NUMBER CRUNCHING

THIS MONTH

EDITOR BOBA FETT IS one of the very

EMPIRE WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO THIS MONTH

THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT COVER STORY He’s

TALK TO US

COMMENT OF THE MONTH

THE Puppet

ANNETTE ‘S WOODEN WONDER

THE Breakout

TED LASSO’S BRETT GOLDSTEIN

THE SUITCASE VANDAL

Murray Bartlett in The White Lotus Murray Bartlett

THE Sensation

SQUID GAME IT ARRIVED IN September, with little

THE Mum

POLKA-DOT MAN’S MOM IN THESUICIDESQUAD

THE ORATOR

He Who Remains in Loki As Loki progressed,

THE Ending

NO TIME TO DIE’S SHOCK FINALE

The Apartment

Standout sequences from the great movies

TAKE 20

THIS MONTH’S FILM MOMENTS THAT MATTER

BLACK IN FOCUS

AMON WARMANN chews over the main moment in Black film and TV this month

HENRY CAVILL

SMALL TA LK Alamy, Getty Images, Shutterstock Hi,

Light year

Unfiltered, uncensored, uncompromising trailer reactions from team EMPIRE

Logan Kim

THE 13-YEAR-OLD MAKES HIS MOVIE DEBUT AS COMEDY SIDEKICK PODCAST IN GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE

CHRISTINA RICCI

ILLUSTRATION ARN0 Have you ever written fan mail

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

OUT 26 DECE MBER (CINEMAS) / 14 JANUARY

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Mean and very moody… Benedict Cumberbatch as Phil;

PIRATES

★★★ OUT 26 NOVEMBER / CERT TBC /

REBEL DYKES

★★★★ OUT 26 NOVEMBER / CERT TBC /

SILENT NIGHT

To health and, er, happiness! Keira Knightley and

ETERNALS

The office team-building exercise proved as popular as

ENCOUNTER

Not loving the aliens. ★★★★ OUT 3 DECEMBER

A BOY CALLED CHRISTMAS

★★★ OUT 26 NOVEMBER (CINEMAS/SKY CINEMA) / CERT

BOXING DAY

★★★ OUT 3 DECEMBER / CERT TBC /

FINCH

★★★★ OUT NOW (APPLE TV+) / CERT TBC

HOPE

★★★★ OUT 10 DECEMBER / CERT TBC /

RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT

★★★★ OUT 6 DECEMBER / CERT TBC /

THE SUMMIT OF THE GODS

★★★★ OUT 30 NOVEMBER (NETFLIX) / CERT TBC

ENCANTO

Big mistake to stage the display at the

WRATH OF MAN

Hunder fire. Rest of Steps just out of

THE TENDER BAR

Barfly: Tye Sheridan plays J.R. Moehringer. ★★★ OUT

FINAL ACCOUNT

★★★ OUT 3 DECEMBER / CERT 15 /

THE HAND OF GOD

★★★★ OUT 15 DECEMBER (NETFLIX) / CERT TBC

RED NOTICE

“I thought you had the key…” Dwayne Johnson,

BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN

★★★ OUT 26 NOVEMBER / CERT 18 /

THE STORY OF FILM: A NEW GENERATION

★★★★ OUT 17 DECEMBER / CERT TBC /

JFK REVISITED: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

★★★ OUT 26 NOVEMBER / CERT TBC /

TICK, TICK… BOOM!

★★★ OUT NOW (NETFLIX) / CERT 12A /

LAMB

★★★ OUT 10 DECEMBER / CERT 15 /

SHEPHERD

★★★ OUT 26 NOVEMBER / CERT 15 /

THE SHRINK NEXT DOOR

★★ OUT NOW (APPLE TV+) / EPISODES VIEWED

COWBOY BEBOP

★★ OUT NOW (NETFLIX) / EPISODES VIEWED 10

THE WHEEL OF TIME

Rosamund Pike as sorceress Moiraine Damodred. ★★★ OUT

DOPESICK

The good doctor? Michael Keaton as Samuel Finnix.

CHECKLIST

Your at-a-glance view of this month’s reviews

MOST WANTED

REPORTS OF HIS DEATH WERE GREATLY EXAGGERATED. STAR WARS’ ICONIC BOUNTY HUNTER IS BACK FOR GOOD, AND AS THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT I S ABOUT TO PROVE, THERE’S A LOT MORE TO THE BURGEONING CRIME LORD THAN KICK-ASS ARMOUR

SHOW TIME

TWO RIVAL GANGS. A CITY IN TURMOIL. A DIRECTOR ON A MISSION. AS AN OLD CLASSIC IS REINVIGORATED FOR A NEW GENERATION, STEVEN SPIELBERG AND HIS TEAM TELL US HOW THEY’RE BRINGING A FRESH EDGE TO WEST SIDE STORY

THE COME BACK KID

FOUR DECADES AGO, RALPH MACCHIO STOOD ON ONE LEG AND MADE MOTION-PICTURE HISTORY WITH THE KARATE KID. NOW, WITH COBRA KAI, HE TELLS US, IT’S ALL KICKING OFF AGAIN

REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2021

IT WAS A YEAR IN WHICH NOTHING WAS NORMAL — AND FILM AND TV FOLLOWED SUIT. HERE, THEN, WE CELEBRATE SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE SCREEN MOMENTS FROM AN UNUSUAL 2021. PUPPETS! MONSTERS! SEAGULLS! AND SOMETHING DISGRACEFUL HAPPENING TO A SUITCASE…

THE SPELJ BINDER

Kathryn Hahn, photographed exclusively for Empire in Los

THE Film

D UNE

THE TV Show

IT’S A SIN

SPIES LIKE US

WHEN JESSICA CHASTAIN REALISED THAT ESPIONAGE THRILLERS ABOUT WOMEN BARELY EXIST, SHE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. MEET THE 355, A SPY SQUAD TO GIVE BOND AND HUNT A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY

CALIFORNIA DREAMING

LICORICE PIZZA IS JUST THE LATEST PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON FILM TO BE MADE IN HIS BELOVED SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. IN A PERSONAL INTERVIEW, HE TALKS ABOUT CHILDHOOD, FAMILY, AND TELLS US WHY THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Dante’s Infurno

INDISPENSABLE HOME ENTERTAINMENT

THE MASTERPIECE

We reassess the greatest films of all time

HILL IN NUMBERS

IN NUMBE THE 101 ON THE ACTION MAESTRO

Family time

THE SOPRANOS stars Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa reflect on five of the show’s most iconic characters

MOVIE PLAYLIST

THIS MONTH FIVE GREAT CHRISTMAS SOUNDTRACKS

THE CULT OF KIM NEWMAN

The critic and novelist selects the month’s weirdest home-ent releases

THE VIEWING GUIDE

A deep dive into the must-see moments from the month’s big release

Garth Marenghi’s Development Hell

In a world exclusive, the planet’s most prolific horror novelist writes for Empireabout the Marenghi masterpieces that could have been

THE STORY OF THE SHORT

How iconic images came to life

THE RANKING

Four Empire writers. Ten songs. Ordered definitively

THE TOP TEN

1 GOLDFINGER SHIRLEY BASSEY Amon: “The first and

6 OF THE BEST

Team Empireon the month’s essential movies

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