YOU DON’T NEED to run at Barry Allen velocity to tamper with time. Nor do you need a Dial of Destiny ( just as well: my dials are all regular ones). No, it turns out you just need to put on preview screenings of The Flash and Indiana Jones 5, and hey presto, you’re magically back in the summer of 1989. Harrison Ford cracking a whip. Michael Keaton in a Batsuit. All that’s needed to complete the illusion is the return of Weekend At Bernie’s, but happily that hasn’t been rebooted. Yet.
Yes, we’ve had a busy month at Empire VIP Club, putting on not just those two preview screenings (with Keaton himself in the house!) but also a Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse event, with stars Shameik Moore and Daniel Kaluuya swinging by to chat. Enormous kudos to the team organising it all — Sophie Butcher, Ian Freer, Madeleine Munro-Hall, Joanna Moran and Tierney Augustine — and a massive thanks to all of you who have joined the club. If you haven’t yet and want to be part of the fun, head to empireonline.com/vip.