When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.

Leonardo DiCaprio on the set of Critters 3.

I see what they've done there.

I wrote some words on Slow Horses Season 5 and the irritating genius of Roddy Ho. www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...

More of this, please.

The irony is THE HOT ROCK written by William Goldman who’d write ALL THE PRESIDENT’s MEN a couple later, with, Robert Redford starring in both. (And I largely wouldn’t have MY career without Redford, for completely different reasons.) Audio here: www.washingtonian.com/2022/06/08/a...

"A stone-cold, instant classic." Leonardo DiCaprio gets revolutionary in Paul Thomas Anderson's latest drama One Battle After Another – in UK cinemas 26 September. Read the Empire review: empireonline.com/movies/revie...

Some words from some of the team about a Redford film we love. I picked THE HOT ROCK.

Crimes against cover art. This should be beaten to death and buried in a cornfield.

Sensational writing from Alex here.

This SNL sketch 👌🍕

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While in Warsaw this week, I got to visit the Kinoteka and watch the 4K restoration of Amadeus, with a full house. What a joy. Hadn’t seen the film for many years and had forgotten just how funny it is - and how hard that ending hits. The ultimate movie about jealousy. Cinema’s greatest giggle.

This is a big one 🔥 For our new issue I got to head to New Zealand to shadow James Cameron for 2 days, as he perfects Avatar: Fire And Ash. Eyeball-searing subs-cover art by Fire And Ash concept artist Dylan Cole. On sale Thursday. Available to order online from Monday. Subs copies dropping soon!

Direct from the mixing stage of Tron: Ares… our new light-up cover! As posted by the film’s director, Joachim Rønning.

We’ve all been there.

There’s a moment in Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours that is the closest I’ve come to throwing up in a cinema: the bit where the knife tip touches the nerve (accompanied by gnarly sound design). Haven’t seen 28 Years Later yet but wonder if there’s anything in it that will elicit the same reaction...

Yes, @chrishewitt.bsky.social and I are shamelessly plugging again, in another episode of The Shameless Plug, talking about the highlights of our new issue - and some tales from various sets. Have a listen. And please check out the issue: it’s - yep - fantastic. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Spotted this ‘advert’ on the Tube. NOT OMINOUS AT ALL NOPE.

Senator Alex Padilla is one of the most decent people I know. This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful. Trump and his shock troops are out of control. This must end now.

Unintentionally, the greatest advert for a cinema I’ve ever seen

An inspired themed season for June from @criterionchannl.bsky.social.

It's Friday, and the end is the beginning is the end. Thanks to everyone who has played along with the @filmstories.bsky.social movie quiz every week these past five years, now get your quizzing gear around this and tell us your scores out of 30...

Have been hearing great things about this one from all over… and it all proved true. Make sure to catch on the big screen while it’s out - this is the real deal: hilarious, heartbreaking, and probably other positive words beginning with ‘h’ too.

Listening to some Beatles this morning, and suddenly remembered this photo that the Hobbit actors from LOTR made for Beatlemaniac Peter Jackson for his birthday.

Very excited for this. Set the Bruce loose.

Our #TheFantasticFour: First Steps issue is not to be missed! Suit up and blast off to your local newsstands to grab a copy from 5 June. 🚀 PRE-ORDER: www.greatmagazines.co.uk/empire-july-...

This month's subscriber cover is a dazzling tease of Galactus and the Silver Surfer, on their way to deliver seriously bad news to our heroes. READ MORE: empireonline.com/movies/news/...

Marvel’s First Family has arrived 🚀 Empire’s world-exclusive #TheFantasticFour: First Steps issue goes on set with Pedro Pascal, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Vanessa Kirby and Joseph Quinn for their groovy, space-age MCU adventure. Out Thursday 5 June. READ MORE: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...

Had an absolute blast joining Brad and Gary to talk Michael Palin, mutant plants, and Margaret Thatcher vs Monty Python on their excellent podcast, which is travelling episode by episode through early SNL.

Barry McIlheney, the founding editor of Empire Magazine, has sadly died at the age of 65. Writer, editor, publisher, broadcaster, and Shock Treatment punk rocker McIlheney served as Empire editor from 1989-1992. We will miss him greatly. Read our tribute: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...

One of the real big figures has gone. Barry was so full of energy and humour that his death seems an impossibility. He was a genuine good egg and this is a terrible shock. RIP Barney Tabasco

Awful news. A really kind man, who went out of his way to offer encouragement to me.

Very sad to hear this. I had two job interviews (with the Channel 4 Daily and Empire) on the same day and within minutes' walk in 1989. The guy who hired me at C4 was gone by the time the show was on the air but Barry took Empire to term and, with Angie Errigo, created a magazine that has lasted.

Very sad to learn that Barry McIlheney, Empire’s visionary original editor, has passed away. Sharp, funny, and bold, in 1989 he and his team laid down the tone and philosophy of the magazine, something we still strive to follow today. Here’s a piece he wrote for our 400th issue a few years back.

We are watching MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN. Sam Neill should of won an Oscar for this scene of a plastic gun taped to his head

Shameless Plug time! @chrishewitt.bsky.social and I talk through the latest issue of @empiremagazine.bsky.social - the one with a dinosaur on the cover. Check it out here… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

So you can be positive nearly two weeks before you can be negative? That's fucked up!

Best news of the week 🔥

Not seen this kind of language used before around press screenings. Positive responses allowed. Anything negative outlawed. Heinous.

Sydney Sweeney talks to Empire! And sits for a really quite awesome, Old Hollywood-inspired photoshoot, masterminded by @mrchrisbailey.bsky.social and Joanna Moran, shot by Art Streiber. Read the whole interview by Rebecca Nicholson here: www.empireonline.com/movies/featu...

We've been wanting to shoot Sydney Sweeney for Empire for a long time. Finally made it happen, and it's magnificent - a shoot to die for, and an illuminating interview. Photography: Art Streiber. Interview: Rebecca Nicholson. Empire dream team: @mrchrisbailey.bsky.social & Joanna Moran. Here:

Did not expect to start my day by shaking hands with Jackie Chan.

Me when I blur my background on zoom

Minority Report has one of my favourite sci-fi guns.

Loved revisiting Minority Report at the cinema today. So many playful Spielberg riffs - like this inspired overhead shot tracking spider robots as they invade an apartment complex.

Excited to see cinema’s most disgusting fridge on the big screen tonight.

This feels like a SLIDING DOORS glimpse at a completely different team of Ghostbusters in 1984. "We're ready to believe you!"

Take a moment to bask in the joy of Tom Cruise meeting Tom Crooz.

Lighting the fuse and stuff.