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The cub who would be king • HOW BARRY JENKINS BREATHED NEW LIFE INTO AN ICONIC DISNEY CHARACTER IN MUFASA: THE LION KING

The battle to restore etiquette to the cinema • IN A WORLD WHERE TANTRUMS AND TIKTOK THREATEN THE FILM LOVER, STAFF ON THE GROUND ARE FIGHTING BACK

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

The Spotlight Joe Locke • THE AGATHA ALL ALONG STAR ON CASTING A SPELL OVER THE SMALL SCREEN

HOW TO MAKE A #METOO SHOCKER • NOÉMIE MERLANT ON CREATING TOPICAL, HYPER-VIOLENT HORROR-COMEDY THE BALCONETTES

Why a movie master chose a small-screen mystery • ALFONSO CUARÓN LEAPS INTO TV WITH DECEPTIVE SERIES DISCLAIMER

NEED TO KNOW • GET UP TO SPEED ON… SKIBIDI TOILET

Marvel gets Doom scrolling • FOUR EMPIRE STAFFERS DEBATE ROBERT DOWNEY JR’S STARTLING RETURN TO THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE

Everyone Assemble • TEAM DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE ON RECRUITING THEIR ALL-STAR LEGACY CAST

STORMS COMING! • THE FANTASTIC FOUR’S COMIC-CON DEBUT CAME WITH A TANTALISING TASTE OF THINGS TO COME

The making of a super-friendship • A NEW CHRISTOPHER REEVE DOCUMENTARY CHARTS THE UNIQUE BOND BETWEEN THE ACTOR AND ROBIN WILLIAMS

GIOVANNI RIBISI SHOOTS FOR THE MOON • WITH STRANGE DARLING, A CHARACTER ACTOR TURNS CINEMATOGRAPHER

THE MONTHY MIXTAPE • EMPIRE MIXMASTBR AMON WARMANN SELECTS THIS MONTH’S ESSENTIAL TUNES

The heat was on • THIS SUMMER WAS A TUMULTUOUS ONE. WE TAKE STOCK OF HOLLYWOOD’S TRIUMPHS AND TROUBLES

“The trailers I remember most fondly are the ones that tantalise” • NICK DE SEMLYEN ON THE FADING ART OF MAKING MOVIE PREVIEWS THRILLING

Meet the Clown Prince of Grime • THE TERRIFIER FRANCHISE’S BREAKOUT STAR ON BECOMING A PUKE-INDUCING POP-CULTURE ICON

THE FELINE FILM FESTIVAL THAT WON’T QUIT • HOW CATVIDEOFEST BECAME THE HOTTEST TICKET TO THE MOVIES

ON OUR MINDS • DAFT MUSINCS FROM THE WARPED MINDS OF TEAM EMPIRE

How Adam Pearson stole the show • IN A DIFFERENT MAN, THE ACTOR OVERCOMES HIS FEARS AND EARNS AWARDS BUZZ

THE QUEEN OF THE GALAXY RETURNS • WITH SYDNEY SWEENEY’S BARBARELLA REMAKE UNDERWAY, WE CHART THE KITSCH SPACE-ADVENTURER’S HISTORY

On A Role JAMES McAVOY IS… PADDY • THE ACTOR PLAYS A SINISTER HUSBAND AND FATHER IN HORROR REMAKE SPEAK NO EVIL

WELCOME TO THE WAR ROOM • NEW POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY WAR GAME SIMULATES A DEVASTATING COUP IN THE US, TO CHILLING EFFECT

HOST HUNT 2025 • WITH JIMMY KIMMEL OUT, THE OSCARS NEEDS A NEW PRESENTER. WE WEIGH UP SOME OPTIONS

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How Much Is A Pint Of Milk? Brian Tyree Henry • THE TRANSFORMERS ONE STAR GETS GNOMIC FOR OUR DAIRY QUESTIONNAIRE

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FILMMAKERS AND TEAM EMPIRE DIG DEEP INTO THE BEST NEW RELEASES

BORDERLANDS • WE ARE NOT GROOT

STARVE ACRE • STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN WHEN A TIME LORD AND AN ELF GET TOGETHER

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE •...