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Total Film Magazine - Issue 214

Features
By Total Film published 22 November 2013

The Ultimate Sci-Fi Preview

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Ultimate Sci-Fi Preview

Ultimate Sci-Fi Preview

Issue 214 of Total Film magazine is all about the most amazing sci-fi movies blasting your way.

Inside the issue, we get exclusively hands-on with the new RoboCop remake, get up close and personal with Tom Hanks, Naomie Harris and Cobie Smulders, and investigate Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Godzilla and many more.

Throw in four amazing posters, an incredible Anchorman Sex Panther air freshener (Tesco exclusive, while stocks last) , and a blub-inducing look at the biggest tearjerkers of all time, and there are plenty of reasons to pick up a copy...

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RoboCop (2014)

Re-suited and rebooted, RoboCop 2014 upgrades Paul Verhoeven's '80s classic to tackle today's technological fears. Expect ideas, emotion and heavy (metal) weaponry...

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The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug

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Bilbo's back. And this time he's dealing not just with dwarves but with elves, spiders and a very big dragon. We head on to the wild New Zealand set...

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Cobie Smulders

Cobie Smulders

Joss Whedon wanted her for Wonder Woman, she has a multi-picture deal with Marvel as Agent Maria Hill and now she's starring in Vince Vaughn comedy Delivery Man . Cobie Smulders might just be the heroine we've been waiting for...

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Naomie Harris

Naomie Harris

Now a major Hollywood player, Naomie Harris is garnering awards attention as Winnie in Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom and will be back playing another icon in Bond 24 . Miss Moneypenny, we've been expecting you...

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Buzz and Agenda

This month’s Buzz beams in the hottest movie news and pictures - from Tom Hiddleston in indie vampire thriller Only Lovers Left Alive , Kristen Bell talking Veronica Mars movie secrets, and Angelina Jolie's sophomore directorial effort Unbroken, we've all the latest breaking news and exclusives from the hottest movies coming your way.

Plus, a chat with Michelle Pfeiffer, the 'new Brigitte Bardot' and much more.

And, of course, we've also thrown in all the regulars you’ve come to expect!

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Head over to Lounge for our re-evaluations of Man Of Steel, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, The Hangover Part III, Kick-Ass 2 and The Wolverine.

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Total Film

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