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ROSAMUND PIKE

YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS WRONG SOMETIMES TO KNOW HOW TO DO THINGS RIGHT

A Big Plus

DISNEY ROUND-UP

Chris Evans

IS HEADING FOR INFINITY…

Gateway Drug

SYNCHRONIC I The minds behind The Endless return with another trippy thriller

The Avenger

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN I Emerald Fennell’s twist on the revenge thriller is a provocative stunner

YOU TALKIN’ TO ME?

Film quotes pose as questions. Film stars try to cope

Battle Royale

TOM AND JERRY: THE MOVIE I The old rivals take their fight to New York…

WARNER BROS’ BIG GAMBLE

Why a hybrid streaming release is the way forward (for now)…

MATILDA DE ANGELIS

IS TAKING WING

Freedom Fighter

THE MAURITANIAN I Kevin Macdonald directs the true story of a Guantanamo detainee

NOW EWE SEE ME

RAMS I Iceland’s award-winning woolly drama gets an authentic Australian treatment

SOUND BYTES

 Quotable dialogue from this month’s mo vies – and their stars

MATTHEW MODINE

BETWEEN TAKES

Class Dismissed

SCHOOL’S OUT FOREVER I Teen boys face the apocalypse in a blackly comic Brit thriller

SCARE B&B

THE RENTAL I Dave Franco on his directorial debut about a nightmare getaway

Nappy Days

THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS I Alec Baldwin’s back in the highchair, now with backup

TALE OF THE UNEXPECTED

TO OLIVIA I Director John Hay brings us the darker side of Roald Dahl…

It Shouldn’t Happen To A Film Journalist

THIS MONTH THE ONES WHO GOT AWAY

Conspiracy of Silence

THE DISSIDENT I Unpicking the shocking murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi…

MADS MIKKELSEN

Raise a glass to the Great Dane…

2021 PREVIEW

47 MUST-SEE MOVIES

FAST & FURIOUS 9

The turbocharged franchise revs up its next huge installment

ETERNALS

Immortality beckons for Marvel’s new heroes…

BLACK WIDOW

Worth Russian out for…

SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS

Marvel is kung-fu fighting…

NO TIME TO DIE

Third time’s a charm

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7

Cruise looks to scale even greater heights…

TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Cruising altitude

NOBODY

It’s a Wick-ed game

GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE

A guaran teed hit…

A QUIET PLACE PART II

Journey into fear…

THE FOREVER PURGE

There’s m ethod to the madness…

HALLOWEEN KILLS

Your worst fears take Shape again

THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY

The FBI target the jazz legend…

MINARI

An American dream story like no other

LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER

Memories are made of this…

THE ELECTRICAL LIFE OF LOUIS WAIN

Benedict Cumberbatch’s art attack

CHERRY

Tom Holland and the Russos spin a new kind of story

CHAOS WALKING

Spidey and Rey are hunted by Hannibal Lecter…

UNCHARTED

A videogame movie to treasure?

UNTITLED SPIDER-MAN SEQUEL

Into the Spider-Verse…

DUNE

Spice up your life…

GODZILLA VS. KONG

It’s a monster mash…

VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE

A sequel to lose your head over…

THE MATRIX 4

You’ll have to see it for yourself…

THE KING’S MAN

Manners maketh mayhem…

CRUELLA

Disney goes black-and-white…

THE FRENCH DISPATCH

The wonderful world of Wes…

DEATH ON THE NILE

Sex and death…

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO

Edgar Wright shows his dark side…

GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE

They called the original Ghostbusters…

CANDYMAN

Jordan Peele resurrects the iconic bogeyman…

MORBIUS

There will be bloodsucking…

MINIONS 2: THE RISE OF GRU

Prepare for turbulence

RUMBLE

Monsters go to the mat…

THE CROODS 2

History’s first family has company

MARRY ME

J-Lo goes loco in love…

COMING 2 AMERICA

All hail Prince Akeem. Eddie Murphy is back…

LUCA

Summer bromance…

JUNGLE CRUISE

Johnson and Blunt take the ride of their lives

RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON

Meet Disney’s newest hero

THE SUICIDE SQUAD

The definitive take on the bad-guy superteam?

