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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.

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.