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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.

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.

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.

The premiere magazine of special effects in today's blockbuster films returns with profiles of two of this winter's biggest effects extravaganzas. Universal relaunches The Wolfman with director Joe Johnston and actor Benicio del Toro, and Terry Gilliam (Monty Python) unleashes his latest vision, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, on an unsuspecting world. And in recognition of Tippett Studio's 25th anniversary, Cinefex presents a career retrospective of its renowned founder, Phil Tippett. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most anticipated films of 2010. The effects work on Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland comes under scrutiny, as does the remake of Clash of the Titans. Industrial Light & Magic's work on Iron Man 2 is explored, and the creature effects for Splice are revealed. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most anticipated films of 2010. The effects of Prince of Persia are put under the microscope, the mind-bending realities of Christopher Nolan's Inception are explored, M. Night Shyamalan brings the world of The Last Airbender to life thanks to effects wizardry, and Joe Carnahan resurrects the classic 1980's series The A-Team. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

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Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores three of the most anticipated films of the Christmas 2010 season. TRON: Legacy takes audiences back into the cyberspace world of the original Disney classic; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 sets the stage for the climactic battle between Harry Potter and his nemesis, Lord Voldemort; and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader returns audiences to the magical worlds of C.S. Lewis. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most anticipated films of the coming months. Zack Synder presents a hallucinogenic journey in Sucker Punch; Darren Aronofsky charts a descent into madness by a young ballerina (Natalie Portman) in Black Swan; ILM makes its computer animated debut in Rango; and Battle: Los Angeles rounds out the issue. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most anticipated films of the coming months. Stardust director Matthew Vaughn "reboots" Fox's X-Men franchise with X-Men: First Class, which explores the origins of the war between the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants. Set in an alternate world in which man and vampires have been warring for centuries, Priest stars Paul Bettany as a man of the cloth who tracks down and kills the vampires who have kidnapped his niece. Filmmaker Duncan Jones returns with the techno-thriller Source Code, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a covert operative who uses immersive virtual reality to investigate a repeating time loop of events. And rounding out the issue is Thor. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most anticipated films of the coming months. Director Jon Favreau brings Cowboys & Aliens to the big screen in a production starring Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig. Director Roland Emmerich shuns cinematic pyrotechnics in favor of Elizabethan-era political intrigue and literary mystery in Anonymous. For the eighth and last film in the series, boy wizard Harry Potter makes a final stand against his lifelong nemesis, Lord Voldemort, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. And Marvel Entertainment presents the action-packed origin story of Marvel Comics' 1941 superhero in Captain America: The First Avenger! Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 126 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue, you'll find Real Steel set in the near-future world of professional robot boxing, and Giant Studios motion-captured professional boxers to provide visual effects supervisor Erik Nash and his crew at Digital Domain with raw data for their animated CG robots. For Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the filmmakers generated digital apes based on performances captured on-location. Hugo, the film adaptation of Brian Selznick's illustrated children's novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, stars Ben Kingsley as filmmaking pioneer Georges Melies in stereoscopic 3D. And rounding out the issue is The Tree of Life. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

This issue features in-depth articles on Disney's John Carter, the first live-action collaboration between Pixar and Disney; Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, as Pixar's Brad Bird directs the fourth and most ambitious of the M:I films; The Adventures of Tintin, as Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson present an animated take on the classic graphic novels of Belgian creator Georges Remi -- a.k.a. Herge -- combining several Tintin tales into an origin story realized by performers on motion capture stages, and then brought to life in stereographic computer animation by Weta Digital and Giant Studios. Plus: Red Tails, producer and co-writer George Lucas' dream project dedicated to the Tuskegee Airmen of WWII, realized in convincing and dynamic visual effects shots by Industrial Light & Magic. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

Direct Edition. Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most anticipated films of the coming months. Ridley Scott returns to the science fiction genre in Prometheus. Joss Whedon directs the first-ever film adaptation of a classic Marvel comic in The Avengers. Peter Berg directs Battleship, an ocean-going sci-fi war film in which a young naval lieutenant and a grizzled admiral confront malevolent extraterrestrial spacecraft that rise from hiding places on the ocean floor to wreak widespread havoc. Finally, Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth star in the newest cinematic take on the classic "Snow White" fairy tale in Snow White and the Huntsman. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

