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This issue includes features on A.I., a film developed by the late Stanley Kubrick that has been carried to fruition by Steven Spielberg; Planet of the Apes, Tim Burton's imaginative reinvention of the classic sci-fi tale; Tomb Raider, in which video game adventuress Lara Croft comes to life; and Jurassic Park 3, based on the third installment of the Michael Crichton novels featuring animatronic dinosaurs by Stan Winston and computer-generated versions by Industrial Light & Magic again provide the thrills and chills. Cover price $9.50.

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This issue features exhaustive coverage of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the long-awaited film adaptation of the first J.K. Rowling book about young Harry Potter and his years at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. An international publishing sensation and Hollywood hit, the first Harry Potter adventure comes to the screen courtesy of director Chris Columbus and an army of award-winning visual effects artists. A new film version of the H.G. Wells classic The Time Machine ?? directed by the author's grandson, Simon Wells ?? revisits the tale of scientist who journeys far into the future to a time when the human race has divided into gentle Eloi and brutal Morlocks. Also included in this issue is a feature on the mega-hit street-racing film, The Fast and the Furious, and an article on the all-CGI animated movies Shrek and Monsters, Inc. (Cinefex) Magazine $9.50 Cover price $9.50.

This issue: Exclusive SFX coverage of the first chapter in director Peter Jackson's labor of love, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Filmed on location in New Zealand, the meticulously designed production, with visual effects by an international team of artists, was four years in the making! Also in this issue: Simon Wells' (grandson of H.G. Wells) adaptation of the science fiction classic, The Time Machine, with effects from Digital Domain and make-up effects by Stan Winston Studio. Plus, Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down, and the Gale Anne Hurd production of Clockstoppers. (Cinefex) Magazine $9.50 Cover price $9.50.

This issue is devoted entirely to the two most eagerly anticipated releases of the summer: Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones and Spider-Man. George Lucas presents the middle chapter in the opening trilogy of his Star Wars saga. Contributing more than 3,000 visual effects shots to the epic production are the cinemagicians of Industrial Light & Magic. Spider-Man Director Sam Raimi brings the perennial comic book hero, Spider-Man, to life in a rousing film featuring effects by the Oscar- winning John Dykstra and his team at Sony Pictures Imageworks. (Cinefex) Magazine, FC $9.50 Cover price $9.50.

Minority Report? Filmmaker Steven Spielberg joins with superstar Tom Cruise to present the Philip K. Dick story of a futuristic law enforcement agency whose officers are able to detect and detain would-be criminals before they commit their crimes. Providing high-tech visual effects for the science fiction thriller is Industrial Light & Magic. Men In Black II ? Director Barry Sonnenfeld reunites with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones for a new comedy adventure involving super-secret Men in Black agents Jay and Kay who must, once again, save the world from run-amuck aliens. Providing creatures and other effects for the film are multi-Oscar-winning makeup maestro Rick Baker and the digital artists of Industrial Light & Magic. Reign of Fire? Uneasy allies Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale battle flying, fire-breathing dragons in a futuristic adventure from X-Files director Rob Bowman. Contributing the medieval-style monsters are effects artists from The Secret Lab. Spy Kids 1 & 2 ? We go behind the scenes with director Robert Rodriguez and the bare- bones effects artists responsible for the on-screen magic in the surprise hit films about a pair of remarkable kids who spend most of their time battling enemy agents and fanciful creatures. Don't miss it! (Cinefex) Magazine $9.50 Cover price $9.50.

Featuring The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers! New Zealand director Peter Jackson returns with the second film installment in J.R.R. Tolkien's classic trilogy about a fellowship of hobbits, wizards, drawfs, elves, and men who battle the forces of darkness to destroy the One Ring and preserve Middle Earth. Weta Digital, which won the visual effects Oscar for the first film, turns its attention to creating the epic-scale battle of Helm's Deep, the assault on the fortress Isengard by the Ent tree beings, and an all-digital character of great dramatic range, Gollum. Director Rob Cohen reinvents the secret agent film with actor Vin Diesel as an extreme athlete recruited by the U.S. government to infiltrate an international terror organization bent on world domination. Effects for the film, including an enormous avalanche, have been created by the Oscar-winning visual effects team at Digital Domain. (Cinefex) Magazine$9.50 Cover price $9.50.

In this issue, in-depth coverage of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets! Read about director Chris Columbus' film adaptation of the second J.K. Rowling novel, and how the visual effects were provided by Industrial Light & Magic. Plus, features on Star Trek: Nemesis, The Core, and Daredevil! Magazine$9.50 Cover price $9.50.

