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WELCOME

BACK IN 2015, when Mad Max: Fury Road

Jerry Seinfeld’s fruit-filled destiny

ALL THE ESSENTIAL INTEL, FROM HOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND

Setting fire to the gun for hire

HOW RICHARD LINKLATER FLIPPED THE SCRIPT ON AN AGE-OLD GENRE WITH HIT MAN

Andrew Scott gets stranger

IN NETFLIX’S SLICK NEW SERIES RIPLEY, THE ACTOR DELVES UNDER THE SKIN OF THE NOTORIOUS CONMAN

Deadpool & Wolverine

“MARVEL JESUS” MAKES HIS ULTRA-META DISNEY DEBUT

Wicked

WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE SPIN-OFF, THE MUSICAL SPIN-OFF OF OZ

Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes

THE LATEST SIMIAN SEQUEL PROMISES NEW PISSED-OFF PRIMATES

Twisters

STRAP IN FOR DOUBLE TROUBLE, STORMS AND STUBBLE

How the game-chang ing Beatles biopics could come together

WITH SAM MENDES’ FAB FOUR FILMS INCOMING, EMPIRE TAKES A MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR OF STORYTELLING POSSIBILITIES

CYNTHIA ERIVO AS JACQUELINE

THE ACTOR STARS AS A DISPLACED WOMAN FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL IN REFUGEE DRAMA DRIFT

A PERSONAL TRIP THOUGH POWELL AND PRESSBURGER

MADE IN ENGLAND’S CREATORS ON CRAFTING A UNIQUE HOMAGE TO TWO LEGENDS

A film of pure imagination

JOHN KRASINSKI ON TURNING MAKE BELIEVE INTO HIS LATEST MOVIE, IF

THE MONTHLY MIXTAPE

EMPIRE MIXMASTER IMON WARMANN SELECTS THIS MONTH'S ESSENTIAL TUNES

A COX AMONG THE PIGEONS

THE FORMER LOGAN ROY CHANGES PACE WITH BIRD-RACING DRAMA LITTLE WING

Zack Snyder strikes back

WITH REBEL MOON — PART TWO: THE SCARGIVER, THE DIRECTOR IS COMING BACK SWINGING

DISSECTING A FAMOUS FAMILY’S MCU DEBUT

WE TAKE A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO THE FANTASTIC FOUR’S KITSCH CASTING ANNOUNCEMENT

Nell Tiger Free

THE ACTOR ON HER PATH TO HER DEBUT STARRING MOVIE ROLE IN THE FIRST OMEN

MARTY’S METHOD

A MENTOR ROLE IN THE UPCOMING IN THE HAND OF DANTE IS THE LATEST IN SCORSESE’S ON-CAMERA FORAYS

The order Cate Blanchett couldn’t refuse

THE ACTOR ON HER PERSONAL JOURNEY TO PLAYING A NUN IN THE NEW BOY

PUSHING LIMITS FOR LIKES

HOW ONLINE CONTENT CREATORS ARE GOING TO NEW LENGTHS AT HOLLYWOOD’S EXPENSE

From Russia with love

EMPIRE CHECKS INTO HOTEL-SET HISTORICAL SERIES A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW WITH STARS EWAN Mc GREGOR AND MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD

How Much Is A Pint Of Milk?

Ben Mendelsohn

DUNE: PART TWO

FILMS, TV, BOOKS, GAMES - ALL THE BIG RELEASES, RATED

ROBOT DREAMS

IF A MACHINE CAN LEARN THE VALUE OF DOG LIFE, MAYBE WE CAN TOO

THE NEW BOY

CATE BLANCHETT RETURNS TO OZ

DAGR

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EVIL DOES NOT EXIST

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SPACEMAN

THE SANDMAN GOES TO INFINITY AND BEYOND

3 BODY PROBLEM

THE GAME OF THRONES TEAM SWAP DRAGONS FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ALIENS

MADAME WEB

IN THE END, HER WEB DIDN’T QUITE CONNECT US ALL

CONSTELLATION

NOOMI RAPACE GOES TO NOOMI RA-SPACE

OUT OF DARKNESS

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AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER

