The new issue of Total Film features a big celebration of movie sci-fi - past and future. We track the 'seven ages of sci-fi' - from '50s commie panic to noughties terrorism-twitch - and look ahead at the shape of sci-fi flicks to come - including James Cameron's typically modest comeback, Avatar. Elsewhere, there's the first look at baldy assassin pic Hitman, a chat with Judd Apatow and the new comedy 'Geek Clique', the 20 most dangerous movies ever and exclusive interviews with Quentin Tarantino and Kevin Bacon. There's also a free, 164-page book featuring the best of Total Film from the last ten years. Buy it now!

SCREEN

New releases reviewed

• A Few Days In September
• Across The Universe
• Atonement
• As You Like It
• The Bourne Ultimatum
• Chuck And Larry
• Clubland
• Control
• Death Proof
• December Boys
• Disturbia
• DR9
• Evening
• Gypsy Caravan
• Kenny
• Legacy
• The Lookout
• Michael Clayton
• My Nikifor
• A Mighty Heart
• Rocket Science
• Right Of The Weakest
• Rise Of The Footsoldier
• Opera Jawa
• The Serpent
• Shoot ’Em Up
• The Simpsons
• The Singer
• Small Engine
• Superbad
• Syndromes And A Century
• Surf’s Up
• Tough Enough
• The Yacoubian Building
• Year Of The Dog
• Yella
• 3:10 To Yuma

BUZZ

Movie news and more

The funniest film of the year? Be Kind Rewind...

We save you time with a silly blockbuster grid.

Plus: Stardust, Paddy Considine & Tom Cruise standing with purpose.

ON THE COVER

HITMAN
Fingers crossed, this could be the first decent film-from-game. Timmy Olyphant says so. But then he’s in it.

THE SEVEN AGES OF SCI-FI
All you wanted to know about out-there stuff.

THE GEEK CLIQUE
No not the writers who wrote the sci-fi piece, but rather a term we coined for the new kings of comedy. Watch it stick.

ROSARIO DAWSON
The Brooklyn beauty tells us that she can be sexy. Er, no shit.

QUENTIN TARANTINO
Ironically, for a man whose initials are QT, Quents rarely keeps it hush.

LOUNGE

Home entertainment

This Is England kicks it all off, skinhead style...

... before Half Nelson and The Lives Of Others keep the five stars coming...

... and Deliverance, too! Finally, learn Italian.