Tag Archives: Total Film

First image of Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange

Benedict Cumberbatch displays an uncanny resemblance to (a slightly younger) Julian Assange in the first image released from the WikiLeaks movie, The Fifth Estate . Popping up on Business Wire (opens in new tab) , the official still also features Daniel Brühl as Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a web activist who was …

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50 Greatest Movie Make-Up Effects

Braveheart (1995) The Make-Up: Mel Gibson’s William Wallace and his Scottish warriors rock up for battle, faces daubed in blue woad. Created By: Lois Burwell, a favourite of Tom Cruise and Michael Caine, amongst others. Cleverest Detail: The fact that, although the film is set in the 13th century, the …

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Bruce Willis talks A Good Day To Die Hard

Bruce Willis heads up the brand new issue of Total Film magazine , exploding onto the cover with A Good Day To Die Hard . Inside the issue, we chat to everyone involved with the latest installment in the action franchise, to find out why audiences – and Willis – …

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Zaytoun review

Stephen Dorff continues his Somewhere -instigated comeback in this odd-couple tale about a downed Israeli fighter pilot who takes a perilous trek across war-torn Lebanon with a 10-year-old Palestinian refugee (Abdallah El Akal). Eran Riklis’ road movie – its title means ‘olive’ – neatly juxtaposes the beauty of the landscape …

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33rd Annual Razzie Awards nominations announced

The 2013 Bafta nominations were announced today , and to present the flipside of that celebration of classiness in movies, the 33rd Annual Razzie Award nominations have been unveiled. Naming and shaming the worst movies of 2012, the awards have taken particular issue with The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – …

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt in line for Guardians Of The Galaxy?

The casting chatter surrounding Marvel’s forthcoming adaptation of Guardians Of The Galaxy just got significantly jucier, with the studio reportedly considering Joseph Gordon-Levitt for leading man Peter Quill. Quill is perhaps better known as Star-Lord, the son of a human mother and alien father and captain of a psychically-controlled spaceship …

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New blood-spattered poster for Carrie

Sony’s upcoming remake of Carrie has received a grisly new poster, but has also been delayed by a good seven months from its original release date. The film had initially been slated to arrive in March, only for the studio to shunt it back until October 2013. Given that it’s …

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Jamie Foxx talks The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Having recently been cast as the villain in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 , Jamie Foxx has dropped a couple of tidbits about playing Maxwell Dillon, better known to comic-book fans as Electro. “I’m going to keep it close to the chest but I followed the Spider-Man comic books,” says Foxx …

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First trailer for Michael Bays Pain & Gain: watch online now

The first trailer has arrived for Michael Bay’s musclebound saga Pain %26 Gain and it looks to be a promising blend of chaotic action and meatheaded humour. The film follows a trio of personal trainers (Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie) as they look to escape “going to work …

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