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Editor NICK DE SEMLYEN Creative Director

DISPATCHES

TEAM EMPIRE ON A FEW OF OUR HIGH POINTS THIS MONTH

LETTER OF THE MONTH

RAIDERS OF THE LOST EMPIRE Congratulations on

THE BIG QUESTION

THIS MONTH WE ASKED: AFTER THE ALTO

WELCOME

WHEN I WAS but knee-high to a bow-legged

The villain who goes off-grid

ALL THE ESSENTIAL INTEL, FROM HOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND

Making a bigger splash

HOW AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH IS TAKING TULKUN TO THE NEXT LEVEL

THE PIPELINE

EIGHT PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

Two greats brave the elements

GILLIAN ANDERSON AND JASON ISAACS GO BACK TO BASICS IN THE SALT PATH

“Horror can reflect the anxieties of the time and still be a hoot”

LEILA LATIF ON WHY HER FAVOURITE GENRE SHOULD BE MADE FUN AGAIN

Take your seats

FOR ITS BIGGEST MOVIE YET, AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY , MARVEL DELIVERED THE MOST EPIC CASTING ANNOUNCEMENT OF ALL TIME. HERE’S HOW IT WENT DOWN

The popcorn bucket explosion heats up

EMPIRE INVESTIGATES HOW THEMED SNACK CONTAINERS HAVE BECOME BIG BUSINESS FOR CINEMAS

KEANU REEVES’ MOST VIOLENT FRANCHISE YET?

WE DIVE INTO THE WORLD OF THE ACTOR’S BRUTAL CREATION, BRZRKR

On A Role

RALPH FIENNES IS ODYSSEUS

THE ONE-TAKE WONDER THAT HIT HARD

ADOLESCENCE DIRECTOR PHILIP BARANTINI ON MAKING THE NETFLIX PHENOMENON

HOLLYWOOD TEES OFF

PREPARE FOR BIRDIES AND BUNKERS, VIA A TRIO OF INCOMING GOLF TALES

Scarlett Johansson meets her dino destiny

THE STAR REVEALS HER LONG JOURNEY TO JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH

THE BOYS ARE BACK

WITH A THIRD YOUNG GUNS FILM INCOMING, WE REVISIT THE FRONTIER FRANCHISE’S ORIGINS

An alien sensation sweeps the globe

LILO & STITCH DIRECTOR DEAN FLEISCHER CAMP ON WHY WE CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF ITS KNEE-HIGH AGENT OF CHAOS

HOW REDDIT BECAME HORROR’S FUTURE

THE SOCIAL-MEDIA PLATFORM IS NOW A GO-TO SOURCE FOR ALL THINGS SCARY

ON OUR MINDS

DAFT MUSINGS FROM THE WARPED MINDS OF TEAM EMPIRE

The world of Wes gains an off-kilter comic

MICHAEL CERA TURNS NORWEGIAN FOR THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME , WES ANDERSON’S LATEST OUTING

THE MONTHLY MIXTAPE

EMPIRE MIXMASTER AMON WARMANN SELECTS THIS MONTH'S ESSENTIAL TUNES

AN OSCAR-WINNING DOC’S BIG-SCREEN BATTLE

WHY NO OTHER LAND HAS YET TO SCORE A MAJOR AMERICAN RELEASE DESPITE ITS PERILOUS JOURNEY AND MULTIPLE AWARDS

Bringing fresh mojo to the dojo

THE FILMMAKER BEHIND KARATE KID: LEGENDS ON INJECTING AN ICONIC FRANCHISE WITH NEW ENERGY

NEED TO KNOW

GET UP TO SPEED ON… CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE

How Much Is A Pint Of Milk?

Antony Starr

WARFARE

ALEX GARLAND HEADS BACK TO A CONFLICT ZONE

HOLLAND

NICOLE KIDMAN’S PERFECT LIFE IS SHATTERED (AGAIN)

ADOLESCENCE

★★★★★ OUT NOW (NETFLIX) / EPISODES VIEWED 4

IN THE LOST LANDS

★★ OUT NOW / CERT 15 / 101

DOPE THIEF

THE DRUGS DON’T WORK

SNOW WHITE

NOT THE FAIREST DISNEY REMAKE OF THEM ALL

THE ALTO KNIGHTS

ROBERT DE NIRO: AM I TALKING TO ME?

GANGS OF LONDON: SEASON 3

BIG SMOKE, BIG ACTION, BIG BUCKETS OF CLARET

ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO

★★★★ OUT 11 APRIL / CERT 15 /

NE ZHA 2

★★★ OUT NOW / CERT 12A / 144

BLACK BAG

FLIM

I AM McLOVIN

BOOKS

THE ART AND MAKING OF MICKEY 17

★★★ The “ Making Of ” part of

GEORGE CUKOR’S PEOPLE

★★★★ Film historian Joseph McBride examines the career

CANNES UNCUT

★★★ This coffee-table photo-book is old-fashioned in a

FREAKY TALES

FLIM

SPLIT FICTION

GAMES

WHILE WAITING

PC, SWITCH ★★★ While Waiting begins with

LIKE A DRAGON: PIRATE YAKUZA IN HAWAII

★★★★ PC, PS4, PS5, XBOX ONE, XBOX SERIES

SID MEIER’S CIVILIZATION VII

★★★ MAC, PC , PS4 , PS5 ,

THE SURFER

FLIM

THE RETURN

FLIM

A WORKING MAN

FLIM

also out

HEAD TO EMPIREONLINE.COM TO READ THESE REVIEWS IN FULL

SHARK TALE

AS STEVEN SPIELBERG’S JAWS HITS HALF A CENTURY, WE BOW DOWN TO ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME, RALLYING HOLLYWOOD SUPERFANS TO DISSECT THE HEAD, THE TAIL, THE WHOLE DAMN THING…

