Issue #A17 • ships from Jul 27 2007
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116 packed pages…

Summer Sizzlers
• Here at The Works we’ve got just the thing to get you in the summer spirit…
Whether you’re jetting abroad or spending your holidays on British turf this year, one thing you can count on is being entertained.
If it’s the perfect beach read you’re after, the coolest summer soundtrack, the greatest movie blockbusters, the best console games or even the most exciting new TV shows, The Works has it all.
We present this summer’s entertainment must-haves in an amazing 17 pages!!!

Cape Wrath Set Visit!
• The Works takes a trip to the top-secret location of Meadowlands, home to Channel 4’s new psychological thriller series where nothing is quite what it seems…
We tracked down star David Morrissey and the rest of the cast to find out what is really going on…

Harry Potter
• With the final book in the series and the fifth film adaptation both bewitching fans, we take a closer look at the phenomenal impact J K Rowling has made on popular culture…

Bruce Willis
• The action pin-up discusses returning to the iconic role of Die Hard’s John McClane 12 years on for a fourth instalment that’s even more action-packed than its predecessors. Plus
The star reveals why, despite the knocks and bruises, he might be tempted to do a further sequel…

Brothers & Sisters
• We meet stars Calista Flockhart, Sally Field and Rachel Griffiths as well as the creators of the hit US family drama to find out just why we should be tuning in…

Dirt
• Star and producer Courteney Cox reveals what it was like getting into the mindset of a scandal-hungry tabloid editor for her new show, and why it’s only now she’s decided to return to TV

US – New TV Season
• We reveal what’s hot, and what’s not, in the upcoming batch of new shows due to air Stateside…

PLUS...

James Woods
• The film star on why it was the offer of the leading role in Shark that changed his mind about never acting in TV…

Bill Paxton
• The actor argues why Mormon family drama Big Love is anything but controversial TV…

Ken Kalfus
• The American author on his unusual exploration of the realities of life post-9/11 in A Disorder Peculiar to the Country

• We discuss Don DeLillo’s Falling Man

• Our regular columnist asks if The Manic Street Preachers can really be considered the greatest musical export from Wales

• More teasing trivia to get you thinking

• Through the years… Crowded House

• With Die Hard 4.0, Rocky Balboa and the upcoming Indiana Jones, The Works ponders the current trend in Hollywood with returning to old movie franchises

• TV
  Cape Wrath
  House
  Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
  PLUS: All the brand new dramas launching in the US…
  
  
• Movies
  Die Hard 4.0
  Edmond
  Transformers
  PLUS The hottest new Stateside releases reviewed
  A complete guide to the month’s films
  
  
• DVDs
  Flags of Our Fathers
  Ghost Rider
  The Illusionist
  And more!
  
  
• Computer Games
  The Darkness
  Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
  Shadowrun
  And more!
  
  
• Music
  Ghosts Siobhan Donaghey
  I Created Disco Calvin Harris
  Time On Earth Crowded House
  And more!
  
  
• Books
  Astrid & Veronika by Linda Olsson
  Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin
  So He Takes the Dog by Jonathan Buckley
  And more!
  
  

• Our essential guide to the entertainment you should not miss over the coming weeks
  
  

• If you have any comments to make on the world of Entertainment then contact us at: theworks@visimag.com
  
  

Images taken from this issue are copyright or courtesy of: Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox

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

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