something that has been a hot topic of debate once again: Battlestar Galactica. Recently it was announced that producer and Galactica creator Glen Larson was teaming with A-list director Bryan Singer to bring Battlestar Galactica to the big screen. The new feature, though, will be based on th [...]

Response to our last installment of Drawing on Imagination — where you may recall we envisioned a new take on Gerry Anderson’s classic 1970 series UFO — was certainly varied and drew lots of opinions, both positive and negative.This time we decided to tackle something with perhaps fewer preconceptions; less prior b [...]

In late May it was announced that The Robert Evans Co. has a first-look deal at Paramount with respect to the classic Gerry Anderson series UFO (1970). Evans’ reputation certainly proceeds him; he brought the classics Chinatown and Marathon Man to the big screen. And while he might seem like an unorthodox choice to res [...]

The grammar of film is, by definition, expressed in visual terms. Through the eyes of the cinematographer the story unfolds—from the expositive to the emotive. Cinematographer Robert McLachlan knows a thing or two about telling stories from behind the camera. In 2006 the Vancouver native spent eight months in the UK [...]

I’m a Star Trek guy…I’ll say it straight out. From the original series on through to The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, I have been — and doubtless always will be — a fan of what the Great Bird wrought back in 1966. In 1987, when a new Trek returned to the airwaves with a fresh cast, I was skeptical, but no [...]

Horton Hears a Who is a surprisingly wonderful family film, and specifically family. While the kids will enjoy the goofy animated creatures and the quirky world of the Whos, parents will be amazed by the animation and floored by the maturity of hilarious weirdness that ensues (as with some of the best children’s stor [...]

Vancouver, BC (CinemaSpy) — The original Star Wars would never have been possible without the talents of a small group of experimental visual effects artists; trailblazers whose eclectic skills in mechanics, optics, photography and filmmaking were—if you’ll pardon the pun—light-years ahead of established industr [...]

Vancouver, BC (CinemaSpy) — If ever there was a motion picture that ushered in a whole new paradigm in filmmaking technology, Star Wars was it. Before the advent of computer generated imagery (CGI), commonplace in today’s extravagant Hollywood blockbusters—and on new television series such as Battlestar Galacticaâ [...]