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In our regular polarising-opinion series, Total Film contributor Martyn Conterio asks, ‘Is it just me? … or is The Wicker Man a great remake?’ The Wicker Man remake by Neil LaBute is unjustly maligned. Its sorry reputation and dubious legacy is evident in countless snarky memes and YouTube clips of …

A new batch of images have arrived online from Disney’s Into The Woods , giving us a good look at the A-list cast in all its fairytale glory. First of all, there’s Anna Kendrick looking resplendent as Cinderella, while Chris Pine cuts a dash as a horse-riding Prince Charming. Then …

Warner Bros might only have just announced Suicide Squad , but the project already has a director, and could be about to add a trio of A-list stars to its cast list. According to Deadline (opens in new tab) , Will Smith, Tom Hardy and Margot Robbie are in negotiations …

Can best friends ever be anything more? Of course they can – romcoms have been proving that for decades – but that doesn’t stop Lily Collins and Sam Claflin proving it again in a soapy heartstring fiddler that follows their torch-holding through 10 ageless years, two continents and a couple …

In around a month’s time TotalFilm.com and SFX.co.uk will be teaming up with GamesRadar.com to create a one-stop entertainment site for all your film, TV and gaming needs. This means that from mid-November Total Film and SFX ‘s mighty reviews are making the leap to our new GamesRadar URL. Reviews …

William Shatner has shed more light on the rumours of a potential appearance in Star Trek 3 , by revealing J.J. Abrams has been in touch to sound him out. According to Shatner, Abrams called him recently, saying, “I’m calling because the director of Star Trek , the next movie, …

Evoking François Ozon’s Sitcom (1998), Yann Gonzalez’s debut is a subversive, stylish, perverted parlour game, as a young couple host an exclusive orgy for four guests: ‘The Slut’, ‘The Star’, ‘The Teen’ and ‘The Stud’. Chief among them is Eric Cantona’s monstrously endowed Stud; and if you’ve ever wanted to …

Few things scream 1984 like Spandau Ballet vs Duran Duran on TV’s Pop Quiz , a battle royale typical of George Hencken’s selective but evocative Spandau portrait. The rise/fall arc is familiar but a reliance on archive footage (no talking heads) offers an immersive plunge into Spandau’s journey from working-class …

Love is strange in co-writer/director Leigh Janiak’s overambitious but promising low-budget chiller. Brits Harry Treadaway and Rose Leslie play American newlyweds Paul and Bea, hoping for a week of marital bliss at a secluded lakeside cabin before Paul finds Bea battered and disoriented in the woods. Janiak mashes romance and …

A new trailer has arrived for Jupiter Ascending , in which the Wachowski siblings pull back the curtain on the fantasy universe in which the film is set. The new teaser establishes the back story to the film, in which we learn that a powerful alien dynasty controls Earth, and …