Newsstand Edition. Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most anticipated films of the coming months. Ridley Scott returns to the science fiction genre in Prometheus. Joss Whedon directs the first-ever film adaptation of a classic Marvel comic in The Avengers. Peter Berg directs Battleship, an ocean-going sci-fi war film in which a young naval lieutenant and a grizzled admiral confront malevolent extraterrestrial spacecraft that rise from hiding places on the ocean floor to wreak widespread havoc. Finally, Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth star in the newest cinematic take on the classic "Snow White" fairy tale in Snow White and the Huntsman. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: Director Christopher Nolan completes his "Dark Knight Trilogy" with The Dark Knight Rises. Special effects veteran Chris Corbould orchestrated a range of spectacular effects sequences for the film, while Double Negative contributed equally stunning visual effects to realize Batman's complex world. Also, Sony reboots Marvel's Spider-Man franchise with director Marc Webb stepping in with an all-new cast for The Amazing Spider-Man. Sony Imageworks reprises its role as lead visual effects house, guided by senior visual effects supervisor Jerome Chen, on-set supervisor Jim Rygiel and animation supervisor Randall William Cook. Plus: Total Recall and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: Director Peter Jackson returns to J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, a prequel story of young hobbit Bilbo Baggins' quest to reclaim a lost dwarf kingdom and his fateful meeting with Gollum. As he did for the epic The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the New Zealand-based Jackson collaborated closely with the visual effects team at Weta Digital and the practical effects wizards at Weta Workshop to bring the beloved 1937 fantasy novel to the screen, the first of a planned trilogy of films devoted to Tolkien's dense and intricate narrative. Also covered: Cloud Atlas, Life of Pi and Beasts of the Southern Wild. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: Director Sam Mendes has James Bond hunting a sinister cyber-terrorist through Istanbul, Shanghai, Macau, London and the Scottish highlands in Skyfall. Special effects supervisor Chris Corbould collaborated with visual effects supervisor Steven Begg to energize the film with a brawny blend of practical, miniature and digital effects. Plus: Jack the Giant Slayer, Oz: The Great and Powerful and Les Miserables. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 130 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: Star Trek Into Darkness - J.J. Abrams returns with cast and crew for a second tour of duty aboard the starship Enterprise, reprising characters from Gene Roddenberry's beloved television series, and this time tasking Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) with an intergalactic manhunt of an enigmatic villain (Benedict Cumberbatch); Iron Man 3 - director Shane Black deftly picks up the reins to deliver a third film in Marvel Studios' popular franchise; Oblivion - Tom Cruise stars as court-martialled soldier Jack Harper, sent to destroy an alien race on a distant planet; White House Down; and HENRi. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 130 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: Man of Steel - producer Christopher Nolan and director Zack Snyder bring to the screen the first major retelling of the Superman origin tale since Richard Donner's classic 1978 Superman; Elysium - in his follow-up to District 9, filmmaker Neill Blomkamp presents another dystopian future, when Earth's cities have degenerated into giant slums patrolled by robot militia, and droid repairman Max De Costa (Matt Damon) attempts to escape to Elysium, a gleaming orbital space station; World War Z - Brad Pitt stars as a United Nations worker who combats a zombie invasion in this long-anticipated film from director Marc Forster; and Pacific Rim - giant monsters, known as Kaiju, emerge from a subterranean crevice beneath the Pacific Ocean in director Guillermo del Toro's new sci-fi thriller. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: Gravity - astronauts Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) and Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) struggle to survive when a debris strike sends them careening into space. Visual effects supervisor Timothy Webber and artists at Framestore worked with director Alfonso Cuaron for three years to bring the space-bound scenes to life with frightening realism. Also in this issue: Thor: The Dark World; Ron Howard's '70s racing film Rush; and the 2013 remake of Carrie. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - filmmaker Peter Jackson continues his epic trilogy, following plucky hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) to his fateful encounter with Smaug the Terrible (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch), an ancient dragon that resides in the fallen dwarf kingdom of Erebor. Special effects supervisor Steve Ingram, Weta Workshop creature designer Richard Taylor, senior visual effects supervisor Joe Letteri and crews at Weta Digital return to the Middle-earth of J.R.R. Tolkien, creating skin-shifter Beorn, giant arachnid denizens of Mirkwood, elven woodland realms, the Lake-town of Esgaroth and the subterranean terrors of the Lonely Mountain! Also in this issue: HBO's Game of Thrones; RoboCop (2014); and Ben Stiller's remake of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Marvel Studios revisits its all-American superhero with the story of World War II-era Steve Rogers -- a.k.a. Captain America (Chris Evans) -- acclimating to the 21st century as he battles against the threat of a mysterious Soviet agent known as "The Winter Soldier." Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the sequel features hundreds of spectacular visual effects delivered by Industrial Light & Magic, Luma Pictures and Scanline VFX, with practical, on-set contributions by Legacy Effects, Quantum Creation FX and special effects supervisor Daniel Sudick. Other films examined in this issue include: Disney's Maleficent (starring Angelina Jolie); The Amazing Spider-Man 2; and Gareth Edward's Godzilla. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: Edge of Tomorrow - director Doug Liman's futuristic war film, based on the novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, and starring Tom Cruise as a slick public relations spokesman for the military, who is suddenly thrown onto the front lines of an existential battle with alien creatures, and finds himself re-living the same day over and over again, and always ending with his death! Other films profiled in this issue include: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; X-Men: Days of Future Past; and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, featuring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway; Ridley Scott's Exodus: Gods and Kings, starring Christian Bale, Sigourney Weaver and Aaron Paul; Terry Gilliam's The Zero Theorem, featuring Christoph Waltz; and a Q&A with special make-up effects designers and creature creators Tom Woodruff, Jr. and Alec Gillis. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: In The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) arrives at the climax of his adventure, leading a company of dwarves to the Lonely Mountain, where the dragon Smaug unleashes his wrath on the citizens of Lake-town and dark forces gather for an epic battle that threatens the future of Middle-earth. In the exotic science fiction fantasy Jupiter Ascending, a genetically engineered superman (Channing Tatum) arrives on Earth to help an unsuspecting young cleaning lady (Mila Kunis) meet her destiny as the leader of an intergalactic super race. And District 9 director Neill Blomkamp offers Chappie, an action/thriller story about a robot child prodigy kidnapped by criminals and raised within their dysfunctional family. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: Jurassic World - twenty-two years after Steven Spielberg joined with Industrial Light & Magic, Phil Tippett and Stan Winston Studio to bring Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park and its array of genetically engineered dinosaurs to the screen, director Colin Trevorrow helms Jurassic World; Avengers: Age of Ultron - Marvel Studios continues its box-office winning streak with this second Avengers offering, directed by Joss Whedon and starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo as the team; and Mad Max: Fury Road - director George Miller and Warner Bros. Pictures present the fourth film in the saga of Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), federal police officer turned post-apocalyptic road warrior, who this time battles the Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) in the wastelands of irradiated Australia. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: Marvel Studios' Ant-Man introduces the latest hero to the Marvel Comics Universe with biochemist Dr. Hank Pym, a former crimefighter who recruits cat burglar Scott Lang to battle a rival weapons manufacturer. Alan Taylor directs Terminator Genisys, the fifth entry in the Terminator franchise launched by James Cameron in 1984. And Tom Cruise returns as IMF agent Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, the fifth entry in the phenomenally successful film run. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: In the Heart of the Sea, director Ron Howard's retelling of the true events that inspired Herman Melville's 19th century classic Moby-Dick, starring Chris Hemsworth, detailing the attack of the whaling ship Essex by a monstrously large and aggressive sperm whale that resulted in the loss of the ship and most of her crew. Also profiled: Ridley Scott's The Martian; Baltasar Kormakur's Everest; and Hellboy creator Guillermo del Toro's highly anticipated gothic horror film, Crimson Peak. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm, Ltd. present the beginning of a new trilogy set in a distant galaxy, 30 years after the fall of the evil Emperor Palpatine, in which regional governors jockey for power, and survivors of the Rebel Alliance and the last order of Jedi Knights confront new Imperial threats. Director J.J. Abrams conjures exotic worlds and bizarre creatures, working with visual effects supervisor Roger Guyett, special effects supervisor Chris Corbould, special make-up effects supervisor Neal Scanlan and artists at ILM, Base FX, Kelvin Optical, Blind Ltd., Propshop and Imaginarium Studios. Also profiled: Spectre; The Finest Hours; and The Revenant. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., full color. Cover price $12.50.

Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice: D.C. Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures present an epic clash of superheroes, with bat-masked vigilante Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) confronting the Kryptonian crime-fighter (Henry Cavill) and other members of the D.C. Comics universe. Deadpool: In his feature directing debut, Tim Miller helms Deadpool, starring Ryan Reynolds as Marvel's outrageous antihero, who gains accelerated healing powers following an unauthorized military experiment. Hail, Caesar!: Directors Joel and Ethan Coen transport audiences to the Technicolor world of the 1950s with the quirky Hail, Caesar!, in which Hollywood fixer Eddie Mannix tries everything in his power to keep a movie studio's wayward stars in line. The 5th Wave: Sony Pictures Entertainment and director J Blakeson bring author Rick Yancey's popular novel series to the screen. 122 pages. Cover price $12.50.

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Cinefex is the journal of Hollywood special effects. For The Jungle Book, visual effects supervisor Rob Legato brainstormed the realization of creatures and environments with MPC and Weta Digital, with the assistance of Digital Domain, Legacy Effects and Magnopus. In Captain America: Civil War, special effects supervisor Daniel Sudick oversaw in-camera effects, with additional practical effects provided by special makeup effects artist Bart Mixon and artisans from Ironhead Studio, Legacy Effects and Quantum Creation. For X-Men: Apocalypse visual effects supervisor John Dykstra and visual effects producer Blondel Aidoo marshal the creative forces of Digital Domain, MPC, Hydraulx, and Rising Sun Pictures. Finally, in Alice Through the Looking Glass, Tim Burton and screenwriter Linda Woolverton began in their previous exploration of Lewis Carroll's fantasy classic, assisted by visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston and artisans at Sony Pictures Imageworks and Double Negative. Cover price $12.50.

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.

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.

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.