Visual effects and animation journalist Ian Failes

Retro VFX: The tech of Terminator 2

An oral history with ILMers behind the CGI.

The social (VFX) lives of Hollywood

Behind the scenes vfx pics posted by the stars

The famous mirror shot in ‘Contact’ was almost something else entirely

‘Men in Black’ and its crazy collection of real and CG creatures

The forgotten freeze-frame moments from the film

Optical compositing, thermal cameras and *that* red suit

Re-visit the digital make-up, mocap and other VFX innovations from the 1999 film

Animation director Randal M. Dutra reflects on those early days of the digital age

Multi pass and motion control: re-visiting the VFX of 'The Fifth Element'

Full liquid metal, now in 3D: re-visiting the freakin’ T-1000 walking out of the fiery truck crash

The race to finish Dante’s Peak...20 years ago

You’re a wonderful human being: re-visiting CG Jabba 20 years later

Behind the ILM Mars Attacks! tests that convinced Tim Burton to go CG

It’s been 20 years since ‘Twister’ brought us that flying cow

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CG portrait of Neill Blomkamp by Ian Spriggs.