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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.