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In this issue, in-depth coverage of The Hulk! Read about Ang Lee's silver screen adaptation of the classic Marvel Comic anti-hero, with exclusive special effects coverage of how the Hulk was created! Professor Xavier's mutant freedom fighters, the X-Men, band together with new recruits to battle Magneto in X-Men 2. Director Bryan Singer and visual effects supervisor Michael Fink reunite to instill the mutants, both good and bad, with extraordinary powers. In The Core, when unknown forces cause Earth's inner core to stop rotating?disrupting the planet's magnetic field and causing the atmosphere to deteriorate with catastrophic consequences? a team of scientists journey to the center of the Earth in an experimental craft to correct the problem with nuclear detonation. Visual effects supervisor Greg McMurry and a cadre of effects houses wreak havoc on Rome and the Golden Gate Bridge, and depict the terranaut's passage to the fiery core of the Earth. (Cinefex) Magazine$9.50 Cover price $9.50.

Four years ago, filmmakers Andy and Larry Wachowski created a sensation with The Matrix. Now they are back with the first of two sequels, in which Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus enter the Matrix to do battle with the machine overlords. Visual effects supervisor John Gaeta oversaw an international array of visual effects artists to bring the film's visionary storyline to life. James Cameron is gone, but Arnold is back in the third installment of the Terminator saga. Director Jonathan Mostow takes the story 10 years past the fiery conclusion of T2, enlisting creature creator Stan Winston and the visual effects maestros at Industrial Light & Magic to help recount the tale of Schwarzenegger's Terminator being resurrected to help John Connor counter a deadly new threat to mankind ? a T-X female cyborg. (Cinefex) Magazine $9.50 Cover price $9.50.

The Return of the King: Director Peter Jackson's film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's literary trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, comes to a dazzling conclusion with The Return of the King, in which Frodo and surviving members of the Fellowship meet their separate fates in the perilous quest to destroy the One Ring before it destroys the very fabric of Middle-earth. Weta Digital, which won visual effects Oscars for both of the first two films, turns its attention to creating new characters, new environments, and new adventures for the final epic installment. In addition to our massive coverage of The Return of the King, there will be shorter feature articles on director P.J. Hogan's new adaptation of the classic Peter Pan tale, with ambitious effects from two Oscar-winning effects companies, Industrial Light & Magic and Digital Domain; director Peter Weir's Napoleonic sea saga, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, with visual effects by Weta Workshop, ILM, and Asylum Effects; and director Tim Burton's 'tall tale' story, Big Fish with effects by Sony Pictures Imageworks and Stan Winston Studio. (Cinefex) Magazine $9.50 Cover price $9.50.

This issue highlights The Matrix: Revolutions. Filmmakers Andy and Larry Wachowski bring their Matrix trilogy to a finale. Learn how visual effects supervisor John Gaeta oversaw an international array of visual effects artists to bring the film's visionary storyline to life. Also, read how makeup maestro Rick Baker and his Cinovation Studio provided makeup for the title character in Hellboy. Also, news on Mel Gibson's controversial The Passion of Christ, an examination of Mate World Digital, and Oscar- winning effects artist Phil Tippett's directorial debut on Starship Troopers II. Magazine$9.50 Cover price $9.50.

In this issue, After rejuvenating the seventy-year-old Mummy franchise, writer-director Stephen Sommers takes on the remaining classic monsters in the Universal stable with Van Helsing. Director Roland Emmerich explores the ecological repercussions a new ice age triggered by global warming and the greenhouse house in The Day After Tomorrow. Finally, Troy shows how high-tech visual effects allow director Wolfgang Petersen bring to the screen the classic Homerian tale of ancient Greek warriors laying siege to the city of Troy in 1193 B.C., fighting for the love of a Spartan queen. (Cinefex) Magazine$9.50 Cover price $9.50.

This issue features coverage on Will Smith in I, Robot. Supplying effects are Digital Domain and Weta Digital. Also Sony Pictures Imageworks and Edge FX contribute toward Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2, helping Spidey swing and Dock Ock flex his tentacles. Then the attention is on Industrial Light & Magic and a quartet of British visual effects houses creating magic for the film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Finally, a look at how Amalgamated Dynamics and visual effects by The Moving Picture Company, Cinesite, and Double Negative bring to life the creature effects for Paul W. S. Anderson's science-fiction thriller, Alien Vs. Predator! (Cinefex) SC$9.50 Cover price $9.50.

