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Like his previous movie, Noah Baumbach’s latest, White Noise, is another marriage story, centred on hotshot Hitler Studies professor Jack Gladney (Adam Driver) and his peppy exercise-instructor wife Babette (Baumbach’s real-life partner Greta Gerwig, sporting a magnificently ’80s blonde perm). The marriage is the fourth for both; but from minute one, the couple seem to …

We’re about to go back even further in The Lord of the Rings timeline than ever before on the screen. The Second Age is calling, and you might need a quick refresher for the history of the mythology weaved by legendary author J.R.R. Tolkien. With, a timeline this rich and …

Summer may be coming to an end, but Netflix’s release schedule is showing no signs of slowing down as fall approaches. Exciting new movies are arriving on the streamer this September like the thriller Lou, starring Allison Janney, and Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde with Ana de Armas playing the iconic …

As the weekend rolls around once more, we’ve got a brand new batch of fresh streaming recommendations to see you through from Friday night until Sunday evening. Let’s start off with movies – there’s Samaritan on Prime Video, which sees Sylvester Stallone play a superhero reluctantly pulled out of retirement, …

Kevin Feige finally has a replacement director in his sights to helm the upcoming reboot of Fantastic Four. According to Deadline (opens in new tab), Matt Shakman – who previously worked with Marvel on the Disney Plus series WandaVision – is in discussions with the studio to take the job. …

John Boyega has revealed what he would have changed about the Star Wars sequel trilogy. The actor played former Stormtrooper Finn in The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker.  “To a certain extent, there should have been a Stormtrooper rebellion,” Boyega told Vanity Fair (opens in …

Remembering the full slate of upcoming Marvel movies and shows is quite the challenge. Kevin Feige announced a whole bunch of new projects at San Diego Comi-Con, revealing that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will bring Phase 4 to a close, while Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is set to launch …

With new vampire flick The Invitation, director Jessica M. Thompson wanted to shake things up. Bloodsuckers, unlike monsters such as werewolves, zombies, and demons, have been depicted in a whole bunch of different ways on screen; from Twilight‘s sparkly, brooding Romeo-types and Other Lovers Left Alive‘s sunglass-wearing hipsters, to 30 …

Shia LaBeouf was originally cast as the male lead opposite Florence Pugh in Olivia Wilde’s upcoming movie Don’t Worry Darling. However, when production on the movie began in 2020, he was let go from the project. At the time the studio cited scheduling conflicts, but now Wilde has explained the …

This Top Gun: Maverick article first appeared in the April 2022 issue of Total Film magazine. You can purchase a hard copy here (opens in new tab) or subscribe to the magazine (opens in new tab) and never miss another world-exclusive feature. For a sequel to a film built around …