Cinefex (1980-2021) comic books

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Dubbed "the journal of cinematic illusions," Cinefex is the magazine for special effects enthusiasts. Issue #1 includes: Into the V'ger with Douglas Trumbull (regarding Star Trek?The Motion Picture) and Creating an Alien Ambiance (referring to the original Alien feature film). Edited and published by Don Shay. March, 1980. 71 pgs. Cover price $3.50.

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Dubbed "the journal of cinematic illusions," Cinefex is the magazine for special effects enthusiasts. Issue #12 includes: movie adaptation of Ray Bradbury's fantasy novel "Something Wicked this way Comes", slipping away of stop-motion animation, and Dream Quest effects studio. Edited and Published by Don Shay. 9-in. x 8-in., FC, 71 pgs. Cover price $4.75.

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Dubbed "the journal of cinematic illusions," Cinefex is the magazine for special effects enthusiasts. Issue #12 includes: Low-tech effects of the movie "The Right Stuff", Unique special effects production of the movie "Brainstorm", and "Twilight Zone - The Movie". Edited and Published by Don Shay. 9-in. x 8-in., FC, 71 pgs. Cover price $4.75.

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Dubbed "the journal of cinematic illusions," Cinefex is the magazine for special effects enthusiasts. Issue #22 includes: Special brand of Wizardry involved in bringing "Return to Oz" to life and Walt Disney's dinosaur film "Baby Secret of the Lost Legend". Edited and Published by Don Shay. 9-in. x 8-in., FC, 71 pgs. Cover price $4.75.

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Featured sections: Behind the lines of Enemy Mine, a survey of German special effects, and Fright Night. 71 pgs. Color cover. Color & B&W interior. Measures 9"x 8" Cover price $4.95.

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This issue includes info on the X-Men ? the popular Marvel Comics series about a team of mutant humans, outcasts from society, who use their singular superpowers to oppose a team of evildoers with comparable skills, comes to the screen in an action/fantasy film from director Bryan Singer. Effects for the film are being produced by Oscar-winning Digital Domain and others. Also covers the Hollow Man ? when a scientist's experiment on himself renders him invisible, the process makes him mentally unhinged in director Paul Verhoeven's high-tech updating of the Invisible Man story. Visual effects by Sony Pictures Imageworks are abundant throughout this science-fiction thriller, starring Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth Shue! Also included in this issue are shorter features on director John Woo's hyperkinetic Mission: Impossible II, director Robert Zemeckis's supernatural thriller What Lies Beneath, and the Mel Gibson Revolutionary-War epic, The Patriot. Cover price $9.50.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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In this issue: In a continuation of its 25th Anniversary publishing celebration, Cinefex delves into an examination of the state of the business of visual effects as discussed by some two dozen of the industry's leading authorities. Also, an examination of The Aviator, which tells the story of billionaire eccentric Howard Hughes. Learn how director Martin Scorsese turned to visual effects supervisor Rob Legato and artists at Sony Pictures Imageworks and New Deal Studios. Also under the microscope is Son of the Mask, a sequel to the 1994 Jim Carrey comedy. Visual effects for the film, including a CG infant and a variety of wacky transformations, are being created by Industrial Light & Magic, Tippett Studio, Kleiser-Walczak and Captive Audience. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $9.50.

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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.

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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 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.

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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.