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Killers Of The Flower Moon

Unfiltered, uncensored, uncompromising trailer reactions from team EMPIRE

BLACK IN FOCUS

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

BRYAN CRANSTON

When were you most starstruck? Because I have

INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY

BIG SCREEN. SMALL SCREEN. YOUR REVIEWS BIBLE STARTS HERE

THE BOOGEYMAN

Facing her fears: Sadie (Sophie Thatcher). David Dastmalchian

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Reaching for the stars: Hollywood actor Midge Campbell

THE LITTLE MERMAID

He was a real knockout. ★★★ OUT NOW

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

Spinning a web: Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) returns;

THE COVENANT

Brothers in arms: Interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim) and

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3

The 2001: Space Odyssey convention was in full

CHEVALIER

Fit as a fiddle: Joseph Bologne (Kelvin Harrison

MEDUSA DELUXE

Model Timba (Anita-Joy Uwajeh): not one for a

FAST X

They’d do anything to avoid paying for parking.

AMERICAN BORN CHINESE

Exchange student Wei-Chen (Jimmy Liu) with the mysterious

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A NEW HOPE

ALL THE JEDI HAD BEEN SLAUGHTERED. WELL... NEARLY ALL OF THEM. NOW, ANIMATED ICON AHSOKA IS HEADLINING HER OWN LIVE-ACTION SERIES. WELCOME TO THE REVOLUTION

FAST AND LOOSE

ON MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — DEAD RECKONING PART ONE, TOM CRUISE AND DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER Mc QUARRIE FOUND THEMSELVES BATTLING ALL SORTS OF ELEMENTS, RESPONDING BY MAKING THINGS UP AS THEY WENT. THIS, THEY TELL EMPIRE, WAS THEIR MOST INSANE PRODUCTION YET. STRAP IN… 

ONE FRAME AT A TIME

LAIKA ISN’T JUST A STUDIO. IT’S A WAY OF LIFE. AS THE MASTERS OF STOP-MOTION ANIMATION PAINSTAKINGLY PUT TOGETHER THEIR BIGGEST PROJECT YET, WE VISIT THEIR PORTLAND HQ TO DISCOVER THEIR SLOW-MOVING SECRETS

FUTURE SHOCKS

FOR OVER A DECADE, BLACK MIRROR HAS BEEN SHAKING UP TELEVISION WITH ITS TERRIFYING TECH-INSPIRED VISIONS. WITH A NEW SEASON UPON US, CHARLIE BROOKER TELLS US WHAT REALLY SCARES HIM…

THE DEEP DIVE

IN OUR REGULAR SERIES, WE EXPLORE A SLICE OF CINEMA LORE

GO FIGURE

THE OSCARS’ VITAL STATS

Memory Lane

Empire reminisces with the cast and creators of the ace new Brit romcom

THE STORY OF THE SHOT

How iconic images came to life

How to become an overnight success (in just ten years)

65 writer/directors SCOTT BECK and BRYAN WOODS on their long creative journey

THE CULT OF KIM NEWMAN

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

THE VIEWING GUIDE

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

The Fabelmans speak

Michelle Williams, Paul Dano and Gabriel LaBelle on playing (well, almost) Steven Spielberg and his parents

THE MASTERPIECE

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

FINCHER IN NUMBERS

THE STORY OF HIS CAREER IN STATS

THE RANKING

Four Empire writers. Ten movies. Ordered definitively.

THE TOP TEN

1 ERIN BROCKOVICH (2000) ERIN BROCKOVICH (2000) Helen:

6 OF THE BEST

Team Empire on the month’s essential movies

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