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Bond 23 title announced, shooting details and cast confirmed

[brightcove]970174815001[/brightcove] Total Film embarked on a not-so-secret mission to central London earlier today (real spies don’t use Twitter (opens in new tab) half as much as we do) to uncover the true identity of Daniel Craig and Sam Mendes’ Bond flick, codename: Bond 23. But as it turned out, we …

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The Help review

The tensions of the segregated South have been explored more darkly and deftly in better tomes and films. But Kathryn Stockett’s bestseller was embraced by millions charmed by the female dynamics at work amid the Jim Crow laws. This deft addressing of difficult subjects was ripe for a movie – …

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Machine Gun Preacher review

Now that’s a title. It sounds like a lost Grindhouse trailer, or the great Neveldine/Taylor flick we’ll never have. Some surprise is forgiven, then, when Machine Gun Preacher turns out not to be a beefy slab of exploitation but a furrowed-brow issue drama. Gerard Butler plays real-life biker and bad …

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James Mangold discusses Wolverine

Ah The Wolverine … if ever there were a film to file under the heading “Development Hell”, the long-awaited sequel to X-Men Origins would surely be it. However, things do appear to be moving again, with Walk The Line director James Mangold having discussed his vision for the project. And …

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