By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Netflix. A village is digitally integrated into the mist-covered landscape. With Liam Hemsworth stepping into the role of Geralt of Rivia, The Witcher Season 4 expands its world with more monstrous creatures, epic battles and ambitious visual effects. Sara Bennett oversaw the season’s visual effects in post-production, a process [...]

By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Lucasfilm. Star Wars: Visions Volume 3 comes full circle as the animated anthology returns to the Japanese anime studios behind the first season, with three of its nine shorts continuing earlier stories. The new chapters revisit the Ronin, R5-D56, F, Lulu and Lah Kara in The Duel: Payback, The [...]

By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of BBC Studios and Apple TV. Prehistoric Planet has gone beyond dinosaurs for Season 3, exploring what life was like long after their extinction, when a quarter of the Earth was encased in snow and ice. Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age consists of five episodes. In “The Big Freeze,” the docuseries [...]

By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of PFX and Paramount Pictures. Given that laughter reigns supreme in comedy, PFX discovered that the visual effects shots for The Naked Gun didn’t need to be pixel-perfect as long as the exaggeration or imperfection enhanced the humor. “I believe that doing a comedy changed everything, especially a comedy like [...]

By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Netflix Imitation is often considered the greatest form of flattery, but to have it endure for centuries after the original material first appeared is remarkable, given how each generation seeks to make its own distinct mark on history. William Shakespeare’s work has transcended dramatic shifts in technology and societal [...]