Total Film - Total Movie

In September 2000, Imagine Media, a U.S. division of The Future Network, plc. launched Total Movie, the American offshoot of Total Film. Edited by Gary Whitta, and DVD producer Kathleen Fairweather, Total Movie launched an initial run of 150,000 copies and doubled production to 300,000 copies before folding in February 2001. A major selling feature was the enclosed DVD,produced and edited by Kathleen Fairweather. Each issue filled with trailers, game promos and short films. Some of the latter included the Star Wars/COPS parody, Troops (directed by Kevin Rubio), The Dancing Cow (directed by Taz Goldstein, cinematography by John A. Alonzo), The Killer Bean 2, The Second Comeback and Paranoid (adapted from the poem by Stephen King — the first Dollar Baby ever released on DVD). The publication lasted only four editions (#1 Sep/Oct 2000, #2 Dec/Jan 2001, #3 Feb/Mar 2001, #4 April 2001).

Total Movie was then purchased by Versatile Media One who picked up where Imagine left off and published issue #5 in October/November 2001. Total Movie folded once again after issue #10 in September 2002.