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WESLEY SNIPES

He’s the OG Blade who made his name as an action star in the ’90s, before his career was temporarily paused by a prison sentence and some questionable film choices. But as his comedy comeback continues in long-awaited sequel Coming 2 America, Wesley Snipes is proving just how versatile he is

THERE WILL BE BLOOD

MORTAL KOMBAT I How James Wan and Simon McQuoid are putting the backbone back into everyone’s favourite fighting franchise

NICOLAS CAGE

IS BACK ON TRACK…

Cruel Intentions

CRUELLA I A mad, bad Emma Stone stars in a gritty 101 Dalmatians prequel

DIE STAKES

ARMY OF THE DEAD I Netflix bets big on Zack Snyder’s zombie-heist movie

YOU TALKIN’ TO ME?

Film quotes pose as questions. Film stars try to cope

LAST EMBRACE

SUPERNOVA I Harry Macqueen takes us on an emotionaljourney with Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci…

SOUND BYTES

Quotable dialogue from this month’s movies – and their stars

ACCIDENTAL HERO

THUNDER FORCE I Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer team up to fight mutant crime

THE ACADEMY AWARDS SHOW

Will this year’s enforced changes bring a breath of fresh air?

CRISTIN MILIOTI

IS BREAKING  OUT…

SLASH AND BURN

THE RECKONING I Neil Marshall returns to horror with a disturbing study of witch-hunting…

JASON CLARKE

The star of Silk Road on salad, stealing and Schwarzenegger…

JUST DANCE

SUNDANCE I The films to watch out for from the annual celebration of indie cinema

CLEAN BREAK

FRENCH EXIT I Michelle Pfeiffer escapes to Paris in a onepercenter satire

IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A FILM JOURNALIST

Editor-at-Large JAMIE GRAHAM lifts the lid on film journalism

DOWN TO EARTH

THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS I Men and mutts sniff out rare fungi in a magical continental doc

BARBARA CRAMPTON

Horror’s First Lady on ’80s sexploitation, Stuart Gordon and her new film, Sacrifice…

MONSTER' BRAWEL

WITH THE TWO ICONIC BEASTS GOING TOE-TO-TOE IN THE ULTIMATE MONSTER MOVIE, GODZILLA VS. KONG MIGHT  JUST BE THE CATHARTIC CLASH WE NEED RIGHT  NOW. TOTAL FILM REPORTS FROM THE SET TO  FIND OUT HOW THE MONSTERVERSE  EPIC IS AIMING TO APPEAL TO THE KID IN US ALL

MONSTERS OF THE UNIVERSE

As GODZILLA VS. KONG rumbles on the horizon, Total Film goes on a massive monster hunt to round up everything you need to know about kaiju, from their birth in Japan to their conquering of Hollywood…

A LEAGUE OF HIS OWN

JUSTICE LEAGUE

FINAL CUT

A brief history of directors retooling their movies

YOU CAN BE MY WINGMAN ANYTIME

As the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues its small-screen expansion with THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER, Total Film sits down with stars Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan to talk superheroes, spin-offs and their competitive bromance

JODIE FOSTER

my life in pictures

Fossil Fuel

Francis Lee found his follow-up to God’s Own Country when he discovered real-life 19th-century palaeontologist Mary Anning, igniting a project exploring a same-sex romance within the confines of Victorian patriarchy. Lee and his stars, Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan, tell Total Film about the hard work that went into finding their story

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flying start

HOW THE MAKERS OF THE WALKING DEAD CAME UP WITH ANINVINCIBLE NEW SHOW

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THE RESIDENT STAR MANISH DAYAL WILL SEE YOU NOW…

french twist

LOVE AND REAL LIFE COLLIDEIN NEW COMIC DRAMA THE ATTACHÉ

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rock busters

PLAY TO KILL! TEN CLASSIC USES OF AC/DC ON FILM…

HITMAN III

perfectly executed  ASSASSINATION TRILOGY SAVES BEST FOR LAST

JUST AS I AM: A MEMOIR

BOOK ★★ ★ ★☆ CICELY TYSON | HARPERCOLLINS

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NASTY BUSINESS

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IS IT BOLLOCKS?

Film Buff investigates the facts behind outlandish movie plots

ALTERNATIVE BOX OFFICE

THE BIGGEST MOVIES… WITH DELAY-EVOKING TITLES 01 BACK

ON LOCATION

REEL SPOTS BEHIND THE CAMERA

HAWAIIAN SHIRTS

Aloha attire…

GODZILLA

Size over substance, CG over character. Why Roland Emmerich’s reboot remains a radioactive test case of how to mistreatloved source material

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER

1929-2021

60 Second Screenplay

TF SAVES YOU THE COST OF A MOVIE EVERY MONTH. THIS ISSUE: BLITHE SPIRIT

OR IS SPIKE LEE’S BAMBOOZLED A MASTERPIECE?

IS IT JUST ME…

THE OTHERS You’ve got veil...

ALAMY, BUENA VISTA HOME DISCOMFORTS Nicole Kidman’s Grace

SAM FULLER Talk about direct…

I f it’s a taut, violent drama driven