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WELCOME

A LOT WENT down in 1999. Neo learned

Alex Garland ignites America

THE FILMMAKER ON SETTING THE STATES AGAINST EACH OTHER IN CIVIL WAR

Marvel’s mutants return to 2D

THE CREATIVES BEHIND X-MEN ’97 TALK US THROUGH THE HEROES OF THE NEW ANIMATED SERIES

“It’s obvious but true: owning a disc means nobody can take it away”

BEN TRAVIS ON WHY PHYSICAL MEDIA IS MORE ESSENTIAL THAN EVER

Inside the weird world of fake movie trailers

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING TEASERS FOR THE LIKES OF GLADIATOR 2 AND DEADPOOL 3. THE CATCH: THEY’RE PHONEY

THE MONTHLY MIXTAPE

‘I AM’ STAN WALKER ORIGIN A rousing, anthemic

THE FIGHT TO BRING GOTHAM A NEW KIND OF VILLAIN

THE FILMMAKER BEHIND THE PEOPLE’S JOKER ON MAKING A PERSONAL PARODY IN DC’S WORLD

Kathryn Newton

THE LISA FRANKENSTEIN STAR ON HOW HORROR HAS FOUND A PLACE IN HER HEART

HOW MAN COULD CREATE MORE DINOSAURS

WITH A NEW, DAVI D KOEPP-PENNED JURASSIC WORLD FILM ANNOUNCED, TEAM EMPIRE PREDICT WHERE THE FRANCHISE COULD GO NEXT

When two titans team up

GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE IS ABOUT TO TAKE AN UNLIKELY DOUBLE-ACT TO THE NEXT LEVEL

THE MAKING OF A LUCRATIVE LIZARD

TAKASHI YAMAZAKI ON HOW THE TINY-BUDGETED GODZILLA MINUS ONE CAME TO WIN A FORTUNE AND OSCAR RECOGNITION

Which zombie show are you watching ?

OUR HANDY GUIDE TO THE RAPIDLY SPREADING WALKING DEAD UNIVERSE

A personal journey through past lives

LÉA SEYDOUX ON HOW SHE TAMED THE BEAST’S AMBITIOUS PREMISE

A TALE OF TWO STEVES

THE FILMMAKER BEHIND STEVE! (MARTIN): A DOCUMENTARY IN 2 PIECES ON HIS QUEST TO UNLOCK A COMEDY GENIUS

ON OUR MIND

BEN TRAVIS IS THINKING ABOUT… FRIZZLE THE CHICKEN

A pirouetting punisher makes her debut

ABIGAIL FILMMAKERS MATT BETTINELLI-OLPIN AND TYLER GILLETT ON CREATING THEIR NEW UNIVERSAL MONSTER MOVIE

NEED TO KNOW

GET UP TO SPEED ON GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S FRANKENSTEIN

LAKEITH STANFIELD AS TWINS CLARENCE & THOMAS

THE ACTOR GETS BIBLICAL (TWICE) IN OFFBEAT GOSPEL DRAMA THE BOOK OF CLARENCE

THE LAST OF LARRY

THE COMEDY ICON SPEAKS EXCLUSIVELY ABOUT CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM’S FINAL SEASON

THE BUCKET LIST

A WHISTLE-STOP TOUR OF THE WILDEST, WEIRDEST POPCORN-HOLDERS IN CINEMA HISTORY

Giancarlo Esposito

NEMESIS OF WALTER WHITE. SCOURGE OF GROGU. AMBIVALENT TO DAIRY

PERFECT DAYS

MEET THE MOST CHARMING CINEMATIC CLEANER SINCE WALL•E

WICKED LITTLE LETTERS

THINK CALL THE MIDWIFE — IF IT HAD A POTTY MOUTH

BLUE GIANT

★★★ OUT NOW / CERT 12A / 119

FIGHTER

★★★ OUT NOW / CERT 15 / 164

BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE

GET UP, STAND UP FOR THE FIRST MAJOR BIOPIC OF A LEGEND

MASTERS OF THE AIR

THE TEAM BEHIND BAND OF BROTHERS BAND TOGETHER AGAIN

MEMORY

CHASTAIN AND SARSGAARD TEAM UP FOR A REDEMPTIVE DRAMA

ARGYLLE

IT’S LIKE JAMES BOND — ONLY MORE META (AND THERE’S A CAT)

EXPATS

★★★★ OUT NOW (PRIME VIDEO) / EPISODES VIEWED

THE BROTHERS SUN

★★★★ OUT NOW (NETFLIX) / EPISODES VIEWED 8

HITS, FLOPS, AND OTHER ILLUSIONS

ANOTHER PAGE-TURNER OF A MOVIE MEMOIR TO ADD TO YOUR BOOKSHELF

CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM: SEASON 12

THE SITCOM’S FINAL SEASON IS PRETTY, PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD

PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE LOST CROWN

THE CLASSIC SIDE-SCROLLER RETURNS AFTER A LENGTHY HIATUS

THE KITCHEN

TWO MANY COOKS DON’T SPOIL THIS SOCIAL-REALIST SCI-FI BROTH

ORION AND THE DARK

A DARK KNIGHT RISES FOR KIDS’ MOVIES: CHARLIE KAUFMAN

MR. & MRS. SMITH

SCENES FROM A (MESSY, SECRETIVE, FAKE-ASSASSIN) MARRIAGE

also out

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EMPIRE 25 THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT THE PREQUELS

SOMEHOW. STAR WARS RETURNED. IN 1999. THE PHANTOM MENACE KICKED OFF A HISTORIC AND, FRANKLY, LOOPY NEW TRILOGY. LET US CELEBRATE! MOOEY MOOEY!

