My review of Michael — a film which, quite frankly, takes the Michael.

22 Short Films About Springfield first aired on 14th April 1996, making Steamed Hams thirty years old today.

I went to see Interstellar at the Royal Albert Hall last weekend, with a live score by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and the original soundtrack organist Roger Sayer. It was a profoundly emotional experience, which I've written about here.

Congrats! Great news.

One of the silliest things I have done in my ten years of working for Empire magazine.

Thanks Tim! It was very, very stupid.

In 'Oceans Twelve' Tess Looks Like Julia Roberts, So Do They Know They All Look Like Famous People? This piece is literally 15 years in the making. I've been obsessed with one particular plot point of Steven Soderbergh's Oceans Twelve since I first saw it 22 years ago (wait, what?) and anytime I've ...

Since 2011 anytime I interviewed anyone involved in OCEANS TWELVE I’ve asked them a version of, “Since Tess knows she looks like Julia Roberts, does everyone else on the team know they look like famous people?” I finally put all of their answers together in this post

@ezwrites.bsky.social Hi Esther - hope you're well! Do you mind dropping me an email? Would love to commission you for something if you're interested. john@empiremagazine.com

we say “o’clock” because time is irish

Liked Project Hail Mary very much.

The long 2010s are finally over

Macaulay Culkin on Instagram. 😢

Catherine O'Hara amusingly staring at John Candy as he plays clarinet in Home Alone.

I know people love to deservedly praise John Candy's improvisation in HOME ALONE, but Catherine O'Hara is equally amazing. She's rolling with all of his choices and is deep within his emotionality and frivolity, responding to him with equal ease. It's stellar acting work by her.

january 30th: a partially formed mr. blobby stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before disappearing

I said what I said.

He knows exactly what he's doing.

One reunion to rule them all.

The Lord Of The Rings fellowship celebrates 25 years of cinema’s greatest fantasy saga in Empire’s world-exclusive reunion issue – featuring brand-new interviews, cast photos, and more.

On sale Thursday 15 January.

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Tomorrow. 4PM GMT.

This was such a great read, Alison!

Rumours of Our Death Print Ain’t Dead, Baby

Here is the main feature from Issue 26, an oral history of the print magazine in the 21st century. Featuring interviews with Alex Bilmes, Ian Hislop, Jo Ellison, Graydon Carter, Andrew Neil, Richard Benson, Kate Spicer, Chris Floyd and @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social.

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Absolutely devastated by the news about Rob Reiner. By all accounts a good man, and an incredible director. I wouldn't be who I am without his run of '80s classics - and his wife Michelle shaped those because their love story fundamentally changed When Harry Met Sally, for the better.

Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.

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Pope Leo absolutely cooking

The journey begins…

Christopher Nolan’s #TheOdyssey is revealed on Empire’s world-exclusive cover – the first look and first word on an epic like no other. On sale Thursday 20th November.

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Tomorrow, 4pm.

Novels I haven’t finished reading are piling up by my bedside. What if that’s a good thing? | Hanna Thomas Uose Authors are sounding warnings about the length of the modern attention span, but my series of abandonments is a sign of something else, says author Hanna Thomas Uose

Wrote a little bit about my horrible habit of abandoning books...

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I have written a lot of negative reviews in my time but I don't think I will ever write a review as quietly damning as Charli xcx's Letterboxd review of A Complete Unknown

Reviews editor here. Dunno how it works at other outlets (especially those chasing clicks) but at Empire we don't pressure critics for ratings and are very, very careful about five- and one-star reviews — they should feel rare and for special cases and reached only on team consensus.