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Total Film Magazine - Issue 173

Features
By Total Film published 28 September 2010

No school. No rules. Harry Potter is back...

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Three awesome Harry Potter covers...

Three awesome Harry Potter covers...

Harry Potter is on the home straight as the boy wizard confronts his demons. Total Film brings you the world's best access as we visit the set and talks to the stars about the end of their magical journey.

Subscribers cover – In tribute to Facebook flick The Social Network, we’ve made OUR social network the cover star. Are you on there?

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Buzz

Buzz

We chat exclusively to the new webslinger, Andrew Garfield, about pulling on the legendary tights.

He’s just a tiny bit pleased to have got the part...

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Screen

Screen

Michael Douglas’ second foray to Wall Street heads up our world-class reviews section including the diagnosis on Buried, Easy A, Red and I’m Still Here .

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Best Coverage

Best Coverage

School’s out and Potter’s gone to ground in the penultimate HP romp.

We poke round Hogwarts and round up the players to talk about what comes next.

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Feature

Feature

TF pokes the stars of The Social Network to find out about the must-see movie of the Autumn.

You’ll want to to hit the Like button...

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On Set

On Set

Don your flat-cap and join us on-set of John Landis’ new comedy-horror, Burke and Hare , starring Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis.

Murder, it seems, is mirthsome.

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Spotlight

Spotlight

Rosario Dawson’s on the right track with our searing LA shoot as she spills the beans on Denzel, Sin City 2 and her new flick, Unstoppable .

All aboard!

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Behind The Scenes

Behind The Scenes

Keep up with the Jones (and Hamm, and Hendricks) as we hit the super-classy set of TV phenomenon, Mad Men and chat to the stars about those endless cigarette breaks.

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The TF List

The TF List

Horror’s movers and shakers vote in our definite list of the 25 greatest horror movies ever made.

Do you agree with the likes of John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Tobe Hooper, Eli Roth, Edgar Wright, Robert Englund and Guillermo Del Toro?

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The TF Interview

The TF Interview

We visit the home of the king of chills, John Carpenter, to chat through his career over a cheese plate.

Does he still smart over the initial flop of The Thing ? And what does he think of the remakes of his films?

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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. 

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