Feb 2007 • ships from Dec 27 2006
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132 packed pages

2007 Preview
• While 2006 might not have been a vintage year at the movies, 2007 is already shaping up to be a cinema-goer’s dream. From Spider Man 3 to Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, to the long-awaited big screen version of Phillip Pullman’s best-seller The Golden Compass we look forward to the movies that are all set to rock your world in the year ahead

Robert Altman
• In one of his final interviews, the great maverick director discusses what would become his final film, the typically idiosyncratic ensemble movie A Prairie Home Companion

Blood Diamond
• We hear from stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou and Jennifer Connolly who go head-to-head with conflict diamond traders in their ethical action thriller

Mel Gibson
• The star tells us how he’s gone from scandal to human sacrifice directing his bloody historical drama Apocalypto, which offers a terrifying glimpse at the once mighty Mayan civilization

Infamous
• Actor Toby Jones and director Doug MacGrath tell us why they think the world is ready for another Truman Capote biopic

Renée Zellweger
• The Bridget Jones tells us why she has returned to Brit lit, playing beloved authoress Beatrix Potter in biopic Miss Potter

The Last King of Scotland
• Actor Forest Whitaker and director Kevin MacDonald discuss revisiting dictator Idi Amin’s brutal regime in this remarkable drama

Emilio Estevez
• The actor-turned-director talks about his stunning new ensemble drama Bobby and we chat to the stars, including:
• Christian Slater
The Ex-Hollywood hellion on his second chance at success
• Freddy Rodriguez
The rising star on waiting tables and appearing in Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse
• Joy Bryant
The upcoming actress reveals all about joining the film’s incredible cast
• Elijah Wood
The ex-hobbit on Happy Feet and marrying Lindsay Lohan
• Martin Sheen
Emilio’s dad on taking direction from his film-making son

Greg Kinnear
• The star of new DVD Little Miss Sunshine chats about the joys of family life and appearing in this year’s most charming movie

Matt Dillon
• The fresh-faced fortysomething tells us why he’s playing the straight man in his new comedy DVD You, Me and Dupree

Plus…

The Bigger Picture
• We take a look at the Horror remake The Hitcher starring Sean Bean, Factory Girl, the controversial Edie Sedgwick biopic and the musical re-working of John Water’s Hairspray starring John Travolta

Vox Pops
• We visit London’s Odeon West End cinema in Leicester Square to find out what our UK readers thought of The Holiday

New Movies! 27 new releases –
including the above as well as...

• The Fountain
  Darren Aronofsky’s ambitious Sci-Fi epic starring Hugh Jackman
• The Pursuit of Happyness
  Will Smith takes on his most challenging role yet
• Eragon
  The hugely popular kids Fantasy novel arrives on the big screen

Home Entertainment – 13 pages reviewing the latest cable and satellite films showing at home, videos, books, CDs, DVDs, games…

• Our DVD section has all the latest movies heading for a living room near you. Including director M Night Shyamalan’s fairy-tale Fantasy Lady in the Water, Al Gore’s acclaimed environmental documentary An Inconvenient Truth and over-the-top action extravaganza Crank, starring Jason Statham
  
  
• In our books section Peter Jackson: A Film-Maker’s Journey takes us behind the scenes of the Kiwi director’s fabulous films
  
  
• We get in a flap with the Happy Feet video game
  
  
• The soundtrack to The Last King of Scotland gets us grooving to some African rhythms
  
  

Despatches: – 12 packed pages of the
hottest movie news and gossip

• Lindsay Lohan’s unique tribute to Robert Altman
• Wesley Snipes arrested
• Clooney takes blame for drunken DeVito
  
  

• Competitions
  This issue To celebrate the release of Sylvester Stallone’s return to the ring in Rocky Balboa, we’re giving away some fantastic Rocky goodies including a punch bag and gloves, a JVC JVC GZ-MG77EK Digital Media Camera and lots, lots more
  
  Also up for grabs are:
  • 10 DVD Copies of Little Miss Sunshine in our crossword competition
  • 10 DVD copies of A Scanner Darkly to anyone who gets a letter published in our letters pages
  
  And in our movie question competitions:
  10 DVD copies of Talladega Nights
  10 DVD copies of Lady in the Water
  10 DVD copies of An Inconvenient Truth
  A signed copy of The Last King of Scotland soundtrack CD
  
  
• Film Facts
  All your cinematic questions answered by our resident expert
  
  
• Next Issue
  We take a look at the biggest forthcoming releases, including The Good Shepherd directed by none other than Robert Di Niro, Dr Hannibal Lecter’s latest outing in Hannibal Rising and Charlotte’s Webb, a new live-action version of the classic EB White story
  
  

Images taken from this issue are copyright or courtesy of: Picturehouse, Warner Bros Pictures

All other contents © Visual Imagination Ltd 2007. Not for reproduction

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