This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees another onslaught of incredible guests, as Ian Freer chats with Babylon's director-composer duo of Damien Chazelle and Justin Hurwitz about their working relationship and long friendship, and Chris Hewitt talks scary VHS covers with We Have A Ghost director Christopher Landon, and stepping into the directorial breach with Creed III star (and shot caller), Michael B. Jordan.
Then, in the podbooth, Helen O'Hara hosts this week, and she's joined by James Dyer and Amon Warmann to discuss movies with small casts, the week's movie news (such as it is), and review Creed III, Close, The Strays, and The Independent. Enjoy.
Listen to the episode on the pod app of your choice — or via the PlanetRadio player above.
Then, in the podbooth, Helen O'Hara hosts this week, and she's joined by James Dyer and Amon Warmann to discuss movies with small casts, the week's movie news (such as it is), and review Creed III, Close, The Strays, and The Independent. Enjoy.
Listen to the episode on the pod app of your choice — or via the PlanetRadio player above.
- 3/3/2023
- by Chris Hewitt
- Empire - Movies
We're back! Finally! And properly! The first Empire Podcast of 2023 is here, folks, and it features an interview that Helen did with Noah Baumbach, director of White Noi… no, only kidding. This week's interviews are a one-time deal, folks, but they are absolute belters, as Chris Hewitt sits down with Empire Of Light writer-director Sam Mendes, and M3GAN producers Jason Blum and James Wan; while Ian Freer has a natter with Todd Field, who returns as director after a long hiatus with the brilliant TÁR.
Then, Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen O'Hara and James Dyer to tackle a bunch of questions, discuss the most recent movie news (including the new Quantumania trailer), and run their eye over all three of our guests' films, along with Mark Jenkin's Enys Men, a film seemingly specifically designed to annoy James. We've started 2023 as we mean to go on,...
Then, Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen O'Hara and James Dyer to tackle a bunch of questions, discuss the most recent movie news (including the new Quantumania trailer), and run their eye over all three of our guests' films, along with Mark Jenkin's Enys Men, a film seemingly specifically designed to annoy James. We've started 2023 as we mean to go on,...
- 1/13/2023
- by Chris Hewitt
- Empire - Movies
The early reviews for “Mank” are coming in, and it’s already looking like a surefire Oscar contender. David Fincher‘s first film since “Gone Girl” in 2014, the highly-anticipated Netflix film tells the story of legendary screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his fight with Orson Welles to retain his writing credit for “Citizen Kane.” With sky-high expectations, does “Mank” live up to the hype? Let’s dive into some critic reviews.
As of Friday, “Mank” has a score of 81 out of 100 on Metacritic and a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes. This is shaping up to be yet another Fincher film that is beloved by critics. Described as “a wonderful throwback” and a “bittersweet ode to a certain slice of old Hollywood,” reviewers suggest the film should appeal to cinephiles, especially with the film being intentionally made to look and sound like it came from the Golden Age of Hollywood. The cast of...
As of Friday, “Mank” has a score of 81 out of 100 on Metacritic and a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes. This is shaping up to be yet another Fincher film that is beloved by critics. Described as “a wonderful throwback” and a “bittersweet ode to a certain slice of old Hollywood,” reviewers suggest the film should appeal to cinephiles, especially with the film being intentionally made to look and sound like it came from the Golden Age of Hollywood. The cast of...
- 11/6/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Martin Scorsese’s epic crime drama “The Irishman” could go one step further than Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” did last year and be the first Best Picture winner for Netflix. The reviews for this new film surpass the raves for Cuaron’s auteurist picture. This true story stars Robert DeNiro as mob hitman Frank Sheeran, Joe Pesci as mafioso Russell Bufalino and Al Pacino as the doomed union organizer Jimmy Hoffa. The film opens in theaters for four weeks on November 1, before streaming on Netflix. The movie currently has a 94 rating on Metacritic, an 8.6 on IMDb, and a 100% fresh rating from Rotten Tomatoes, making it one of Scorsese’s best-reviewed films ever.
Greg Wetherall (Nma) calls the film a “perfect final fling for cinema’s great pals.” He writes that “none of the megawatt, all-star cast disappoint. Pesci shows no signs of rustiness after returning from retirement; Harvey Keitel appears...
Greg Wetherall (Nma) calls the film a “perfect final fling for cinema’s great pals.” He writes that “none of the megawatt, all-star cast disappoint. Pesci shows no signs of rustiness after returning from retirement; Harvey Keitel appears...
- 10/30/2019
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Violence and psychopathy are meant to be married. The labels “serial killer”, “murderer”, and “psycho” immediately conjure up the images of grotesque lunatics with (often literally) an axe to grind. Horror and exploitation movies like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre covered this beautifully – showing every bone, every hair, every flap of skin; concluding with a man in a mask dancing around with a rusty chainsaw. Torture Porn and Splatter Films entered the 21st century with a franchise interest for drowning the screen in blood and guts – as in the Saw franchise, which in its (as of last year) eight installations developed many ludicrous ways of a psycho ripping people, and their bodies, apart.
But in recent psycho-dramas, such a gory attitude to constructing serial killers isn’t such a common tact. Like the infamous ear-cutting scene in Reservoir Dogs, filmmakers appear to be panning away from extreme violence and focusing on...
But in recent psycho-dramas, such a gory attitude to constructing serial killers isn’t such a common tact. Like the infamous ear-cutting scene in Reservoir Dogs, filmmakers appear to be panning away from extreme violence and focusing on...
- 6/4/2018
- by Euan Franklin
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg has been voted the greatest director of all time. Spielberg - the talent behind huge blockbuster hits including Schindler's List, E.T., Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and Saving Private Ryan - topped a poll commissioned by Britain's Empire movie magazine. The 58-year-old beat off competition from Psycho director Alfred Hitchcock and The Aviator creator Martin Scorsese, who came in second and third respectively. Empire's associate editor Ian Freer says, "Steven Spielberg is the closest thing in movies to resemble the impact of The Beatles. A cultural phenomenon, his adventures with sharks, UFOs, whip-crackin' archaeologists and ETs, plus searching historical dramas like Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan have defined the movie-going life of an entire generation." Surprisingly, acclaimed film-makers such as Star Wars director George Lucas, Charlie Chaplin, and Tim Burton, fell short of inclusion. The top ten is as follows: 1. Steven Spielberg, 2. Alfred Hitchcock, 3. Martin Scorsese, 4. Stanley Kubrick, 5. Sir Ridley Scott, 6. Akira Kurosawa, 7. Peter Jackson, 8. Quentin Tarantino, 9. Orson Welles, 10. Woody Allen.
- 6/3/2005
- WENN
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