Total Film Magazine - Issue 208

The Rebel Issue

Issue 208 of Total Film magazine sticks it to ‘the man’ and celebrates cinema's most iconic rebels.

Leading the charge is Johnny Depp’s latest gamble, The Lone Ranger , which could well be an edgier shake-up of the Pirates Of The Caribbean formula.

Plus, we go on set with the most anarchic superheroes out there for Kick-Ass 2 .

On top of that, there are exclusive production diaries from trailblazer directors Edgar Wright and Guillermo del Toro, and we’ve got the full story on the strangest film you’ll ever see - Ben Wheatley’s A Field In England .

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The Lone Ranger

Johnny Depp is back in the saddle with his Pirates Of The Caribbean posse for a wild western that could just be the tentpole of the summer.

We chat to Depp, the masked man himself Armie Hammer, director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer to find out why they’re focusing their collective attention on a character made famous on decades-old radio and TV serials.

Hi-yo Silver, away…?

Kick-Ass 2

High-school heroes prove you don’t need superpowers to fight the big boys in Kick-Ass 2 .

Total Film dons its DIY threads and heads on set…

The Wild Ones

Total Film celebrates movies’ 21 greatest rebels - the lone wolves who didn’t play by the rules and changed the face of cinema.

What they rebelling against? Whaddya got?

Pacific Rim Production Diaries

Guillermo del Toro opens his private production diaries to take Total Film behind the scenes of his mega beasts vs ‘bots blockbuster, Pacific Rim .

Expect gorgeous artwork, unparalleled insight and a mind-blowing level of detail.

The Conjuring

A haunting, a possession and a terrifying ‘true’ story up the scare factor for James Wan’s latest chiller. Total Film gets freaked out on the set of The Conjuring …

And, we meet the inspiration behind the film’s paranormal investigator. Who you gonna call? Lorraine Warren.

White House Down

It may be the second POTUS-under-fire film out this year but Roland Emmerich’s White House Down promises eye-popping destruction courtesy of a maverick cop in a dirty undershirt. Die Hard in the West Wing, anyone?

We get the lowdown from explosion-wrangling director Emmerich, dirty-vested star Channing Tatum, and sneaker-wearing president Jamie Foxx.

Buzz and Agenda

In this month’s Buzz , Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington get trigger-happy in 2 Guns , David O. Russell gives Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper uber-dodgy hairdos for American Hustle and we get fresh look at Thor 2 .

Plus, Matt Damon and Michael Douglas talk Behind The Candelabra , old-school cool is back in Red 2 , and Studio Ghibli’s latest rides in.

Meanwhile, in Agenda , the full story on Kill List director Ben Wheatley’s psychedelic journey through A Field In England , Kaya Scodelario talks life after Skins , and we remember pioneering effects wizard Ray Harryhausen.

Screen and Lounge

Fronting our compendium of multiplex reviews this month is This Is The End , Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s star-packed apocalypse comedy. Find out if it lives up to its ridonkulous high concept. Also reviewed in Screen are swoonsome trilogy-closer Before Midnight , and Sofia Coppola’s celeb-obsessed The Bling Ring and experimental left-fielder, A Field In England . Plus, Joss Whedon tackles Shakespeare.

In Lounge , we’ve got Zero Dark Thirty in our sights for a reappraisal, and we take another look at new-to-Blu titles including This Is 40 , Oz The Great And Powerful and Lincoln . Plus, some new animated superhero flicks.

And getting the re-release treatment are the likes of The Last Temptation Of Christ , Marathon Man and The Long Riders , and we visit the set of HBO’s Al Pacino-starring Phil Spector biopic.

The Total Film Interview - Robert Redford

Superstar, independent cinema icon, Oscar-winning director, political animal, rebel… Robert Redford is the golden boy who’s succeeded on his own terms.

The genuine legend talks Sundance, independent filmmaking and Captain America 2 in our in-depth career chat.

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