Total Film Magazine - Issue 216

The Spider-Man Special

Issue 216 of Total Film magazine is all about your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man.

Inside the issue, we go on the New York set of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 , and take a look at just how the wily web-shooter went from comic-book hero to big screen blockbuster.

Plus we get the lowdown on petrolheaded action flick Need For Speed , The Lego Movie and star-spangled war movie The Monuments Men.

If that wasn't enough, Colin Farrell tells us about his varied career, and we put The Wolf Of Wall Street , American Hustle and The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug under our review spotlight.

Read a summary of the key features of the brand new interactive edition of Total Film .

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Godzilla

Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Breaking Bad 's Bryan Cranston get ready to kick some monster ass...

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Franchise established, origin story done – Spidey is expanding his empire towards an Avenger-like super-grouping, with a sequel designed to make you view him from a different angle. Total Film flies on set of the bigger, badder The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ...

Spider-Man Past, Present & Future

As Marc Webb's sequel gets set to swing, Total Film takes a crawl through webslinger history. Moviestar, comic god, Obama's bud: here comes the Spider-Maaaan...

The Lego Movie

It's got Batman and Wonder Woman, The Green Lantern and a unicorn-kitty, and boasts the hippest voice cast around. Co-director Christopher Miller shares production sketches and talks exclusively to Total Film about constructing The Lego Movie...

Need For Speed

Start your engines for the new motor movie hoping to impress CGI-weary petrolheads with real fuel injection. Total Film takes a spin with road-racing actioner Need For Speed.

Nymphomaniac

Lars von Trier's latest film promises to be his most button-pushing, sexually explicit and scandalous. Euro-smut, shock-tactics or art? And why does most of Hollywood want to be in it? Total Film probes inside the movie we'll all be talking about...

Zoe Saldana

Zoe Saldana goes stellar this year, with a constellation of dazzling roles including Out Of The Furnace and Guardians Of The Galaxy . Not bad for a girl who reckons she didn't know who The Avengers were and doesn't like 'a Hollywood movie'...

Colin Farrell

He's worked with Spielberg and Malick, survived rehab and auditioned for Boyzone, and now former wild-child Colin Farrell is mounting a winged horse for A New York Winter's Tale . "I have little objective ability to feel whether something works or not," he laughs. "I mean, I know if it's really shit..."

Screen and Lounge

Screen gets greedy with The Wolf Of Wall Street , takes a look Inside Llewyn Davis and unleashes its Cuban Fury . Also on the agenda: Labor Day, Lone Survivor, That Awkward Moment and more.

Meanwhile, this month's Lounge races to the top with Rush , hits the high seas with Captain Phillips and tackles monsters with our new favourite cult hero Odd Thomas. As if that wasn't enough, we also went on the set of Emily Mortimer's new comedy Doll & Em ...