Of the 1,761 visual effects shots in “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” from director Destin Daniel Cretton, one scene stands out as particularly challenging, a high-flying combat sequence ...

Gareth Edwards’ “The Creator” was a resourceful sci-fi endeavor with an $80 million production budget, but its visuals are on par with epic blockbusters that cost three times that amount. Rather than ...

In the mid-1960s, special effects in films and TV were the domain of miniatures, matte paintings on glass and optical compositing – all on real film. The effects in Star Trek: The Original Series were ...

Admittedly, we’ve gotten a little jaded. Digital effects are so omnipresent in our blockbusters that we’ve come to expect the impossible from movies. Our sense of awe has been, perhaps, a bit dulled, ...

The three-time Oscar nominee also worked magic for 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind,' 'Blade Runner 'and 'The Tree of Life.' By Rhett Bartlett Douglas Trumbull, the visual effects visionary who, ...

The line between digital creations and real-world experiences gets blurrier every day — particularly in Hollywood. Director Shawn Levy’s 2021 film Free Guy embraced that shrinking divide by following ...