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This Week...
It's been a two webchat week here in the Empire offices. We started things off with the filthy, funny Danny McBride, who'd rather have a snake up his ass than live in a dinosaur's butt - so that's that question answered. And today saw the visit of James Wan and Leigh Whannell, the twisted geniuses behind the Saw films and now Insidious. While we weren't precisely scared of them (nice gentlemen, actually) we did nevertheless take the precaution of hiding all the razorblades and bear traps in the building before they arrived. Well, you can't be too careful. Helen O'Hara
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|  | | | What happened to that other thing where you and I were going to get massively stacked?
Phil asks Ali a slightly homoerotic question. He claims it relates to fitness. | | |  | | |
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Space: The Final Frontier
Today is the 50th anniversary of the first time man went into space. It was on April 12, 1961 that Yuri Gagarin first orbited the Earth in Vostok 1 at a time when the US was still working on planning its suborbital flights. The Soviets, less concerned with such finicky details as safety (while NASA tends to be all anal about such things), won the first leg of the space race quite handily, then, but didn't have the stamina to go the distance - possibly because they'd killed off half their best cosmonauts, which tends to put a dampener on anyone's enthusiasm. But with space exploration still on a hiatus at the moment, let's talk space movies as a substitute in celebration of this momentous anniversary.... | | | |
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Your Highness Interviews
Like comedy? Like fantasy? Like dick jokes and boobies? Well you're going to love Your Highness, starring Danny McBride, James Franco and Natalie Portman. The story of two princes on a desperate quest and the evil wizard who tries to stop them, this is unlike anything you've seen before. We talked to director David Gordon Green, as well as stars Danny McBride, James Franco and Justin Theroux, to get the lowdown... | | |
|  | | Love Lessons We've Learnt From Marion Cotillard
A rare mix of steel and porcelain-like fragility, Marion Cotillard is a throwback to the days of bona-fide silver screen stars. In France her status is well-established, with lead roles dating back almost a decade, while her range has been evident to multiplexer-goers globally with bruised, scene-stealing turns in Public Enemies (2009), Nine (2009) and Inception (2010). But you wouldn't find any of these characters in Cupid's out-tray. In fact, almost to a woman they're catastrophically unlucky in love. So where is Marion going wrong? With Little White Lies offering even more heartache, it seemed like a good time to turn agony aunt and see what lessons we can glean from her romantic travails. |
|  | | Exclusive: Guillaume Canet on Little White Lies
When we first encountered Guillaume Canet he was hanging out in Thailand with Leonardo DiCaprio in Danny Boyle's The Beach. Since then he's made three films of his own. Six years on came Whatever You Say, followed by acclaimed thriller Tell No One (2006), and now Little White Lies, a relationship drama that's a little The Big Chill and a little Peter's Friends, but is arguably better than both of them. He also acts, and, if the Oscars ever give out awards for being really, really, ridiculously good looking, he'd be a shoe-in for The Best-looking Director Award. And if that's not enough, he's going out with Little White Lies' star Marion Cotillard. We wanted to hate him, but dammit if he wasn't nice too. Bastard. Of course, what we really want to know was how the heck this happened. |
|  | | Scream: The Refresher Guide
Scream 4 comes out this week more than eleven years after its predecessor, so it seemed appropriate to provide you with a quick glance back over the previous three films. After all, by this point you'd be forgiven for having forgotten some of the villains' more complicated motivations for doing what they did, so here's a quick glance back over the players, the baddies, the most memorable kills and the rules of the franchise so far. Warning: obviously contains spoilers for Screams 1 to 3. |
|  | | Don't Pick Up That Phone!
There's something undeniably creepy about the landline telephone when you think about it. With no readout to tell you who's calling, it could be just about anyone on the other end of the line: a man in a sinister ghost mask, for example, or an angry Glenn Close with a ludicrous perm. This is something the Scream series has capitalised upon with bloody aplomb, and to celebrate that fact, here're 10 examples of why picking up that receiver is sometimes the worst thing to do in a Hollywood movie film. Trust us. Or these guys, at any rate… |
|  | | Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1: The DVD Interviews
In our quest to bring you everything that's worth knowing about Harry Potter, we recently trekked to New York to talk to the cast and crew of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part One. Much of the supporting cast, along with producers David Heyman and David Barron, were there at the Harry Potter Experience off Times Square to talk about the story so far and their role in the madness of Potter. Head this way for the latest from (deep breath) Michael Gambon, Robbie Coltrane, David Thewliss, Natalia Tena, Warwick Davis, Evanna Lynch, Bonnie Wright, Domnhall Gleeson, Oliver Phelps, Jamie Phelps, David Barron and David Heyman... |
|  | | Exclusive: Janus Metz Talks Armadillo
Part of the growing filmography of the war in Afghanistan, Armadillo is a documentary that pulls absolutely no punches. It's more cinematic and consciously polished than last year's Oscar nominee Restrepo but it offers a similarly ballsy-stroke-crazy disregard for whizzing bullets and exploding IEDs, as it follows a squad of Danish soldiers into combat. As director Janus Metz told us, "It's very easy as a filmmaker to get hooked on these kinds of experiences." Metz told us about the controversial scene in which the troops may or may not have killed Taliban wounded, and the reaction of the men to seeing the film. |
|  | | Danny McBride Webchat Transcript
Danny McBride is a very funny human being. He's also very good at typing. We know both these things because he came into the office and managed to be not only be very funny, but also type very well, right in front of us, on Amar's computer, just like that. While he was here, he talked about all sorts of things, from his latest, Your Highness, to his breakthrough piece, Foot Fist Way. The result is a swearword-filled giggle-fest that should leave you chuckling in your seat, provided you have eyes to read it. And a seat to chuckle in, natch. |
|  | | Exclusive Transcript: Duncan Jones Webchat
First Moon, then Source Code: Duncan Jones is doing well for himself, and no mistake. A week after Source Code's release, Mr. Jones thought he'd fly back to London town to speak with us in Empire towers, answer your questions, and generally be a lovely person. Here's the transcript of the conversation we enjoyed, full of stories about Jake, Michelle, GERTY and Mute. Oh, and looking like Duncan Jones' dad. Of course. |
|  | | The Essential Sidney Lumet
The man behind such memorable movies as Dog Day Afternoon, 12 Angry Men, Serpico and Network has died at the age of 86. We look back at ten films that proved Sidney Lumet was a true original - a man who shied away from Hollywood but still earned its respect, and was beloved by the actors and writers he worked with... |
|  | | The Ultimate Masks Picture Quiz
Comedy, tragedy... masks and their ilk are very symbols of the dramatic arts, so it should come as no surprise to discover that there have been bloody loads of them in cinema's great and glorious history. Researching this picture quiz, we quickly found that that's mainly down to masked horror types -- a lot like Scream's Ghostface, you see -- so to celebrate his/her/their long white knifey mug, here's 42 masked men and women for you to guess the movie title from. So... enjoy! |
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A giant Winnie the Pooh, and a Tigger who rolls over, to celebrate today's release of Winnie the Pooh. These provided hours of fun to the Empire staff Amar's small children. | | | |
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If you have any timewasters to share, then e-mail them in to me. | | | |
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Little White Lies 
It's overlong, but with its gorgeous cast, irreverent humour and beautifully drawn characters, this smart comedy-drama is the kind of movie Couples Retreat and Grown Ups should have been. Please, nobody let Adam Sandler anywhere near a remake. | | | |
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