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37 NEW FILMS REVIEWED AND RATED IN THIS ISSUE, INCLUDING:
Inside Man, The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada, Hostel, Firewall, The Ringer, Junebug, The Squid And The Whale and Rent.

BUZZ:

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES! INSIDER PREVIEWS! HOT MOVIE NEWS! KNEEL AND BE THANKFUL FOR TOTAL FILM'S MASSIVE NEW SECTION...

SCI-FI FILM OF THE YEAR?
On-set of Darren Aronofsky’s dazzling, mysterious epic romance The Fountain...

DO YOU WANT SOME?
More Nacho Libre brilliance as Jack Black turns fat wrestler in his pile-driving new comedy...

DOES OSCAR HATE GAYS?
Find out how Crash walloped Brokeback. Buzz returns from this year’s Academy Awards with all the secrets...

PLUS!
Spider-Man 3 goes black, Vin Diesel grows hair, Bond gets hard, Milla Jovovich looks sexy and Paul Walker gives head...

FEATURES:

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 3
We’re on location with Tom Cruise for the latest of Ethan Hunt’s utterly implausible, but swelteringly exciting missions. Total Film straps into the first blockbuster of the year...

SPIKE LEE AND DENZEL WASHINGTON
Old buddies/colleagues Spike Lee and Denzel Washington sit in a room, chatting about everything. They even mention new film Inside Man. A little.

WETA WORKSHOP
This may be the last time we get to brag about this, but Peter Jackson was our Guest Editor. Now, ready for the DVD release of King Kong, he takes Total Film on a tour of Weta – the magic behind the magic.

JEFF BRIDGES
From starring in a naff King Kong to being The Dude, Jeff, like that tea stain on your carpet, always seems to have been around. Now, enjoy his exclusive photos from the set of porn comedy The Moguls...

ED NORTON
Him from Fight Club, perhaps the finest actor of his generation, sits down with his biggest fan (our own Dep Ed...) to talk the past, politics and new film Down In The Valley.

EVA GREEN
She’s the new Bond girl, she’s sultry, beautiful and French and she’s currently getting us all in a flutter. Her favourite actor, apparently, is Ed Norton.

THE RINGER
Back in 2000, the Spanish, in a peculiarly obsessive pursuit of the Paralympic basketball gold, used compos mentis athletes. And won. Here, we examine the truth being the Farrelly Bros-produced film, based on those odd, odd events.

THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA
That’s one hell of a title. Tommy Lee Jones’ theatrical directorial debut is getting plaudits aplenty (our man gave it a five) and, to mark the latest “Best Western To Revitalise A Genre” we talk to irascible Tom about rain, pain and eventual gain.

SHOCKING MOMENTS
The only reason many of us watch films is so we can Gasp! Gawp! and generally Gulp! at the blood, twisty bits and, “Nope, didn’t see that one coming” parts. Here, we celebrate the very best – and give away some cracking endings. Hey, guess who Luke’s dad is, guys!

LOUNGE:

SOCIAL LIFE? HUH! WE SPEND EVERY MINUTE OF OUR LIVES OUTSIDE THE OFFICE WATCHING STUFF...

NEW
Kick off with Kong, move onto Potter and Narnia. It’s a blockbuster Lounge, with interviews from Peter Jackson and Emma Watson too. Tag on A History Of Violence and it’s the best Lounge yet.

ARCHIVE
A big Planet Of The Apes heads-up, a gushing over The Truman Show, a Romero round-up, some brilliant unknown Belarussian war film and a slightly pervy Lounge Loves on Body Heat.

TV
Bumper, frankly. Masters Of Horror, John Carpenter Q&A and Hill Street Blues.

STUFF
Again, bumper. We send our man to 24’s CTU to look into the game of the show. He now knows stuff that no journalist should ever know...

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THE BEST OF THE REST...

LETTERS Two pages we don’t have to write ourselves!
ALSO RELEASED These missed our deadline. Sod.
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THE ABRIDGED SCRIPT Complex oil thriller that gave Clooney an Oscar, Syriana, gets the simple treatment...