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7 Unrealistic Movie Tennis Matches
Fault! We pick holes in some famous ball-bashings…
BY James White Jul 1st 2009 // 9:09AM FILED UNDER: Features
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Wimbledon is heating up, and whether it’s Serena Williams powering through her opponents or Andy Murray slowly roasting under a closed Centre Court roof, it’s inspired us to think of some of the maddest tennis matches ever committed to celluloid…
So join us, won’t you, in Total Film’s cinematic court while we bat around a few lobs thrown by filmmakers over the years.
7 Silent But Deadly Movie Mutes
Characters who prefer actions over words...
BY Dan Goodswen Jul 1st 2009 // 8:08AM FILED UNDER: Features
With Moon creating monsterous buzz, helmer Duncan Jones has announced plans for a follow-up, called Mute.
The film will follow a vocally-challenged bartender as he searches for his missing girlfriend, sending him up against the worst his city has to offer.
Battle Royale: Movie Vs TV Dinosaurs
A prehistoric punch-up for the ages...
BY Sam Ashurst Jul 1st 2009 // 10:10AM FILED UNDER: Features
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To celebrate Ice Age 3 evolving into cinemas, we've decided to bring together the biggest and crappest dinosaurs in movie and telly history for a big toothy tussle.
These leathery lunatics can’t wait to snap and gnash their way into fight history, so we’re going to open the massive arena doors and see which dino makes it out of the enormous coliseum without getting made extinct…
The Spitting Dinosaur is partially based on the Dilophosaurus, but it’s mostly based on the bit in Raiders Of The Lost Ark when Indy has to dodge a load of darts.
The 22 Stupidest Movie Moments
Invisible cars, nuclear fridges, and surfing elves...
BY Total Film Jun 30th 2009 // 16:16PM FILED UNDER: Features
What Happens: During a moment of raptor-related anxiety, the panicky granddaughter of dinoland Big Daddy John Hammond navigates the state of the art park’s security system single-handedly... using a ludicrously dated virtual reality interface.
Why It's Stupid: Because she’s, like, 12, and she’s using a ludicrously dated virtual reality interface that was ludicrously dated now and was well on the way to being ludicrously dated at the time the normally forward-looking Steven Spielberg filmed the scene. Pre-Adolescent Unlikely Technology Manipulation Fail.
The 10 Unsung Heroes Of Goodfellas
They're not the leads, but they make the movie...
BY Andy Lowe Jun 30th 2009 // 11:11AM FILED UNDER: Features
Is he something special? A schmuck on wheels?
Pretty much. Morrie is the doomed head-rug vendor who breaks Jimmy Conway's balls and meets a murky end (back-seat garrotting).
His culling is crucial because it shows how Jimmy, Henry and Tommy think they've gotten away with the Billy Batts murder and can dish out whackings as casually as they slug whisky.
The Evolution Of Johnny Depp
From teen dream victim to public enemy...
BY James White Jun 29th 2009 // 11:11AM FILED UNDER: Features
The role: The coiffed young Johnny makes his debut as one of the teens hunted and haunted through their dreams by killer Freddy Krueger.
Sadly, he falls victim to the blade-wearing demon midway through the film when he falls asleep.
But Depp does what he can with the role, and showed early signs of his quirky charm.
10 Classic Movie Accessories To Swede
Enter our Sweding Challenge and win a TF goodie bag!
BY Sam Ashurst Jun 29th 2009 // 10:10AM FILED UNDER: Features
So, we've chosen last month's Transformation winner (see it here) and covered Jasmine Sahu in prizes for being so brilliant.
Now it's time to do it all over again.
This month's theme is Accessories, so whether you've got a cardboard pipe, or a fingerless glove, you can take part.
5 Plots For A Mature Toy Story 3
Pixar goes grown-up...
BY Sam Ashurst Jun 29th 2009 // 11:11AM FILED UNDER: Features
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Pixar have stated that Toy Story 3 will be a mature affair.
Animator Angus MacLane has said: "Certainly we're approaching this film 10 years later, so I think we're sort of coming at it from the standpoint of [Andy] has grown up, and we've grown up with these toys, and we have a reverence for them, but we also have different things as a priority.
7 Hot Thesps For Fahrenheit 451
Darabont should hire this lot. For various reasons…
BY James White Jun 29th 2009 // 11:11AM FILED UNDER: Features
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Frank Darabont, who claims he’ll die before he gives up on dream project Fahrenheit 451, has said he’s “out to an actor” for the role.
But if he’s really after the cash he needs to get the Ray Bradbury adaptation on Hollywood’s front burner, we’d suggest one of these actors…
Robert Pattinson
Hot Choice: Thanks to Twilight, he’s got a built-in, screaming, adoring and generally worshipping audience who are currently following him around New York even though he’s shooting another movie and not a vampire sequel.
Lars Von Trier On Trial
We read the Antichrist director his rights...
BY Total Film Jun 29th 2009 // 11:11AM FILED UNDER: Features
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After we heard the news that Lars Von Trier's awful Antichrist will arrive in UK cinemas uncut, we thought we'd sit down the director and ask him to explain himself.
The following is our attempt to find out why he made it, whether he accepts it's a failure, and whether or not he sees himself as a misogynist.
