Articles
Ray Harryhausen
In 1933, when he was 13 years old, Ray Harryhausen's mother took him to see King Kong, and a passion was born. Apprenticed to the leader of stop-motion...
PHOTOS: Giant Rubber Duck Floats in Hong Kong Harbor
It’s not quite the same as King Kong coming to Tokyo, but a new art installation featuring a rubber duckie has taken Hong Kong by storm.
The Hobbit‘s Andy Serkis on Getting Inside Gollum’s Skin
The man behind Gollum's creepy intonations of "precious" is 48-year-old Andy Serkis. TIME talks to Hollywood's go-to motion capture actor about his return to...
Carlo Rambaldi
Early in the production of E.T., Steven Spielberg spent $700,000 on prototypes for the title alien. Unhappy with the results, he turned to Carlo Rambaldi of...
Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Chimpan-tastic!
Apes make great horror-movie monsters, with their big nasty teeth, their crazy shrieks and scary roars, their ability to jump out and go Boo! -- but also...
Photo Essays
Empire State of Mind: In Praise of New York’s Second-Tallest — and Most Beloved — Building
When 1 World Trade Center reaches its final, dizzying height, topped off with a distinctive stainless-steel spire, the glass-sheathed structure will be the...
Time.com Specials
Gollum’s Getup: How The Hobbit‘s Groundbreaking Technology Works
At a pivotal point in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, our hero encounters Gollum, the haggard creature moviegoers will recognize from the director’s The Lord of the...