WEST SIDE STORY

Spielberg makes a song and dance…

MALCOLM & MARIE

And the Academy Award goes to…

NOMADLAND

Frances McDormand hits the road…

THE BEATLES: GET BACK

And the band played on…

JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH

Get Out stars reunite for blistering true-life drama…

SAMARITAN

Stallone muscles in on the superhero genre…

THE  WITCHING HOUR

It’s the twist no one saw coming – turning the MCU into a sitcom and asking Dick Van Dyke to help tell Marvel’s most  ambitious story to date. The cast and crew of WandaVision tell us what to expect from Phase 4’s new chapter…

this WOMAN’S work

SHE MAY HAVE PLAYED MARGARET IN THE CROWN, BUT VANESSA KIRBY IS NO PRINCESS WHEN IT COMES TO GRABBING A ROLE, CAMPAIGNING FOR BETTER FEMALE REPRESENTATION ON SCREEN OR SHINING A LIGHT ON SOCIAL TABOO SUBJECT MATTER WITH LABOUR OF LOVE, PIECES OF A WOMAN. SHE TELLS TOTAL FILM ABOUT THE GRAFT THAT GOES INTO AN AWARD-WINNING PERFORMANCE AND THE WORK ETHIC SHE LEARNED FROM TOM CRUISE

WHAT LIES BENEATH

Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan dug deep to portray real-life treasure hunters uncovering Sutton Hoo in The Dig. They tell Total Film how the right hat, emotional connection and being buried alive made a period drama a personal matter

drum rush

RIZ AHMED SNARES OUR ATTENTION

TWIST TBC

OUT 29 JANUARY SKY CINEMA C harles Dickens’

