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DISPATCHES
TEAM EMPIRE ON A FEW OF OUR HIGH POINTS THIS MONTH
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The cub who would be king
HOW BARRY JENKINS BREATHED NEW LIFE INTO AN ICONIC DISNEY CHARACTER IN MUFASA: THE LION KING
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The battle to restore etiquette to the cinema
IN A WORLD WHERE TANTRUMS AND TIKTOK THREATEN THE FILM LOVER, STAFF ON THE GROUND ARE FIGHTING BACK
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THE PIPELINE
KIGHT PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
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The Spotlight Joe Locke
THE AGATHA ALL ALONG STAR ON CASTING A SPELL OVER THE SMALL SCREEN
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HOW TO MAKE A #METOO SHOCKER
NOÉMIE MERLANT ON CREATING TOPICAL, HYPER-VIOLENT HORROR-COMEDY THE BALCONETTES
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Why a movie master chose a small-screen mystery
ALFONSO CUARÓN LEAPS INTO TV WITH DECEPTIVE SERIES DISCLAIMER
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NEED TO KNOW
GET UP TO SPEED ON… SKIBIDI TOILET
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Marvel gets Doom scrolling
FOUR EMPIRE STAFFERS DEBATE ROBERT DOWNEY JR’S STARTLING RETURN TO THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE
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Everyone Assemble
TEAM DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE ON RECRUITING THEIR ALL-STAR LEGACY CAST
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STORMS COMING!
THE FANTASTIC FOUR’S COMIC-CON DEBUT CAME WITH A TANTALISING TASTE OF THINGS TO COME
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The making of a super-friendship
A NEW CHRISTOPHER REEVE DOCUMENTARY CHARTS THE UNIQUE BOND BETWEEN THE ACTOR AND ROBIN WILLIAMS
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GIOVANNI RIBISI SHOOTS FOR THE MOON
WITH STRANGE DARLING, A CHARACTER ACTOR TURNS CINEMATOGRAPHER
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THE MONTHY MIXTAPE
EMPIRE MIXMASTBR AMON WARMANN SELECTS THIS MONTH’S ESSENTIAL TUNES
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The heat was on
THIS SUMMER WAS A TUMULTUOUS ONE. WE TAKE STOCK OF HOLLYWOOD’S TRIUMPHS AND TROUBLES
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“The trailers I remember most fondly are the ones that tantalise”
NICK DE SEMLYEN ON THE FADING ART OF MAKING MOVIE PREVIEWS THRILLING
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Meet the Clown Prince of Grime
THE TERRIFIER FRANCHISE’S BREAKOUT STAR ON BECOMING A PUKE-INDUCING POP-CULTURE ICON
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THE FELINE FILM FESTIVAL THAT WON’T QUIT
HOW CATVIDEOFEST BECAME THE HOTTEST TICKET TO THE MOVIES
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ON OUR MINDS
DAFT MUSINCS FROM THE WARPED MINDS OF TEAM EMPIRE
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How Adam Pearson stole the show
IN A DIFFERENT MAN, THE ACTOR OVERCOMES HIS FEARS AND EARNS AWARDS BUZZ
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THE QUEEN OF THE GALAXY RETURNS
WITH SYDNEY SWEENEY’S BARBARELLA REMAKE UNDERWAY, WE CHART THE KITSCH SPACE-ADVENTURER’S HISTORY
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On A Role JAMES McAVOY IS… PADDY
THE ACTOR PLAYS A SINISTER HUSBAND AND FATHER IN HORROR REMAKE SPEAK NO EVIL
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WELCOME TO THE WAR ROOM
NEW POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY WAR GAME SIMULATES A DEVASTATING COUP IN THE US, TO CHILLING EFFECT
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HOST HUNT 2025
WITH JIMMY KIMMEL OUT, THE OSCARS NEEDS A NEW PRESENTER. WE WEIGH UP SOME OPTIONS
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Your ticket to Hollywood
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How Much Is A Pint Of Milk? Brian Tyree Henry
THE TRANSFORMERS ONE STAR GETS GNOMIC FOR OUR DAIRY QUESTIONNAIRE
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reviews
FILMS, TV, BOOKS, GAMES - ALL THE BIG RELEASES, RATED
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SING SING
COOL HAND COLMAN
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BORDERLANDS
WE ARE NOT GROOT
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STARVE ACRE
STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN WHEN A TIME LORD AND AN ELF GET TOGETHER
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DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
MARVEL GOES R-RATED (FUCK YEAH)
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THE INSTIGATORS
THESE BOYS AREN’T WICKED SMART
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BLINK TWICE
ZOË KRAVITZ’S EYES ARE WIDE OPEN
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ALIEN: ROMULUS
THIS SEQUEL WAS MOSTLY FILMED AT NIGHT. MOSTLY
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THE DE PALMA DECADE
TEN YEARS IN THE LIFE OF BRIAN
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BAD MONKEY
VINCE VAUGHN: FOOD INSPECTOR
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DUSTBORN
A GAME WHERE WORDS ARE ALMOST AS MIGHTY AS THE SWORD
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TRAP
THE (M.) NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
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SLOW HORSES: SEASON 4
THE RETURN OF MI5’S LEAST FINEST
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Unleash Hell
THINK THE ORIGINAL WAS WILD? YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHIN’ YET, SAYS RIDLEY SCOTT, BACK IN THE COLOSSEUM FOR Gladiator II. AS HE AND THE CAST TELL US, THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL TAKES NO PRISONERS. READY TO BE ENTERTAINED?
