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TEAM EMPIRE ON A FEW OF OUR HIGH POINTS THIS MONTH

LETTER OF THE MONTH

MEN OF LETTERS I thought it was about

COMMENT

ON SPACEBALLS 2 : You had me

THE BIG QUESTION

THIS MONTH WE ASKED: WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE NON-HORROR SCARY MOVIE?

PREVIOUSLY, IN EMPIRE...

MILLIE BOBBY BROWN PHOTOSHOOT JANUARY 2017

WELCOME

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The AI actor giving Hollywood the jitters

DIGITAL AVATAR TILLY NORWOOD IS BRINGING A DYSTOPIAN VISION TO THE RED CARPET

Method in the sadness

CHLOÉ ZHAO RETURNS TO THE OSCAR RACE WITH MOVING SHAKESPEARE DRAMA HAMNET

“Owen Cooper is just one example of how high someone can fly if given a chance”

SOPHIE BUTCHER ON ADOLESCENCE ’S EMMY WINS AND WORKING-CLASS CREATIVES

Vaulting to the next level

EMPIRE GOES ON SET FOR SEASON 2 OF STREAMING SENSATION FALLOUT

THE PIPELINE

EIGHT PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT YOU NEED ΤΟ ΚΝOW ABOUT

Sydney Sweeney’s big swing

THE ACTOR GIVES US A BLOW-BY-BLOW OF BOXING BIOPIC CHRISTY

TAMARA DEVERELL

MEET OUR HERO OF THE MONTH

THE WEBSITE MONITORING CANINE CATASTROPHE

HOW DOES THE DOG DIE? TRACKS TRIGGER WARNINGS IN GOOD BOY AND BEYOND

How to craft an alien tongue

AS PREDATOR: BADLANDS SHOWCASES A NEW LANGUAGE, EMPIRE DELVES INTO THE WEIRD WORLD OF ‘CONLANGS’

GIVING HARRY A RUN FOR HIS MONEY

DISNEY HAS WON THE RIGHTS TO THE IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES BOOKS. HERE’S WHAT WE COULD EXPECT

A movie monument to lost souls

JULIA DUCOURNAU STRIVES TO FIND HUMANITY IN THE DARKNESS OF EPIDEMIC DRAMA ALPHA

JUDE LAW NOT INCLUDED

A HOMAGE TO THE HOLIDAY BRINGS THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE TO GEORGIA

“He knew how to make you feel like you’d known him all your life”

ROBERT REDFORD AS REMEMBERED BY HIS LATE-IN-LIFE COLLABORATOR, DAVID LOWERY

On A Role TESSA THOMPSON IS HEDDA GABLER

THE ACTOR PLAYS THE TITLE CHARACTER IN 1950s-SET IBSEN ADAPTATION HEDDA

TO INFINITY (CASTLE) AND BEYOND

HOW ANIME MEGA-HIT DEMON SLAYER IS TAKING OVER THE BOX OFFICE

WORLD-LEADING MEN

THE ACTORS ELECTED TO TAKE OFFICE PLAYING BOTH THE UK PM AND POTUS

The start of a beautiful friendship

DIRECTOR SCARLETT JOHANSSON AND STAR JUNE SQUIBB ON MAKING ELEANOR THE GREAT , A BUDDY MOVIE WITH A TWIST

The show dissecting daddy issues

NEW SERIES THE DEATH OF BUNNY MUNRO PROBES THE PERILS OF FATHERHOOD

FIGHTING FIRE WITH SATIRE

HOW SACRIFICE TAKES HOLLYWOOD GLITZ TO TASK

ON OUR MINDS

DAFT MUSINGS FROM THE STRANGE BRAINS OF TEAM EMPIRE

How Much Is A Pint Of Milk?

Cristin Milioti

A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE

FROM STRANGE DAYS TO DOOMSDAY

PLAY DIRTY

BACK IN BLACK

MARVEL ZOMBIES

★★★★ OUT NOW (DISNEY+) / EPISODES VIEWED 4

A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY

★★ OUT NOW / CERT 15 / 109

ANEMONE

IN THE NAME OF THE (FUCKED-UP) FATHER

TRON: ARES

TRIP THE LIGHT-CYCLE FANTASTIC

JAY KELLY

CLOONEY GETS META ON MOVIE STARDOM

GEN V: SEASON 2

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

GOOD FORTUNE

★★ OUT NOW / CERT 15 / 97

FRANKENSTEIN

FINALLY, IT’S ALIVE!

