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WELCOME

Editor NICK DE SEMLYEN

PREVIOUSLY, IN EMPIRE...

LETTER OF THE MONTH

Stars &Stripes 2.0 • HOW CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD IS PUSHING ITS SHIELD-BEARING HERO TO THE LIMIT

Taking a shot at the ’80s • TI WEST ON BRINGING HIS KILLER TRILOGY INTO A WHOLE NEW DECADE WITH FINAL ACT MAXXXINE

NEED TO KNOW • GET UP TO SPEED ON… MARTIN SCORSESE’S JESUS PROJECT

New cop on the beat • JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT ON PARTNERING UP WITH EDDIE MURPHY FOR BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXELF

FRANKENSTEIN V FRANKENSTEIN • WITH TWO TAKES ON MARY SHELLEY’S SEMINAL NOVEL ON THE WAY, EMPIRE ASKS: WHICH VICTOR WILL BE THE VICTOR?

ON OUR MINDS

What happened in Vegas • THE HITS, THE STUNTS, THE REVELATIONS, THE F-BOMBS. EMPIRE CONSIDERS THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS TO COME OUT OF LAS VEGAS MEGA-EVENT CINEMACON

The Spotlight • THE HIT MAN STAR TAKES AIM AS HER CAREER LEVELS UP

TURNING Zs INTO UNEASE • FILMMAKER JASON YU TAKES NIGHTMARES TO A NEW LEVEL WITH HIS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT SLEEP

The fight for the future of action movies • SHOULD THE GENRE KEEP IT PRACTICAL, OR DEPLOY DIGITAL TRICKERY? WE CATCH UP WITH KEY PLAYERS ON BOTH SIDES

THE PIPELINE

THE MONTHLY ΜΙΧΤΑΡΕ • EMPIRE MIXMASTER AMON WARMANN SELECTS THIS MONTH'S ESSENTIAL TUNES

Trailer Talk Trap • WE UNTWIST THE TEASER FOR M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN’S LATEST

THE BOSS LEVELS UP • A NEW BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BIOPIC IS SET TO SHOW THE MUSICIAN AT A PIVOTAL POINT

THE WAY OF PAPYRUS • HOW A FONT BECAME COMEDY GOLD, THANKS TO AVATA R AND RYAN GOSLING

That’s no moon • WHY, AND HOW, DIRECTOR GREG BERLANTI MADE A LUNAR MOVIE WITH A DIFFERENCE WITH FLY ME TO THE MOON

FRENCH FANCIES • TEAM EMPIRE CHOOSE THEIR HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR’S CANNES FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

It’s not TV. It’s Park Chan-wook • THE DIRECTOR ON HOW HIS HBO THRILLER THE SYMPATHIZER WILL UPEND YOUR EXPECTATIONS

“I find myself propelled by a desire to see everything” • ON WHY FILM-WATCHING SHOULDN’T BE A NUMBERS GAME

On A Role • THE ACTOR GETS GRITTY AS A PROBLEMATIC FORMER FOSTER KID IN BRITISH INDIE HOARD

WELCOME TO MY BUG HUNT • EMPIRE’S IAN NATHAN SHARES WA R STORIES FROM HIS EPIC NEW DOCUMENTARY

HOLLYWOOD’S HOTTEST HEDGEHOG • SHADOW IS COMING. AND THE INTERNET IS EXCITED…

How Much Is A Pint Of Milk? • THE ONE-TIME DRACO ON WHAT HE EXPECTS TO PAY FOR HIS LACTO

THE BEAST • LÉA SEYDOUX SPANS THE CENTURIES IN A TIMELY SCI-FI TALE

UNFROSTED • POP-TART: NEVER STOP NEVER POPPING

SEIZE THEM!

LA CHIMERA

HOARD • A DEBUT THAT WON’T BE CONSIGNED TO THE RUBBISH HEAP OF HISTORY

THE FIRST OMEN

THE REGIME

FALLOUT • AMAZON GOES ATOMIC TO MAKE A POST-APOCALYPTIC HIT

CHALLENGERS • GUADAGNINO SERVES UP AN ACE. PASS THE PIMM’S

REBEL MOON – PART TWO: THE SCARGIVER • BATTLE AMONG THE SCARS

BOY KILLS WORLD • THIS MONTH’S RIP-ROARING-RAMPAGE-OF-REVENGE FILM

SUGAR

THE WORLD IS YOURS: THE STORY OF SCARFACE • SAY HELLO TO YOUR BOOKSHELF’S NEW LITTLE FRIEND

THE IDEA OF YOU • THINK ‘NOTTING HILL MEETS THE SEVENTH SERIES OF THEXFACTOR’

RISE OF THE RONIN • LONELY SAMURAI LIFE BECOMES AN OPEN-WORLD...