If you’ve been dying to see how the special FX in Benjamin Button were created, a new site called “The Science Behind the Curious Case of Benjamin Button” has been launched to do just that. Fascinating stuff.

Also, a great podcast produced by the Pixel Corps called The VFX Show goes into great detail surrounding said visual effects in episode 64. Check that out here.

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Courtesy of Roger Ebert’s Journal:

Darwin’s Theory has been much developed and improved by countless scientists over the years, most dramatically since the discovery of DNA–which Darwin knew nothing about, but which uncannily supported his theory and revealed the mechanism by which it works. The Theory has been called “the best theory in the history of science.” Intelligent Design, on the other hand, has been described as a pseudoscience and Creationism in Science’s clothing. A federal court decision declared it a subterfuge to smuggle a religious belief into tax-supported schools.

Read the rest of his fascinating blog post here.

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Courtesy of JoBlo:

It isn’t often that I feel the need to be really serious about things when I write for JoBlo.com, but it isn’t often that there is such a serious cause. So here goes: Uwe Boll needs your money. The fate of his new film BLACKOUT literally rests on your investments. The film will be about terrorists (so you know it will be awesome), and Boll is looking to you guys for just $50 to become a co-producer and hopefully, fingers crossed, help him raise $18.5 million. I know what you’re thinking, James, James, where the hell is this website because damn it I need to be a part of this thing, but just give me a second here.

Read the rest here. I just love the “some films with Arnold Schwarzenegger” bit.

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