Leila Latif

Freelance Writer

Leila Latif is a freelance journalist, broadcaster, film critic, and self-described "haver of hot takes". She used that power (and years of experience) to cover TV and film for a wide variety of outlets such as GamesRadar+, Total Film, Little White Lies, The A.V. Club, SFX, BBC Culture, and many more.

Latest articles by Leila Latif

Moana 2 review: Moana and Maui remain a dynamic duo, but the story is a stale rehash of familiar themes

By Leila Latif Published 26 November 24

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Paddington in Peru review: "Endlessly easy to love with a pitch-perfect Olivia Colman"

By Leila Latif Published 4 November 24

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Steve McQueen’s latest movie starring Saoirse Ronan features his proudest moment ever on set

By Emily Garbutt, Leila Latif Published 9 October 24

Exclusive Exclusive: Blitz director Steve McQueen shares the scene he's most proud of filming in his new World War 2 drama

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Channing Tatum as Slater King in Blink Twice

Blink Twice review: "Zoë Kravitz makes a phenomenal directorial debut with this gripping thriller"

By Leila Latif Published 14 August 24

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Bill Skarsgard literally threw himself into filming The Crow – including jumping into a vat of oil

By Lauren Milici, Leila Latif Published 16 July 24

Exclusive Exclusive: Rupert Sanders talks working with Bill Skarsgard on The Crow

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The Bear season 3 review: "Equal parts delicious and depressing"

By Leila Latif Published 28 June 24

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Deadpool and Wolverine director says there were "early conversations" about what couldn’t be in the movie – so they wrote a joke about it

By Bradley Russell, Leila Latif Published 19 June 24

Exclusive Exclusive: Deadpool and Wolverine director Shawn Levy reveals the one thing that was off the table in the MCU movie

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Ryan Reynolds says there are parallels between Deadpool and Logan, but thinks the latter might be the best comic book movie ever made

By Fay Watson, Leila Latif Published 18 June 24

Exclusive Exclusive: Deadpool & Wolverine star Ryan Reynolds has a lot of love for his co-star’s previous movie Logan

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Deadpool and Wolverine director would love to make a Spider-Man and Deadpool movie

By Amy West, Leila Latif Published 17 June 24

Exclusive Exclusive: Shawn Levy is keen for Tom Holland's Peter Parker to share scenes with Ryan Reynolds' Wade Wilson in a future film

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Deadpool and Wolverine director hopes Ryan Reynolds' hero will live up to his "Marvel Jesus" nickname and save the MCU

By Amy West, Leila Latif Published 17 June 24

Exclusive Exclusive: Shawn Levy gets candid about superhero fatigue, as he promises that Deadpool & Wolverine "is not like any MCU movie"

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Spaceman review: "Adam Sandler excels as a lonely astronaut in Netflix sci-fi drama"

By Leila Latif Published 21 February 24

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Spaceman director says he wanted to create an Adam Sandler role with zero Adam Sandler in it

By Leila Latif Published 31 January 24

Exclusive Exclusive: Netflix’s Spaceman director Johan Renck says he wanted to create a role for Adam Sandler that had no aspect of Sandler at all

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The Color Purple review: "Treads a fine line between saccharine and crowd-pleasing"

By Leila Latif Published 22 January 24

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Cassandro review: "Should earn Gael García Bernal plenty of Oscar buzz"

By Leila Latif Published 15 September 23

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Hypnotic review: "Robert Rodriguez takes us on an insubstantial but raucous ride"

By Leila Latif Published 24 May 23

review The Total Film verdict on Rodriguez's latest film is here

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Total Film Exclusive Image: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has secret cameos even the cast don't know about

By Leila Latif Published 25 April 23

Exclusive Exclusive: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse directors tell Total Film about secret cast members, as well as sharing two exclusive new images

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