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Empire

WELCOME

DISPATCHES • TEAM EMPIRE ON A FEW OF OUR HIGH POINTS THIS MONTH

THE EMPIRE SPOILER SPECIAL PODCAST • DIRECTORS SPILL THE BEANS ON THE YEAR’S HOTTEST MOVIES

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Hello, yellow brick road • JON M. CHU ON FOLLOWING UP HIS EMERALD SUCCESS WITH DEEPER, DARKER SEQUEL WICKED: FOR GOOD

The branded blockbuster is here • HOW HOLLYWOOD PUSHED PRODUCT PLACEMENT TO NEW LEVELS THIS SUMMER

HOW TO (FALSELY) RECREATE AN ICONIC COLLAB • JIM HOSKING REWRITES A HISTORIC MUSICAL UNION WITH BIZARRE BALLS-OUT COMEDY EBONY & IVORY

ON OUR MINDS • DAFT MUSINGS FROM THE STRANGE BRAINS OF TEAM EMPIRE

Benoit Blanc gets biblical • RIAN JOHNSON DELIVERS VITAL CLUES ABOUT WAKE UP DEAD MAN, HIS THIRD KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

“The darker the times, the more important to have comedy as an escape valve” • NICK DE SEMLYEN ON WHY THE NAKED GUN GIVES HIM HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF SILLY FILMS

MI5’s unstoppable misfits return • SLOW HORSES’ HIGH STAKES AND SHAMBOLIC SPIES HAVE LED TO APPLE TV+’S LONGEST-RUNNING SHOW

THE PIPELINE • EIGHT PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

Ben Wheatley’s most brain-melting film yet? • THE FILMMAKER RETURNS TO HIS ROOTS WITH LOW-BUDGET, BLACK-AND-WHITE SCI-FI BULK

THE MVP • MEET OUR HERO OF THE MONTH

(RE)DAWN OF THE DREDD • CHARTING THE HYPER-VIOLENT PATH TO TAIKA WAITITI’S APOCALYPTIC COMIC-BOOK ADAPTATION

Once upon a time… with a twist • DIRECTOR JULIA JACKMAN AND STAR MAIKA MONROE ON THEIR FEMINIST FAIRY TALE, 100 NIGHTS OF HERO

Sea changes on Pandora • AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH MARINERS BRENDAN COWELL AND JEMAINE CLEMENT ON THEIR BRINY RETURN

DON’T CALL IT A REBOOT • KEVIN FEIGE HAS CONFIRMED THAT MARVEL WILL RECAST SOME MAJOR HEROES. WHAT COMES NEXT?

CILLIAN MURPHY IS STEVE • THE ACTOR PLAYS A TROUBLED HEADTEACHER IN STEVE

THE TRUMP TROLLING TAKING OVER TV • SOUTH PARK’S 27TH SEASON IS MAKING MORE HEADLINES THAN EVER WITH ITS MERCILESS POTUS MOCKERY

AS IF ’90S NOSTALGIA IS BACK! • DUST OFF YOUR YELLOW PLAID… A WAVE OF CLASSIC MOVIES ARE GETTING A MODERN REVAMP

The heist that hooked a noir master • HOW A CAREER CRIMINAL PULLED SHANE BLACK BACK TO FILMMAKING WITH PLAY DIRTY

NEED TO KNOW • GET UP TO SPEED ON… THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

Marlon & Me • BILLY ZANE ON HIS LIFELONG JOURNEY TOWARDS TACKLING A TITAN IN WALTZING WITH BRANDO

LIONS AND TIGERS AND AI, OH MY! • HOW THE WIZARD OF OZ’S LAS VEGAS MAKEOVER HAS CAUSED A TORNADO OF CRITICISM

SPIDEY SLINGS TO SCOTLAND • WITH SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY SHOOTING IN GLASGOW, HERE’S WHAT’S BEEN REVEALED SO FAR

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How Much Is A Pint Of Milk? Timothy Olyphant • THE ALIEN: EARTH STAR LOVES THE TASTE OF ICE CREAM. PUPPY TEETH, LESS SO

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

ALIEN: EARTH • ON EARTH, MANY PEOPLE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM

FREAKIER FRIDAY • BODY (SWAP) POSITIVITY

PEACEMAKER: SEASON 2

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THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB • CSI: OAP

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS • IT’S...