THE SOURCE

HOW A TINY NEWSPAPER STORY INSPIRED A CINEMATIC BEHEMOTH

THE SCREENPLAY

JURASSIC PARK SCREENWRITER DAVID KOEPP BREAKS DOWN JAWS ’ SENSATIONAL SCRIPT

THE DIRACTION

LEIGH WHANNELL PAYS TRIBUTE TO STEVEN SPIELBERG’S GOBSMACKING ARTISTRY

THE HERO

SIMON PEGG SALUTES ROY SCHEIDER’S MARTIN BRODY, THE THINKING MAN’S EVERYMAN

THE SCORE

HANS ZIMMER EXALTS THE GENIUS OF JOHN WILLIAMS

THE SHARK

SPECIAL-EFFECTS VETERAN SHANE MAHAN DISSECTS JAWS ’ SON OF A BEACH

THE SHOCK

PROSTHETICS KING GREG NICOTERO RHAPSODISES ABOUT BEN GARDNER’S DEAD HEAD

THE SEA DOG

ROBERT SHAW’S SON IAN ON ADMIRING — AND BECOMING — QUINT

THE SPEECH

LEGENDARY FILMMAKER JOHN MILIUS ON WRITING THE SCORCHING USS INDIANAPOLIS MONOLOGUE

THE PHENOMENON

TWO YEARS BEFORE STAR WARS , JAWS BIRTHED THE BLOCKBUSTER AS WE KNOW IT

THE POSTER

A PIECE OF MARKETING ART WITH REAL BITE

SURREALITY CHECK

FOR HIS FOLLOW-UP TO ACCLAIMED DRAMA WAVES DIRECTOR TREY EDWARD SHULTS THAMS UP WITH THE WEEKND'S A BEL TESFAYE FOR EXISTENTIAL THRILLER HURRY UP TOMORROW READY TO TAKE A TRIP

REBEL YELL

THE FIRST SEASON OF ANDOR CHANGED THE STAR WARS GAME, THRUSTING THE SAGA INTO PRESTIGE TV TERRITORY. NOW, WITH SEASON 2 WRAPPING IT ALL U P, STAR DIEGO LUNA AND WRITER TONY GILROY REFLECT ON THE DECADE-LONG JOURNEY OF THEIR REVOLUTIONARY HERO

In Tune

For years, a team of friends have been pouring their hearts and souls into folk-music comedy THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND . We meet them to discuss tears and Calippos

LONELY ISLANDS

Step ashore these sparse cinematic landmasses

ASKING FOR TROUBLE

ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD HAS ALWAYS BEEN DRAWN TOWARDS ANARCHY: DISRUPTIVE CHARACTERS WHO TURN WORLDS UPSIDE DOWN. NOW, AS HE PLAYS A ROGUE ANDROID IN MURDERBOT , WE MEET HIM TO DISCOVER WHAT PUSHES HIS BUTTONS

MAKING A KILLING

OVER FIVE FILMS, THE EVER-POPULAR FINAL DESTINATION SERIES SERVED UP SOME OF CINEMA’S MOST INVENTIVE DEATHS YET. NOW, WITH BLOODLINES , IT’S BACK WITH A BLOODY VENGEANCE

Bringing out the dead

A FRESH LOOK AT HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Moana Better Blues

MOANA 2 DIRECTORS DAVID G. DERRICK JR AND JASON HAND ON THE SEA-SET SEQUEL’S SONGS

Downfall

OLIVER HIRSCHBIEGEL’S SEARING PORTRAIT OF HITLER’S FINAL DAYS

PICKS OF THE MONTH

1 ANORA (OUT 5 MAY, 4K BR)

The Ranking Gene Hackman movies

FOUR EMPIRE WRITERS PAY TRIBUTE TO AN ACTING LEGEND

THE TOP TEN

1 THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971) 2 THE CONVERSATION

Wolf Man

DIRECTOR LEIGH WHANNELL ON THE KEY MOMENTS FROM HIS FURRY FRIGHTENER

TALES FROM KIM'S CRYPT

TIPTOES

CRYPT KEEPERS

KIM'S PICK OF THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL

It Happened One Night

HOW THE WALLS OF JERICHO WERE CONSTRUCTED

ADAM LEVINE

DAY OF THE FIGHT DIRECTOR JACK HUSTON ON PAVI N G THE WAY TO JOE PESCI

Losing their religion

HERETIC DIRECTORS SCOTT BECK AND BRYAN WOODS ON CRAFTING THEIR CONTROVERSIAL HORROR

The Ultimate Empire Quiz

THIS MONTH

COMPETITION ENDS 5 MAY

HOW TO ENTER Take the letters from each

WIN!

EPIC MOVIES ON 4K UHD

A Simple Plan

THE TRICK CONFESSION