Film Magazines are a main way of promoting films as many film buffs/ critics are regularly subscribed to them. They are also pronounced for their design and cover art being very unique and having a repetitive design. I analysed the 3 main film magazines:
The first magazine cover that caught my eye is the Total Film Blade Runner Issue. This captured my attention because of the vibrant colours and artwork. The Total Film magazine has the same structure and layout for the same issues, similar to the Empire magazine. It has the same logo in the background, typically a colour matching the film it is highlighting. Then it has the main character(s) overlapping the logo a little with the film title overlaying that. This is an effective way in making a magazine cover as it captures the attention of the shopper, immediately they know what film is the main they are covering with little effort. It typically has a few other films mentioned on the cover, these are typically new films (currently in cinema) which people may be interested in. 
The Little White Lies magazine cover is different however. It follows a very minimalistic style with the same circle in the middle with the name of the magazine and barcode. The unique part about the Little White Lies is that instead of having a picture from the film it is covering, it has some artwork of it instead. This is more of a collectors magazine as people will buy it just for the cover art.
The Empire magazine is similar to the Total Film one. It has a distinct logo in the background and a main character overlapping it. Empire is a little more simplistic than Total Film, however there is still lot on it such as many film titles. Empire usually does a few different covers for the same issue so for films such as Suicide Squad where there are many main characters, you can get all the different issues or just the one for the character you like the most.
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