For more than 60 years, LEGO’s been a peerlessly popular toy brand. Despite its ‘educational value’, the minifigures have charmed with their cute simplicity – an unassuming blandness that’s seen them seamlessly adapt various big-name properties ( Star Wars, The Lord Of The Rings, Harry Potte r, all the key …

Based on Joyce Maynard’s 2009 novel, Labor Day marks a departure for director Jason Reitman, best known for indie-coms with a side order of snark, from Thank You For Smoking to Young Adult . A kidnap tale with minimal violence that evolves into a low-temperature romance, this is an odd …

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (opens in new tab) hasn’t even hit cinemas yet, but Marvel are already looking ahead to Captain America 3 , and Anthony and Joe Russo are reportedly set to direct again. According to Variety , Captain America 3 hasn’t even been greenlit yet, but the …

The low Oscar hum surrounding Peter Berg’s late hopeful poses a question: can the director of Battleship and The Kingdom make a serious film about conflict in Afghanistan? The surprising answer is “yes”, the less surprising caveat: “to a point”. For “yes”, consider the pulverising mid-section, where Berg takes navy …

The Munchies The Source: Pac-Man Cereal Commercial (1984) The Moment: We all have to start somewhere. Bale’s first recorded acting gig saw him one of four kids dancing in delight at the prospect of cereal shaped like Atari’s ghost-bothering pill-guzzler. Shoes The Source: Shaft (2000) The Moment: The same year …

A movie about a college jazz drummer from an unknown director, starring Miles Teller and J K Simmons doesn’t exactly scream mainstream hit. But take our word for it, Whiplash , which picked up both the Grand Jury and Audience awards for best picture at the Sundance Film festival this …

In issue 216 of Total Film magazine , Colin Farrell reveals that he’s sure his Daredevil (opens in new tab) co-star Ben Affleck will do “a great job” as Batman in Man Of Steel 2 (opens in new tab) . Inside the issue – which is available for just £1.99 …

In issue 216 of Total Film magazine , director Marc Webb reveals that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (opens in new tab) is even bigger than its already-pretty-sizeable predecessor. Inside the issue – which is available for just £1.99 on your iPad (opens in new tab) – Webb describes Peter Parker’s …

Shailene Woodley is electric in Gregg Araki’s compelling pot boiler of teenager Kat (Woodley) whose mother vanishes off the face of the earth. Told via voiceover, flashback and through Kat’s sessions with her therapist (Angela Bassett) this could be Araki’s most narratively driven movie to date, with a mystery at …

Garrett Hedlund is set to star as crocodile-phobic villain Captain Hook in a new film version of Peter Pan . Director Joe Wright apparently picked Hedlund over nearest rival Jack Huston ( Boardwalk Empire ) after a weekend of rigorous testing for his new ‘origins story’ adap of J.M. Barrie’s …