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Super Bowl approaches – do you have your snacks at the ready? Have you chosen your team? More importantly, have you set your DVR to record the commercials? 

This week’s mashup consists of some Super Bowl sneak peeks – we have a “Twilight”-like tailgating party for Audi courtesy of The Mill, takes 2 and 3 for VW and the “Star Wars” enterprise involving Man’s Best Friend, a couple of car spots steeped in fantasy complete with bikini-clad extras, the Coca-Cola polar bears (Giants v. Patriots) up their game and “The Avengers” trailer.

I remember when you actually had to wait for Game Day to see the spots! 

This year’s previews are kind of light on VFX  - I suspect everyone’s still rendering. 

Let us know which ones you liked – and we hope your team wins!

As Oscar fever is mounting up, there were lots of stories related to awards last week - no surprise there. But there were also lots of goodies such as a very cool video from TedTalk, an interview with the VFX Supervisor on Hugo and much more. Here's my take on last week...

We're over half way through with our first set of course offerings in VFX and Compositing and it has been an exciting ride. We'll be offering both of our 12 week daily courses again in 2012. We've set up our spring, summer and fall start dates for our Visual Effects Production and Compositing for Production courses so you can start your planning right away.

Last week was rich of stories about The Artist and speculation about how it will do at the Oscars, but there were also lots of other interesting stories including news about new 32Ten Studios, interviews with the likes of artists at ILM, and the first of many stories about the Super Bowl. Here's my pick of the most interesting pieces published...

I have been meaning to write about this for some days now, but I’ll admit to having been somewhat distracted by long haul flights and the ensuing jetlag over the last couple of weeks. Still, I hope you won’t hold it against me…

Here is a mashup of news for this week – there’s a cry for old school technology, a list of tips for you to be better prepared for dailies, a couple of reports from CES, a fun commercial for Mini Coopers based on a fan suggestion, a great trailer from Blur, and a rendition of a Dr Seuss story as told by those who attended Burning Man last year.

What’d I miss?

The Academy met last night to cull the list of films in the running for a Visual Effects Oscar nomination to a mere ten. The list is below, in alphabetical order.

The end of the year is generally a time to wax nostalgic about good, bad, indifferent things that happened in the previous 12 months. It's wonderful to acknowledge where we've been, but even more fun to think about where we're going to go! I read with delighted interest io9's overview (with handy calendar!) of Science Fiction/Fantasy movies for 2012. 

This will be my last Weekly Round-Up of News for this year..., hope you enjoy it. If you have suggestions for stories I missed, just drop me a line or post a comment. I'll be sure to look at your suggestion during the holidays.

Here are the flicks we plan to take in this holiday season—time permitting. Some have excellent visual effects to offer. MPC, Framestore and Bluebolt worked on the visual effects for Sherlock Holmes, Weta Digital for Tintin and Digital Domain and Method did the VFX work for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. You’ll find the work of ILM in Mission Impossible and Framestore and The Third Floor had much to do with the VFX in War Horse. Do click through the links to see the other work presented by these VFX houses. Many of these groups have members on our advisory board and we are proud to be associated with them. They do good work.