When I began this essay, it was Friday, May 8th, 2009, and Transformers celebrated 25 years of near-continuous presence in various media.
Understanding Screenwriting #3: Transsiberian, The House Bunny, Tropic Thunder, & More
by Tom Stempel
This is a first-rate addition to one of my favorite genres, the thriller on a train.
In all the hubbub about Kevin O’Connell’s 20th nomination, no one has brought up the fact that the sound mixer’s co-nominee for Transformers, Greg P. Russell, has 12 winless nominations under his belt as well.
Not every tech category where No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood are facing off will settle in either of their favor.
There’s obviously a certain bloc of voters in the Academy’s visual effects branch who loved seeing CGI open up a world of animal-on-animal violence.