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In this issue of ODEON Magazine we take a look at the latest troubles coming Peter Parker’s way in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and much more!

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We take a peek at the biggest films coming our way, from the mutant mayhem in X-Men: Days Of Future Past to Tom Cruise blockbuster Edge Of Tomorrow.

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Andrew Garfield pulls on the skin-tight Spidey costume for his second adventure as Spider-Man – this time battling the shocking (literally) Electro!

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x-Men: days of future past Our favourite multi-coloured mutants are reunited for a fantastic time-travelling adventure...

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fter the success of the original X-Men films (X-Men, X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand), two Wolverine spin-offs (X-Men Origins: Wolverine and last year’s The Wolverine) plus 2011’s prequel, X-Men: First Class, you’d think we’d be fed up of mutants by now.

But no, far from it! The buzz is huge for this newest film in the franchise, which picks up

a while after First Class and features our super-powered heroes travelling back in time to change history for the better. Starring both old and young versions of many mutants (including Michael Fassbender and Ian McKellen as Magneto, and James McAvoy and Patrick Stewart as Professor X), X-Men: Days Of Future Past hits cinemas with a bang on 22 May!

Remember her?

Underneath all that blue makeup is none other than current Hollywood darling Jennifer Lawrence, who’s stamped her own mark on the character of Mystique, aka Raven Darkholme, since X-Men: First Class. Played by Rebecca Romijn in the first three X-Men films, Lawrence has brought us new depths as the younger version of the shapeshifting character.

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With this film, Hugh Jackman will have played claw-knuckled Wolverine seven times – and is also the only actor to have appeared in all the X-Men films to date.

x-men: days of future past TBC RELEASED 22 may

DIRECTOR Bryan Singer STARRING Michael Fassbender, Ian McKellen, James McAvoy, Ellen Page

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Snippets of information about the film you should be aware of before you sit down to watch it...

Magneto (Michael Fassbender) has been getting up to some naughty things since First Class... including a possible hand in the assassination of JFK.

Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine is the one character who will look the same in both past and present storylines, as his character doesn’t age like everybody else.

Game Of Thrones star Peter Dinklage plays Bolivar Trask, a mutant-hating scientist responsible for a huge new threat to the X-Men and all people possessing an “X-gene” to make them different from other humans.

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things you need to know about…

1 On the right you can just about make out the rough outline of Godzilla as he appears in the new film.

His final, considerably less-murky look is being unveiled nearer to the release.

2 The monster made his debut in Japan in 1954’s Godzilla.

3 In 1956 the film was renamed Godzilla: King Of The Monsters and released in the USA, where it was a hit.

4 When indie film director Gareth Edwards first turned up on location and saw hundreds of cars and trucks, he initially didn’t realise they were all there for his film!

5 Godzilla stars Bryan Cranston, who says that hardest thing was “getting Godzilla to come out of his trailer – he was an ass”.

Godzilla is earmarked for 16 May release.

Bad Neighbors Imagine the world’s worst next-door neighbours and add outrageous laughs... eth Rogen and Rose Byrne (left) star as a happy couple with a new baby in this comedy from the team behind This Is The End. They’re horrified when the house next door is turned into a frat house full of noisy students, led by Zac Efron’s scheming Teddy. Soon all-out war breaks out between the two houses... Expect pranks galore on 9 May.

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Film gossip Breaking news, direct from Hollywood…

Gerard Butler is in talks to star in a remake of cult surfer film Point Break… DJ Caruso has signed on to direct Selling Time, about a man who must choose whether to give up seven years of his life to relive one day. Will Smith is circling the lead role… Matt Reeves 6 odeon.co.uk

has been announced as the director of the third Planet Of The Apes film; the second, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, opens on 17 July…

Jennifer Saunders is writing a script for an Absolutely Fabulous film… Here’s one for

Star Wars fans: rumour has it that a film about Boba Fett (left) is on the way…

Kevin Smith says that Clerks 3 will shoot in May… Scrat the acorn-mad squirrel will return in Ice Age 5 in 2016…

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panning Paris, London and the French Riviera, The Love Punch teams up Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson as divorced couple Richard and Kate, who are horrified to discover that their retirement nest egg has been wiped out. The cause?

Richard’s investment firm has been defrauded by a naughty French financier.

