'Dune' used a combination of real and computer-generated effects. (Warner Bros/Everett Collection) As widely anticipated, “Dune” won the Oscar for visual effects, with the team’s expertise on display ...

The term “movie magic” may seem like an exaggeration, but there’s a fair amount of wizardry that goes into making your favorite films and TV shows. Often, CGI is front and center in bringing a project ...

It’s true, on the most elemental level, that all one really needs to “make a movie” is a camera and a subject to point it at. Since the advent of the motion picture camera, people have been capturing ...

Special effects artist Joe Castro has made a name for himself working on low-budget horror movies. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Joe Castro Joe Castro can point to the exact moment he fell in love with ...

A movie doesn’t have to be a special effects extravaganza to be worth watching, but it seems like we’re increasingly uninterested in going to the theater to see one if they’re not. And if we’re going ...