Skip to main content
Games Radar Newsarama Total Film Edge Retro Gamer SFX
GamesRadar+ GamesRadar+ The smarter take on movies
flag of UK
UK
flag of US
US
flag of Canada
Canada
flag of Australia
Australia
Sign in
  • View Profile
  • Sign out
Gaming Magazines
Gaming Magazines
Why subscribe?
  • Subscribe from just £3
  • Takes you closer to the games, movies and TV you love
  • Try a single issue or save on a subscription
  • Issues delivered straight to your door or device
From$12
Subscribe now
Trending
  • Best Netflix Movies
  • Best movies on Disney Plus
  • Movie Release Dates
  • Best Netflix Shows
Don't miss these
The cover of SFX issue 396 and some of the contents.
Movies Explore the territory of Predator: Badlands with the latest issue of SFX
The best Marvel movies: Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, Star-Lord, Black Widow and Iron Man.
Superhero Movies Best Marvel movies: Every MCU film, ranked from worst to best
Kevin Feige
Marvel Movies "We're already well into development of the next saga": Marvel boss Kevin Feige on Fantastic Four: First Steps, Phase 6 and the future of the MCU
Best superhero movies: close-up images of Captain America, Batman, and Wonder Woman.
Superhero Movies The 25 best superhero movies of all time
Thor's hammer in the post-credits scene from Iron Man 2
Movies The 32 greatest Marvel post-credits scenes
Fantastic Four: promotional art for the new Marvel movie, The Fantastic Four First Steps
Marvel Movies Fantastic Four: First Steps reviews, release date, cast, director, and everything else we know
The Creator
Marvel Movies Marvel boss Kevin Feige met with the team behind sci-fi movie The Creator to learn how to keep VFX budgets down on MCU movies: "They would have been even cheaper if it wasn’t for the strikes"
The Fantastic Four: First Steps cast assemble
Marvel Movies In the battle of the summer superhero blockbusters, Marvel's Fantastic Four is on track to have a slightly lower opening weekend at the box office than DC's Superman
Spider-Man: Brand New Day suit
Superhero Movies Upcoming Marvel movies and shows: Every new MCU release and more we know about
Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards in Fantastic Four: First Steps
Marvel Movies Time is running out and The Thing teases his iconic catchphrase in epic final trailer for Marvel's Fantastic Four
Reed Richards in Fantastic Four
Superhero Movies I stopped doing my Marvel homework a long time ago, but I'm still excited for Fantastic Four because it wipes the MCU slate clean
David Corenswet as Superman
Marvel Movies Fantastic Four vs. Superman promised to be the showdown of the summer, but the real winners are comic book movie fans after a half-decade of mediocrity
The Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer
Superhero Movies 60 Fantastic Four: First Steps Easter eggs and cameos: All of the MCU references you may have missed
Fantastic Four Bookazine #1
Marvel Comics You'll soon be able to buy Fantastic Four comics off a newsstand, just the way our ancestors once did
The Fantastic Four: First Steps promo image
Marvel Movies The Fantastic Four changed superhero comics forever, and could do the same for the MCU
  1. Entertainment
  2. Movies

Total Film Magazine - Issue 206

Features
By Total Film published 12 April 2013

Massive Marvel Special

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Massive Marvel Special

Massive Marvel Special

In issue 206 of Total Film magazine, we celebrate Marvel cinematic domination with a humongous special.

Leading the charge of Phase 2 of Marvel’s movie masterplan is Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man, who looks set to go dark for an epic threequel.

Plus, J.J. Abrams and his cast take on Star Trek Into Darkness , and Joss Whedon talks superheroes and Shakespeare.

Also, you may have already heard that Total Film magazine is now available on your iPad , and it now costs just £1.99 per issue, or £12.99 for a whole year ($2.99 per issue or $17.99 yearly for the US and Canada, €2.39 per issue or €14.49 yearly for the Europe)! Read about the key features of Total Film's interactive iPad edition .

Fans of the good old-fashioned paper edition need not worry - this version ain’t going anywhere! Like the look of that exclusive subscribers-only cover? Well, subscribe to Total Film magazine then! Save up to 50% with our spring subscription offer , available until 30 April 2013.

And Total Film magazine is now available on your Android device from Google Play !

Page 1 of 10
Page 1 of 10
Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3

This time it’s personal...

Traumatised after the events of Avengers Assemble , Tony Stark must rebuild his ego and suit to face his greatest foe.

Iron Man 3 launches Marvel’s Phase 2 , and we get the lowdown from Robert Downey Jr., Sir Ben Kingsley, director Shane Black and Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige.

