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CONTENTS<br />
DECEMBER 2013 | VOL 14 | Nº12<br />
COVER<br />
STORY<br />
48 MAGIC MAN<br />
Ian McKellen returns as<br />
Middle-earth’s beloved<br />
wizard Gandalf in The Hobbit:<br />
The Desolation of Smaug.<br />
And as McKellen reveals<br />
in this exclusive interview,<br />
Gandalf has bigger things<br />
to worry about than lost<br />
treasure and a giant dragon<br />
BY MARNI WEISZ<br />
REGULARS<br />
8 EDITOR’S NOTE<br />
10 SNAPS<br />
14 IN BRIEF<br />
18 ALL DRESSED UP<br />
22 IN THEATRES<br />
68 CASTING CALL<br />
70 RETURN ENGAGEMENT<br />
72 AT HOME<br />
74 FINALLY…<br />
FEATURES<br />
Holiday<br />
Gift Guide,<br />
page 53<br />
COVER PHOTO BY MARK POKORNY/WARNER BROS.<br />
30 DO THE HUSTLE<br />
Bradley Cooper says putting<br />
up with hair curlers and<br />
ugly 1970s suits was a small<br />
price to pay to be part of<br />
American Hustle’s A-list cast<br />
BY JIM SLOTEK<br />
34 GUITAR HERO<br />
Oscar Isaac shows off his<br />
musical chops playing a<br />
struggling 1960s folk singer<br />
in the Coen brothers’ pic<br />
Inside Llewyn Davis<br />
BY ANDREA MILLER<br />
40 MANDELA MOVIE<br />
Mandela: Long Walk to<br />
Freedom casts Idris Elba as<br />
the great Nelson Mandela,<br />
and the British star wonders if<br />
any future role could top it<br />
BY INGRID RANDOJA<br />
46 WAR BOND<br />
Cate Blanchett talks about<br />
reuniting with old pal<br />
George Clooney for the<br />
upcoming WWII thriller<br />
The Monuments Men<br />
BY BOB STRAUSS<br />
6 | CINEPLEX MAGAZINE | DECEMBER 2013