Putting aside their differences, Richard and Kate, with a little help from their former neighbours (Timothy Spall and Celia Imrie) head to

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Emma Thompson and Pierce Brosnan: masters of disguise!

the sun-drenched Cote d’Azur to plan their revenge in the form of a daring jewel heist.

Will they pull off the theft and perhaps rediscover some forgotten feelings for each other?

You’ll have to wait and see. But along the way you’ll enjoy Thompson, the darling of British cinema, on a banana boat, paragliding and even taking part in a car chase through the streets of Paris! And as for Brosnan, well, there’s more than a little of 007

IN CINEMAS! 18 april left in the old dog yet.

The Love Punch is the perfect Spring treat for those looking for laughs with a topclass British cast.

Left to right: Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie, Emma Thompson and Pierce Brosnan team up to rob a bad guy in this raucous comedy!

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Tom Cruise leaps into action!

Beyond Twilight Former vampire Kellan Lutz is hitting the big time this year...

Fans of Twilight star Kellan Lutz will be thrilled to hear that he’s headlining two big films this year.

The Legend Of Hercules (28 March) sees him as the mighty muscle-man; then we’ll get to see him in cartoon form in Tarzan 3D (out 2 May), a fun retelling of the famous tale in which he plays the ape-man himself. And finally, on 15 August Lutz also joins the legendary ensemble cast in actionand explosion-fest The Expendables 3!

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Tom Cruise’s next epic is an explosive sci-fi thriller that will boggle your mind!

Live. Die. Repeat.” So goes the enticing tagline for Edge Of Tomorrow, a new sciencefiction drama set to drop our jaws with its brainbending twists and turns.

Starring Tom Cruise as soldier Lt Colonel Bill Cage, the film focuses on what happens when he finds himself reliving the same battle over and over again, Groundhog Day-style, only each day ends with a devastating loss for his army... and even more alarming, his own death!

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As Cage struggles to break out of the time loop, he encounters fellow soldier Rita (Emily Blunt): someone who’s experienced the same problem herself, and the only person who can help him to – quite literally – save the day.

Directed by The Bourne Identity’s Doug Liman and based on the acclaimed novel All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Edge Of Tomorrow promises to keep us all guessing when it’s released on 30 May.

For the kids...

Films on the way for Pudsey and the postie!

Pooch Pudsey became a TV superstar after winning Britain’s Got Talent in 2012, and now he’s headlining a film! Pudsey: The Movie, in cinemas from 18 July, follows our little pal (voiced

by David Walliams) as he moves towns.

Children’s telly fave Postman Pat will also be a special delivery in cinemas on 23 May. He’ll be voiced by Stephen Mangan (when he talks) and Ronan Keating (when he sings).

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Arnold

Schwarzenegger Here are a few famous quotes from the star of Sabotage, out in cinemas on 25 April...

“I’ll be back.”

The Terminator’s cyborg delivers his signature line.

“To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.”

The manifesto of conan the barbarian’s muscled warrior, in a nutshell.

“Yippee-ki-yay.”

Arnie cheekily uses Bruce

Angelina Jolie as the naughty Maleficent.

maleficent Angelina Jolie is the Queen who curses Sleeping Beauty in Disney’s new fairy tale…

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airy tale villains tend to be a pretty simple bunch: they’re bad because they’re bad, end of story, and we’ve come to accept that. It’s a rare film that decides to delve deeper in the psyche of one of these grim bad guys, and Maleficent promises to be a fascinating example. Starring Angelina Jolie as the titular evil Queen, the film follows her life from childhood to her reign over a kingdom who live in fear of her.

She wasn’t always evil, however: as a child she was pure and good, but after a terrible betrayal her heart was hardened. Maleficent hates the young Princess Aurora (Elle Fanning) and thus the circumstances are born to create a sleeping curse and one of the most famous fairy tales in history.

Packed with stunning FX, shot in juicy 3D and boasting a chilling performance from Jolie, Maleficent will be a fantasy to remember!

willis’s catchphrase in The Expendables 2.

“I eat Green Berets for breakfast. And right now, I’m very hungry!”

“Run! Get to the chopper!”

Predator’s most-quotable quote.

“You’re not sending me to the cooler!”

One of Mr Freeze’s many, many terrible puns in Batman & Robin.

