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special effects Feb. 26, 2019

How The Umbrella Academy’s Swole Gorilla Man Got So Absurdly Swole“I looked at the comics before I was officially cast, and I was like, Oh, my God, this guy is a human head on a gorilla body.”

By Scott Meslow
backstories Dec. 14, 2018

How Peter Jackson’s The Frighteners Brought the Personification of Death to LifeBack in 1996, nobody knew how to capture death visually onscreen.

By Kalyn Corrigan

lights camera cgi Dec. 11, 2018

How Lord of the Rings’ Gollum Changed the Course of SFXOne of the many hands who worked on Andy Serkis’s groundbreaking mo-cap performance looks back on the process of creating a new breed of CG character.

By Caroline Conrad
the latest in claustrophobia news Apr. 19, 2017

Josh Brolin Getting His Cable Mask Made Is the Most Harrowing Part of Deadpool 2#claustrophobiarocks

By Halle Kiefer
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6 Times Tom Hardy Proved He’s a Legitimate Movie StarTom Hardy stole the show in a mix of blockbusters and underrated gems before making his TV debut on FX’s Taboo. #ad
special effects Sept. 7, 2016

Behind the VFX of Star Wars: The Force AwakensHow the beautiful digital sausage is made.

By Halle Kiefer
music June 4, 2015

The Beat Goes Boom: What’s Driving the Dance-Music MomentWhy EDM just keeps growing, who’s making money off it, and where to actually go dancing.