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'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' VFX spotlight: De-aging Kurt Russell gracefully
Marvel visual effects supervisor Chris Townsend gives us de-aging lowdown: How his team took 30 years off Kurt Russell in 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'
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‘Death Becomes Her’ Turns 25: Behind the Scenes of Its Oscar-Winning Special Effects
How they did it: A chat with visual effects artist Doug Chiang, then starting his ILM career, now a VP and executive creative director at Lucasfilm.
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Watch a Supercut of Every Best Visual Effects Oscar Winner
Hard to believe, but the dancing penguins in Mary Poppins were once considered a cutting-edge special effect. In 1964, the Disney classic became the second-ever film to win the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, most recently awarded to Ex Machina. In our latest Oscars supercut, Yahoo Movies takes a look at all the past winners of the Best Visual Effects Award, including such landmarks as Star Wars, Jurassic Park, The Matrix, and Avatar.
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'Doctor Strange' and the Scene-Stealing Cloak of Levitation: A Star Is Worn
In the magical multiverse of Doctor Strange, it’s the cloak that makes the man. After setting foot in New York’s Sanctum Sanctorum for the first time, Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) comes face-to-face with the Cloak of Levitation, a mystical object that will become an essential part of his arsenal. This flowing red overgarment has been part of Doctor Strange’s wardrobe since the 1960s, helping him fly from dimension to dimension and protecting its wearer from bodily harm.
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Black Panther Costume: See How It Was Tailored for 'Captain America: Civil War' by CGI
New video helps visualize how Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther costume was digitally assembled
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Black Panther's 'Civil War' Outfit Was All CGI, According to Directors' Blu-ray Commentary Track
Joe and Anthony Russo explain what they needed to see made it impractical to use a real suit, so what we see on screen was all added via visual effects
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Acting Chops...Or CGI? Why It May Only Get Harder to Tell
New York magazine article explores how technology can now enhance elements we see on screen that we usually link with an actor's skills; in a world of CGI, does the actor's craft lose some of its meaning?