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

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

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THE BIG QUESTION • THIS MONTH WE ASKED: WITH A CALL OF DUTY MOVIE ON THE WAY, WHICH VIDEO GAME WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ADAPTED INTO A FILM NEXT?

PREVIOUSLY, IN EMPIRE… • CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S FIRST EMPIRE COVER MAY 2005

A meta monster movie strikes • JACK BLACK AND PAUL RUDD ON ANACONDA, A BUDDY COMEDY WITH BONUS SERPENTS

RETURNING TO TIFFANY’S • WHY HOLLYWOOD IS STEPPING BACK IN TIME TO TELL CLASSIC MOVIE STARS’ STORIES

CAT PERSON • HELLO KITTY IS HAVING HER MOVIE MOMENT. BUT JUST WHO IS SHE?

Why Hollywood loves Halloween • AFTER ANOTHER OCTOBER OF EYE-POPPING CELEBRITY COSTUMES, EMPIRE INVESTIGATES TINSELTOWN’S OBSESSION WITH SCARY SEASON

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

Learning your cues in the MCU • IN WONDER MAN, YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II TAKES SUPERHEROISM TO THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS

NEED TO KNOW • GET UP TO SPEED ON… THE SOCIAL RECKONING

PAUL BETTANY IS ANTONIO SALIERI • THE ACTOR PLAYS MOZART’S SCHEMING RIVAL IN SKY TV’S AMADEUS

THE EXTREME SCREENINGS MAKING HEADLINES • COULD HEIGHTENED MOVIE EVENTS BE THE FUTURE FOR CINEMAGOERS?

I SAW A TEEN TAIL GROW • WHAT WE COULD EXPECT FROM JANE SCHOENBRUN’S TAKE ON CULT COMIC SERIES BLACK HOLE

How to play the Oscars game • WITH THE AWARDS RACE IN FULL SWING, CONTENDERS ARE PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS

’TIL DEATH IS JUST THE START • ELIZABETH OLSEN TALKS ETERNITY, HER ROMCOM WITH AN OTHERWORLDLY TWIST

A brave Who world • DITCHING THE DOCTOR AND ADDING OCEANS, THE WAR BETWEEN THE LAND AND THE SEA TACKLES BIG THEMES

THE TOMB RAIDERS WHO REFUSE TO STAY BURIED • AHEAD OF ITS FRESHLY ANNOUNCED REBOOT, WE EXPLORE HOW THE MUMMY BECAME A SURPRISINGLY ENDURING HIT

MEET HOLLYWOOD’S WEDDING CRASHERS • SPEAK NOW, OR FOREVER PARTY WITH KEANU REEVES

Brendan Fraser’s guide to Japan • THE STAR TRAVELS A COUNTRY CLOSE TO HIS HEART FOR FEEL-GOOD MOVIE RENTAL FAMILY

“Should we check our Christmas lists and wish for something more ambitious?” • HELEN O’HARA SAYS, “BAH, HUMBUG!” TO THE LACK OF ORIGINAL FESTIVE FILMS HITTING CINEMAS

Once more with feeling • HOW JOACHIM TRIER AND RENATE REINSVE ARE TAKING THEIR INDIE DOUBLE-ACT TO NEW HEIGHTS WITH SENTIMENTAL VALUE

A GAMING MEGA-FRANCHISE TAKES AIM • CALL OF DUTY IS STORMING TOWARDS THE BIG SCREEN. HERE’S YOUR MISSION BRIEFING…

IN OUR MINDS • DAFT MUSINGS FROM THE STRANGE BRAINS OF THEAM EMPIRE

Your essential guide to every TV show that matters • Join James Dyer, Kay Ribeiro and Boyd Hilton each Mondau

How Much Is A Pint Of Milk? Lewis Pullman • THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE STAR LOVES LEGALLY BLONDE MORE THAN RAW BACON

WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY • BENOIT BLANC ONCE AGAIN SUSPECTS FOUL PLAY

PILLION • A SUB-DOM ROMCOM MADE WITH APLOMB

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CHRISTY • THE BOXING BIOPIC PULLING SOME PUNCHES

PREDATOR: BADLANDS • OUR PREY-ERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT • JAFAR PANAHI’S POWERFULLY POLITICAL COMEBACK

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