BALANCE OF POWER

WELCOME TO TOTAL FILM THE SMARTER MOVIE MAGAZINE

Here she comes! For real this time. Yep, Black Widow

THE SCARLETT LEDGER

Black Widow has been a long time coming. Scarlett Johansson’s

CRUISE CONTROL

An actor’s life is often one of travel to exotic

FREE SOLO

There aren’t many actors who project the calm collectedness that

THE EX FILES

Thinking about the ex?” Armie Hammer asks in a cut-glass

Making of SOUTHERN GOTHIC

Horror movies and nightmares often go hand-in-hand, so it might

the Witches at 30

i was an aficionado of Roald Dahl for a long

TOTAL FILM’S BELIEVE IT OR DON’T

Though he was known for his bleak Swedish dramas, director

Dialogue

EMAIL totalfilm@futurenet.com WRITE Total Film, 1-10 Praed Mews, London W2

“THE ONLY PERSON I COULD NOT PLAY IN A MILLION YEARS WOULD BE DONALD TRUMP” BRIAN COX

Now here’s a funny thing: Total Film has interviewed Brian

PAIN AND WAYNE

After San Diego Comic-Con’s attempt at an online-only convention failed

CHADWICK BOSEMAN

The last time we saw Chadwick Boseman was in Spike

OFF THE RAILS

In 2016, sensational South Korean zombie movie Train To Busan

GENTLEMAN SPY

Like 99.9 per cent of the buildings in London, Hornsey

SOUND BYTES

Tiffany Haddish wore a unique piece of confidence-boosting attire in

SOPÉ DÌRÍSÙ IS DREAMING OF DRAGONS…

He’s had no formal acting training, but Sope Dìrísù has

Money Matters

I wish it was more mysterious and interesting!” Miranda July

TWISTED SISTER

Cello music pipes up. A knock at the door. “Please

IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A FILM JOURNALIST

Five months ago, I’d not heard of Zoom, which now

SHORT CUTS

Though not officially announced at DC Fandome, Ben Affleck’s Batman

MY MOVIE LIFE

A VIEW TO A KILL at the South Woodford Odeon

HIGH NOON

In an abandoned Belfast church - the Holy Rosary, no

Prank Amateurs

OK, let’s first address the elephant in the room: does

HERD MENTALITY

There weren’t many laughs,” grins Raffey Cassidy, reflecting on the

EDDIE IZZARD

There’s only about four things that I wanted to do

IS IT BOLLOCKS?

Q In Tom Hanks’ WW2 drama, German U-boats taunted Allied

ALTERNATIVE BOX OFFICE

ON LOCATION

WHAT? Twilight teen vamp Edward takes his human GF Bella

TOP 10 BOOKS

Jo March’s coming-of-age tribulations with her three sisters is a

BACKGROUND ARTISTRY

SPECIAL SKILLS As Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis banter about

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER

DECEMBER 2019 “What I’m hoping is Tom achieves something that’s

TOMORROWLAND

Brad Bird’s live-action future looked bright after Mission: Impossible -

OR IS VOL. 2 THE BEST GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY FILM?

Guardians Of The Galaxy shouldn’t have worked. Back when Marvel

UNDER THE SKIN’S BLACK ROOM

Scarlett Johansson’s ET, Laura, seduces men around the Glasgow area

THE PHANTOM MENACE

“We’ll handle this,” Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) says

BARBRA STREISAND

Born and raised in Brooklyn, Barbra Joan Streisand was always

SHERLOCK HOLMES

1. Who is currently set to direct the Robert Downey

60 Second Screenplay

As the rains of portent - or, if you will,

enola slays

The game’s afoot, as they say. Enola Holmes arrives based

BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC

Having bested history class, medieval execution, Death and other challenges

MONSOON

Hong Khaou’s follow-up to 2014’s Bafta-nominated Lilting is inspired by

ROCKS

Energised by its young cast, director Sarah Gavron’s (Brick Lane)

YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT

Don’t let the 18 cert frighten you; despite the Shining

SAVAGE

Switching between three fateful moments in its protagonist’s life, Savage

A KID LIKE JAKE 12

Claire Danes and Jim Parsons are devoted New York parents

THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME

It’s not hard to imagine this cast - Tom Holland,

KAJILLIONAIRE

Like Wes Anderson or Tim Burton, Miranda July isn’t just

YES, GOD, YES

Karen Maine stretches her 2017 “semi-autobiographical” short film into a

BULLETPROOF 15

Veteran patrol cop Thomas Jane gives rookie Luke Kleintank (The

I USED TO GO HERE TBC

When mildly successful author Kate (a career-best Gillian Jacobs) is

home discomforts

I’m thinking of ending things,” Jessie Buckley’s protagonist utters internally

THE BAY OF SILENCE

FILM Rated 2 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 1

HURT BY PARADISE

The poet Celeste spends much of Greta Bellamacina’s Hurt By

MISS JUNETEENTH

In this tender, timely melodrama, broke pageant-queen-turned-waitress Turquoise (Nicole Beharie)

SCHEMERS

Music promoter Dave Mclean’s late-’70s-set autobiographical caper pogoes eagerly into

NOCTURNAL

Documentary maker Nathalie Biancheri makes an assured fiction debut with

SUPERMAN: MAN OF TOMORROW 12

FILM Rated 4 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 3

TWO HEADS CREEK

Searching for their birth mother, brother and sister Norman (Jordan

WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS 15

The English-language debut from director Ciro Guerra (Embrace Of The

MAX RICHTER’S SLEEP PG

A concert of Max Richter performing his eight-hour opus Sleep

MULAN

Niki Caro’s live-action do-over of Disney’s 1998 animation had been

show stumper

Few films have faced a higher-stakes release than Tenet, but

GAMERA: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION 15

FILMS Rated 3 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 5

THIS GUN FOR HIRE

FILM Rated 4 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 3

WALKABOUT 15

FILM Rated 5 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 4

THE MAN WHO LAUGHS PG

FILM Rated 4 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 4

BEAU TRAVAIL 15

FILM Rated 5 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 4

SHOW BOAT 12

FILM Rated 4 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 4

BUSTER KEATON VOL 3

FILMS Rated 4 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 4

FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO PG

FILM Rated 4 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 3

TENDERNESS (NEHA) 15

FILM Rated 3 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 3

BLACK TEST CAR + THE BLACK REPORT

FILMS Rated 4 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 2

nightmare nurse

Based on Ken Kesey’s novel, 1975’s One Flew Over The

world in ’mation

Right now is a good time to be a Jurassic

smut seriously

The baby-pink sports car in the drive is the giveaway

new london calling

Did you read Aldous Huxley’s seminal sci-fi in school? David

SCREEN

Say it with us: it is your ‘density’ to own

fresh spin

Williams conducts the revered Wiener Philharmoniker in this spirit-lifting release

power play

Spike Lee needed an anthem, Public Enemy provided. Hip-hop’s righteous

some assembly required

With the MCU having been on a Covid-enforced hiatus, Crystal

two more

Companion cookbook to the online series hosted by writer/chef Justin

THE MAKING OF ALIENS

If you’ve sat through the exhaustive Aliens Making Of documentaries

THE BOOK OF HORROR

Horror’s need for audience reactions underpins this acute genre scrutiny

THEY DREW AS THEY PLEASED VOL.6

The final volume in the Hidden Art Of Disney series

MEAN GIRLS: SENIOR YEAR

This time it’s war, as Cady and co unite to