As 2024 cinema comes to a close with the Christmas holiday season, it’s also award season and time for the top contenders for the Academy Awards. One of the most interesting categories this year will ...

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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, ...

From the mind-bending reality warps of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) to the breathtaking alien vistas of Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), visual effects have transported us to ...

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Waves of joy were interrupted by a brief struggle with the English language as the euphoric group behind Japan’s Godzilla Minus One accepted the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. As soon as the film’s ...

Also during the evening, honoree and retired VES exec director Eric Roth addressed the VFX business model, urging better treatment of artists: "They are not faceless practitioners. They are your ...

Other big winners at the 22nd annual awards ceremony include 'The Last of Us,' 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' and 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.' By Carly Thomas Senior Editor, Digital The ...

Update (Dec. 11): Variety has been able to confirm through multiple sources that Coralie Fargeat’s body-horror film “The Substance,” starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, has made the internal top ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Danny Lewis: The technology behind the visual effects used in movies and ...