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Total Film magazine - Issue 191

Features
By Total Film published 14 February 2012

The Hunger Games fronts our interactive issue!

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The Interactive Issue!

The Interactive Issue!

Jennifer Lawrence means business as this month's cover star, as she gets ready to off her fellow contestants in The Hunger Games - the much anticipated big-screen adaptation of the bestselling novel.

We're also going interactive this issue… If you think you'd make a better cover star than J-Law, simply download the Blippar app to your smartphone or tablet device, put your own mug in the picture and share it with us. Who needs Hollywood A-listers, eh?!

Like the look of the exclusive, subscriber-only cover on the left? You can subscribe to Total Film magazine here .

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The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

Total Film enters the gladiatorial arena to interview young stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth about facing each other in mortal combat in this violent, dystopian teen actioner. Trust us, this is going to be big…

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Page 2 of 10
The Cabin In The Woods

The Cabin In The Woods

Cult hero Joss Whedon ( Buffy , Serenity , The Avengers ) brings us a teen horror with a twist… Total Film braves the creaky floorboards to talk to the man himself and uncover a genuine genre revolution.

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Page 3 of 10
Bond Girls

Bond Girls

If we've learnt anything over the past 50 years, it's that James Bond is nothing without his leading ladies. Skyfall beauties Naomie Harris and Bérénice Marlohe go head-to-head as Total Film grills them on their involvement in 007's latest big-screen outing.

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Page 4 of 10
Tom Hiddleston

Tom Hiddleston

Meet the Brit star who'll be kicking all kinds of superhero ass this summer. TF sits down with Mr Hiddleston, aka mischievous villain Loki, to talk about his rise to success and his role in upcoming mega-blockbuster The Avengers . You can also Blipp this feature to hear an exclusive message from the man himself.

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American Pie: Reunion

American Pie: Reunion

It's been 12 years since teen comedy American Pie first exploded (ahem) onto our screens. Feel old? Not to worry, the gang are back and just as ready to party. Here, Stifler himself - aka actor Seann William Scott - presents his guide to the high-school reunion to end them all...

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Page 6 of 10
Mockbusters

Mockbusters

Transmorphers . Snakes On A Train . Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus … Hollywood production house The Asylum is (in)famous for its knock-off, bargain-basement blockbusters. Total Film goes on set of 2012: Ice Age to discover where the magic happens.

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Page 7 of 10
The Total Film Interview

The Total Film Interview

Soon to be voicing a claymation buccaneer in Aardman's The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists , Hugh Grant braves the Total Film hotseat this month to talk stereotypes, phone-hacking and Bridget Jones 3 …

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Page 8 of 10
Buzz and Agenda

Buzz and Agenda

In Buzz this month, Nicholas Hoult shows off his undead anti-hero in zombie romance Warm Bodies , Steven Spielberg talks Tintin 2 , and we get a first look at Timur Bekmambetov's historical actioner Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter .

Meanwhile, Agenda bigs up Giovanni Ribisi and his packed schedule ( Ted , Gangster Squad , Avatar 2 …), chinwags with B-movie legend Roger Corman and brings you our top picks from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

You can also Blipp our two young Agenda Talents - The Inbetweeners ' Emily Atack and Hunky Dory 's Aneurin Barnard - to get a behind-the-scenes look at our exclusive photo shoots.

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Screen and Lounge

Screen and Lounge

It's an action extravaganza in Screen this month, as Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds go head-to-head in Safe House , Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill go undercover in 21 Jump Street and Mark Wahlberg smuggles drugs in Contraband .

The action theme carries over to home entertainment, too, as Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy duke it out in Warrior , while Lounge also provides your monthly Ryan Gosling fix with The Ides Of March , reassesses the American Pie trilogy on Blu-ray and goes on set of Michael Mann's HBO horse-racing crime drama, Luck .

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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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