THIS MONTH

DRACARYS! As anyone who knows their Drogon from

EMPIRE

WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO THIS MONTH

PEDANT POWER

Nick de Semlyen stated, in jest, that we

COOKING FINDS A WAY

It was bootiful to see those Jurassic

PIG FICTION

ON THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR SO

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Gangs Of London takes a bigger swing

Showrunner CORIN HARDY on how he’s taking the breakout crime drama to a brutal new level

Why Peter Farrelly went to war

In THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER, the Green Book director heads to the violent depths of Vietnam

How Minions made the world go bananas

These small, yellow henchmen have sparked a worldwide following in its GentleMinions. Empire investigates the chaos

Tearing up the costume drama playbook

THE WONDER director Sebastián Lelio on bringing a fresh perspective to a familiar genre

Clerks III

Unfiltered, uncensored, uncompromising trailer reactions from team EMPIRE

How Baby Groot found his roots

I AM GROOT gives the seedling with a small vocab his own TV show

Meet the new dungeon masters

The filmmakers behind Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves on striving to make a movie the game deserves

“I’d love to return as Captain Phasma. That would be smashing”

[ THEQ&A] On a break from journeying between faraway worlds, GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE is bringing the heat in Peter Strickland’s culinary nightmare Flux Gourmet

Where Stranger Things goes next

Strap in for a major, multi-tentacled expansion of the Duffer-verse

LIAM NEESON CAMEOS

It seems you can’t swing a lightsaber these days without hitting the stalwart Irish actor

Inside the summer of surprises

With cinemas back in business and streamers booming, Empire reflects on the season that’s kept throwing curveballs

A new spin on a baseball classic

Co-creator/star Abbi Jacobson on her TV reimagining of A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN

BONG JOON-HO HEADS OFF-WORLD

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MICKEY7, THE DIRECTOR’S HOTLY ANTICIPATED FOLLOW-UP TO PARASITE

BLACK IN FOCUS

AMON WARMANN chews over the main moment in Black film and TV this month

The social satire that makes the rich retch

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS director Ruben Östlund on his gut-churning dinner scene

NEXT IN THE SERIES

You fell in love with that incredible new TV show. And then it ended! Don’t despair — Boyd Hilton recommends the sibling shows to watch next

Why India’s Forrest Gump could run and run

What you need to know about the year’s unlikeliest remake

The Hollywood tough guy who smashed the mould

[ IN MEMORIAM] Empire contributorChristina Newland remembers the late, great JAMES CAAN

The film that lured Julia Roberts back to the romcom

Ticket To Paradise director Ol Parker on working with a titan of the genre

How Ms. Marvel mutated the MCU

The finale’s bombshells have major repercussions for Marvel’s slate. Here’s what could happen next

Yasmeen Fletcher

AS NAKIA IN MS. MARVEL, THE LEBANESE-AMERICAN ACTOR BRINGS HER OWN IDENTITY TO THE SCREEN

There’s still something about Cameron

With Cameron Diaz coming out of retirement after eight years away, we celebrate the return of a unique comedy force

When cinemas get (very) creative

When it comes to enticing moviegoers, some venues have a few cards (and monkeys) up their sleeves

LEE PACE

ILLUSTRATION ARN0 What character were you in your

NOPE

5 - 26 AUGUST BIG SCREEN. SMALL SCREEN.