“I’m all woman.”

A pregnant Arnie explains who he is in junior.

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Sticky Business The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in 3D sees Peter Parker facing some truly frightening new foes…

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pider-Man is in for the greatest battle of his life,” promises Marc Webb of The Amazing SpiderMan 2. The director has returned to pick up the reins (or cobwebs, if you prefer…) for the superhero’s second Amazing cinema outing.

And yet, funnily enough, this was the film few people saw coming when the Spider-Man franchise was rebooted in 2012. Released a mere five years after Spider-Man 3 – the last film in the original trilogy starring Tobey Maguire – The Amazing Spider-Man was seen by many naysayers as unnecessary, unwanted and unwatchable. When it was announced that relatively unknown British actor Andrew 12 odeon.co.uk

Garfield would be playing Peter Parker, they grew even grumpier. But, as we all know now, they were proved wrong.

The Amazing Spider-Man was a fresh, energetic update which went on to gross a generous $752 million worldwide...

Is there anyone out there that doesn’t know how Peter gets his powers? The first film quickly spins through the origin: sneaking into Oscorp (the big-business laboratory where his father used to work), he gets bitten by a genetically modified spider. Soon he discovers that he’s developed arachnid-like abilities. He can stick to walls, his agility is

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enhanced and his strength is magnified to incredible levels. When his Uncle Ben is killed in an incident that Peter could have prevented, Spider-Man, protector of the innocent and perpetual irritant to supervillains everywhere, is born. So that’s the origin story out of the way – now’s the time to move our web-slinging wonder onto other things!

“We begin the film with Spider-Man loving being Spider-Man,” Webb continues. “He’s smooth, having fun and the best crime-fighter the world has ever seen. He’s got his webs, he’s got his agility and he’s got his wit. But soon, Peter will have to face a foe more powerful than he can imagine…”

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“He’s the best crime-fighter the world has ever seen.” much like Peter, gains extraordinary powers after an accident. Rather than finding himself sticking to walls, however, he discovers he can sling electricity around at will. Not only does Peter have to deal with him, he’s also got to handle a naughty corporation named Oscorp who see this pesky half-man, half-arachnid kid as a nuisance. And other villains making

The amazing spider-man 2 Seeitfrom 18 April Spider-Man fights the powerful Electro!

Below (l-r): Peter and Gwen share a moment; Spidey gets stuck in; Electro (Jamie Foxx).

Spidey’s life difficult include the mechsuited Rhino – played

by Paul Giamatti, who coincidentally has been a fan of the character for years – and, although not a major player in this (he’s mostly being saved for the already greenlit The Amazing Spider-Man 3), the deranged Green Goblin.

Also of interest is Peter’s friend Harry Osborn: son of the dangerous Norman, heir to Oscorp and played by Chronicle star Dane DeHaan. “When you first meet Harry he’s just graduated from high school, and he has to come back to New York to help deal with Oscorp, and its legacy, and his father,” says DeHaan. “He also sees Peter Parker for the first time in a long time; they were childhood friends.” While it’s nice to see Peter bonding with an old pal, the machinations Not only are two more sequels on the of Oscorp and the way (The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and 4), secrets they must Sony have also confirmed that there keep from each other will be two big-screen spin-offs make their relationship featuring villains from the series. tricky. “It’s a very A film tracing the origins of alien complicated storyline!” weirdo Venom has been announced, agrees DeHaan. as well as one chronicling the antics Peter’s relationship of the Sinister Six: a gang of bad with Gwen Stacy (Emma guys containing a few members Stone) is also complicated popping up in The Amazing Spiderin this film – mainly Man 2. The Six are made up because she’s determined to get involved in his life after of such names as Electro, Doctor uncovering his secret identity in the first story! “He’s the Octopus, The Vulture and The muscle, she’s the brains,” Emma Stone told Total Film Sandman (and more – the film’s of her role in this sequel. “I don’t get to do too many line-up is still to be confirmed). crazy stunts. She gets herself in the middle of stuff, “The Spider-Man comics have the that’s for sure! I do get webbed to a car…” greatest rogues’ gallery of any series, The first Spider-Man film to be shot entirely and to have the chance to explore that in New York, this was also the largest film production on film is truly thrilling,” says ever to hit the city. Not surprisingly, a lot of pressure the official Sony press fell on the shoulders of Garfield. “The way I work, release. As it’s early I give it all,” he says ruefully. “So, after (filming), days, there’s no I’m kind of a husk of a person and I need to rest news yet on and regenerate.” whether SpiderLet’s hope Garfield is currently stocking up on his Man himself will sleep... he’ll need it! The Amazing Spider-Man 3 appear in these films. is slated to hit cinemas in 2016, while number four will follow in 2018.

