IS IT JUST ME…OR IS THE LAST BOY SCOUT BRUCE WILLIS' BEST FILM?

If Bruce Willis had been a star in the ’40s and ’50s, he’d have been a staple of film noirs – the tough, smart-mouthed gumshoe with a code of honour hidden beneath corrosive cynicism.

Drive - VARIOUS/CLIFF MARTINEZ | LAKESHORE

When a film isn’t overburdened with idle natter, the music can step in and take over the emotional satnav. Still fresh a decade on, the soundtrack to Nicolas Winding Refn’s existential romantic thriller nails the job without once losing its cool.

FELICITY JONES

The Last Letter From Your Lover star talks puddings and Rogue One boots.

ROMEO + JULIET'S POOL SCENE

THE BIG SHOT

IS IT BOLLOCKS?

Film Buff investigates the facts behind outlandish movie plots.

The RIDE Stuff

A crumby-looking passenger boat, La Quila, bobs up and down by the side of a wooden dock that has seen better days.

Attitude adjustment

AS WRESTLING SUPERSTAR JOHN CENA FOLLOWS FELLOW WWE GRADUATE DWAYNE JOHNSON INTO THE FAST & FURIOUS FRANCHISE, HE TELLS THE TOTAL FILM THAT HE'S A "STORYTELLER AT HEART". WITH TWO MAJOR BLOCKBUSTERS ON THE HORIZON, THIS PROMISES TO BE THE SUMMER OF CENA.

Stabby Road

FEAR STREET I R.L. Stine’s pulp horror series gets a multi-movie Netflix adaptation…

ROSE BYRNE

The Australian shapeshifter who can master all accents and vacillates between bawdy comedy, high-wire drama and heartfelt family feels returns to TV with jet-black humour as she explores the interior monologue of women in ’80s-set Physical. She tells Total Film about self-doubt, success and ensuring she has ‘a seat at the table’.

Street Dance

Taken from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway smash musical, IN THE HEIGHTS was designed as a riotous celebration of Latin culture. Now, post-pandemic, it’s become a vital look at our need for community. Total Film visits the set of the year’s most vibrant movie.

TIME BANDIT

Marvel’s mercurial trickster is back and burdened with a glorious new purpose – to fix the timeline he broke in Avengers: Endgame. Tom Hiddleston and the Loki team discuss time, crime, and a fan favorite’s unexpected decade-long run in the MCU.

Personal touch

WHY LISEY’S STORY IS STEPHEN KING’S ULTIMATE PASSION PROJECT…

RED TAPE

SET IN THE 1980S DURING THE MORAL PANIC OF THE VIDEO NASTIES, CENSOR INTERROGATES IF HOR RORS REAL OR IMAGINED CAUSE NIGHTMARES IN A DAMAGED BRAIN. TF BRAVES AN UNCENSORED CHAT WITH WRITER DIRECTOR PRANO BAILEY-BOND AND STAR NIAMH ALGAR…

MURDER RAP

LAST MAN STANDING I Nick Broomfield revisits the deaths of Biggie and Tupac…

GHETTO BLASTERS

SHORTA I A ripped-from-the-headlines thriller that shreds the nerves…

From RUSSIA With LOVE

After her noble death in Avengers: Endgame, Natasha Romanoff was left without the one thing fans wanted: a standalone solo movie. As that’s finally put to rights in Black Widow, Total Film joins Scarlett Johansson and the team for MCU’s action-packed Phase 4 lift-off.

MAKING TRACKS

BARRY JENKINS’ ADAPTATION OF PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NOVEL THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD PROVIDES AN ILLUMINATING NEW PERSPECTIVE ON A HARROWING PART OF US HISTORY. TOTAL FILM SPEAKS TO DIRECTOR JENKINS AND STARS THUSO MBEDU AND JOEL EDGERTON ABOUT THE YEAR’S MOST REVOLUTIONARY TV SERIES.

Travelling theroux

JUSTIN KEEPS IT ALLIE IN THE FAMILY IN THE MOSQUITO COAST…

Rich hunt

WHY BRIT THRILLER THE BEAST MUST DIE IS SET TO SLAY…

That thing you do!

VARIOUS / SONY BMG MUSIC

GUNN CRAZY

THE SUPERVILLAINS OF THE SUICIDE SQUAD HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED ON ANOTHER OFF-THE-BOOKS MISSION, BUT THIS TIME THEY’VE BROUGHT A “DOUCHEY CAPTAIN AMERICA”, A TALKING SHARK AND THE DIRECTOR OF GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ALONG FOR THE RIDE. TOTAL FILM MEETS JAMES GUNN AND THE CAST OF THE WILDEST COMIC-BOOK MOVIE OF 2021…

Super troopers

STAR WARS’ ROGUE CLONES RETURN IN THE BAD BATCH...

Silence of the lands

Ssh! Don’t make any noise. John Krasinski’s sequel to his post-apocalyptic smash A Quiet Place is finally hitting cinemas, promising a deeper dive into its uniquely silent world. Total Film talks (quietly) to Part II’s team to find out more.

MADS MIKKELSEN

He’s been a staple of tentpole cinema in Bond, Marvel, Star Wars and the upcoming Fantastic Beasts 3 and Indiana Jones 5, but Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen still manages to find time for complex dramatic work, such as in the forthcoming genre-blender, Riders Of Justice. Total Film meets a blockbuster character actor…

Raising the game

HOW MYTHIC QUEST GOT BACK ONLINE MID-CRISIS…

CALL OF THE WILD

When Robin Wright chose to make an off-grid survival story, she didn’t expect challenges such as last-minute self-casting, extreme weather and a hungry, uninvited bear. She tells Total Film how her feature directorial debut, LAND, wasn’t a walk in the park…

Hot Right Now - Nicolas Cage Is Back On Track…

I grew up in the ’70s watching Rock Hudson on McMillan & Wife, Dennis Weaver in McCloud, Charles Bronson in the movie of the week, Peter Falk in Columbo… I began to develop a relationship with these characters and these actors,” Nic Cage told The New York Times in August 2019. “And with video on demand, I felt that if I made more movies… people would be able to tune in at home and go, ‘What’s the next movie that Nic made?’”

Can We Talk About...? The Academy Awards Show

Will this year’s enforced changes bring a breath of fresh air?

MONSTERS' BRAWL

WITH THE TWO ICONIC BEASTS GOING TOE-TO-TOE IN THE ULTIMATE MONSTER MOVIE, GODZILLA VS. KONG MIGHT JUST BE THE CATHARTIC CLASH WE NEED RIGHT NOW. TOTAL FILM REPORTS FROM THE SET TO FIND OUT HOW THE MONSTERVERSE EPIC IS AIMING TO APPEAL TO THE KID IN US ALL.

Last Embrace - SUPERNOVA

Harry Macqueen takes us on an emotional journey with Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci…