What makes for a realistic explosion in space? In 1976, when pyrotechnic artist Joe Viskocil blew up the Death Star, he noted that “No one has actually seen a space station or ship blown to ...

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan is known for favoring practical effects over CGI to a significant degree. But with his next film “Oppenheimer” he’s taking that challenge to the extreme by bringing a ...

Computers have proved so adept at creating astounding visual effects that it’s easy to forget that not only are low-tech effects still in use, they are a huge part of some of the year’s most ...