Christopher Nolan only wanted to use practical effects for his new movie, "Oppenheimer." Filmmakers used paintings and camera tricks to achieve their effects before computers and CGI. Practical ...

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 ...

Today, everyone rightfully bemoans how much CGI is used in movies. It's not just a problem in big, superhero blockbusters, where movies like The Flash are almost unwatchable because they look like ...

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, ...

Rachel is a contributor at Collider who specializes in the horror genre. She was raised in Atlanta and moved to Colorado in 2016. In 2022, she graduated from The University of Colorado Boulder with a ...

Before Kevin Feige’s Marvel multiverse, before blue Na’vi forests or digitally de-aged heroes, George Lucas had the Star Wars team making movie magic the old-fashioned way, with puppets, miniatures, ...

Steven Spielberg has directed and produced several blockbusters that are known for their special effects. But although he’s applied this kind of movie magic to his films, he once felt special effects ...

James Cameron is widely considered one of the greatest directors of all time, bringing audiences classics like Aliens, The Terminator, and Titanic. The True Lies director has also been behind the ...