Obviously it would hit differently in 2001 when all of this was contemporary and the reader hadn’t just been reading the previous hundred odd issues for the best part of the year. But there’s a definite shift from being outside looking in. #empireread #april2001

This current run of old Empires is incredibly perfunctory. Basically wall to wall interviews punctuated with archive features about the usual films (this month 2001). Nothing that insightful either, EPK standard stuff. #empireread #april2001

Never did have one of these, was always a TV and separate video recorder. #empireread #april2001

From the days when 512k was considered broadband. #empireread #april2001

This piece about Proof of Life is rendered difficult to read due to the design choice of printing the text in white on Taylor Hackford’s shoulder. #empireread #april2001

The cover story stretches on for fifteen pages with very few surprising entries from films which Empire mention every other month anyway. This is number one. #empireread #april2001

I mean it’s considered a classic now, but ok. #empireread #april2001

If you’ve never seen Enemy at the Gates, take this as a recommendation. As the review says it was deliberate throwback to war films of earlier times, but through the lens of a less covered part of the European theatre. #empireread #april2001

Empire’s had a slight refresh and are including these mini interviews in the news section. Somehow manages to including something which points towards why major studios are so allergic to making smaller films now. #empireread #april2001

Oh dear god. #empireread #april2001 #jf97

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Filler issue. #empireread #april2001