Some of the most memorable characters on screens are not even from Earth, and they have left a mark through striking designs, detailed worldbuilding, and performances that audiences still talk about.

From The Thing to Blade Runner, Aliens to Tron, these ’80s sci-fi classics prove practical effects can still outshine modern ...

In 2020, Colin Farrell began a six-year back-and-forth between two polar opposite characters, Oz “The Penguin” Cobb and John ...

Supergirl mixes a great performance from Milly Alcock with too many half-hearted influences to fly by itself. While Kara's ...

Horror movies are solid investments for studios because they're usually so cheap, but these are the most expensive horror ...

On a recent Friday, a dozen “Saturday Night Live” cast members and the week’s host, Colman Domingo, arrived at a Manhattan soundstage. They had less than a day to film two very different short videos, ...

When Luke Tonge and Dan Alcorn settled on "Change" as the theme for Birmingham Design Festival 2026, they weren't to know quite how relevant it would turn out to be. "One thing we've felt more keenly ...

From the age of Ray Harryhausen’s painstakingly articulated stop-motion creations to the era of photorealistic digital creatures built through millions of computing hours, the monsters of fantasy ...

Even accounting for the time Joe Keery fed his rideshare passengers to slavering junkyard dogs, the actor’s “aw shucks” lovability is constitutional to his screen persona. The assembly of guileless ...

From foam latex appliances and hair-punching to airbrushed pigments and full-body creature suits, practical makeup effects have shaped how film brings characters and monsters to life. The movies below ...