Cinefex (1980-2021) comic books 2000-2009

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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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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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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.