In this special 100th issue collector's edition, a "who's who" of visual effects artists will engage in a probing assessment of state-of-the-art visual effects, and its future. Also, feature articles on The Polar Express, Chris Van Allsburg's classic children's tale now made into a computer-animated motion picture. And artists at Industrial Light & Magic contribute visual magic to director Brad Silverling's adaptation of the first book in the phenomenally popular Lemony Snicket series. (Cinefex) (CAUT: 4) Magazine, FC$9.50 Cover price $9.50.

In this issue: Cinefex covers Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Constantine, Sin City and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! From special effects masters at Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic working on the final installment of the Star Wars saga to the make-up artists at KNB EFX working on Frank Miller's Sin City, all of the top special effects films of this year check in. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $9.50.

In this issue: Cinefex covers Batman Begins, War of the Worlds and Stealth. Eight years have passed since the previous Batman film. Now, with director Christopher Nolan at the helm, there's a fresh, real-world approach! Later, see how director Steven Spielberg has turned to the classic H.G. Wells novel for his latest science fiction thriller updated to today. And in the latest man-versus-machine science fiction scenario, Stealth, an elite trio of Navy fighter pilots must apply everything they know, and much more, to counter a prototype self-piloted warplane! Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $9.50.

In this issue: One of the most beloved fantasy adventures of all time returns to the big screen in director Peter Jackson's adaptation of the 1933 film classic, King Kong. Also, several generations of children and adults have been captivated by C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia, and now, director Andrew Adamson brings the first installment of the Narnia series to film. In addition: Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride and The Legend of Zorro. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: Cinefex magazine features coverage of Superman Returns and Poseidon (the remake of the classic 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure), and coverage on The Da Vinci Code, V for Vendetta and X-Men: The Last Stand. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $12.50.

Cinefex features the latest in special effects in science fiction, fantasy and horror films. This issue focuses on two huge films that are due to hit theaters this year. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest features Johnny Depp in his return as Captain Jack Sparrow in director Gore Verbinski's follow-up to his 2003 blockbuster. Visionary filmmaker Darren Aronofsky directs Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz in The Fountain, an epic film odyssey about one man's 1,000-year struggle to save the woman he loves. With Overview articles on writer-director Richard Linklater's roto-animated adaptation of Philip K. Dick's sci-fi novel, A Scanner Darkly, director Oliver Stone's World Trade Center and writer-director M. Night Shyamalan's Lady in the Water. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $12.50.

This issue features FX coverage of several upcoming films, including: Charlotte's Web, the film adaptation of E.B. White's beloved children's book, about a spider who befriends a young girl and attempts to save a barnyard pig by weaving messages into her web; Casino Royale sets a darker tone for the latest James Bond adventure, which, though set in the present, rewinds to 'zero' with the story of Bond's first mission as a double-O agent; veteran visual effects supervisor Stefen Fangmeier moves to the director's chair with the film adaptation of Christopher Paolini's best-selling fantasy novel, Eragon, about a young boy who rears a hatchling dragon and later, as a dragon-mounted warrior, does battle with an evil monarch! Plus: A Q&A with Oscar-winning visual effects innovator Rob Legato, and an Overview article on Tony Bill's Flyboys, an action-packed World War I aviation film. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $12.50.

This issue takes a look at 300, Frank Miller's graphic novel, about the Battle of Thermopylae, in which 300 Spartans battled to the death against a massive Persian army, and comes to the screen in a film directed by Zack Snyder. As with Sin City, the previous Frank Miller movie adaptation, 300 features live actors filmed against bluescreen and composited into computer-generated sets and environments. Plus: Ghost Rider, Zodiac, Pan's Labyrinth, Mel Gibson's Mayan epic Apocalypto, and makeup master Rick Baker's disguising of Eddie Murphy in Norbit. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: Marvel Comics' webslinging superhero reunites with director Sam Raimi for a third time to combat super villains including the shape-shifting Sandman and the fearsome alien symbiote, Venom, in Spider-Man 3. Plus, the saga of pirate captain Jack Sparrow reaches a tumultuous conclusion, wrapping up a trilogy of films from Walt Disney Pictures and director Gore Verbinski in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Also: Children of Men, and Overview articles on Next (based on a 1954 Philip K. Dick short story) and The Last Mimzy. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

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This issue takes a look at director Michael Bay's summer blockbuster Transformers and how F/X studios Industrial Light & Magic and Digital Domain took the classic cartoon characters and rendered them in a live-action spectacular. Also, this summer's two fantasy films -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Neil Gaiman's Stardust -- receive attention with articles that look at how effects artists put the magic into the big-screen adaptations of these best-selling fantasy novels. Plus: Overview articles on director Danny Boyle's apocalyptic science fiction drama, Sunshine, and Resident Evil: Extinction. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

