The Morning Watch: Breaking Down The Best VFX Oscar Nominees, Margot Robbie Does Hot Ones & More
The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.
In this edition, a visual effects supervisor walks us through the movie magic for this years nominees for Best Visual Effects at the Academy Awards, includingStar Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerandAvengers: Endgame. Plus,Margot Robbiestops byHot Onesto eat some spicy chicken wings and talk about her career so far, andSamuel L. Jacksondramatically reads Yelp reviews.
First up,Wiredhad Method Studios creative director and senior visual effects supervisor Kevin Baillie walk through the Academy Awards nominees for Best Visual Effects:1917, Avengers: Endgame, The Irishman, The Lion King, andStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. As an Academy member and VFX artist himself, he knows exactly what to look for and how to determine what’s the best.
Next, before you see Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn inBirds of Preythis weekend, see how she can handle some spicy wings on the 11th season premiere of the web seriesHot Ones. She’s doesn’t handle the temperature of the wings very well, but she still gives a great interview, and there are even some cameos from heBirds of Preyco-stars offering their own questions.
Finally, in support of a newOmazecharity campaign, Samuel L. Jackson reads some of the most scathing one-star reviews on Yelp in the most dramatic way possible. It’s exactly what you think it would be, and it’s all to convince you to contribute to a charity campaign where you may get a chance to hang out with the badass motherf***er himself.
