Who’ll follow 2013 winner Chris Beckett ? (opens in new tab) The shortlist for the 2014 Arthur C Clarke Award for the best science fiction novel of the year 2014 have just been announced. The books in contention are: God’s War by Kameron Hurley (Del Rey) The Disestablishment of Paradise …

After years of rumours and speculation, Ivan Reitman has confirmed that he will not direct Ghostbusters 3 . The director of comedy classics like Kindergarten Cop, Junior, Twins and the previous two Ghostbusters movies will leave the project, but will stay on-board to help Sony’s Amy Pascal find a new …

In our regular polarising-opinion series, Total Film writer Paul Bradshaw asks, ‘Is it just me? … or was The Lone Ranger the best movie of last summer? Waterworld. Cutthroat Island. John Carter. All more successful than last summer’s $250m runaway train, The Lone Ranger . Worse still, everyone knew it …

I am one with my aircraft. Piloting through the mustard-colored skies, I weave a parabolic path through a seemingly endless array of bullets, bombs, and bandits. I cut my engines, let my jet plummet to the ground like a lead weight, training my sights on my prey. With a squeeze …

A version of this article originally posted February 21, 2013. Part man. Part machine. All ninja Once upon a time, the term cyborg called to mind man-machine combinations like Robocop. Those augmented humans boasted the firepower of tanks, but had the limited mobility to match. Flash forward to today, where …

If you hadn’t heard of Cheap Thrills , just know this – it’s the movie that stunned last year’s FrightFest. A dark horror comedy, it revolves around a simple conceit with countless perverse possibilities. Faced with eviction and redundancy, a struggling family man heads to the bar and meets up …

Issue 218 of Total Film magazine is on sale now – and we’ve got two amazing and highly collectible X-Men: Days of Future Past covers for your viewing pleasure. Our amazing Future 100 issue – your ULTIMATE MOVIE PREVIEW – comes with exclusive access to 2014’s biggest blockbuster, and we’re …

The console versions of South Park: The Stick of Truth (opens in new tab) have been censored in Europe. That confuses me. You see I live in Europe. I know the kind of things we get up to. I know the kind of things in media that we get squeamish …

You might’ve met this giant armoured man early on, in the Forest of Fallen Giants, when a humongous bird drops him on top of a roof. There’s a good chance he killed you. The trick here is roll dodging his advances. Circle strafe is unreliable because he attacks very quickly, …

Romancing The Stone (1984) The Car: Technically it’s a Ford Bronco pick-up truck, but as owner Juan points out, it’s isn’t a car – “They told you I had a car? They are such comedians. They meant my little mule: Pepe.” Coolest Detail: Pepe came with several modifications, including a …