Author: Empire

From The Favourite to Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone are among the most exciting director-actor partnerships working today. Now, they’re back with Bugonia – and Empire VIPs have a chance to see it early. On the evening of 20 October at a central London venue, Empire VIP readers will get the chance to see Bugonia – another typically bold, imagination Lanthimos and Stone collaboration – 11 days before it hits cinemas on 31 October. Two conspiracy-obsessed young men (Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis) kidnap Michelle (Stone), the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien…

Did you watch Marriage Story and think, “Huh, pretty good, but I wish it had a bit more surrealistic nightmare fuel in it?” Have you been wondering if Jennifer Lawrence could play a woman more on the verge of a nervous breakdown than mother!’s, well, mother? And may you be interested in seeing Robert Pattinson go toe-to-toe with an acting titan in a rapidly escalating and increasingly dangerous descent to madness again, The Lighthouse style? Well then, feast your eyes on the newly dropped full trailer for Ratcatcher filmmaker Lynne Ramsay’s comeback movie, Die My Love, in which J-Law and…

Cinema continues to be in its Taylor Swift era. In recent years, Swift has become an all-out cultural force – not just dominating the music charts and taking over the world with the Eras Tour, but proving that the big-screen is hers for the taking too. In 2023, The Eras Tour concert film pulled in over $260 million at the worldwide box office, following a $100+ million opening weekend. And while her latest cinematic experience hasn’t been quite so gargantuan, it’s proved another massive hit – she’s once again proved a major popcorn player. For those living under rocks, this…

Between last Christmas’ Carry-On and current Netflix hit Black Rabbit, Jason Bateman’s pivot from dependable Hollywood funnyman to serious actor-filmmaker — a long-brewing move seeded over the past decade by the likes of The Gift and, of course, Ozark — looks to be all but complete. And while yes, he does have Zootropolis 2 on his slate to remind us of his comedic credentials, Bateman’s next project will add another meaty thriller to his resumé. Per Variety’s reporting, Emmy winning New Yorker is set to direct Tom Holland in legal thriller The Partner, an adaptation of Josh Grisham’s eponymous novel.…

Grab your Hattori Hanzo swords, people – some Kill Bill news has dropped which is the most exciting Bride-based development aside from an announcement the much-wanted Vol 3. When Quentin Tarantino readied the films back in the early 2000s, he originally envisioned it as one long epic – before it was scythed in two, and released months apart as Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. But all along, QT had his own full cut of the film, aka ‘The Whole Bloody Affair’, as he had always planned it, which has very sporadically been screened – a rare treat for anyone who’s…

This week’s edition of the Empire Podcast sees us welcome another hat-trick of wonderful guests. First up, Chris Hewitt has lovely chats with The Smashing Machine writer-director (and Happy Gilmore 2 villain), Benny Safdie, [24:13 — 40:39 approx] and bona fide acting legend, Malcolm McDowell, star of new WWII drama The Partisan (please excuse the sound quality of Chris’ mic.) [59:42 — 1:13:48 approx.] Then, our reviews editor John Nugent sits down with Urchin director Harris Dickinson, and together the duo discuss Dickinson making his directorial debut with the acclaimed drama. [1:37:05 — 1:52:43 approx.] Elsewhere, back in the studio…

Daisy Ridley has done all sorts since leaving the Star Wars galaxy behind (for now). She’s swum the channel in Young Woman And The Sea, faced oblivion in Sometimes I Think About Dying, and used her producer muscle to bring Magpie to the screen. Next up? She’s encountering zombies in We Bury The Dead – her first time facing the undead since she battled the resurrected Palpatine in Episode IX. This time she stars as Ava, searching for her husband after a devastating incident – only to find that the dead won’t stay dead. Watch the trailer: We Bury The…

Over the last four decades, Nicolas Kim Coppola — or, as we know him best, Nic Cage — has gotten into some serious cinematic scrapes, fighting everyone from John Travolta (Face/Off) to Morgana le Fay (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) to his kids (Mom And Dad) to, well, himself (The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent). In Lotfy Nathan’s upcoming supernatural horror joint The Carpenter’s Son though, Cage — alongside FKA twigs and Noah Jupe — is about to face the ultimate foe: Satan. Yeah, it’s Nic Cage vs The Devil in a horror movie of quite literally biblical proportions here — and…

Hey folks, do you want to feel incredibly old incredibly quickly on this fine Monday evening? We thought so, too. It has been 18 years — yes, 1-8 — since David Silverman’s The Simpsons Movie hit cinemas worldwide, bringing Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie, and the residents of Springfield to the big screen for the first time in an all-out blockbuster that gave us Under The Dome before Stephen King’s Under The Dome, *that* emotional sucker-punch Homer log cabin scene, and, most importantly, Ploppe the pig. Now, from seemingly straight outta nowhere, 20th Century Studios has just announced The Simpsons…

When you think of proper A-list Hollywood stars, few names would be higher up the list than George Clooney – having made big franchise fare, intimate character dramas, and been a media mainstay for decades along the way. So, his role in Jay Kelly – the new film from Noah Baumbach – may have hit close to home, with Clooney playing the titular character, a proper worldwide A-list movie star, reflecting on his life, his roles, and his relationship to his daughter in a moment of soul-searching. Check out the latest trailer: This one looks like Baumbach on more conventional…