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Just last month, Joss Whedon was teasing the addition of a brother-sister partnership to his super-team lineup for The Avengers 2 , with tongues immediately set wagging among the online fan community. The names on everybody’s lips were those of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, with Whedon now confirming that the …

Showing in competition, domestic drama The Past is the follow-up to Oscar-winning A Separation by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi. A devastating tale of secrets, lies and scalding, squirm-inducing truths, it will surely feature come awards time. Set in Paris, it sees Ahmad (Ali Mosaffa) return from Tehran after a four-year …

Doughtily undeterred by the less-than-stellar performance of 2007’s politics lecture Lions For Lambs , Robert Redford has carefully crafted another big issue thriller that’s longer on high moral principles than high-octane action. His thoughtful, whole-hearted drama about a left-wing radical forced on the lam after 30 years underground is rooted …

Sofia Coppola has made a career out of lensing lost souls blighted by ennui and emptiness, and her fifth film, The Bling Ring , spies the same subject from a different angle. Playing in the Un Certain Regard section, Coppola’s achingly hip, down-with-the-kids movie takes for its inspiration a Vanity …

We thought our Man Of Steel excitement couldn’t get any more intense… until an exclusive bunch of the latest LEGO sets landed on our desks. While not quite as spoilery as the Iron Man 3 sets we previously got our hands on, there’s still plenty of fuel for the fires …

First released on a double bill with My Neighbour Totoro in Japan (and showing as such in selected UK venues in an HD restoration), this 1988 wartime drama is Totoro’s dark, adult flipside. Death haunts every frame as a brother and sister escape from the American firebombing of Kobe that …

In our regular polarising-opinion series, Total Film contributor George Bass asks, ‘Is it just me?… or is Superman IV more noble failure than outright dud? Don’t shoot! Rightly accused of derailing the franchise, Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (1987) is a hard film to love. The nonsensical storyline. The …

The first teaser trailer has landed online for Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show, with Clark Gregg front and centre as the returning Phil Coulson. Set after the events of The Avengers , the new series will follow the Marvel Universe’s law-enforcement agency as they set about investigating “the new, …

Gravity is undoubtedly one of 2013’s most hotly anticipated movies. And while the first trailer is still a couple of days away, we’ve got an exclusive poster to whet your appetite. While little is yet known about Alfonso Cuaron’s buzzworthy sci-fi thriller, we do know that it stars Sandra Bullock …

Two men hot-footing across an alien landscape as if they’ve got Usain Bolt at their heels. Someone yelling “If the volcano erupts, the planet dies!” A desperate plunge off a cliff. Last-second deliverance and then away into the night… Star Trek Into Darkness opens with thrusters on maximum – and …