If you're tired of thinking about government agencies having access to your phone conversations and social network activity, while geolocating your mobile devices, just relax for a minute. There are still beautiful things in the world that we've created with our computers. Like this film, "Hinode."

There is literally nothing that has made me more impressed about Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim — and it's has some mighty impressive trailers — than this featurette revealing the massive, unbelievable, almost zero-CG sets used as the Jaeger's cockpits.

When you finally get to see the graphic sexual content of cinematic auteur Lars von Trier's upcoming film Nymphomaniac, you need to know that's not really Shia La Boeuf graphically fucking Charlotte Gainsbourg. It's half of him, thanks to some completely insane VFX.

Oblivion may have its flaws, but no one can argue it isn't pretty — especially after seeing this supercut of every single graphical interface shown in the film. Impressively, I don't think this has any real spoilers, so even folks who haven't seen the movie can watch it.

The time-travel cop show Continuum comes back to Canadian television on Sunday (and on June 7 on Syfy), for more paradoxically exciting action. And the show's producer, Simon Barry, sent us these exclusive (and gorgeous) VFX shots from season two.

By Geoff Manaugh. This winter, while out in Los Angeles on a trip for Venue, I had the enormous pleasure of stopping by special effects house Spectral Motion — responsible for the effects in Hellboy, X-Men: First Class, and Pacific Rim, among others. I visited with Nicola Twilley to interview Mike Elizalde, CEO of

Whether you want to learn how the fine artists of Stargate Studios create the graphic zombie kills in The Walking Dead or just want to see a bunch of zombies get eviscerated, this three-minute video detailing how the graphic zombie violence was made in season 3 is a pretty great way to start the morning.

Turkish network STV tends to air religious programming, and it's not uncommon to see a character land themselves in Hell. But during one episode, the special effects team neglected to add fake fire to their Hell, leaving behind a lot of blue screen.

The videos that Stan Winston Studio has been releasing about their special effects work on various movies are nothing short of astounding, and show off just how detailed their practical effects are. In this video, mechanical effects designer Rick Galinson takes us through the development of that great Dilophosaurus…

While ABC showed viewers the glitz and glamor of Sunday night's Academy Awards from the red carpet and inside the Dolby Theater, across the street there was a very different show going on. Members of the visual effects (VFX) industry gathered on Hollywood Boulevard to raise awareness about the financial hardships faced …