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5 Days Of Summer
Those of us still languishing in the Empire office may not be on the Croisette this week but it's been nice to get a small taste of Cannes via the medium of actual British sunshine. Yes, a handful of summery days had us emerging from our darkened office to stare bleary-eyed at a bright blue sky. Of course, you don't want to look at it too long or you'll go blind, plus you won't be able to dash to your nearest multiplex and catch the first showings of Prince of Persia and the surprisingly excellent Bad Lieutenant. Joining us in the office this week was director Brett Ratner, who answered all your questions on Rush Hour and the Beverley Hills Cop film in development – as well as taking a slight beating for X-Men 3. Meanwhile Chris and Damo have continued to wreak merry hell in Southern France so be sure to catch up with their latest escapades in this week's videblogisode. Until next time! James Dyer
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His Rockness, Dwayne Johnson, describes Stephen Mangan in Tooth Fairy | | |  | | |
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Red Dead Redemption Goes To The Movies
Playing Rockstar's latest sandbox gunslinger, Red Dead Redemption, we couldn't help but notice more than a few references to some of our favourite Westerns. Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch is the most obvious influence, as you guide your character over the border to Mexico, rob a train, help a group of revolutionaries and mow down a horde of banditos with a maxim gun.
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The Cannes Videblogisodes
As the Cannes Film Festival kicked into high gear this week, our intrepid reporters Sam, Chris and Damo did the same, to bring you news and interviews from the Festival but also their patented brand of inspired insanity. Find out what Chris's conscience, aka Robin Hood's Mark Strong, has to advise him, contribute to an important charity appeal, and watch and marvel as Chris falls in love - again - this time with an inanimate object. | | |
|  | | Video: Prince Of Persia Interviews
Sands of Time, Daggers of Destiny... Prince Of Persia is not short of the odd magical MacGuffin. We thought it was high time to unleash our own - The Questions of Profundity - upon the cast and crew of the latest Jerry Bruckheimer blockbuster. They told us about working for one of cinema's great alchemists, WMDs, rogue ostriches, and how to cope with bad hair while you're parkouring around ancient Persia. |
|  | | Demonic Pacts: A How To Guide
Movie characters like Jamie Morgan in this week's Heartless are always making dodgy deals with the devil or other hell spawn. And if Faust has taught us anything, they usually end up as a terrible idea in hindsight. Here's where they went wrong - and how you could do it differently if the need ever arises... |
|  | | Michelle Forbes Talks True Blood
Michelle Forbes is a virtual guarantor of must-see TV, after appearing in Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Lost, 24, Homicide: Life on the Street and most recently in True Blood as the flamboyant and rather mysterious Maryann. With Season Two of the show just out on DVD, we talked to her about the dangers of working with pigs and the British show she really wants to work on. Very minor, non-specific spoilers for season two may follow... |
|  | | Nicolas Cage's Craziest Characters
As Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant careens into cinemas, with full chorus of iguanas, crocodiles and Val Kilmer, we realised it's a showcase for Nicolas Cage at his most demented. We love it when he's unhinged, so we thought we'd pick a few of our favourite examples. Feel free to big up your own... |
|  | | Brett Ratner Webchat Transcript
Brett Ratner dropped into the Empire offices today to chat about his latest job, editing Bollywood film Kites for Western audiences, and his career to date, from the Rush Hour films to The Family Man to X-Men: The Last Stand. He knows everyone, he hangs out with lingerie-clad Playboy models and he's mates with Roman Abramovich - but today he was answering YOUR questions... |
|  | | Design Your Own Dungeon!
Are you a king of Quark? A pharaoh of Photoshop? If so, this is your chance to have your talent showcased in Empire, by designing a B-movie poster featuring Kim Newman for the horror guru's regular Video Dungeon page. We've provided the assets – photos of Kim brandishing different weapons and an astonishing array of expressions – so all you have to do is create your own background and effects. Go funny, go scary, go crazy... the finest work will be showcased in the magazine in the coming months. |
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Choose from over 65,000 titles and avoid the hassle and expense of buying or renting from the high street - why don't you try Empire's DVD rental service today! |
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Road To Perdition on Blu Ray
Road to Perdition is available to take home on Blu-ray on 24 May 2010 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. With an all-star cast including OscarÒ winner Paul Newman, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Daniel Craig and Stanley Tucci. Road to Perdition is a powerful and explosive crime thriller that tells the emotional story of a father's journey fuelled by revenge - a 'must own' for any movie lover's Blu-ray collection. |
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Win a Sony Ericsson Vivaz™
From Cannes to Comic-Con, the Empire Video Diairies are back - and this time in an all-new weekly format. Shot in HD on the new Sony Ericsson Vivaz™, the Empire videblogisodes will take you behind the scenes and give you a glimpse on what goes on here at the world's biggest movie magazine. Catch the first videblogisodes right here and enter the competition for your chance to win! | | | |
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Red Dead Redemption soap, which promises to make your hands dirtier. Bit of a contradiction in terms, that. | | | |
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Bad Lieutenant 
An exhilarating riff on the cop-thriller drama by a director at the top of his game — Herzog is also at his most accessible here — powered by an incendiary performance from Nicolas Cage. A very bad lieutenant, then. And a bloody good film. | | | |
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