1 THE TRANSFORMATION

25 YEARS OF THE PREQUELS

THE POSTER 2

CREATING A TEASER poster for Episode I, one

3 THE MIGHTY BOSS NASS

BRIAN BLESSED SPEAKS WELL. BOOMS TO US ABOUT THE FORMIDABLE GUNGAN LEADER

4 DARTH MAUL’S TERRIFYING VISAGE

25 YEARS OFTHE PREQUELS

5 THE PODRACE

25 YEARS OF THE PREQUELS

6 DUEL OF THE FATES

JOHN WILLIAMS STRIKES BACK

7 LEONARDO DICAPRIO’S SHOPPING SPREE

BECAUSE EVEN THE ONE-TIME ANAKIN CONTENDER WAS HOOKED

8 THE STATELY SPACE QUEEN

25 YEARS OF THE PREQUELS

9 THE HYPE

FORMER AIN'T IT COOL NEWS WRITER DREW MCWEENY ON PREQUEL FEVER

10 THE INIMITABLE QUI-GON JINN

LIAM NEESON ON PLAYING THE JEDI'S JEDE

11 THE COUGHING GENERAL

25 YEARS OF THE PREQUELS

12 THE BATTLE OF GEONOSIS

25 YEARS OF THE PREQUELS

13 YODA VS DOOKU

REMEMBERING THE GALAXY'S BOUNCIEST SMACKDOWN

14 JAR JAR BINKS

ALLOW US TO MAKE THE CASE

15 PHANTOM THREADS

25 YEARS OF THE PREQUELS

16 THE GLITZY BIT-PARTS

HIDDEN AMONG THE A-LISTERS, THESE FUTURE STARS WERE JUST BIDING THEIR TIME

17 OBI-WAN KENOBI’S EPIC JOURNEY

25 YEARS OF THE PREQUELS

18 THE DEATH-STICK SALESMAN

ALL HAIL ELAN SLEAZEBAGGANO

19 THE MUSTAFAR DUEL

25 YEARS OF THE PREQUELS

20 THE POLITICS

SHADY SHENANIGANS AND GALACTIC CORRUPTION

21 THE CAMEO

THANK THE MAKER: IT'S GEORGE LUCAS

22 THE COOLEST JEDI IN THE GALAXY

A TIMELINE OF MACE WINDU. THE PURPLE- BLADED GENERAL WHO BROUGHT BADASSERY TO THE FORCE

23 ORDER 66

PALPATINE'S JEDI WIPEOUT IS HEARTSTOPPING STUFF

24 THE RISE OF PALPATINE

25 YEARS OF THE PREQUELS

25 ATTACK OF THE MEMES

THE PREQUELS AND THE INTERNET WERE MADE FOR EACH OTHER

CHASING AMY

Living her life in the glare of the spotlight, almost everything Amy Winehouse did was documented and scrutinised. Sam Taylor-Johnson’s new biopic BACK TO BLACK, though, looks for the real woman underneath it all

COUNTING AMY

WINEHOUSE’S CAREER (AND HAIR) IN NUMBERS…

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE

AFTER REDEFINING ON-SCREEN FANTASY WITH GAME OF THRONES, CAN SHOWRUNNERS DAVID BENIOFF AND D.B. WEISS PULL OFF THE SAME TRICK WITH HARD SCIENCE-FICTION SAGA

SERIOUS FLEX

HAVING UPSET US ALL WITH SAINT MAUD, DIRECTOR ROSE GLASS IS DOUBLING DOWN WITH BODYBUILDING THRILLER LOVE LIES BLEEDING. SHE, STAR KRISTEN STEWART AND THE TEAM TELL US HOW THEY MUSCLED UP

The Snow King

J.A. BAYONA ON THE LONG JOURNEY TO THE SCREEN OF SOCIETY OF THE SNOW, AND THE PATHS HE ALMOST TOOK ALONG THE WAY

Top Secret!

ZUCKER-ABRAHAMS-ZUCKER’S HIDDEN GEM

PICKS OF THE MONTH

1 WONKA (OUT 4 MARCH, DVD/BR/4K/DIGITAL) One of

What If…? Season 2

DIRECTOR BRYAN ANDREWS ON THE STANDOUT EPISODES OF THE MCU ANIMATED SERIES

Star power

JOHN SAYLES TALKS HIS TEX-MEX MASTERPIECE, LONE STAR

The Racking

The Scream films

TALES FROM KIM'S CRYPT

THE LEGENDARY AUTHOR AND CRITIC BRINGS US HIS UNIQUE TAKES ON CULT CINEMA

The road to Reacher

LEE CHILD ON HOW (AND HOW NOT) TO ADAPT JACK REACHER

ELTON JOHN

GOOD GRIEF DIRECTOR DANIEL LEVY ON GETTING A KARAOKE OKAY FROM THE KING

The Ultimate Empire Quiz

EVERY MONTH,WE WILL TEST YOUR MOVIE KNOWLEDGE.ARE YOU READY

Lawrence Of Arabia

“I AM A RIVER TO MY PEOPLE!”