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Nothing more than an inward-spiraling clothes-hanger affixed to a stick, and used to measure the planet's distance, this is a prop with real character, delivering a priceless, bargain-basement special-effect and affording more than a few metaphors.

Michael Vazquez: 2011's Doomsday Cinema, Part I: Melancholia @ 49th NYFF plus Gainsbourg on Von Trier & Lars' NYFF 47 Press Conference (VIDEO) Michael Vazquez 2012

Unity also created a marketplace for game developers last November that sells everything from characters and props to special-effect functionality—even things that make it possible for nonprogrammers to program, Mr. Helgason says.

They Won. And Then What? Emily Glazer 2011

The elaborate stunt and special-effect sequences still manage to be breath-taking -- but it's probably useful (and pointless) to recall that much of the appeal of the original M:I (and at least the first couple of movies) was the element of outsmarting the villains (and the audience), as opposed to outrunning or outgunning him.

Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Marshall Fine 2011

In the back, I hear John playing a computer game—the firing of electronic weapons, the howls of the special-effect villains as they die.

Thirst No. 3 Christopher Pike 2010

The film makes use of over 1,000 special-effect shots, many more than were used in earlier "Trek" films.

Hollywood Starts Over 2009

At left, a special-effect re-creation of the Spirit on the flank of a Martian hill NASA via Associated Press

Robot Adventure on Mars 2009

But modern life sees bodily matter witness ten thousand horror flicks, and the expert special-effect representation of the abjection of decay as a wet thing.

Archive 2007-09-01 Adam Roberts Project 2007

The good news: it's better than the majority of special-effect driven extravaganzas.

Christmas Eve Madness 2007

The good news: it's better than the majority of special-effect driven extravaganzas.

Archive 2007-12-01 2007

But modern life sees bodily matter witness ten thousand horror flicks, and the expert special-effect representation of the abjection of decay as a wet thing.

Flood Adam Roberts Project 2007