i've been getting more folks telling me about this and it's not anything i agreed to. it's been stolen like AI steals. please vandalize it if and when you see it.

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.

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

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. [email protected]

we say “o’clock” because time is irish

Liked Project Hail Mary very much.

The long 2010s are finally over

Macaulay Culkin on Instagram. 😢

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. READ MORE: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...

Tomorrow. 4PM GMT.

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. www.the-fence.com/rumours-of-o...

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.

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. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...

Tomorrow, 4pm.

Wrote a little bit about my horrible habit of abandoning books... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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

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!

Go beyond The Grid 🚨 Empire’s world-exclusive Tron: Ares issue revs up – going on set with the cast and crew bringing Light Cycles, identity discs and rogue AIs into the real world. On sale Thurs 3 July. READ MORE: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...

Pulitzer for John for this.

I had a lot of fun writing this month's Fantastic Four cover feature. Ralph Ineson has finally settled the question of who is more evil: Galactus or Finchy from The Office.

EXCLUSIVE 4️⃣ #TheFantasticFour: First Steps will bring “classic Fantastic Four energy” to the MCU, says Kevin Feige. “No four characters are more important for the history of Marvel,” he tells Empire. “I really wanted to do them justice.” READ MORE: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...

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/...

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.

getting a bit tiring to think "ah yay, the worst people you know are having a great day" several times a week, every single week

Tomorrow.

RIP Val Kilmer

FLOW is finally out in UK cinemas. A hugely-deserving Oscar-winner and one of the best films you'll see this year, animated or otherwise. My review:

"No genuinely independently-made film has ever triumphed in the Best Animated Feature category — until now." The success of Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis' #Flow at last night's Oscars "is a sea-change of a win," writes @thenuge.bsky.social. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/featu...

Tried to find the words about The Royal Tenenbaums, Gene Hackman's almost-final role: a gorgeous film which carries an extra resonance today.

oh no

Losing the PCC would be a crime against culture. Sign the petition!

We met the beaver from Hundreds Of Beavers!

The eldest boy of our hearts

If the amazing Silo S2 finale exploded your brain, this is the pod for you. Me, James and @thenuge.bsky.social trying to put all the pieces together 🧩

Trump: "Did anyone see Silence of the Lambs? Great movie, lovely movie."

I wrote some words about David Lynch. www.empireonline.com/movies/featu...

David Lynch gave us the language we needed to better articulate the indescribable strangeness of our shared reality. “Lynchian” is so overused because it’s a viscerally understandable word without any known synonyms. I can’t imagine a more beautiful artistic legacy than that.