Contents Withnail & I: ''I demand some booze!'' Bruce Robinson on his wild life and how it led to the making of his cult classic.


Top 10 robots: A nuts-and-bolt guide to the best mechanisms from the movies, from Robbie the Robot to the Terminator


Crash and burn: ''Cocaine is gods way of telling you you've got too much money.'' An A-Z of movieland addiction, from John Belushi to Robin Williams.


Girls sans frontieres: Penelope Cruz joins Izabella Scorupco and Thandie Newton in our round-up of the European actresses that are about to go global.


Jack Nicholson: Joker, lover, survivor, wild man of the movies: Everything you wanted to know about the Hollywood legend, but didn't know who to ask.


The bad & the beautiful: Matrix art; James Toback's acid visions; Nic Cage on Nic Cage; Joe Pesci's numbers racket; Mia Wallace from Pulp Fiction and Mel Gibson mouths off. Plus all this month's movie news and rumours.


Making Trainspotting: Obscure actors speak impenetrable dialogue in a film about miserable Scottish junkies. Surely it won't be a hit? Oh...


Plus, when actors attack, the ten best indie films and an interview with the king of kitsch, John Waters


And all the latest film, DVD, video, soundtrack and hardware reviews

Contents Unbreakable: For chills and thrills from the director of the Sixth Sense. Hotdog talks to M. Night Shyamalan about his super latest movie, superheroes and superbaldy Bruce Willis.


Almost Famous: Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll - sounds like a good idea for a movie. Kate Hudson, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and the rest of the cast spill the beans on Almost Famous.


The 50 best British films ever: The Krays, Naked, Billy Elliot, The Ladykillers, East Is East, Quadrophenia, Trainspotting, Kes, Scum and 41 more British greats.


Girls next door: Look out Hollywood: Sienna Guillory, Saffron Burrows, Catherine Zeta Jones... Just some of Britain's hottest actresses.


Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: It's one of the hottest films of the year and it's set to clean up at the Oscars. Ang Lee kisses the arthouse goodbye with his high-flying, fight-filled martial arts epic.


The Italian Job: The inside story behind the making of the great British caper movie by the cast and crew - including the man who blew the bloody door off.


Plus, the worst gangster movie ever; Sharon Stone in her own words; the ten best snow-filled films; the square root of Adam Sandler; Mike Hodges' Croupier, Warren Oates in The Wild Bunch and much more

Contents James Coburn: A candid look at Steve McQueen, Bruce Lee, Sam Peckinpah and Yul Brynner from the star of Cross of Iron and The Great Escape.


Mickey Rourke: The Chihuahua-loving hellraiser is back in action with an outrageous role in Steve Buscemi's prison drama, Animal Factory.


From Michael Corleone and Tony Montana to Vincent Hannah and Carlito Brigante, Method man Al Pacino always creates unforgettable screen characters. Say hello to our little friend in our Al Pacino special.


Top ten cameos: Even superstars have to start somewhere: our look at the movie equivalent of stacking supermarket shelves including early appearances by Johnny Deep, John Travolta and Jim Carrey.


The bad and the beautiful: Jaw-dropping Angelina Jolie pictures from Tomb Raider; Hannibal's haute cuisine; Spiderman scoop Dafoe to play Goblin; The Contender; Star Wars sabre update.


Rebels: Fifty years of Hollywood's coolest outsiders, from Brando to Whalberg via Lewis and Dalle.


The making of Reservoir Dogs: The behind-the-scenes story of Quentin Tarantino's classic debut, which has become one of the most influential films of the nineties.


Shadow Of The Vampire: Original vampire flick Nosferatu is resuscitated as a story of real-life nick-biting horror.


Plus, Behind the scenes of Star Wars and The Shining with The Extra, Sean Connery Q&A, the raddest eighties films and the Hotdog quiz. And all the latest film, DVD, video, soundtrack and hardware reviews.