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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)

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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Page 2 of 10
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug

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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The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty

Ambitious and beautiful, The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty imagines how it would be if the fantasies of an office drone became real. For director/star Ben Stiller, it was quite a journey behind the camera, too.

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12 Years A Slave

12 Years A Slave

Steve McQueen's follow-up to Shame and Hunger is just as challenging and emotional - and likely to garner awards buzz. The makers of 12 Years A Slave tell us about the responsibility they felt in honouring a very real past...

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The Total Film Interview - Tom Hanks

The Total Film Interview - Tom Hanks

He's the funny guy who became a Hollywood heavyweight, and now he's courting a third Best Actor Oscar with real-life portrayals of Walt Disney in Saving Mr. Banks and a kidnapped seaman in Captain Phillips ...

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Buzz and Agenda

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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Screen and Lounge

Screen and Lounge

Heading up the cinema reviews round-up this month is Thor: The Dark World , plus verdicts on Kill Your Darlings, Carrie, Saving Mr. Banks, Frozen and The Family.

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

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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