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The Fighter
PAUL MESCAL IS LUCIUS
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The Schemer
DENZEL WASHINGTON IS MACRINUS
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ALL THAT GLITTERS
UNDER THE SPARKLING LIGHTS OF STRIP CLUBS AND SHOPPING MALLS, SEX-WORK DRAMA ANORA HAS MUCH TO SAY ABOUT MONEY AND POWER. YOU’VE NEVER SEEN A CINDERELLA STORY QUITE LIKE THIS…
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BUILDING THE FUTURE
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA HAS WANTED TO MAKE MEGALOPOLIS, ABOUT A MAN CONSTRUCTING AN URBAN UTOPIA, FOR ALMOST HALF A CENTURY. AS IT FINALLY ARRIVES, HE TELLS US HOW HE MADE HIS OWN DREAM COME TRUE
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UNDER DEVELOPMENT
SOME OTHER EPICS THAT SURVIVED GESTATION HELL
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MAKING TIME
REINCARNATION COMEDY-DRAMA TIMESTALKER IS A CENTURIES-SPANNING, GENRE-HOPPING EXTRAVAGANZA. WE ASKED FILMMAKER ALICE LOWE TO WRITE ABOUT WHERE IT CAME FROM — AND HOW THE HELL SHE DID IT…
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RIDE OR DIE
WITH NOCTURNAL THRILLER COLLATERAL, EX-TAXI DRIVER MICHAEL MANN GOT BACK IN THE CAB AND, IN SILVER-HAIRED HITMAN VINCENT, PRESENTED A TOM CRUISE WE’D NEVER SEEN BEFORE. TWENTY YEARS ON, THE DIRECTOR REFLECTS ON A SUBVERSIVE CLASSIC
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JOE MARTIN
IN OUR REGULAR SERIES, WE EXPLORE A SLICE OF CINEMA LORE
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The Liman Identity
THE INSTIGATORS DIRECTOR DOUG LIMAN ON WHY HE’S DRAWN TO ACTION
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Monty Python’s Life Of Brian
HOW ERIC IDLE LOOKED ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE
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SPECIAL THANKS TO… JEFF NICHOLS & DANIEL SCHEINERT
SASQUATCH SUNSET CO-DIRECTOR NATHAN ZELLNER ON GETTING USEFUL FEEDBACK
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
DIRECTOR MARK MOLLOY ON THE EDDIE MURPHY FOURQUEL
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TALES FROM THE KIM’S CRYPT
LEGENDARY AUTHOR AND CRITIC KIM NEWMAN BRINGS US HIS UNIQUE TAKES ON CULT CINEMA
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GRYPT KEEPERS
KIM’S PICK OF THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL
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After birth
THE FIRST OMEN DIRECTOR ARKASHA STEVENSON ON MAKING HER MARK WITH THE HORROR PREQUEL
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The Ranking The Mad Max Saga
FOUR EMPIRE WRITERS ENTER. ONE MOVIE LEAVES. WITNESS THEM
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Marathon Man
SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED
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Time Capsule Joe Pantoliano
THE ACCLAIMED CHARACTER ACTOR ON MUSHROOMS AND NOSE JOBS
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The Ultimate Empire Quiz
EVERY MONTH, WE WILL TEST YOUR MOVIE KNOWLEDGE ARE YOU READY?