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In this issue: Cinefex goes behind the scenes of three of this winter's biggest genre films! For Will Smith's adaptation of Richard Matheson's classic novel, I Am Legend, discover how artists at Sony Pictures Imageworks created vast expanses of New York City, devoid of life and activity, as well as the mutant creatures designed by Patrick Tatopoulos. Veteran visual effects supervisor Mike Fink oversaw the massive effects effort for New Line's adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass, handled principally by Framestore CFC, Cinesite and Rhythm & Hues. Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis envisioned the Old English epic poem Beowulf as an opportunity to expand upon the motion capture animation technology developed for The Polar Express and Monster House -- this time applied to near-photoreal characters in a story with adult themes. Plus: Overview articles on Enchanted and The Mist. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

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In this issue: Cinefex takes readers behind-the-scenes on the productions of major genre films! Learn from visual effects supervisor Phil Tippett how the effects were created for The Spiderwick Chronicles. Then, director Roland Emmerich transports audiences to 10,000 B.C. for an epic tale of a young hunter on a perilous quest through mammoth and cat infested lands. And director Mike Nichols' film Charlie Wilson's War -- starring Tom Hanks -- and its special effects by 4Ward Productions is covered. Plus: Cloverfield, and Overview articles on Jumper and Sweeney Todd. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

July 2008. Features on The Incredible Hulk, Get Smart, Speed Racer, Iron Man, and Prince Caspian. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 126 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: After a 20-year hiatus, Indiana Jones returns in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull for another action-packed archaeological quest set in the 1950's. Steven Spielberg mans the helm of his fourth Indy adventure, with visual effects provided by Industrial Light & Magic. Then, director Christopher Nolan continues the Batman saga in The Dark Knight with the Caped Crusader battling the nefarious Joker. Double Negative, BUF and Framestore are among the effects vendors. Director Guillermo del Toro resurrects Mike Mignola's demon-spawned superhero in Hellboy II: The Golden Army for an epic conflict with an evil elfin prince and his fantasy minions, featuring makeup from Spectral Motion and DDT, and visual effects by Double Negative. Finally, in Hancock, Will Smith plays a superhero with character flaws and an alcohol problem in the comedy adventure directed by Peter Berg, with visual effects designed by visual effects supervisor John Dykstra and executed by Sony Pictures Imageworks. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: David Fincher adapts F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt. Born an old man, Benjamin ages in reverse, becoming younger with each passing year, requiring state-of-the-art visual effects. Daniel Craig returns as James Bond, seeking revenge for the death of a former lover while on the trail of intrigue and corruption in Italy, Austria and South America in Quantum of Solace. Also, coverage of The Day the Earth Stood Still, an updated remake of the 1951 classic, starring Keanu Reeves as an intergalactic emissary with a warning for Earth's leaders, and City of Ember round out the issue. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

The premier magazine of special effects in today's films returns with features on Watchmen, Coraline, The Spirit and more. Widely acclaimed as the greatest graphic novel of all time, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen comes to theaters in March in Zack Snyder's highly-anticipated adaptation. Visual effects supervisor John DesJardin explains how he and the visual effects team at Sony Pictures Imageworks brought the alternate 1985 to the screen. Director Henry Selick returns to stop-motion animation with Coraline, based on Neil Gaiman's best-selling fantasy novel, the story of a young girl who steps through a door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. Frank Miller brings Will Eisner's The Spirit to film, and The Orphanage, Digital Dimension and Rising Sun Pictures are among the nine visual effects studios that designed the city. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

Take a look at the secrets behind the special effects of today's films with Cinefex. J.J. Abrams' reboot of Star Trek this summer takes center stage with an article that looks at how Industrial Light & Magic recreated the 23rd century. ILM also provided the effects work for Terminator Salvation, and that is profiled here. Plus, learn how the effects of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Angels & Demons were created. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

The premiere magazine of special effects in today's blockbuster films returns with profiles of four of this summer and fall's biggest effects extravaganzas. The effects work for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, District 9 (the new film from producer Peter Jackson), and G-Force are profiled. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: After a 10-year absence from feature filmmaking, James Cameron returns with Avatar, an epic science-fiction adventure in 3D, about an ex-Marine who, as an avatar, inhabits the mind of an alien lifeform indigenous to a distant planet whose natural resources are being pillaged by man. Weta Digital is creating a host of creatures and an entire alien world, abetted by artists at Industrial Light & Magic, Framestore, Hydraulx, Weta Workshop and Legacy Effects. Roland Emmerich sets his destructive sights on 2012, about a global cataclysm that brings about the end of the world. And Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Road, is brought to the screen in an uncompromising film by director John Hillcoat. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.