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fter the roaring success of 2012’s blockbuster hit The Amazing SpiderMan, Andrew Garfield is back to battle bad guys as Spidey! This action-packed sequel sees him facing a new threat in the shape of the giant company Oscorp, led by Norman (Chris Cooper), the father of Peter’s friend Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan).

As Peter struggles to find out who’s out to get him and why, he must defeat the dangerous Electro (Jamie Foxx) and keep his loved ones, including Emma Stone’s Gwen Stacy, as safe as

possible. Can Peter use his spider-powers to win this fight?

To celebrate our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man returning in style, we’re offering a fantastic prize courtesy of Sony Pictures and Sky Movies: a Sky+HD box with free installation, as well as a year-long subscription to Sky’s full TV package including Sky Movies!

To be in with a chance of winning this prize, answer the question on the right. And don’t forget to see the web-slinger in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, at cinemas from 18 April.

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CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER 3D TBC RELEASED 26 march DIRECTORS Anthony Russo, Joe Russo STARRING Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Redford, Hayley Atwell

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wo years after so memorably teaming up with a group of fellow superheroes to save New York from an alien attack in Avengers Assemble, Steve Rogers – aka Captain America – is still trying to adjust to life in the modern age. After all, it’s not often that a guy who fought in World War II is reanimated in the 21st century without having aged a day! However, it’s not 18 odeon.co.uk

long before he’s busy saving the world again, this time joining forces with Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow and Anthony Mackie’s Falcon to uncover a deadly conspiracy...

The Cap must find out what’s going on within the shadowy organisation known as SHIELD, run by Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson). Are they really the good guys? And it’s a dangerous job: not knowing who to trust, he must fend off assassins at

every turn. As events get truly explosive, Captain America must defeat a mysterious and powerful enemy who goes by the name of the Winter Soldier – and doing so is harder than he could have imagined.

This is a must-see if you’re a fan of Marvel’s usual wit and adventure, as well as being an essential precursor to next year’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron, the eagerly awaited sequel to Avengers Assemble.

Russell Crowe faces rainy days in Noah.

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Noah TBC released 4 APRIL

DIRECTOR Darren Aronofsky Starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone

After having visions of a terrible flood, Noah (Russell Crowe) starts to prepare for a catastrophe, much to the disdain of his neighbours.

But as the world turns against them, Noah becomes the last hope for humanity...

Packed with spectacular moments, director Darren Aronofsky brings a deft and surprisingly serious touch to a timeless tale.

DIY poltergeisting in The Quiet Ones.

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“Our first Captain America film was a World War II picture,” says producer Kevin Feige. This one, however, he calls “a political thriller”.

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Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson).

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the quiet ones TBC released 11 April DIRECTOR John Pogue STARRING Jared Harris, Sam Claflin, Olivia Cooke

Inspired by true events, this horror from Hammer Films tells of a professor (Jared Harris) who teams with a group of students, including Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), to perform a dangerous experiment. Can they actually create a poltergeist from negative human energy?

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Nick Hornby’s novel reaches the screen.

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A Long way down 15 released 21 March

DIRECTOR Pascal Chaumeil STARRING Aaron Paul, Rosamund Pike, Imogen Poots, Pierce Brosnan

Adapted from Nick Hornby’s bestselling novel, A Long Way Down focuses on four strangers – played by Aaron Paul and Imogen Poots (both of whom also pop up this month in Need For Speed),

Pierce Brosnan and Toni Collette – who meet by chance as they’re each about to commit suicide. Drawn together by their respective hard-luck stories, these diverse characters find that they each may have something to live for after all.

See it if you’re a fan of Hornby’s charms, or, alternatively, if you’re looking for great ensemble piece.

More feathery fun with the Rio flock!

