Issue #76 • ships from May 10 2006
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132 packed Pages!

Summer Blockbusters
• If you’re feeling a little overwhelmed by the wealth of blockbusters that will be flooding our cinema screens in just a matter of months, fear not. Our Ultimat e guide hones in the best blockbusters this summer and reveals what the buzz is for each and every one.
From Pirates of the Caribbean 2 to Lady in the Water, from Superman Returns to The Omen, there’s something here to make everyone want to cast aside those shades for the darkness of the cinema theatre this summer…

X-Men: The Last Stand
On Set
• We travel to Vancouver to talk with director Brett Ratner, who tells us why this instalment is going to take the franchise to whole new levels.
Plus actor Ian McKellen reveals how the feud between his character Xavier and Magneto was only touched upon in the film’s predecessors…
And stars Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman discussing the changes in their characters in this final film.

Eva Green
• The actress discusses her role in Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven, why she hates to see herself on the big screen, and reveals what fans can expect from the 4-disc Director’s Cut.

Life on Mars
• We take a trip down memory lane with Life on Mars star Phil Glenister to rediscover the year 1973 and find out the future of the BBC's ingenious Time-travelling show

X Game…
• Alan Cumming, AKA X-Men’s Nightcrawler, leads us into the gaming world of X-Men: The Official Movie Game and reveals why he won’t be making an appearance in the third X-Men film

The Top 10 DVD Blockbusters
• We present the Ultimate verdict on the best of the biggest films and they’re even bigger DVD releases

Fun With Dick and Jane
• Stars Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni discuss their glee at poking fun at corporate America, their thoughts on Hollywood’s fondness for remakes and why dressing up as Sonny and Cher will forever haunt them

• Commentary Uncut
  Director David Finch and stars Edward Norton and Brad Pitt discuss violence in film and the controversy that Fight Club sparked on its release
  
  
• The Last Word
  He’s made 28 films in the last six years and hard man Vinnie Jones shows no signs of slowing down. He talks about living the Hollywood lifestyle and his upcoming film roles
  
  

• The latest movie, DVD and technology news and reviews, including the latest on Jessica Simpson filling Pamela Anderson’s swimsuit in the upcoming movie version of Baywatch, news on the TV version of Crash, produced and starring original star Don Cheadle, and our word on the new DVD releases, including:

New discs available in both Regions 1 and 2 including:

• Æon Flux
• Fun With Dick and Jane
• Kingdom of Heaven – Director’s Cut
• Munich
• The New World
• United 93

A wealth of new reviews including...

• Event Horizon – Special Edition
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
• The Ringer
• Transamerica
• West Wing – Season 6
• The World’s Fastest Indian

All the latest discs including:

• The Fly – Special Edition
• The Libertine
• March of the Penguins
• Marilyn Monroe Box Set
• Prison Break – Season 1, Part 1
• Walk the Line

• Philips 42PF9631
• Hitachi 42PD9700

• Rogue Trooper
• Tomb Raider: Legend
  
  

Images taken from this issue are copyright or courtesy of: Twentieth Century Fox, BBC

All other contents © Visual Imagination Ltd 2006. Not for reproduction

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