Nov 2007 • ships from Oct 10 2007
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132 packed pages

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Brad Pitt and co-star Casey Affleck discuss this contemplative Western in which they respectively play the infamous outlaw and the man who brought an end to his crime spree

Russell Crowe
• Hollywood’s number one bad boy is reuniting once again with director Ridley Scott for crime epic American Gangster. The actor tells us why he and Scott work so well together

Elizabeth:
The Golden Age
• Star Cate Blanchett and director Shekhar Kapur herald the return of the Virgin Queen in their follow-up to the Oscar-winning Elizabeth

Director’s Chair: David Cronenberg Exclusive
• The Horror auteur on why he’s recruited his A History of Violence star Viggo Mortensen to help bring his twisted vision to London in Eastern Promises

Kevin Costner
• The star talks about why he’s exploring his dark side in new serial killer thriller Mr Brooks

Princess Exclusive
• Danish director Anders Morgenthaler talks about his new adults-only animation

The Dark is Rising Exclusive
• Stars Christopher Eccleston, Ian McShane and director David L Cunningham revels the secrets of their stunning new Fantasy film

Michael Moore
• The controversial documentarian tells us why he’s taking on America’s health care system in Sicko

Sir Ben Kingsley Exclusive
• The acclaimed actor reveals why he’s joining The Last Legion

What’s Your Favourite Scary Movie?
• We round up the best Horror films coming to DVD this Hallowe’en

John Woo
• The legendary action movie director on his new video game venture Stranglehold

Plus…

The Bigger Picture
• We get an early look at forthcoming movies Love in the Time of Cholera, Be Kind Rewind and Dedication

Vox Pops
• We head to central London to find out what our readers made of The Bourne Ultimatum
See the videos on YouTube…
• What they said about the Best Bits
• What they Recommended
• Their Thoughts

New Movies! 35 new releases –
including the above as well as...

• Rendition
  Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal headline this timely war drama
  
  
• The Invasion
  Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig battle alien invaders
  
  
• Resident Evil: Extinction
  The third gory instalment in the zombie series
  
  

Home Entertainment
10 pages of DVDs, books, cds and games…

• Our DVD section has all the latest movies heading for the home market, including the return of the web-slinger in Spider-Man 3, a comeback for those heroes in a half shell in TMNT and taut French thriller Tell No One
  
  
• In our books section The Godfather in Pictures unveils some remarkable photography from Francis Ford Coppola’s classic trilogy
  
  
• John Woo turns his hand to interactive carnage with the Stranglehold video game
  
  
• The score to The Singer gets us belting out tunes at the top of our lungs
  
  

Despatches

• 15 pages of the latest film news
  
  

• Competitions
  To celebrate the release of the amazing new fantasy movie The Dark is Rising, we’re giving away a fantastic family trip to Alton Towers with three lucky runners up getting The Dark is Rising goodie bags.
  
  Plus, we’re also giving away:
  • 10 DVD copies of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer in our crossword competition
  • 1 of 10 DVD copies of Die Hard 4.0 to anyone who gets a letter published in our letters pages
  
  And, in our movie questions competitions, we’re giving away:
  • A Sony portable DVD player with 5 scary DVDs, plus 3 sets of the movies for runners up
  • 10 DVD copies of Lucky You
  • 5 DVD copies of Elizabeth: The Golden Edition with one lucky winner also getting a Sony DVD player
  • 10 sets of both the Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal 25th Anniversary Edition DVDs with one lucky winner also getting a copy of Brian Froud’s book The Goblins of Labyrinth
  
  
• Film Facts
  All your cinematic questions answered by our resident expert
  
  
• Next Issue
  We take a look at the biggest upcoming releases, including Robert Redford’s political drama Lions for Lambs, the second half of the Grindhouse spectacular, Planet Terror and the much-anticipated computer-generated adventure Beowulf
  
  

Images taken from this issue are copyright or courtesy of: Universal Pictures

All other contents © Visual Imagination Ltd 2008. Not for reproduction

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