James Mottram

James Mottram

Freelance writer

James Mottram is a freelance film journalist, author of books that dive deep into films like Die Hard and Tenet, and a regular guest on the Total Film podcast. You'll find his writings on GamesRadar+ and Total Film, and in newspapers and magazines from across the world like The Times, The Independent, The i, Metro, The National, Marie Claire, and MindFood.

Latest articles by James Mottram

Denzel Washington in The Little Things
The Little Things review: "A reminder of why we love movies"

By James Mottram Published

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Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill and Sam Claflin in Enola Holmes.
Enola Holmes review: "Millie Bobby Brown impresses in Netflix movie"

By James Mottram Published

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Anya Taylor-Joy in New Mutants
New Mutants review: "Barely merits a bargain-DVD release"

By James Mottram Published

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The Eddy Netflix
The making of The Eddy: Damien Chazelle talks through directing his new Netflix series

By James Mottram Published

Features Damien Chazelle talks about his new Netflix series, The Eddy

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Werner Herzog on working with Baby Yoda on The Mandalorian: "It was a mechanical device of incredible intensity"

By Jack Shepherd, James Mottram Published

Exclusive Werner Herzog played "The Client" opposite "The Child"

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Bloodshot
Bloodshot review: "A throwback to the bad old ’90s days of comic-book movies"

By James Mottram Published

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Calm With Horses review: "Cosmo Jarvis leads crime drama with the magnetic charisma of a young Gary Oldman"

By James Mottram Published

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Eva Green responds to Doctor Strange 2 casting rumours: “Me? No! Not that I know of”

By Jack Shepherd, James Mottram Published

Exclusive The actress, though, is a fan of the Marvel movies

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Call of the Wild review
Call of the Wild review: "A big-hearted take on Jack London’s classic"

By James Mottram Published

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The making of Parasite: Bong Joon-ho talks satire, social inequality, and staircase cinema

By James Mottram Published

Features Bong Joon-ho speaks with Total Film to discuss the making of his masterpiece, award-winning black comedy-thriller Parasite

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Just Mercy review: "Jamie Foxx is on awards-worthy form"

By James Mottram Published

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The Gentlemen
The Gentlemen review: "Guy Ritchie delivers a colourful, confident caper"

By James Mottram Published

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21 Bridges review
21 Bridges review: "Has a distinct 'seen it all before' vibe"

By James Mottram Published

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Adam Driver compares Marriage Story to Star Wars: "You try to make Star Wars personal as much as anything else"

By Jack Shepherd, James Mottram Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Adam Driver chats Star Wars with Total Film magazine

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Sam Mendes talks the difficulties of shooting one-shot war movie 1917

By Jack Shepherd, James Mottram Published

Exclusive Plus, Total Film has an exclusive 1917 picture which you can see below

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Witcher
The Witcher Netflix series will be "taking the fantasy out" and leaning more towards horror

By Bradley Russell, James Mottram Published

TV News The Witcher’s visual effects supervisor speaks to SFX magazine

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The Witcher Netflix series showrunner reveals she's planning for seven seasons

By Jack Shepherd, James Mottram Published

News "The worst thing we could do is put all of our energies just into season one"

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Timothée Chalamet teases Dune and Call Me By Your Name sequel

By Jack Shepherd, James Mottram Published

Exclusive "Based on the experience I had, I have very high hopes for Dune"

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Exclusive: Laura Dern teases Jurassic World 3: “Being back with Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum sounds like a dream”

By Jack Shepherd, James Mottram Published

Exclusive "I’m very excited to see how it will all weave together," the actress adds

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Ready or Not review: "Fresh, funny and absolutely crazy"

By James Mottram Published

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Rambo: Last Blood review: "Sylvester Stallone’s ex-Green Beret returns in this formulaic action fare"

By James Mottram Published

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Hustlers review: "An engrossing tale for the post-#MeToo generation"

By James Mottram Published

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A Million Little Pieces review: "Aaron Taylor-Johnson is electric"

By James Mottram Published

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Ad Astra review: "Brad Pitt is on sensational, Oscar-worthy form in James Gray's sci-fi masterpiece"

By James Mottram Published

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Exclusive: Aaron Taylor-Johnson teases new Christopher Nolan movie Tenet: "John David Washington is going to be exceptional"

By Jack Shepherd, James Mottram Published

Exclusive The actor said he feels "very lucky" to be working with the acclaimed director

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