Total Film

I figured I should write a review on the magazine I had been reading for the past few years (since 2001) but have now quit. --- My history and experience The magazine first caught my attention in 2001 when I saw The Lord Of The Rings on the cover. Bored that afternoon with nothing to do I bought the magazine and started reading it. Immediately hooked, the magazine stayed informative and entertaining until the penultimate pages (the ultimate pages were porn ads) where I put the mag down, satisfied that I had learned everything that was going on in the industry that month. Over the next few years I continued to read it, ...  Read the complete review

As a big movie watcher, I suppose it was always likely that I would start reading about films as well as going to see them at the cinema. I'd always avoided such things on the basis that a) magazines are overpriced marketing exercises and b) I couldn't see the point of reading all about them. But over the last year or so, I've found myself compelled to read reviews, previews and conjecture that will help me decide whether I need to see a film or not. It's quite addictive, I have to say. In the film industry, hype seems to be all important these days, so when my expectations are built up to epic proportions, I now want to know whether I'm going to be ...  Read the complete review

About 10 years ago, there was really only one UK film magazine - Empire. Although I bought the odd issue, I always found its style a little pretentious. Then Future Publishing launched Total Film. I bought my first copy around issue 6 and immediately knew I'd found the film magazine for me. The reason Total Film is so good is that you genuinely get the impression that they are a bunch of ordinary people who like films, writing about films. If a film is good, they will say so; if it's a stinking piece of garbage, they won't be afraid to say that either. It's like having a chat about films with your mates. Their reviews are honest, unpretentious, informative and ...  Read the complete review

Let me admit something. Something that will probably get me expelled from this dear site. I've never bought a copy of the magazine I'm about to review. Therefore, I can never really have consumed it. Fortunately, there are higher goals in this world. So, having not spent £3.00 on this delightful glossy monthly, I will promptly review it. Total Film is a truly great magazine. That is said up front, just in the hope that either my name will be printed on some testimonial page, or the nice people who publish it will send me a lifetime subscription as long as I keep this sort of thing up. But seriously, it is a great magazine. Everybody loves films, ...  Read the complete review

TOTAL FILM Price £3.00 Monthly Current subscription offer: 12 issues for £24 Subscribe by Direct Debit and get Pulp Fiction collectors edition DVD free (probably expired by now -check before subscribing) I am a die hard movie fan, and by that I don't just mean that I enjoy watching Bruce Willis running up and down skyscrapers/airports/New York, but that I love films, especially good ones. Being a generally very busy person, however I don't have the time, or indeed the money to go and see every film that comes out and so I turn to my favourite guide, Total Film It has quite simply got the reviews that most ...  Read the complete review