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Films. Lots of films. Read what we think of the latest releases...

• 9th Company
• Arthur And The Invisibles
• Asterix And The Vikings
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• Bobby
• The Bridge
• Charlotte’s Web
• Climates
• Dirty Dancing
• Dreamgirls
• Eragon
• The Fountain
• For Your Consideration
• The Good Shepherd
• Goal! 2: Live The Dream
• Goya’s Ghosts
• Great Expectations
• Gridiron Gang
• Libero
• The Lives Of The Saints
• Notes On A Scandal
• Old Joy
• Los Olivados
• Running With Scissors
• Them
• The Truth About Love
• Venus
• White Noise: The LightBabel

 

 

BUZZ

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GRINDHOUSE
Eye-scorching imagery from the upcoming Tarantino-Rodriguez adreno-pumper.

HOSTEL 2
Eli Roth explains why the sequel to his 2006 arse-chewer will mess you up – but good.

RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION
Milla Jovovich spices up the last in the zombie trilogy with home-made outfits!

BEST-KEPT SECRETS
David Cronenberg, the Coens, Takashi Miike and sci-fi from the director of Old Boy. Blimey, 2007 is looking good already...

 

 

FEATURES

HANNIBAL RISING
What, no Tony Hopkins? Total Film reports from the Prague set of the Lecter prequel everyone’s talking about.

HOLLYWEIRD
They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky – our rundown of the 23 strangest movies ever made and what the hell they’re all about.

GALAXY QUEST
Thirty years on, one extra shares his memories of being a hired hand on Star Wars. Take that, Andy Millman!

THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie air the CIA’s dirty laundry in De Niro’s hotly-tipped spy yarn. Can you keep a secret?

ROBERT DE NIRO
Back in the director’s chair for Oscar contender The Good Shepherd, the master of Method breaks his silence for the Total Film Interview.

THE FOUNTAIN
Everything you need to know about Darren Requiem For A Dream Aronofsky’s time-hopping sci-fi romance. Apart from what it means, of course...

GONG LI
The Chinese stunner continues her conquest of Hollywood by playing Lecter’s auntie in Hannibal Rising. We get the Miami Vice star to spill the fava beans.

THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
Director Kevin Macdonald reveals exclusively to Total Film how he separated man from myth to get beneath the skin of African despot Idi Amin.

TEEN FLICKS
How do gritty British teen movies match up against their glossy US counterparts? We dust down our old school uniforms and find out.

HOODIES FROM HELL!
Why spooky Gallic shocker Them is already shaping up to be the year’s most chilling horror.

SEX ON THE COUCH
Psychologist Dr Rachel Andrew reveals the hidden meanings behind Hollywood humping.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO
How the former boy wonder toughened up to play a ruthless South African mercenary in Blood Diamond.

CARICE VAN HOUTEN
Sex, spies and Nazis! We go Dutch with the statuesque star of Paul Verhoeven’s WW2 espionage yarn Black Book.

RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Ever wondered how you’d feel if your life was turned into a film? Author Augusten Burroughs doesn’t have to.

JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT
We know what she did last summer. TV’s Ghost Whisperer on Brit rom-com The Truth About Love..

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LOUNGE

Point and press. Point and press. It couldn’t be easier, or more fun...

NEW
From Severance and Dirty Sanchez to The Great Ecstasy Of Robert Carmichael, this is a messed-up bunch and no mistake.

ARCHIVE
Rocky, The Maltese Falcon and a dash of Southern Comfort. It’s classics a-go-go.

LOVES
Thought Rocky IV was absolute cack? We think otherwise – and soon, so will you.

LEGENDS
Matt Damon’s Top 10. He’s not just a pretty face, you know...

STUFF
Games, books, TV and soundtracks. Go on, we know you want to...

 

 

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THE ABRIDGED SCRIPT
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