Starpedia
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Films that feature a unique variety performance floorshow, often linked to a specific charismatic star, but not to any particular story or character: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance flicks, Bruce Lee chop-sockies, John Wayne horse operas or Arnold Schwarzenegger he-man movies.
Viral Circulation
The process of Internet sharing via chain-email, IM messages, e-zines, blogs, media-sharing websites and mobile devices; the Internet equivalent of word of mouth.
Virtuality
1. Film stories or sequence visuals that are composed of human characters portrayed by real actors who have been enhanced by motion-capture and computer-generated imagery (CGI). 2. The Japanese tokusatsu SFX genre.
Visual Effects (also Special Visual Effects Or SVX)
Images that cannot be captured using standard photographic techniques. Effects may be created in-camera, optically, through CGI or through related digital post-production processes. SVX also include models, mattes, live-action effects and digital animation. Technically, visual effects are a subcategory of special effects. (See CGI, special effects)
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World's Favorite Films 2010
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World's Favorite Foreign Language Films 2010
Aftershock (Chinese)
L'arnacoeur (French)
The Borrower Arietty (Japanese)
Ip Man 2 (Chinese)
Pokemon: Phanton Ruler Zoroark (Japanese)
Confessions (Japanese)
My Name Is Khan (Bollywood)
Nodame Cantabile 2 (Japanese)
Blood Brothers: Secret Reunion (Korean)
Doraemon: Mermaid Adventure (Japanese)
Raajneeti (Bollywood)
Little Big Soldier (Chinese)
La Rafle (French)
Les Aventures Extraordinaire d'Adele Blanc-Sec (French)
Io, loro e Lara (Italian)
Liar Game (Japanese)
Our Rossiya (Russian)
Moss (Korean)
71 - Into the Gunfire (Korean)
Housefull (Bollywood)
