Jeremy Chernick has built a career around theatrical special effects — work that has also taken him into film and television. You’d imagine he grew up the kind of kid who figured out a way to make ...

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Fans of Tim Burton’s horror-comedy film know better than to repeat that name three times and invoke the rude title character. For audiences of the Broadway musical based on the film, though, the third ...

Early reports suggest the new film "Alien: Romulus" is something of a return to the roots of the science fiction-horror "Alien" franchise — and Alec Gillis is quick to agree. "Absolutely," says the ...