Page 2 of 10
Page 2 of 10
Marvel Assembled

Marvel Assembled

Kevin Feige introduces our massive special, as Marvel embarks on Phase 2 of its world domination.

We celebrate its 74-year evolution from Marvel Comics #1, and look to the future of comic-book movies.

And, we rate every Marvel film ever made, remember some surprising ‘What If?’ near-misses, and find out what it takes to tailor a supersuit.

Page 3 of 10
Page 3 of 10
Star Trek Into Darkness

Star Trek Into Darkness

Three years after their maiden voyage, the rebooted crew of the Starship Enterprise return in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness .

Bigger and action-ier, Abrams, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Benedict Cumberbatch tell us why it’s a Trek film for everyone.

Page 4 of 10
Page 4 of 10
Byzantium

Byzantium

Neck nibblers earned a bad name thanks to a certain mega franchise, but now Interview With The Vampire director Neil Jordan is biting back with sensual re-vamp Byzantium .

Jordan, Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan talk us through the latest smattering of cinematic blood lust.

Page 5 of 10
Page 5 of 10
Carey Mulligan

Carey Mulligan

She threw off the English rose shackles with Drive and Shame , and now Carey Mulligan’s taking on her biggest role yet in Baz Luhrmann’s F. Scott Fitzgerald adap The Great Gatsby .

The An Education star gives us a lesson in playing an American icon.

Page 6 of 10
Page 6 of 10
Schindlers List

Schindlers List

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece, Total Film visits the Polish locations and talks to the director.

Page 7 of 10
Page 7 of 10
Buzz and Agenda

Buzz and Agenda

Kick-Ass 2 high-kicks its way into Buzz this month, as we prepare for the year’s edgiest superhero sequel. And we chat revenge with Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace for the latest thriller from the director of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo .

Plus, The Raid 2 , an epic new animation and Robert Pattinson Down Under.

Meanwhile in Agenda … We get the scoop on future indie classics The Kings Of Summer and Mud , and sit down for a chat with Before Midnight director Richard Linklater.

Page 8 of 10
Page 8 of 10
Screen and Lounge

Screen and Lounge

Evil Dead is in the front row for this month’s Screen . Get our full verdict on the gore-saturated horror remake, as well as our take on all the films filing into your multiplex this month.

Meanwhile in Lounge , we re-watch Life Of Pi , to find out how Ang Lee made effects special again. Plus, another look at Jack Reacher , Pitch Perfect and Seven Psychopaths , and a host of Disney classics on Blu. And from the archive there’s Evil Dead II , Blood Simple and Billy Liar .

Page 9 of 10
Page 9 of 10
The Total Film Interview: Joss Whedon

The Total Film Interview: Joss Whedon

He shook up the small screen with Buffy The Vampire Slayer , reinvented horror with The Cabin In The Woods and now, after Avengers Assemble , Joss Whedon has followed up one of the highest grossing films in history with Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing .

We sit down with the geek messiah for an in-depth career chat.

So what are you waiting for? Subscribe now!

Total Film magazine is now available on your iPad , and it now costs just £1.99 per issue, or £12.99 for a whole year ($2.99 per issue or $17.99 yearly for the US and Canada, €2.39 per issue or €14.49 yearly for the Europe)! Read about the key features of Total Film's interactive iPad edition .

Still a fan of the classic magazine format? Well, subscribe to Total Film magazine then! Save up to 50% with our spring subscription offer , available until 30 April 2013.

And Total Film magazine is now available on your Android device from Google Play !

Page 10 of 10
Page 10 of 10
Total Film

The Total Film team are made up of the finest minds in all of film journalism. They are: Editor Jane Crowther, Deputy Editor Matt Maytum, Reviews Ed Matthew Leyland, News Editor Jordan Farley, and Online Editor Emily Murray. Expect exclusive news, reviews, features, and more from the team behind the smarter movie magazine. 

See more Movies Features
Read more
The cover of SFX issue 396 and some of the contents.
Explore the territory of Predator: Badlands with the latest issue of SFX
 
 
The best Marvel movies: Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, Star-Lord, Black Widow and Iron Man.
Best Marvel movies: Every MCU film, ranked from worst to best
 
 
Kevin Feige
"We're already well into development of the next saga": Marvel boss Kevin Feige on Fantastic Four: First Steps, Phase 6 and the future of the MCU
 
 
Best superhero movies: close-up images of Captain America, Batman, and Wonder Woman.
The 25 best superhero movies of all time
 
 
Thor's hammer in the post-credits scene from Iron Man 2
The 32 greatest Marvel post-credits scenes
 