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MONSTER

THE SHOPLIFTERS DIRECTOR RETURNS TO HIS NATIVE JAPAN

THE BLUES BROTHERS

IT’S DARK AND WE’RE WEARING READING GLASSES

BRUCE LEE: IN MY OWN PROCESS

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DUNE EXPOSURES

★★★★ Not a traditional behind-the-scenes book, this striking

THE FIXER

★★★ Fred Otash — “keyhole peeper, wire tapper,

DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS

YOU KNOW THE COEN BROTHERS. NOW MEET THE COEN COUPLE

SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL THE JUSTICE LEAGUE

THEY’RE BAD GUYS. IT’S WHAT THEY DO. (UNFORTUNATELY)

STARGATE: TIMEKEEPERS

★★★ PC With a story sandwiched between Seasons

CHAOS GATE: DAEMONHUNTERS

★★★★ PS4/5, XBOX ONE/X/S Warhammer 40,000 games are

TERMINATOR: DARK FATE — DEFIANCE

★★★ PC Following the alternate timeline established by

KUNG FU PANDA 4

EVERYONE’S FAVOURITE ASS-KICKIN’, BAMBOO-EATIN’ HERO IS BACK

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ANYA TAYLOR-JOY WAS READY.

LAST TIME GEORGE MILLER HEADED TO THE DESERT, WE GOT THE GENRE- DEFINING, FLAME-LICKED ACTION OPERA THAT IS MAD MAX: FURY ROAD. NOW HE’S BACK, WITH NEW STARS AND EVEN BIGGER IDEAS. FASTEN YOUR SEATBELT AND PREPARE TO WITNESS FURIOSA WORDS CHRIS HEWITT

BACK TO THE BADA BING

A QUARTER OF A CENTURY SINCE IT BEGAN, AND 17 YEARS SINCE IT CUT TO BLACK, THE SOPRANOS IS STILL THE GREATEST (TV) SHOW ON EARTH. TO CELEBRATE ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY IN STYLE, WE REUNITE CREATOR DAVID CHASE AND THREE KEY STARS FOR AN EMOTIONAL TALK ABOUT LOSS, LEGACY AND, OF COURSE, HOMICIDE

NEW BLOOD

THINK VAMPIRES H AV E BEEN DONE TO DEATH? YOU HAVEN’ T MET BLOODSUCKING BALLERINA ABIGAIL

CARL WEATHERS

The iconic Apollo Creed fights adversary Rocky Balboa

BATTLE LINES

WITH HIS NEW ACTION THRILLER CIVIL WAR, WRITER-DIRECTOR ALEX GARLAND PRESENTS A RAVAGED AMERICA IN DISARRAY. IN A PIECE WRITTEN EXCLUSIVELY FOR EMPIRE, HE EXPLAINS WHERE IT CAME FROM, HOW HE DID IT, AND WHY IT’S MORE RELEVANT BY THE DAY

THE AD-LAND ALL-STARS

the EMPIRE Deep Drive IN OUR REGULAR SERIES,

Ticket to write

PAUL KING AND SIMON FARNABY ON THEIR LONG WRITING PARTNERSHIP, AND NEW TEAM-UP WONKA

Sleeping Beauty

DISNEY’S SLOW-BURN ANIMATED TREASURE

Feats of clay

AARDMAN CO-FOUNDER PETER LORD ON THE STUDIO’S GREATEST CHARACTERS

The Ranking Nicole Kidman movies

WE TACKLE THE OSCAR-WINNER’S C V. WHICH OF HER FILMS IS FAR & AWAY THE BEST?

How To Give A Stellar Performance

BAFTA-WINNER MIA Mc KENNA-BRUCE ON HER BREAKOUT ROLE IN HOW TO HAVE SEX

AWARDS SEASON

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

The making of a punk nightmare

DIRECTOR JEREMY SAULNIER ON HOW HE TURNED GREEN ROOM INTO A TUNED-UP TENSION MACHINE

Time Capsule Ray Winstone

THE ORIGINAL SEXY BEAST ON THE IMAGES OF HIS CAREER

The Ultimate Empire Quiz

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

Good Will Hunting

“IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT”

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