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STARLOG Movie Magic presents mm > t. <j i < Q < mm < Soo Pius: IRWIN ALLEN'S SCI-FI ADVENTURES JrSUPERMAN X-MEN www.starlog.com JlAlv MINIATURES And you'd better run down to your local game retailer. 'Cause the new Star Wars'" Miniatures Starship wizards, cnm/starwars Batiks" set is sure to take off - it's a whole new way to play! Starship Battlas'is a stand-alone game that takes place entirely in space and contains SQ starships, including the legendary Millennium Falcon. And the Starter Set includes two exclusives: Oarth Vader's flagship Super Star Destroyer Executor and the massive Man Calamari Star Defender Viscounfl. So cruise on down to your local gamES retailer before this set flies off shelves. NUMBER 352 JANUARY 2007 THE SCIENCE FICTION UNIVERSE As Superman Returns on DVD, John Ottman whistles the score (page 50) and James Marsden offers emotional Kryptonite (page 80). INSIDE THIS ISSUE WORLD WITH END. AMEN DAVY JONES UNMASKED Children of Men ponder their barren future Bill Nighy adds squidly shivers to the Pirates saga BREAK TIMES Who knows where the Day will take you? BAD MAN'S HAND At Casino Royale, Mads Mikkelsen deals death BOOKED AGAIN! Noah Wyle's in action anew as the Librarian 80 THE OTHER GUY James Marsden has grown accustomed to the WRITING DOCTOR WHO part They penned the Time Lord's latest exploits 84 MY SUPER EX 34 GREAT CHARACTER Now, the powerful C-Cirl gets dumped on DVD Actor Paul Ciamatti has a touch of chameleon 86 APPLE'S WAY 38 DESTINY OF DRAGONS Steve Wozniak computerized all our tomorrows Stefen Fangmeier films a bestselling fantasy IRWIN ALLEN'S SCI-FI ADVENTURES 43 CALL HIM ERAGON 56 ROBERT COLBERT SPEAKS Young Ed Speleers learns how to be a hero Leaping into The Time Tunnel, he relives history 46 A SCANNER DARKLY 63 EVER IN GIANT PURSUIT Richard Linklater visualizes Philip K. 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He toiled on numerous RITA EISENSTEIN cookie full of arsenic." notable films {Cleopatra, Zulu, 1966's Alfie, Vic- Executive Art Director —J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster), Sweet tor/Victoria, Scrooge, The Final Conflict, The W.R. MOHALLEY Smell of Success Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Man With the Editor Golden Gun). He later worked with STARLOG on DAVID MCDONNELL STUPID DECISION many movies (ALIENS, ALIEN^, Brazil, Legend, OF THE MONTH Willow, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Octo- Art Director HEINER FEIL When no interviews were forthcoming and pussy, A View to a Kill, The Living Daylights, photos still weren't available by presstime, we just GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Managing Editor ALLAN DART decided to ignore the big-budget, sorta-but-not-so- Not Enough, Die Another Day). His last gig: much-SF action adventure Deja Vu this issue. And Eragon. He gets our highest accolade: He was a Contributing Editors it's a decision that, if we could go back in time, we true pro. 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