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Robert Zemeckis' motion-capture animated film cost $150 million to produce but earned only $6.9 million in its debut at the domestic box office. By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer In the weeks ...

You'll want to stay through the closing credits of the new motion capture animated adventure "Mars Needs Moms," a film from the people who gave us "The Polar Express." There are four minutes of clips ...

Cinema and technology go hand in hand. As special effects and computer graphics became more advanced, film embraced evolving VFX and utilized their storytelling potential. While things like ...

For a technology that's intended to make animated humans look more real, it sure hasn't been used to tell stories that are more human ... Here’s the irony of motion-capture animation, one that Mars ...

Disney's tale about the rescue of a mother abducted by Martians shows improvements in Robert Zemeckis' performance capture system. By Kirk Honeycutt Robert Zemeckis’ performance capture system, which ...

Rohan Naahar is a News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once. He has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He also ...

Michael is for everyone who loves his music and wants to see how a boy who never had a childhood became one of the best-loved music artists of all time. The true story of Michael Jackson's rise to ...

Read up on the latest Mars Needs Moms News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. Mars Needs Moms is an animated sci-fi adventure that follows nine-year-old Milo, who embarks on a daring ...