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148 packed pages

The Dark Knight New Pics!
• Batman is back!
We chat to director Christopher Nolan along with stars Christian Bale and Aaron Eckhart about the Caped Crusader’s hotly-anticipated return

Exclusive!
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
• Stars Ben Barnes and Warwick Davis let us know what’s in store for them…

Kung Fu Panda
• Hi-yah! Stars of this CGI-blockbuster Jack Black and Angelina Jolie show us their smooth kung fu moves

WALL-E
• Director Andrew Stanton gives us the low-down on creating Pixar’s latest, Space age movie

25 Greatest Actors
• We scour modern cinema for the crème de la crème of today’s acting talent. We’re a picky bunch, so it’s quite a countdown!

Cannes 2008 Exclusive!
• Oh yes, all the juiciest news and gossip straight from the heart of Cannes that you won’t hear anywhere else

Sydney Pollack tribute
• We pay our respects to the late, multi-talented film-maker with a look back at his stunning career

Wanted
• Quench your thirst for action as director Timur Bekmambetov discusses his super-brutal new release

From the Archives: Toy Story
• With Pixar’s latest release, Wall-E, about to hit cinemas we take a look back at where the CGI craze all began

Director’s Chair: Frank Darabont Exclusive!
• The Shawshank Redemption director gives us an exclusive look behind the scenes of his upcoming chiller The Mist

Now on DVD...
• Rambo Exclusive! Aptly named special effects supervisor Alex Gunn and star Graham McTavish on the upcoming DVD
• There Will Be Blood We talk to director Paul Thomas Anderson about his oil-soaked masterpiece in preparation for its release on DVD

Review Updates
• New reviews since we went to press…

Hancock

Wanted

Mama Mia!

Plus…

The Bigger Picture
• We have an early look at forthcoming movies Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Yes Man and Miracle at St Anna

Vox Pops
• We mix things up a bit this issue by grabbing unsuspecting members of the illustrious Film Review team for their thoughts on cinema’s latest pickings

New Movies! 32 reviews –
including the above as well as...

• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  Indiana's back for another top-notch adventure
  
  
• The Incredible Hulk
  Edward Norton get’s his gamma on for this action-packed reboot
  
  
• Sex and the City
  Carrie and company are back in style on the big screen
  
  

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

• DVD All the latest movies heading for a shop near you, including the awesome drama of There Will Be Blood, the kooky copyright infringement of Be Kind Rewind and the chilling The Orphanage
  
  
• Books Mike Leigh on Mike Leigh gives us some engrossing insights
  
  
• Video games We try our hand at some marshal artistry with Kung Fu Panda
  
  
• Audio We attempt to dance gracefully in our killer heels to the sounds of Sex and the City
  
  

Despatches

• 15 pages of the latest film news
  
  

• Competitions
  We’re giving away…
  
  • 10 DVD copies of Water Lilies in our crossword competition
  • 10 DVD copies of There Will Be Blood to anyone who gets a letter published in our letters pages
  
  Plus, in our movie questions competitions you can win…
  A year’s free cinema pass and DVD rentals, plus other goodies, with new M Night Shyamalan thriller The Happening
  and
  • 10 DVD copies of Be Kind Rewind
  • 10 DVD copies of My Blueberry Nights
  • 10 DVD copies of Rambo
  • 10 DVD copies of The Orphanage
  
  
• Next Issue
  We take a look at the hottest upcoming releases, including Sci-Fi giant X-Files 2: I Want to Believe, awesome adventure Journey to the Center of the Earth and returning hero The Dark Knight
  
  

Images taken from this issue are copyright or courtesy of: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Paramount Pictures

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

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