Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...

Why the scariest part of The Shining isn’t what you think It’s been 45 years since The Shining came out, we’ve had countless ...

Dolls, silhouettes, and every character from the movie “The Polar Express” all have something in common: just looking at them can make you feel unsettled. The same goes for life-like robots, puppets, ...

Seeing something that looks almost but not exactly human can be a strange and frightening experience for some people. This effect has been known for decades as the uncanny valley. In recent years, ...

Over the holidays, my family confronted a profound generational divide. My grandchildren became obsessed with director Robert Zemeckis’s 2009 animated film “A Christmas Carol,” playing it over and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. The uncanny valley is the scientific explanation for why we ...

Photorealistic faces in video games have been with us for a while, but they’ve still been a long way from what you’d call realistic. While we’ve got the polygons and texturing almost perfected, facial ...