CGI can build entire planets now, but bigger does not always mean better. Some older movies still look incredible because their effects had texture and real-world messiness baked in. Models, ...

Movie magic happens in a lot of places, but some of the most unforgettable moments come from what artists can do with foam, latex, and paint. Long before CGI took over Hollywood, makeup artists were ...

Writer/director James Cameron and special effects artist Stan Winston decided to make the Alien Queen a puppet instead of an animatronic for safety reasons. After the director sketched out what he ...

Parker Finn’s 2022 horror flick “Smile” followed a psychiatrist facing off against a sinister supernatural entity. Now, the filmmaker is expanding the scale of the original with “Smile 2,” which hits ...