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Jungle Boogie
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Jungle Boogie

They Could Have Shot Their Monster Movie in a Green Screen Chamber. Instead,the Makers of Kong:skull Island Journeyed Into Some of Earth’s Most Far-flung Corners. And Empire Tagged Along, Every Glorious, Snake-infested Step of the Way.

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March 2017
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

The Franchise’s First Stand-alone Instalment, Sends a Squad on an Impossible Mission, and Is Star Wars’ Biggest Change-up Yet.

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January 2017
To The Max
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To The Max

The Future of Hollywood? Or a Brat Who’s Lucked Out? Prolific, Hyperactive Wunderkind Screenwriter Max Landis Welcomes Us Into His World.

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January 2017
Adapt Or Die
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Adapt Or Die

Michael Fassbender and Justin Kurzel, the Duo Behind Assassin's Creed, Think They've Finally Found the Secret to a Great Video-game Adaptation: Treat It Like Shakespeare.

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9 mins  |
January 2017
Choosing Life
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Choosing Life

The years drifted by. The players drifted apart. But despite all the odds, Renton, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie are finally back in T2 Trainspotting, a sequel with a surprising link to The Likely Lads.

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February 2017
The Seven Year Switch
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The Seven Year Switch

After a long break, comic actor Adam Sandler gets serious again in The Meyerowitz Stories 

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October 2017
The Rite Stuff
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The Rite Stuff

The makers of The Ritual’s five steps to creating a British Blair Witch Project

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October 2017
Alpha Female
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Alpha Female

Her race to the big screen has lasted an astonishing 75 years. But the indomitable WONDER WOMAN's journey is almost at an end.

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April 2017
The Vault
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The Vault

The Vault

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October 2017
The Jedi Returns
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The Jedi Returns

Once the Golden Boy of the Rebellion, Luke Skywalker Is Now a Hermit on a Far-far-away Planet. Can Plucky Padawan Rey Persuade Him to Return to the Fray? Director Rian Johnson and Star Mark Hamill Set the Scene for Star Wars: The Last Jedi 

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October 2017
Rebel Alliance
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Rebel Alliance

Writer John Ridley’s Black Power drama Guerrilla pulls no punches.

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May 2017
Changing Of The Lifeguard
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Changing Of The Lifeguard

Reinventing the hoff’s finest hour for the 21st century.

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May 2017
Is Daniel Craig Right To Come Back As James Bond?
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Is Daniel Craig Right To Come Back As James Bond?

The actor is officially returning for Bond 25, but should we be glad he’s taking that licence to kill for one last spin? 

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October 2017
Southern Discomfort
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Southern Discomfort

How director Dee Rees braved mud and mozzies to bring Mississippi’s grim past to life

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October 2017
How Much Is A Pint Of Milk? Juliet Stevenson
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How Much Is A Pint Of Milk? Juliet Stevenson

Is the actress truly, madly, dairy?

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October 2017
Borg/McEnroe
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Borg/McEnroe

Borg/McEnroe

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October 2017
The Empire Masterpiece
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The Empire Masterpiece

TWO-LANE BLACKTOPA road movie that goes the full Monte

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4 mins  |
October 2017
Murder By Numbers
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Murder By Numbers

How Lady Macbeth director William Oldroyd filmed the year’s most harrowing scene

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October 2017
Nothing Lost In Translation
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Nothing Lost In Translation

It has a new plot and an American A-List star. But, say the makers of big-budget anime adaptaion ghost in the shell, The cyperpunk spirit is still alive

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April 2017
Twice Upon A Time
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Twice Upon A Time

Making a tale as old as time feel fresh is no easy task. how disney's live-action beauty and the beast re-animated a much-loved classic.

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8 mins  |
April 2017
Apocalypse Then
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Apocalypse Then

Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac pair up for a hard-hitting epic.

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May 2017
Killer Instincts
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Killer Instincts

From Playing Mr Pink in a School Play to Wielding Blades as the Ultimate Assassin, Michael Fassbender Reflects on a Career That's Never Lost Its Edge.

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January 2017
The Last Stand
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The Last Stand

Brutal, Minimalist and Yep, Emotional, Logan Is Hugh Jackman’s Farewell to Wolverine, and the Metal- Boned Brawler as You’ve Never Seen Him Before.

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March 2017
Once Upon A Time In The East
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Once Upon A Time In The East

The future of international f ilmmak ing, or a colossal folly? Empire scales The Great Wall, 2017’s strangest blockbuster.

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March 2017
Out Of The Shadows
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Out Of The Shadows

Small-screen Zelda Fitzgerald Biopic Z : the Beginning of Everything Sees Christina Ricci Return to the Limelight. The Enigmatic Actress Tells Empire How She’s Survived Lifelong Fame.

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March 2017
Manga Management
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Manga Management

How anime classic Ghost In The Shell got an A-list reboot.

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February 2017
The Hit Man
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The Hit Man

A seemingly routine thriller blew up into a bullet-riddled phenomenon. Now Keanu Reeves is back to up the Gun-fu ante in John Wick: Chapter 2.

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February 2017
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Rising Above

She’s battled her way from poverty to the Hollywood a-list. Fences star Viola Davis explains why quitting was never an option.

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February 2017