Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes pulls back the curtain and lets you see how movies are made, from the initial script, the casting and how the jaw-dropping special effects come to life.
Who Said That? The Voice Actors Quiz
Why Bugs Bunny Is Spectacular
Is Bugs Bunny a Rabbit or a Hare?
Marvel's 'Wakanda Forever' Pays Homage to Mesoamerican Cultures
Kicking the Bucket: The Fictional Deaths Quiz
What's the Best Order to Binge-watch Every 'Star Wars' Movie?
How the Hays Code Censored Early Hollywood
What the Bechdel Test Says About Women in Film
Only 17 Talented People Have Achieved EGOT Status
10 Ways Our Moviegoing Experience Will Change
Why do movie tickets cost so much?
Why do some IMAX screens seem smaller than others?
You've Been Pronouncing These Celebrity Names All Wrong
How Short Is the World's Smallest Person?
Quiz: Guess Which Celebrities Are Related!
If You Hear a Scream in a Movie, It's Probably the Wilhelm Scream
VR Horror Movies: A New Way to Be Scared Out of Your Mind
Why aren't 3-D glasses red and blue anymore?
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The composer who gave us the scores for movies such as "Star Wars," "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial" and "Jaws" has just marked his 90th birthday.
By Dan Golding
'The Underground Railroad,' the new series from Amazon Studios and director Barry Jenkins, attempts to upend viewers' notions of what it meant to be enslaved.
By William Nash
They've become commonplace in Hollywood moviemaking, but green screens aren't just for big-budget films. They're popular with vloggers and YouTubers now, too.
By Mark Mancini
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Ah, the '90s. We're still watching this glorious decade's campy disaster flicks for the action scenes and nostalgia value. But accuracy was never their forte. Just for kicks, let's look at the science of "Twister," "Volcano" and more.
By Mark Mancini
Antagonists. We need them to provide balance to the protagonists of our stories and myths. Because, really, what kind of world would it be if we all just got along?
By Oisin Curran
There's a musical name for dread, and it is 'Dies Irae.' How did this 13th-century Latin hymn become the go-to tune for conjuring up movie scares?
By Alia Hoyt
What happens when movie marketers try to get audiences into the cinema by misrepresenting the film they're trying to sell?
By Chris Opfer
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We think we know what gets censored out of movies shown on airplanes – like language and plane crashes. But the rise of streaming has changed the rules and added some cultural dimensions.
By Dave Roos
Kanopy is looking to bring libraries and universities into the streaming age with access to its vast collection.
By Chris Opfer
Why would a cinematic giant like 'Star Wars' go digital first with its newest stories?
By Bryan Young
In the world of Harry Potter, being a wizard in the United States is a lot different than being a wizard in England. Now who’s up for a game of quodpot?
By Bryan Young
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The black female mathematicians who worked at NASA during the Space Race were scientific savants who helped make some pretty amazing advances in aeronautics.
By Alia Hoyt
You could probably see "Rogue One" with no prior knowledge of "Star Wars" and be fulfilled, but checking out these things beforehand will kick the experience up a notch.
By Bryan Young
As No-Majs, or muggles, we can't see the world's magical creatures. Luckily, they're everywhere in the new film set in the wizarding world of Harry Potter. We meet three.
By Bryan Young
Companies that make prop money for movies and videos have to walk a fine line between making cash that looks realistic, but not crossing into counterfeit.
By Dave Roos
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Yep, real-time motion capture and re-enactment just got faster (and funnier).
By Julia Layton
Is it possible — just maybe — that spoilers don't actually (spoiler!) spoil all the fun?
By Oisin Curran
If you’re writing and directing a new “Star Wars” movie, you’ve got a built-in fan base to entertain and keep happy. Will viewers be delighted with “The Force Awakens”?
By Bryan Young
A good movie transports you to another universe. But what if that universe is so authentic it's visually jarring? Step into the debate about hyper-real high frame rate films!
By Debra Ronca
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Moviemaking is not a profession without its own dangers, but for all the fake gore and dismemberment in the movies, there are tragic true tales of filming gone wrong.
From "The Shining" to "The Shawshank Redemption," from Hogwarts to Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, find out how establishing shots immerse audiences in movies' settings.
By Bambi Turner
Using drones, cinematographers can capture beautiful, sweeping shots more easily and cheaply than ever before. And affordable technology means more amateurs can get in the game, too. Get ready to plan your film debut.
By Oisin Curran
The picture is so smooth and realistic that some moviegoers find it unsettling or less magical. Is high frame rate 3-D the next big step in cinema or a blip in film history?
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Rumors have surrounded the shocking horse scene in "The Godfather" for years -- did author Mario Puzo make it up, or worse, was it based on a true incident? And where does Frank Sinatra fit in? Read on for the scoop.
Conspiracy theorists have been debunking the moon landing ever since Neil Armstrong took that first small step. But how (and why) does Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" fit in to this pervasive urban legend?