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This Week...
We've loved Richard Ayoade from his days running Darkplace Hospital with an iron fist in Garth Marenghi, so the release of his explosive U-Boat actioner tender coming-of-age comedy Submarine is cause for all kinds of joy in these parts. It was also a handy excuse to track the director down, depth-charge him with questions about the film and then drag him back to Empire HQ for a webchat. To continue the nautical theme, it's also been a week of pirates - and Pirates - with a trove of new character banners from this summer's Bruckbuster, and Tom Hanks boarding a Somali pirate drama about heroic captain Richard Phillips. All we needed was a Pugwash biopic and we'd all be wearing eyepatches. Of course, it was also St. Patrick's Day and in between impressing Helen with our jigging, we celebrated by chatting to Ken Loach about his (largely blarney-less) thriller Route Irish. Happy Paddy's Day one and all. Phil de Semlyen
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House: The Episodic Exception To A Serial Rule
Recently, I've been catching up with the brilliant House (or, depending on how anal you want to be, House MD) and I realised something. Unlike my other cherished favourite TV shows, this one's very much a same-set-up-each-week episodic effort. What in the name of Blu-ray am I talking about? Well, allow me explain. In broad terms, TV shows can be split into two types: serialised (one big arc story) and episodic (a new adventure each week). Now, obviously many programmes overlap (hold on, we'll get to that), but personally I prefer serials. Big time. And yet House snuck under the radar, onto my considerable DVD shelving unit and into my heart... | | | |
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33 Great Movie Cameos
It's not about quantity of screentime; it's about the quality. So the following performers discovered when they stepped on for just a few short moments and ran away with the entire film. A well-placed cameo can revive a career, win new generations of fans or even bag you an Oscar – and here are some of our favourites. From directorial head-nods to in-jokes to celebrities playing themselves, the joy of a well-placed cameo is not to be underestimated… | | |
|  | | How To Win A Court Case, The Movie Way
In the upcoming The Lincoln Lawyer, Matthew McConaughey plays Mick Haller, a lawyer that works out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car. After defending petty criminals day in day out, Haller receives the case of his life – defending a rich playboy Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillippe), who's been accused of assault and attempted murder. The latest in a long line of legal thrillers, it got us thinking… what legal advice do courtroom dramas actually teach us? For those interested in checking out more classic courtroom dramas, may we point you in the direction of such gems as Witness For The Prosecution, A Man For All Seasons, Inherit The Wind, and the rest of The American Bar Association's list of the best trial films of all time. Well worth a look, we promise you. |
|  | | Movie Directors' TV Shows To Watch
Long gone are the days where TV was seen as the lesser cousin to movies. Now, bigger and bigger names are jumping into TV, encouraged by trailblazing shows like The Wire and The Sopranos, or tempted by successful franchises that may not win many awards, but in front of millions of eyeballs every week. And the trend is increasing as more and more directors call the shots, so we're taking a peek ahead… |
|  | | Channing Tatum And Jamie Bell Webchat
What have The Romans ever done for us, eh? Well, amongst other things (roads, language, civilisation as we know it) they eventually gave us a movie starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell - one by the name of The Eagle. And as the two stars were in town, we asked them round for a little webchat, and they happily obliged. So read on for details on dance-offs, bacon sandwiches and "hot water incidents". Ooo-err. |
|  | | Exclusive: Richard Ayoade Interview
Growing up in East Anglia, Richard Ayoade was possibly the least cool kid in his town - or so he claims. Frankly we're not sure we believe him. After all, he grew up to be Dean Learner, a man who became Thornton Reed, colossus of hospital administration in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. He's also the man behind one of 2011's freshest films to date, Submarine, a coming-of-age movie that has touches of Rushmore, the French New Wave and all sorts of other things, but still feels wholly original, wholly its own thing. So what are Ayoade's own movie inspirations and how did Submarine's teen anti-hero Oliver Tate come to life? |
|  | | Benda Bilili! Interviews
Benda Bilili! ("beyond appearances") is possibly the most uplifting 90 movie minutes you'll see this year. A music documentary in the spirit of Buena Vista Social Club, it's two parallel tales of redemption in one. The movie follows a small collective of Congolese musicians, four of whom are paraplegic, from the streets of Kinshasa to acclaim at the festivals of Europe. Their music is magical and their story inspiring. We chatted to the film's two French directors, Renaud Barret and Florent de La Tullaye, about how the film was redemption for them too, as they found their calling on the mean streets of Kinshasa. Sound corny? Trust us, it's far from it. |
|  | | Exclusive: Michael Flatley Talks Lord Of The Dance 3D
As Michael Flatley's new 3D extravaganza proves, being Lord Of The Dance is not an honorary title. It takes passion, hard work and dancing. Tonnes of dancing. Now in his fifties, the Chicago-born dancer has single-handedly taken Irish folk dance global and built an empire doing it. Cinema is his latest conquest thanks to Lord Of The Dance 3D, a primal battle between good and evil that could be subtitled 'Strictly Come Tolkien'. We tracked down the aristocrat of dance to chat with him about the movie stars and dancers who've inspired him. And before you ask, no, he wouldn't riverdance for us. |
|  | | Norwegian Wood Interview
Fantastic, magical and imaginative as they are, Haruki Murakami's novels are almost impossible to bring to the big screen - which is why no-one has attempted it yet. Until now. Vietnamese director Anh Hung Tran, the man behind 1993's The Scent Of Green Papaya, has started at the deep end with an adaptation of Norwegian Wood, perhaps Murakami's best-loved book. It's a story of love, loss and magical Beatles songs that is almost guaranteed to break your heart. But how did it come about and what was the secret to bringing the great writer to life on the big screen? We thought we'd find out from Tran himself and the film's star Rinko Kikuchi how they approached it. |
|  | | Aaron Eckhart On Battle: LA
Aaron Eckhart is one of those actors that is so eminently watchable that if he were to appear in an advert for dog food, we'd still probably check out the Special Edition DVD. So as we got the chance to meet the man himself (as well as co-stars Bridget Moynahan and Michael Pena) as part of the Battle: LA publicity circus, we jumped at the chance, and ending up talking aliens, army men and the destruction of Los Angeles by extra-terrestrial forces. As you might expect from the people who star in a film about just those things, really... |
|  | | The Cast And Directors On Hall Pass
Aaron Eckhart is one of those actors that is so eminently watchable that if he were to appear in an advert for dog food, we'd still probably check out the Special Edition DVD. So as we got the chance to meet the man himself (as well as co-stars Bridget Moynahan and Michael Pena) as part of the Battle: LA publicity circus, we jumped at the chance, and ending up talking aliens, army men and the destruction of Los Angeles by extra-terrestrial forces. As you might expect from the people who star in a film about just those things, really... | | | |
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A bumper box of Dorset biscuits to mark the release of Tamara Drew on DVD. Disappointingly they're not made from bits of actual Dorset. Undisappointingly, they're pretty tasty. | | | |
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Submarine 
A perfect blend of cool, quirky comedy and warm-hearted drama, crafted with such poise that it should see the transcendence of Ayoade from TV nerd-comic to true big-screen talent. | | | |
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Let Me In
Not as deep as the original, but certainly more of a crowdpleaser — and it's hard to imagine a more intelligent and well-crafted American horror being released this year. | | | |
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