History was made Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood when the King of the Monsters won its first-ever Oscar, as Toho Studio’s Godzilla Minus One took home the Academy Award for Best Visual ...

Best Visual Effects commentary (Updated Feb. 26, 2025): The best visual effects category has long been where the Academy honors the boundary-pushing work of digital artists, practical effects wizards, ...

Hollywood may soon need to bid farewell to a visual effects giant credited with bringing classic films such as “Gone with the Wind” and “The Wizard of Oz” to full color. Technicolor, the 110-year-old ...

In its original form, the movies have always been about illusions. Unlike many other art form, movies strive hard to fool the audience into believing what they're seeing, and nothing has exemplified ...

The category of best visual effects at the Oscars gives blockbusters a chance to shine. These 10 films may have taken a ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

A scene from "Light and Magic" Courtesy of Disney+ / Industrial Light and Magic Over the past 47 years, countless moviegoers have encountered the work of Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), even if they ...

UPDATE: Variety was able to identify the 20th unknown visual effects feature through two sources. It is Nick Hamm’s “Gigi & Nate,” a Roadside Attractions drama that tells the true story of a ...

There was a lot of pressure on Marvel’s WandaVision when it premiered in January following a year without any movies or series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The show delivered on those high ...