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Summer 2022
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EMPIRE
THIS MONTH
EWHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO THIS MONTH
TALK TO US
COMMENT OF THE MONTH Alamy WELCOME TO EARTH
TAKE 20
No./1 Viola Davis prepares for battle
The Oscar-winner goes all-out for high-octane historical epic THE WOMAN KING
No./2 Is this Cannes’ buzziest year yet?
With the festival returning in full force this year, here are Empire’s top reasons to get excited
No./3 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
No./4 What if Christopher Nolan made Ace Ventura 3?
Jim Carrey says that he’d only reprise his famous role upon the director’s request. Here’s what their film could involve
No./5 A movie maverick’s Blonde ambition
The filmmaker pulls back the curtain on his bold Marilyn Monroe movie
No./6 Daisy Edgar-Jones is fishing for a challenge
In WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, the rising star embraces her first solo lead role
No./7 The Sex Pistols show that Danny Boyle had to make
A music biopic always felt too obvious to the director. Yet the life-changing impact that the punk movement had on his formative years made PISTOL an irresistible project
No./8 The battle to save the romcom
With the classic genre in jeopardy, Empire speaks to front-line filmmakers to see what the future may hold THE ROMCOM appears to be in crisis mode
No./ 9 Soundtracking a sequel that doesn’t exist
Director Adam Wingard on his surprise audio-only follow-up to The Guest — and how it could lead to an actual film
No./10 “I’d already decided this moment would never happen”
[ THE Q&A] Hollywood has finally caught up with JENNIFER COOLIDGE’s dramatic abilities, but her sense of fun remains steadfast
No./11 Playing Batman without a Batsuit
Winston Duke on voicing the Dark Knight for podcast series Batman Unburied
No./12 BIG- SCREEN BOBS
Move over, De Niro. Take a hike, Mr Redford. There’s a new wave of Bobs taking over Hollywood
No./13 The new masters of the murder mystery
WHODUNNITS are hotter than ever. We speak to the people giving the genre a fresh spin
No./14 A BRIEF HISTORY OF INANIMATE OBJECTS IN CINEMA
As Marcel The Shell With Shoes On heads for the big screen, we salute unusual items that found a life of their own
No./15 How to build a criminal underworld
The creator of TOKYO VICE on crafting a deadly metropolis
No./16 GETTING UNDER THE SKIN OF VECNA
WE BREAK DOWN THE BIG THEORIES AROUND STRANGER THINGS’ ELUSIVE NEW BADDIE
Crimes Of The Future
Unfiltered, uncensored, uncompromising trailer reactions from team EMPIRE
No./17 What is the perfect length for a movie?
As Netflix introduces a category spotlighting films under 100 minutes, we revisit an age-old debate
No./18 Raiders of the lost archives
Empire salutes the family bringing forgotten cinematic treasures to the small screen on TALKING PICTURES TV
No./19 The film reviving a forgotten language
How The Quiet Girl —a film almost entirely in Irish — is breaking new (or rather old) linguistic ground
No./ 20 How to Wachowskify your home
Want to give your living room a mind-bending sci-fi makeover? Bid on these items from the Wachowskis’ auction
PINT OF MILK
DAVID HARBOUR What is your earliest memory? I
ON SCREEN
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
★★★★★ OUT 13 MAY / CERT TBC 132
SWAN SONG
Leading light: Udo Kier as Pat Pitsenbarger. Alamy
VORTEX
Life’s far from a bed of roses for
DASHCAM
Left, top to bottom: Annie Hardy, up to
BENEDICTION
“Ready to bust out some old-school hip-hop moves,
THE INNOCENTS
Ben (Sam Ashraf) hones his Paddington Bear stare.
BERGMAN ISLAND
Dancing queen Mia Wasikowska. Alamy ★★★★ OUT
PISTOL
Never mind the bollocks, here’s the Sex Pistols…
TOKYO VICE
Men without hats: Ansel Elgort and Ken
SHINING GIRLS
Kirby (Elisabeth Moss) and Dan (Wagner Moura) team
OZARK: SEASON 4 PART 2
She made a strong start in the shouting
FEATURES
THE SUMMER BLOCK BUSTER PREVIEW
READY FOR AN INCREDIBLE FEW MONTHS OF BIG AND SMALL-SCREEN ENTERTAINMENT? HERE’S EMPIRE’S GUIDE TO THE HOTTEST FILMS AND TV SHOWS ON THE WAY
WHATEVER IT TAKES
WITH THEIR CAT-AND-MOUSE ACTION SPECTACULAR THE GRAY MAN, THE RUSSO BROTHERS — DIRECTORS OF AVENGERS: ENDGAME — ARE GOING FOR BROKE. AGAIN. WE TALK TO THEM, STARS RYAN GOSLING AND CHRIS EVANS AND MORE ABOUT A HUGE NEW SPY SAGA
THE MIGHTY THORS
AFTER THE ALL-OUT INSANITY OF THOR: RAGNAROK, DIRECTOR TAIKA WAITITI TELLS US THAT THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER IS AN UNABASHED ROMANCE, STARRING THOR, AND, ERM… THOR?
