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WELCOME

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

THE BIG QUESTION • WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE MOVIE MOMENT FROM THIS SUMMER?

PREVIOUSLY, IN EMPIRE

ONE FOR THE BUCKET LIST

COMMENT

The summer that rocked Hollywood • A DOLL, A CARTOON PLUMBER AND AN ATOMIC SCIENTIST GROSSED MORE THAN SUPERHEROES. WE LOOK BACK AT A FEW MONTHS FULL OF SHOCKS

WHAT’S THE NEXT BARBENHEIMER? • AFTER NUCLEAR FISSION AND DOLLS, HERE’S MORE POTENTIAL LUNATIC DOUBLE-BILLS YOU COULD BRAVE

ON OUR MINDS

HOW AI INVADED THE CINEMA • WE LOOK AT HOW HOLLYWOOD’S GREATEST FEAR HAS BECOME A MAJOR BIG-SCREEN TREND

The MCU’s new found family steps up • THE MARVELS’ NIA DACOSTA INTRODUCES THE SUPERHERO SISTER FIGURES TRYING TO SAVE THE WORLD (AGAIN)

NEED TO KNOW

The Spotlight • THE HOW TO HAVE SEX STAR TAKES THE LEAD

HOW TO PETRIFY POIROT • A HAUNTING IN VENICE TAKES KENNETH BRANAGH’S SLEUTH ON HIS MOST FRIGHTENING CASE YET

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

Meet the anti– Katniss • THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES PLANS TO DELIVER A DIFFERENT KIND OF HUNGER GAMES HERO

The genius of William Friedkin • EDGAR WRIGHT REFLECTS ON THE LATE DIRECTOR, WHO LEAVES BEHIND SOME OF FILM’S MOST BRAVURA SET-PIECES

The horror hand with us all in its grip • THE CREATORS OF TALK TO ME O N TURNING THEIR TERRIFYING DEBUT INTO A FEARSOME FRANCHISE

A SMARTPHONE DRAMA WITH SERIOUS SMARTS • FILMMAKER MATT JOHNSON ON TURNING A BLACKBERRY BIOPIC INTO A PERSONAL UNDERDOG STORY

THE MONTHLY MIXTAPE • EMPIRE MIXMASTER AMON WARMANN SELECTS THIS MONTH'S ESSENTIALS TUNES

On A Role • THE RAPPER-TURNED-ACTOR ON PLAYING A PREGNANT FORMER ADDICT IN EARTH MAMA

STRIKE WHILE THE IRON’S PUMPED • WHILE THE UNIONS DO THEIR STUFF, THESE STARS ARE STRIVING TO STAY BUFF

THE CINEMA THAT CAN READ YOUR MIND • BRISTOL’S INSTRUMENTED AUDITORIUM USES LIE-DETECTOR TECH TO MEASURE REACTIONS

The whodunnit that’s also a whenwasit • BODIES CREATOR PAUL TOMALIN ON THE TIME-TRAVELLING MYSTERY THAT TAKES CRIME BEYOND THE CLOCK

“Taking photos and recording clips of films is confoundingly misguided” • ALEX GODFREY ON HOW OPPENHEIMER’S SCREEN-GRABBING FANS ARE RUINING CINEMA

A Tilda ghost story founded on friendship • JOANNA HOGG ON HOW A LIFELONG CONNECTION WITH SWINTON LED TO THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER

LESSONS FROM MOORDALE • AHEAD OF ITS FINAL SEASON, SEX EDUCATION CREATOR LAURIE NUNN REFLECTS ON HER SCHOOL-SET HIT

THREE FILMS RACE TO THE FINISH • EVERYONE, IT SEEMS, IS MAKING A HIGH-SPEED DRAMA. WE CHART WHERE THE PROJECTS ARE ON THE GRID

How Much Is A Pint Of Milk? • THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS JLC ANSWERS OUR OFF-KILER QUESTIONS

PAST LIVES • FILMS, TV, BOOKS, GAMES - ALL THE BIG BELEASES, BATED

MEG 2: THE TRENCH

GRAN TURISMO

SOUND OF FREEDOM

HEARTSTOPPER: SEASON 2

THE CHOSEN ONE

BLUE BEETLE

PASSAGES

YOU TALKIN’ TO ME?

WITHNAIL & I: FROM CULT TO CLASSIC

A MASTERPIECE IN DISARRAY

CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE OFFICIAL STORY OF THE FILM

COBWEB

PUFFIN ROCK AND THE NEW FRIENDS

DUMB MONEY

GOOD OMENS: SEASON 2

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