labour day

A GRIEF ENCOUNTER YOU WON’T FORGET…

TENET 12

OUT NOW DVD, BD, 4K, DIGITAL HD EXTRAS

MLK/FBI TBC

OUT 15 JAN CINEMAS T hough Martin Luther

back in time

NO MORE WAITING FOR GADOT…

PVT CHAT TBC

OUT 5 FEBRUARY CINEMAS, DIGITAL HD I ntimacy,

a new dope

JUST SAY ‘WHOA’ TO A SCI-FI MIND-BENDER…

THE FILMMAKER’S HOUSE TBC

OUT 29 JANUARY CINEMAS, PVOD F rustrated by

BABY DONE 15

OUT 22 JANUARY CINEMAS, DIGITAL HD R ose

PERSIAN LESSONS TBC

OUT 22 JANUARY CINEMAS, DIGITAL HD A Jewish

CODED BIAS 12ATBC

OUT 26 JANUARY CINEMAS F acial-recognition software poses

76 DAYS TBC

OUT 22 JANUARY CINEMAS D edicated to frontline

prehistory lesson

HOW TO EVOLVE A FRANCHISE…

blurred vision

A DOC WITH A LOT OF BOTTLE…

ARCHIVE 15

OUT 15 JAN CINEMAS 18 JAN DIGITAL HD

SING ME A SONG PG

OUT NOW CINEMAS, ON DEMAND I n Thomas

STARDUST TBC

OUT 15 JANUARY CINEMAS, DIGITAL HD D espite

ASSASSINS TBC

OUT 29 JANUARY CINEMAS D ocumentary director Ryan

ROBIN’S WISH TBC

OUT NOW DIGITAL HD W hen Robin Williams

ARE WE LOST FOREVER 18

OUT 18 JANUARY DVD, BD, DIGITAL HD EXTRAS

FATIMA TBC

CURZON, DOGWOOF, VERTIGO, UNIVERSAL, PECCADILLO, VERTICAL ENTERTAINMENT, REPUBLIC,

WE CAN BE HEROES PG

OUT NOW NETFLIX R obert Rodriguez’s Sharkboy And

MAYOR TBC

OUT NOW CINEMAS D irected and shot by

ghost written

UPDATE STRUGGLES TO STIR NEW LIFE…

AFTER WE COLLIDED 15

OUT NOW PRIME VIDEO T he continuation of

THE MIDNIGHT SKY 12

OUT NOW NETFLIX G eorge Clooney directs and

SUPERINTELLIGENCE PG

WARNER BROS, NETFLIX, AMAZON, SKY OUT NOW CINEMAS

SHORT SHARP SHOCKS 18

1949-1980 OUT NOW BD EXTRAS Interviews, Galleries, Scripts,

INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION 18TBC

1970 OUT 18 JAN BD EXTRAS Documentaries, Featurettes,

THE TWO JAKES 15

1990 OUT NOW BD EXTRAS Poster, Art cards

cold standard

WHY THE COENS’ BRILLIANCE HASN’T MELTED

STREET FIGHTER 12

1994 OUT NOW BD EXTRAS Commentaries, Featurettes, Deleted

HOUSE OF BAMBOO PG

1955 OUT NOW BD EXTRAS Commentaries, Video essay,

ISHIRO HONDA DOUBLE FEATURE 12

1958-9 OUT NOW BD EXTRAS Commentaries, Stills, Booklet

burrowed time

A FLOP THAT WORMED ITS WAY TO CULTDOM

higher learning

THE LESSON PLAN FOR NETFLIX’S YA FANTASY FATE: THE WINX SAGA…

west end boys

RUSSELL T. DAVIES HEADS BACK TO THE ’80S – AND THE AIDS CRISIS…

shadow lands

Ricky Whittle’s Shadow finds himself in frigid new surroundings in Season 3

keeping it rail

HOW SNOWPIERCER S2 BECAME A GAME OF ZONES…

local boys

MITCHELL/WEBB FINALLY HIT THE PUB AGAIN IN BACK S2…

the godfather

NINO ROTA | GEFFEN

FILM DIRECTOR TRUMPS

CARD GAMES OUT NOW

FUNKO VINYL SODA

COLLECTIBLES OUT NOW

GHOSTBUSTERS TRAP

INCENSE BURNER OUT NOW

BACK TO THE FUTURE: BACK IN TIME

BOARD GAME OUT NOW

SOUL MERCHANDISE

VARIO US OUT NOW

HITMAN 3

OUT 20 JANUARY | PC, PS4/5, STADIA, SWITCH, XBOX ONE/SERIES

HALO INFINITE

OUT TBC | PC, XBOX ONE/SERIES

FAR CRY 6

OUT TBC | LUNA, PC, PS4/5, STADIA, XBOX ONE/SERIES

ready player ’21

THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE HORIZON…

PSYCHONAUTS 2

OUT TBC | PC, PS4, XBOX ONE/SERIES

GOTHAM KNIGHTS

OUT TBC | PC, PS4/5, XBOX ONE/SERIES

GHOSTWIRE: TOKYO

OUT TBC | PC, PS5

LEGO STAR WARS: THE SKYWALKER SAGA

OUT SPRING | PC, PS4/5, SWITCH, XBOX ONE/SERIES

MONSTER HUNTER RISE

OUT 26 MARCH | SWITCH

HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST

OUT TBC | PS4/5

STAR WARS BOOKS

VARIOUS | ABRAMS DEL REY TASCHEN | |

ON LOCATION

REEL SPOTS BEHIND THE CAMERA

BOX OFFICE

THE BIGGEST MOVIES… 

IS IT BOLLOCKS?

Film Buff investigates the facts behind outlandish movie plots

TREES

Arborous aces

BACKGROUND ARTISTRY

Celebrating the extras and bit parters stealing scenes

HINDSIGHT CORNER!

Stars eat their words…

PLAIN TALKING

Learn the movie lingo

FIGHT CLUB

I am Jack’s tapped-out box-office takings. How did David Fincher’s “theatre of mass destruction” not fill seats at cinemas?

OR IS XANDER THE TRUE VILLAIN OF BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER?

asks Leila Latif We can all

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

There are 10 to find…

60 Second Screenplay

TF SAVES YOU THE COST OF A MOVIE EVERY MONTH. THIS ISSUE: THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES 2…