The turbulent late ’60s saw the technique’s popularity explode—and it’s been helping moviemakers (and literary artists) ...

The pioneering stop-motion special effects of Willis O’Brien, as seen in King Kong and Mighty Joe Young, were passed on to protege Ray Harryhausen, who took the art form to what many would ...

The tour of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” has impressive special effects and heaps of self-aware fan service.

It’s a question that came up as we were putting together this week’s list feature, “The 50 Greatest Special Effects Movies Of All Time,” and it’s resurfaced a few times in the comments.

Even in 1954, Godzilla’s special effects weren’t exactly state-of-the-art: While FX guru Eiji Tsuburaya had his heart set on stop-motion, he settled for the cheaper and less time-consuming ...

Special Effects By Tippett Studios Visual Effects Supervisor: Craig Hayes. Wesley Snipes , star of Blade 2, might be a tough guy, but there are some things even he can't do--like fly off the tops ...

Add special effects to your smartphone movies Free app FxGuru, now available for both Android and iOS, comes with a dozen dazzling effects. Here's how to kickstart your moviemaking career.

This stub is part of our “Best Of 2014” special effects package. You can check out the creativity and tech that went into other amazing films from this year here.

With the exception of a ride on a cable car, the mutant heroes and villains in the big action movie "X-Men: The Last Stand," which opens Friday, pretty much complete the San Francisco tourist ...

His company, one of 18 special effects studios that worked on "Spider-Man 3," has billed as much in the first three months of this year as it did in nine months last year, he said.