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A group of small-time crooks fall foul of a powerful crime lord and have to pull off their biggest job yet to pay their debts… Sound familiar? Trading the mean streets of East London for the picture-postcard hotspots of Miami, Plastic remains a Brit crime flick in the well-worn Lock, …

Nick Cassavetes’ female buddy movie at least begins positively. Leslie Mann plays Kate King, devoted wife to New York business tycoon Mark ( Game Of Thrones ’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), who soon discovers her hubby is cheating on her. The other woman is Cameron Diaz’s slick lawyer Carly Whitten, who has …

Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, on the verge of creating a sentient machine capable of assimilating all recorded information to boast the total knowledge of every human who’s ever lived. Hasn’t Man always strived to create God? he asks one …

Sony looks to have found a replacement for David Fincher to direct its forthcoming Steve Jobs biopic, with Danny Boyle reportedly in talks to join the project. Fincher had long been attached to the film, although he recently dropped out of proceedings, reportedly over a pay dispute. According to THR …

No two subgenres are currently ruling the worldwide box office more consistently than superhero and young adult. So for all the backtalk about Sony playing bitter second fiddle to Marvel, their rebooted Spider-Man series does have one major advantage over the competition in that it combines both.  It’s the only …

A tyrannical king living in a labyrinthine castle comes between a beautiful shepherdess and a brave, good-hearted chimney sweep. Only a plucky mockingbird can save the day. Sixty years in the making (it was started in 1948, partially finished in 1952 and reworked by director Paul Grimault for a limited …

Set in the ‘70s and early ‘80S, this conspiracy thriller recounts the true-life tale of the Norwegian divers who risked their lives to lay a pipeline on the ocean floor when oil and gas were discovered in the North Sea. Headhunters ’ Aksel Hennie rocks a quality moustache as star …

The Fantastic Four looks to have cast itself a big bad, with Variety (opens in new tab) reporting that Toby Kebbell will play Victor von Doom, AKA Doctor Doom, in the forthcoming reboot. According to the report, Kebbell was the studio’s first pick from a shortlist that also included the …

Mark Cousins follows his 15-hour opus The Story Of Film with a comparatively bite-sized discourse on how world cinema has depicted childhood. The result is a dizzying compilation of clips connected, rather preciously, by footage of his niece and nephew playing with marbles. Cousins introduces excerpts from some 53 titles …

In issue 218 of Total Film magazine , director Bryan Singer has hit back at criticisms regarding the ginormous cast of X-Men: Days Of Future Past (opens in new tab) . Inside the issue – which is available for just £1.99 on your iPad (opens in new tab) – Singer …