 
Fantastic Four: promotional art for the new Marvel movie, The Fantastic Four First Steps
Fantastic Four: First Steps reviews, release date, cast, director, and everything else we know
 
 
Latest in Movies
Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne in The Batman
The Batman 2 may be the end of the road for Robert Pattinson's Dark Knight as director Matt Reeves says he doesn't know if The Batman 3 will happen
 
 
Halle Berry as Storm using her powers during the 2000s movie X-Men.
Nightcrawler actor Alan Cumming hints an unannounced X-Men star could appear in Avengers: Doomsday
 
 
Barry Keoghan as Joker in The Batman deleted scene
DC fans get a cryptic clue as to The Batman 2 villain, as director Matt Reeves says they've "never really been done in a movie before"
 
 
Ryan Gosling and Flynn Gray in Star Wars: Starfighter
Deadpool and Wolverine director's Star Wars movie Starfighter shares new look at Ryan Gosling "somewhere in the Mediterranean sea" as filming is underway
 
 
Paul Walter Hauser as Mole Man in The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Weapons director's Resident Evil movie adds Fantastic Four's Mole Man actor to cast
 
 
Leonardo DiCaprio as Bob in One Battle After Another
One Battle After Another review: "One of the best studio movies in years and an instant classic"
 
 
Latest in Features
Super Mario Sunshine screenshot of Mario striking a post with the FLUDD tool on his back
After 23 years, I've officially beaten Super Mario Sunshine, and now I need a Switch 2 remaster to teach you youngins why the GameCube years really were a golden era for Nintendo
 
 
Chance Perdomo in Gen V
Is Chance Perdomo in Gen V season 2? How The Boys spin-off pays tribute
 
 
Assassin's Creed Shadows
Assassin's Creed Shadows' new DLC weapon transforms Naoe into a samurai-bashing machine, and I'll never use anything else
 
 
Asa Germann as Sam Riordan in Gen V season 2
Gen V season 2 proves you can go bigger and bolder without relying on shock value, and The Boys' final season could learn a lot from the spin-off
 
 
Borderlands 4 tips picture showing enemies drawn into a singularity vortex while the player watches
Borderlands 4 does what Destiny couldn't: I'm finally back on the looter shooter train, and it feels like reliving my 60 hours in Borderlands 2
 
 
The key art for Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight showing a shadowed Batman superimposed in front of a neon and spotlight lit Gotham City
I briefly mistook the new Lego Batman for modded Arkham footage, genuinely bamboozling me while making me more excited for the game than ever
 
 
  1. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds screenshot of Sonic wagging his finger and looking behind as he soars through the air track in a blue car with numbered rings surrounding him
    1
    Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds review: "Even more frantic than Mario Kart World, this has the mileage to be a karting favorite"
  2. 2
    Lego Voyagers review: "A carefully crafted, playful, and earnest adventure"
  3. 3
    There's now a real version of the Witcher Gwent card game, and it's just as engrossing as the original
  4. 4
    Borderlands 4 review: "Undeniably an excellent looter shooter, but one that requires a bit of tunnel vision to fully enjoy"
  5. 5
    This enormous exploration board game won't be for everyone, but it's a masterclass in narrative and sandbox gameplay
  1. Leonardo DiCaprio as Bob in One Battle After Another
    1
    One Battle After Another review: "One of the best studio movies in years and an instant classic"
  2. 2
    The Conjuring: Last Rites review: "Not bold or memorable enough for the Warrens' final chapter"
  3. 3
    Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle review: "Roars past Mugen Train as Demon Slayer's best adventure yet"
  4. 4
    The Long Walk review: "One of the best Stephen King adaptations ever made"
  5. 5
    Frankenstein review: "A classy, if somewhat safe, adaptation"
  1. The cast of Gen V season 2
    1
    Gen V season 2 review: "As strong as the first season, if not stronger"
  2. 2
    Wednesday season 2 part 2 review: "Ortega shines, but it's a zombie who steals the entire show"
  3. 3
    Peacemaker season 2 review: "Darker and sadder than the first year, but there's still a lot of fun to be had with the 11th Street Kids."
  4. 4
    Wednesday season 2 part 1 review: "Complex and exciting but weighed down by too many subplots"
  5. 5
    Alien: Earth review: "Arguably the franchise's strongest outing since James Cameron's Aliens"

GamesRadar+ is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site.

  • About Us
  • Contact Future's experts
  • Terms and conditions
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies policy
  • Advertise with us
  • Review guidelines
  • Write for us
  • Accessibility Statement
  • Careers

© Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036.

Please login or signup to comment

Please wait...