JOYRIDE

Who doesn’t love a road trip? Oh. ★★★

ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE

★★★ OUT NOW (PRIME VIDEO) / CERT TBC

MY OLD SCHOOL

★★★ OUT 19 AUGUST / CERT 15 /

PERSUASION

He needed to work on those lines. ★★

THE GRAY MAN

Gray? Not so much. Ana de Armas and

FIRE OF LOVE

★★★★ OUT NOW / CERT TBC / 93

MR. MALCOLM’S LIST

★★★★ OUT 26 AUGUST / CERT TBC /

QUEEN OF GLORY

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GIRLS CAN’T SURF

★★★ OUT 19 AUGUST / CERT TBC /

THE FEAST

★★★ OUT 19 AUGUST / CERT 18 /

FADIA’S TREE

★★★★ OUT 5 AUGUST / CERT TBC /

ANÄIS IN LOVE

★★★ OUT 19 AUGUST / CERT TBC /

EIFFEL

★★ OUT 12 AUGUST / CERT 15 /

DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS

Not so super: Is it a bird? Is

THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER

Who needs Mjolnir? Midlife-crisis-stricken Thor tries to

THIRTEEN LIVES

Tense times as the divers and kids attempt

WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING

Girl in the picture: Daisy Edgar-Jones as the

AKILLA’S ESCAPE

★★★★ OUT 26 AUGUST / CERT TBC /

BLIND AMBITION

★★★ OUT 12 AUGUST / CERT TBC /

THE SANDMAN

★★★★ OUT 5 AUGUST (NETFLIX) / EPISODES VIEWED

BETTER CALL SAUL: SEASON 6

She’d been expecting The Ritz. ★★★★★ OUT NOW

BLACK BIRD

“Hmm, you think mutton chops might suit me

RESIDENT EVIL

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

STRANGER THINGS: SEASON 4, VOLUME 2

“Hello, old friend.” Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) with

REIGN OF FIRE

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON

BAND MEETING

IN 2007, TWO NEW ZEALANDERS CAUSED A KERFUFFLE WITH FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, AN HBO SERIES BLENDING DEADPAN COMEDY, GENIUS SONGS AND THE ODD NOD TO MAID IN MANHATTAN. A DECADE-AND-A-HALF ON, JEMAINE CLEMENT AND BRET MCKENZII REUNITE TO REFLECT ON THEIR WILD RIDE THROUGH THE CLOUDS

FIGHT TO THE FINISH

VIOLA DAVIS AND DIRECTOR GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD JOIN FORCES TO GIVE US A HISTORICAL EPIC LIKE NO OTHER: THE WOMAN KING AKA “THE WEST AFRICAN BRAVEHEART”…

NO RETREAT NO SURRENDER

FOR TWO DECADES, SCOTT ADKINS HAS BEEN KICKING ASS, TAKING NAMES… AND BECOMING A CULT ACTION HERO. NOW, HE WANTS MORE. AS HE TELLS US, THERE IS NO PLAN B

GOING ROGUE

REBEL SPY CASSIAN ANDOR IS BACK FROM THE DEAD FOR HIS OWN “MESSY, COMPLEX” PREQUEL SERIES. THE CAST AND CREW OF ANDOR EXPLAIN HOW THEIR SHOW IS PUTTING THE GRIT INTO THE STAR WARS GALAXY

SAMUEL L. JACKSON

The absolutely, positively, unequivocal king of cool

Event movie

INDISPENSABLE HOME ENTERTAINMENT 

Poetry in motion (pictures)

In a revealing interview, the great director TERENCE DAVIES tells us why Benediction is his most personal film

MARK KERMODE’S MOVIE PLAYLIST

THE CRITIC AND SCALA RADIO PRESENTER CHOOSES SCORES HE’S BEEN PLAYING ON HIS WEEKLY SHOW

THE MASTERPIECE

We reassess the greatest films of all time, one film at a time

PETE DOCTER IN NUMBERS

9/10/68 PETER HANS DOCTER IS BORN IN BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA

THE VIEWING GUIDE

A deep dive into the must-see moments from the month’s big release

THE RANKING

Four Empire writers. Ten movies. Ordered definitively

THE TOP TEN

= 1 EVIL DEAD II (1987) Chris: “A

THE CULT OF KIM NEWMAN

The critic and novelist selects the month’s weirdest home-ent releases

The Linda Hamilton Chronicles

There’s no fate but what we make for ourselves. The star talks us through the key roles with which she’s built hers

THE STORY OF THE SHOT

How iconic images came to life

6 OF THE BEST

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CLASSIC SCENE

Standout sequences from the great movies