THE MAKING OF ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD

NO FLAMETHROWERS NECESSARY

THE UNCOOL

★★★★★ This gorgeous memoir from writer-director Cameron Crowe

A FINE LINE BETWEEN CLEVER AND STUPID

★★★★ This Spinal Tap tome goes one louder.

STAR WARS: THE BLUEPRINTS

Andrew Cooper/Sony Pictures ★★★★ This is

BUGONIA

EMMA STONE’S BUZZY (AND BUZZ-CUT-Y) NEW SATIRE

GHOST OF YŌTEI

ONCE UPON A TIME IN FEUDAL JAPAN

CRONOS: THE NEW DAWN

★★★★ PC, PS5, NINTENDO SWITCH 2, XBOX SERIES

BORDERLANDS 4

★★★ PC, PS5, NINTENDO SWITCH 2, XBOX SERIES

SILENT HILL f

★★★★ PC, PS5, XBOX SERIES X|S Shifting

MR. SCORSESE

MARTY SUPREME

RELAY

THE FIX IS IN FOR RIZ

DIE MY LOVE

JENNIFER LAWRENCE’S MOTHERLODE

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The End Of The World

HERE WE ARE, THEN. ALMOST TEN YEARS SINCE IT BEGAN, STRANGER THINGS IS ABOUT TO GO OUT WITH AN ALMIGHTY, APOCALYPTIC BANG. AND AS CREATORS THE DUFFER BROTHERS TELL US, THEY’RE PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS…

"The Show Mirrored Our Actual Lives"

THEY BECAME THE STARS OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST CULTURAL PHENOMENA IN THE WORLD. AS STRANGER THINGS COMES TO AN END, ITS CAST REFLECT ON THEIR EPIC — AND EMOTIONAL — JOURNEY

Mass Murder

AFTER KNIVES OUT AND GLASS ONION , DANIEL CRAIG’S DETECTIVE BENOIT BLANC IS BACK TO CRACK A NEW CASE IN Wake Up Dead Man . AND THIS TIME, HE’S GOING TO CHURCH. LET US PRAY…

STARS ALIGN

ADAM SANDLER. GEORGE CLOONEY. TWO VERY DIFFERENT A-LISTERS WHO’VE NEVER JOINED FORCES… UNTIL JAY KELLY .

HOLD TIGHT

IN PILLION , TWO MEN EMBARK ON A NO-HOLDS-BARRED BDSM RELATIONSHIP. AND AS WE DISCOVER, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WAS OFF LIMITS…

THE PIONEER

FROM THE START, SIGOURNEY WEAVER HAS DEFIED CATEGORISATION AND EXPLODED EXPECTATIONS. AS THE QUEEN OF SCI-FI RETURNS IN AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH , WE SPEAK TO HER ABOUT A SINGULAR LEGACY

MAKING HISTORY

OVER THREE FILMS SPANNING 130 YEARS, MICHAEL J. FOX AND CHRISTOPHER LLOYD FORMED A LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP. AS BACK TO THE FUTURE HITS 40. WE THEN FOR A NOSTALGIC TRIP THROUGH TINE

After Earth

EMPIRE TALKS TO ALIEN: EARTH CREATOR NOAH HAWLEY ABOUT MAKING THE XENOMORPH GREAT AGAIN

Kwaidan

MASAKI KOBAYASHI’S HUGELY INFLUENTIAL JAPANESE HORROR

PICKS OF THE MONTH

CHOSEN BY CHRIS HEWITT

Elio

GOING DEEPER INTO THE OFF-WORLD SECRETS OF PIXAR’S SCI-FI

The Scream King

SAM NEILL ON HOW HE BECAME AN ACCIDENTAL HORROR HERO

Time Capsule Orlando Bloom

THE INTREPID STAR ON HIS STORIED CAREER

DOUG McCLURE VS DINOSAURS

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

CRYPT KEEPERS

KIM'S PICK OF THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL

Modern Times

CHAPLIN’S RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

THE COASTAL HOTEL ARTISTS

OR HOW WE EMBARRASSED DIRECTOR AND CO-WRITER WILLIAM BRIDGES

The Final Destination series

FOUR EMPIRE WRITERS TAKE ON THE DEATH-CENTRIC FRANCHISE. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

The Ultimate Empire Quiz

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

WIN!

MARVEL’S LATEST ON 4K UHD

Searching For Bobby Fischer

“CHESS THING?”