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Total Film Magazine - Issue 215

Features
By Total Film published 21 December 2013

Our Massive 2014 Preview!

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Massive 2014 Preview

Massive 2014 Preview

Issue 215 of Total Film magazine takes a sneaky look into the future at some of the best and brightest movies heading your way in the new year.

Inside the issue, we get the lowdown on the movie heroes of 2014 - from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 , and Jack Ryan to Divergent (aka the new Hunger Games ). This is your chance to meet every protagonist you need to be cheering for next year...

Plus Josh Brolin swings by for a chat, and we put Elysium , The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty and Her under our review spotlight.

Read a summary of the key features of the brand new interactive edition of Total Film .

Total Film 215 is available at all good newsagents from Friday 20 December.

Subscribe to Total Film magazine now and save money on the cover price! Plus you'll get our gorgeous subs covers delivered direct to your doormat, every month.

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Kill Me Three Times

Kill Me Three Times

With the Cornetto Trilogy finished up, Simon Pegg brings out the big guns and grows some hot fuzz for Kill Me Three Times , in which he plays a black-clad assassin...

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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Tom Clancy's CIA operative gets an origin reboot, kicking off a new action franchise in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit . So can the Cold War spy come in from the cold?

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Divergent

Divergent

Meet the next girl catching fire in dystopian fight-to-the-death adventure, Divergent . Shailene Woodley may be on track to super-stardom but she dreams of baked goods...

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Emma Stone

Emma Stone

Emma Stone gathered no moss in becoming an A-list star, and now she's bringing Gwen Stacy up to speed in The Amazing Spider-Man 2...

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Dallas Buyers Club

Dallas Buyers Club

The extraordinary true-life tale of a redneck rodeo rider turned HIV-positive patient rights advocate, Matthew McConaughey's Oscar hopeful Dallas Buyers Club boasts a backstage story that's almost as mind-blowing...

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Muppets Most Wanted

Muppets Most Wanted

Kermit battles his evil twin - and Ricky Gervais - in comic caper Muppets Most Wanted...

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Review Of The Year

Review Of The Year

From its $250m blockbusters to its micro-indies, 2013 was a blast - perhaps the best year for cinema since 1999. Total Film looks back at the highs...

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Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin

A lover and a fighter, Josh Brolin is an old-school movie star who didn't become an A-lister until he nudged 40. He's now smashing skulls and winning hearts in Oldboy and Labor Day , and has just shot the new PTA and Sin City movies. "No bullshit - they could be phenomenal," he says...

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Screen and Lounge

Screen and Lounge

Screen gets the lowdown on The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty , Her , August: Osage County and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire , plus many, many more.

This month's Lounge is all about re-evaluating Elysium , Pain & Gain , Frances Ha and Riddick . Plus on set with Sherlock's third series.

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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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