A special-effects wizard for "The Perfect Storm" talks about crafting virtual victims (and heroes) and the evolution of computer graphics, from morphing to "The Matrix."

"Love Actually" isn't really about romance, it's about movies. For a better love story, try the bookstore

The 25 films picked to be preserved forever include a bunch from the 1980s

Discover the ways social media can be a force for good in the lives of kids and teens

Damien Bona talks about "American Beauty" and Warren Beatty, "Titanic" and Roberto Benigni and more than 70 years of the academy's hits and misses.

Salon's TV picks for Weekend, April 9-11, 1999

First-time director McG spins out a hilarious list of tongue-in-cheek filmic homages in his commentary to this "pop-a-wheelie" candy-colored thrill ride of an action movie.

Today, May 25, 2001 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Hollywood. Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us.

In memory of the great director, who died yesterday in Los Angeles at 71, here's a look at his best movies

A torturous commentary track -- like the plot -- gets in the way of wrathful, way-cool tornadoes.

History's highest grosser has made made $1 billion more than any movie not by James Cameron

Broadway's most plagued show opens to another round of scathing reviews -- and a very bad omen

LOTR debate continues: The cultural establishment still doesn't take fantasy seriously -- ask Jim Cameron

An L.A. Times investigation breaks down the Academy's membership -- and helps explain this year's dismal campaign