GOING LOCO
As a hitman in the fast-moving action extravaganza, star Brian Tyree Henry is very much up for a fight
THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE
SURRENDER! TOY STORY’S EVIL EMPEROR ZURG IS BACK — BUT WITH A FORMIDABLE MAKEOVER. ACTOR JAMES BROLIN AND THE CREW TELL US HOW THEY SOUPED UP THE METAL MANIAC
AGAINST THE LAW
WITH WE OWN THIS CITY, THEIR NEW COP-CORRUPTION DRAMA SERIES, THE WIRE’S DAVID SIMON AND GEORGE PELECANOS ARE BACK IN BALTIMORE. AS THEY AND THEIR TEAM EXPLAIN, THE FIGHT IS MORE TIMELY THAN EVER
YOUNG ENTERPRISE
AS STAR TREK BEAMS UP A NEW SHOW, WE’LL SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES — HUMAN AND, WELL, OTHERWISE…
SCHEMING WITH DINOSAURS
It’s not just the heroes of Jurassic Park who return in the saga’s closer. An old villain is back with a new plan
RETURN OF THE JEDI
SEVENTEEN YEARS AFTER THE STAR WARS PREQUELS ENDED, OBI-WAN KENOBI IS BACK. WE SPEAK TO EWAN MCGREGOR ABOUT HIS EPIC JOURNEY WITH THE CHARACTER — AND REINVENTING HIM FOR A NEW AGE
HOW TO BUILD AN ICON
TO PLAY THE KING HIMSELF IN BAZ LUHRMANN’S BIOPIC, STAR AUSTIN BUTLER CHANNELLED MUSIC ROYALTY
THE NEW AGE
The Rings return promises to be epic — but this isn’t your dad’s Middle-earth…
PUNCHING THROUGH
IN MS. MARVEL, KAMALA KHAN, A MUSLIM TEENAGER OBSESSED WITH CAPTAIN MARVEL, BECOMES A SUPERHERO HERSELF. WE TALK TO STAR IMAN VELLANI AND THE TEAM ABOUT A REVOLUTIONARY NEW SHOW
DIALLING IT UP
FOR HIS NEW HORROR THE BLACK PHONE, DIRECTOR SCOTT DERRICKSON DUG DEEP INTO HIS OWN CHILDHOOD TO MAKE HIS MOST PERSONAL FILM YET
BATTLE READY
As video-game icon Master Chief, Pablo Schreiber had huge, armoured boots to fill
LOVING THE ALIEN
AS THE CULT SCI-FI FILM GETS A SEQUEL SHOW, STAR CHIWETEL EJIOFOR TELLS US WHY HIS EXTRA- TERRESTRIAL ISN’T AS OTHER-WORLDLY AS YOU’D THINK
ALSO SHOWING
Our guide to the best of the rest
GODS AMONG US
In our regular series, we pay tribute to the towering, mega-watt stars who still roam Hollywood
THE MOMENT
Eva May and Antwone’s reunion
REVIEW
The Bard of Belfast
KENNETH BRANAGH, fresh from his Best Original Screenplay Oscar win, on how Belfast helped him reconnect with his past
THE MASTERPIECE
We reassess the greatest films of all time, one film at a time
Turning back time
TURNING RED director Domee Shi talks capturing a specific year and place with her feature debut
MOVIE PLAYLIST
THE CRITIC AND SCALA RADIO PRESENTER CHOOSES SCORES HE’S
THE VIEWING GUIDE
A deep dive into the must-see moments from the month’s big release
THE CULT OF KIM NEWMAN
The critic and novelist selects the month’s weirdest home-ent releases
THE RANKING
Four Empire writers. Ten movies. Ordered definitively
THE STORY OF THE SHOT
How iconic images came to life
6 OF THE BEST
Team Empire on the month’s essential movies
CLASSIC SCENE
Standout sequences from the great movies
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