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rio 2 3D TBC released 4 April

DIRECTOR Carlos Saldanha VOICES OF Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Jamie Foxx, Leslie Mann

Rare macaws Blu and Jewel have settled into their new life together and even have babies!

However, after hearing about more of their kind living in the jungle, they set out to find them. Fun for all the family.

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Eva Green as Artemisia.

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300: rise of an empire 3D 15 RELEASED 7 March

DIRECTOR Noam Murro STARRING Sullivan Stapleton, Rodrigo Santoro, Eva Green

The long-awaited sequel to 300 focuses on another battle from Ancient Greece. This time the Persian army threatens to destroy Athens from both land and sea. Epic action.

Tough times in jail in Starred Up.

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starred up 18 released 21 March DIRECTOR David Mackenzie STARRING Jack O’Connell, Rupert Friend, Ben Mendelsohn

Eric (Jack O’Connell, bestknown for his acclaimed role in Channel 4 show Skins) is a violent, troubled teenager who is sent to an adult prison, where he struggles to fit in.

Coincidentally, he discovers

that his father Nev (Ben Mendelsohn) is in the same jail. Clearly Nev hasn’t been the best role model for his son, but can he save him from a future spent making the same mistakes? And can father and son reconnect in such extreme conditions? Starred Up is a gritty, compelling British drama with performances to remember.

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DIRECTOR Scott Waugh STARRING Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Scott Mescudi

Aaron Paul plays a street racer recently released from jail after being framed for a crime he did not commit.

Soon he’s in the driving seat and taking part in a highstakes cross-country race to clear his name – but when his rival puts a bounty on his head, things soon turn incredibly dangerous! Need For Speed is filled with stunning car races, explosive set pieces and blood-pumping action!

In cinemas 12 March.

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divergent TBC released 4 April

DIRECTOR Neil Burger STARRING Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet

Based on Veronica Roth’s bestselling young adult book series, Divergent stars The Descendants’ Shailene Woodley as Tris, a teenager in a future dystopia who doesn’t fit in.

Okay, we hear you say: so Dating is tricky in About Last Night.

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a lot of teenagers don’t fit in.

Big deal! But in this world, people are sorted and organised according to their skills – yet Tris doesn’t fit into a category.

The authorities see her as something they must eliminate, and soon her secret starts to threaten the people she loves, forcing her to fight for her life and theirs! A gripping sci-fi thriller for teen audiences.

need for speed TBC RELEASED 14 march

about last night TBC RELEASED 21 march

a long way down 15 RELEASED 21 march

starred up 18 RELEASED 21 march captain america: the winter soldier 3d TBC RELEASED 26 march

divergent TBC

Life after death for Johnny Depp.

RELEASED 4 april

noah TBC RELEASED 4 april rio 2 TBC RELEASED 4 april the quiet ones tbc RELEASED 11 april

the other woman TBC RELEASED 23 april Book tickets

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about last night TBC released 21 March

transcendEnce TBC released 25 April

The aftermath of two couples hooking up after a night out is explored in this witty romantic comedy. Starring comedian Kevin Hart, this is a modern, intelligent remake of the 1986 film starring Demi Moore.

Thoughtful sci-fi as fatally wounded Will (Johnny Depp) lives on when his consciousness is downloaded into a computer.

This is a smart thriller that poses important questions about humanity.

DIRECTOR Steve Pink STARRING Kevin Hart, Joy Bryant, Regina Hall, Michael Ealy

DIRECTOR Wally Pfister STARRING Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany

sabotage TBC RELEASED 25 april transcendence TBC RELEASED 25 april

Captain America: The Winter Soldier 3D

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Theo James and Shailene Woodley star in Divergent.

moment in time Classic ODEON moments...

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Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Romijn hug it out at the premiere of X-Men 2... inding the clock back to 24 April 2003, we have a great shot of a startlingly youthful-looking Hugh Jackman getting all cuddly-wuddly with his co-star Rebecca Romijn. (More shocking still is the fact that they appear to share the same hairstylist...) This was only the second time Jackman had played the mighty mutant Wolverine, but spin forward to today and it’s nearly time to see him glue on the claws and sideburns for his seventh outing as him in X-Men: Days Of Future Past (out 22 May).

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Tom Cruise suits up to fight a repeating war in sci-fi thriller Edge Of Tomorrow.

Find out more in ODEON Magazine, in cinemas from 30 April!

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