The Crow’s a different kind of superhero movie – a supernatural fantasy horror hybrid that puts an undead rock musician up against a band of merciless thugs in order to avenge his murdered fiancée and pass on to the next life. Because of its unique premise, compelling source material, and …
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The Star Trek timeline becomes more sprawling every week. There’s little chance Gene Roddenberry, when he created the series back in the ’60s, could have guessed that there would be a new episode of Star Trek made available every week (sometimes even two!). With hundreds of hours of television spread …
Read More »The Batman director Matt Reeves talks Ben Affleck, Joker, and why Batmans actually really weird
Batman returns. Again. But this time, the Dark Knight’s different – more brooding, and with deeper emotional baggage. Director Matt Reeves has done an admiral job re-introducing the iconic character, now played by Robert Pattinson, back into the mainstream with The Batman. Sitting down with Total Film a week before …
Read More »Uncharted movie: release date, trailer, Tom Holland talks Nathan Drake, and more
The Uncharted movie is finally about to land on the big screen. The video game adaptation has had a rocky road to release, but after many years and several directors (more on that later), we’re set to see Tom Holland take on the role of Nathan Drake in a matter …
Read More »Sundance Film Festival 2021: The 10 best movies, as chosen by Total Film
With the Omicron variant an ongoing concern, the Sundance Film Festival 2022 went virtual, beaming a packed slate of lovingly curated, independently spirited movies to the sofa-plexes of attendees lucky enough to nab tickets. But what the festival lacked in old fashioned face-to-face camaraderie, it more than made up for …
Read More »How to watch the James Bond movies in order
Knowing how to watch the James Bond movies in order can be complicated. After all, unlike most franchises, these are not numbered entries. And while you can enjoy them all as solo adventures, or in batches depending on which actor’s time as Bond you want to nestle down with, there’s …
Read More »The Witcher season 2: Inside Geralt’s next chapter – with Henry Cavill, the cast, and showrunner
The Witcher is heading in a new direction. Where once Geralt (Henry Cavill) rode solo, he now has a new charge thanks to the Law of Surprise: Ciri, the Lion Cub of Cintra (Freya Allan). Their destination? The witchers’ home base of Kaer Morhen – and among Geralt’s fellow band …
Read More »Spider-Man: No Way Home release date, trailer, cast, leaks, and more
Spider-Man: No Way Home is a matter of weeks away from hitting the big screen –and we can’t wait. For starters, there’s *that* new trailer, which we’ve got the lowdown on below, and UK audiences now get to see the movie two days earlier than originally planned. While there still …
Read More »RoboCop revisited: Paul Verhoeven on how a low-budget sci-fi satire spawned a fan-favorite franchise
Star Wars. The Avengers. Harry Potter. When we think of entertainment empires, an inexpensive, ultra-violent, sociopolitical satire from the late ’80s doesn’t immediately spring to mind. But, like its hero Alex Murphy, RoboCop has proved very hard to kill. Screenwriters Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner’s story of a cybernetic cop …
Read More »When does Black Widow take place on the Marvel timeline?
Black Widow has finally arrived, after a series of pandemic-induced delays – and an 11 year gap between Natasha Romanoff’s debut in Iron Man 2 and her first solo movie. While the film answers some burning questions we had about the Avenger’s past, it might leave you a little bit …
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