Sean Chacksfield

My thoughts on film, TV, football, being a tired dad, and the communications day job too. Some eye-rolling jokes thrown in for good measure.

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@MuseZack Never saw this movie but remember it fondly as there was a trailer for it on the 1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie VHS. Watched that video about 100 times so know every single second of that trailer! Looks like pure 80s high-concept fun.

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@KateEMcCann Titanic: Ship of Dreams is really interesting. Charts the build up to and the disaster. Really fascinating, narrated by Paul McGann with good insights from historians etc.

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@ChrisHewitt It’s become one of my favourite podcasts. Two old mates chatting while providing a really interesting insight into magazine-making. Great stuff.

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@fayetryhorn Sorry to hear that Faye, you’ve been lovely to work with over the years. Good luck for whatever’s next!

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@tvukzone I think Holiday Grainger also confirmed it was coming back in an interview she did with @PilotTVPod about Strike a few weeks ago.

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@BenSTravis Going on Tuesday with my 12 year old son. We’ve been watching the original and sequel trilogies at the cinema over the last six weeks. He loved Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. He’s a sequel-head.

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@kayribeiro @PilotTVPod Got to be Ghostwatch. Terrified me as a kid as I thought the whole thing was completely real. Getting people like Parky and Sarah Greene involved made it so authentic. One of those programmes that a whole generation will remember.

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A very sad day for movie journalism and magazines in general. Best wishes to all those involved.

[Total Film @totalfilm]

Gladiator II is on the cover of Total Film’s upcoming issue 356, which hits print and digital newsstands on October 10. It’s with a heavy heart that we announce that this will be the final issue of the print magazine.

We like to think that this final print edition is a showcase of everything that Total Film magazine strived for, with a thrilling blockbuster on the cover, A-list interviews, fair and impartial reviews, smaller interesting movies nestled alongside the more mainstream fare, and above all else a passion for cinema radiating out of every page.

In the cover feature, we’re talking to Ridley Scott, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington and more about returning to the Colosseum for Gladiator II. From epic set pieces, to Scott’s unique approach to shooting, to Maximus’ legacy, it’s the perfect primer to this autumn’s most anticipated sequel.

Print subscribers will receive their issue with an exclusive cover shortly (and our subscriptions team will be in touch shortly to discuss next steps).

So for now, it only leaves us to say a huge thank you to all the staff, writers, designers and photographers who made Total Film print magazine what it was over the past 27 years. And we’d also like to express our endless gratitude to everyone who has read, subscribed to or otherwise supported the magazine.

While the magazine itself is going away, our archive content and expert movie and TV writing will continue to live on at https://t.co/fE69ZjtoCI.

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Football! #mufc

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@itslizhannah Love Long Shot so much. A real proper unashamed rom com. What was it like writing within that genre, trying to make it original while still hitting some of the beats that people might expect.

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@MuseZack My 12 year son and I love this show - one of the few things we watch together. So rare to see a family/kids show with so much character decelopment.

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@NickdeSemlyen Not sure if you listen, but the Lonely Island and Seth Meyers podcast is a brilliantly entertaining listen into the making of their SNL digital shorts.

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@TheAcademy

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@man_savings @oasis @liamgallagher @NoelGallagher Never seen these before, a fantastic find. Thanks for sharing 😀

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#Oasis

[Liam Gallagher @liamgallagher]

I never did like that word FORMER

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Football’s back! #MUFC

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@kayribeiro With Frasier back soon, do you think there’s still a place for the multi-cam sitcom or has had it had its day. Shows like The Royale Family, The Office (US and UK) heralded a new way to film sitcoms and two decades later the traditional studio audience style has almost vanished.

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Friday

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The opening ceremony.