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No./1 Disney’s biggest bombshells, digested • From Marvel to Pixar, we distil down the metric tonne of chest-tightening news just revealed by Disney
No./ 2 “Dave was the opposite of everything Darth Vader was” • Mark Hamill remembers DAVE PROWSE — the Bristolian bodybuilder who became Darth Vader
No./ 3 How Toby Kebbell found his ideal role • Ambitious, big-budget and profound: M. Night Shyamalan’s horror show SERVANT has reinvigorated the British actor
No./ 4 O CAPTAINS! TOM’S CAPTAINS! • Tom Hanks loves playing captains. With another due in News Of The World, we rank Hanks’ favourite rank
BLACK IN FOCUS • AMON WARMANN chews over the main moment in Black film and TV this month
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No./ 5 Meet Nic Cage’s new foe: a martial arts alien • We speak to the bad guy from Jiu Jitsu — perhaps Nicolas Cage’s most high-concept action movie yet
No./ 6 MAVERICK NUNS • Pray for the souls of these screen Sisters — they’re not in the habit of following the rules
No./ 7 “I told George Clooney that I’d never seen an African astronaut in space” • From children’s fantasies to sci-fi epics, DAVID OYELOWO is considering the impact he’s having, every time he’s on screen
No./ 8 The story behind the buzziest performance of the year • How a British newcomer became an Oscar frontrunner by embodying an icon in ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
No./ 9 Inside cinema’s most intense birth scene ever • How new drama PIECES OF A WOMAN staged an exceptionally stressful 22-minute one-shot birth
No./ 10 Ben Wheatley vs the mega-shark • The filmmaker has, implausibly, signed up for The Meg 2. Here’s why he’s actually the perfect fit
No./ 11 SMILEY FACE KILLERS • THE STORY BEHIND THE BRET EASTON ELLIS-PENNED CULT KILLER HORROR
No./ 12 When time travel gets trippy • Forget Tenet — SYNCHRONIC is 2020’s most head-spinning sci-fi. The directors explain the rules of their universe
No./ 13 THE COMFORT ZONE WHEN HARRY MET SALLY • Harry and Sally’s under-the-duvet Casablanca chat kicks off our celebration of the best comfort movies
No./ 14 Bob Odenkirk breaks bad • The director behind new home-invasion shoot-’em-up Nobody explains how he turned the Better Call Saul star into an unlikely action hero
No./ 15 [IN MEMORIAM] THE HUGH MAX TO • Following the news of Hugh Keays-Byrne’s death on December 1 at age 73, we revisited some of the wild-haired actor’s greatest on-screen roles...
No./ 16 Etched in Stone • Australian director SANDY HARBUTT only made one movie, but his bikie epic is an enduring classic
No./ 17 John Carpenter’s music masterclass • The master of horror reveals the secrets behind his spooky film scores
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COMING SOON
PENGUIN BLOOM
SCARE ME
LET HIM GO
HIGH GROUND
WONDER WOMAN 1984
MANK
THE DRY
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
POSSESSOR
SUPERNOVA
SWEET RIVER
AMERICAN UTOPIA
DREAMLAND
DRUK
RED, WHITE AND BLUE
THE MANDALORIAN: SEASON 2
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY SEASON 3
WE ARE WHO WE ARE
THE GOOD LORD BIRD
AUNTY DONNA'S BIG OL' HOUSE OF...