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This Week...
Over the last few weeks and months, myself and a few other members of the Empire team have been busy speaking to virtually everyone involved in the Harry Potter series to bring you the definitive story of the films as we approach the release of Deathly Hallows: Part Two. The result of hours of exclusive photoshoots, weeks of transcribing and sleepless nights of editing will be out in the next issue of Empire, which you can pre-order online now. From the story of casting the first film to the last day of shooting on the eighth, it's all here, with exclusive never-before-seen behind-the-scenes images to go with it. Meanwhile, on the website, we've been hanging with R.Pattz, chatting to Christoph Waltz, and asking Joe Wright about Hanna. Get your fix right this way. Helen O'Hara
Deputy Online Editor, Empire | | |
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Why Is Hollywood So Bad At Doing South African Accents?
Here goes: I was interviewing Ray Winstone for his latest movie, Tracker, last week. The interview went really well, with Ray in good form, telling amazing stories and generally being awesome. It's what he does – see our webchat with him for more details – and I was genuinely chuffed with the result. | | | |
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Water For Elephants Interviews
The circus has officially come to town! Based on Sara Gruen's bestselling novel this is a drama set in the weird and wonderful world of the Benzini Brothers Circus. In Depression America, Jacob (Robert Pattinson) runs away to join the circus after suffering a family tragedy. There he meets intimidating circus boss August (Christoph Waltz) and his beautiful wife Marlena (Reese Witherspoon). Jacob soon falls head over heels for the long-suffering Marlena and vows to help save her from her abusive marriage. There's a love story, fire-eaters, sequined costumes, trapeze artists, a huge Big Top tent and a bloody great big elephant doing headstands. What more could you want? We were lucky enough to sit down with Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz and director Francis Lawrence to get the lowdown... | | |
|  | | The Ultimate Priest Picture Quiz
Priests, eh? If there's one thing we know about priests, it's that they like wearing black. And praying. And marrying people. Also, if you take a decent look at cinema's men of the cloth, they also seem to like killing people. No, really, it's true -- just take a look at Scott Stewart's latest, the Paul Bettany-starring Priest. He's killing vampires left, right and centre! What a naughty priest. So just to give you a broader perspective on cinema's holy men, here's a little picture quiz for you. Because we're nice like that. |
|  | | Joe Wright Webchat Transcript
Joe Wright, the director behind Atonement, Pride And Prejudice and The Soloist has taken a new direction for his latest: he's gone all action on us. Starring Saoirse Ronan as the eponymous child assassin, Eric Bana as her protective, equally-dangerous dad, and Cate Blanchett as the big bad governmenty person, it's a thrilling, um, thriller, and as he was in town we thought we'd invite him round to ask a few questions about it. The queries queried ranged from the philosophical to the surreal to the totally weird, and we've got all of them - and their answers - for you. |
|  | | Become A Samurai Movies Expert In Ten Easy Movies
Audition director Takashi Miike is never one to kick back with a breezy comedy of manners, and his next movie tackles arguably the most famous - and violent - of Japanese genres: the samurai epic. 13 Assassins, Miike's remake of Eiichi Kudo's 1961 movie of the same name, wears those Bushido legends on its bloodstained sleeve, as a posse of ronin vow vengeance on an evil nobleman. With Miike's actioner slamming onto our screens, the bush telegram bringing news of a Weinstein-funded Seven Samurai remake and Keanu Reeves picking up a katana for 47 Ronin, here are ten sword-swinging spectaculars to hunt down. |
|  | | 13 Of Cinema's Most Meta Moments
Trying to define exactly what a "meta" moment is caused a near-apocalyptic argument in the Empire office. Eventually we came to this conclusion: passing in-jokes and obscure prop gags didn't cut it: to be truly "meta" the reference has to draw the character out of the film he was appearing in, and also require knowledge of previous work from that actor. Phew, that was technical. It all came up because of a beautiful moment in the charming indie comedy Cedar Rapids, where a cast of The Wire ends up impersonating another cast of The Wire. So in honour of that movie-stealing piece of happenstance, here are 12 other priceless meta-moments from through cinema`s history. |
|  | | Joe Wright And Saoirse Ronan Talk Hanna
Splicing the DNA of the Grimm brothers and Robert Ludlum, Joe Wright's unlikely but excellent action movie Hanna is an experiment in what Wright describes as "pure cinema". This, it turns out, involves some of the most balletic action sequences you'll see all year, as well as Tom Hollander in super-tight '70s tennis wear. We caught up with Wright and his young star, Saoirse Ronan, to talk about an action movie with a difference. |
|  | | Director Sue Bourne Talks Jig
By her own admission, Jig director Sue Bourne is usually last to the dancefloor. She definitely wouldn't show us her own jig despite our best efforts. So what exactly drew her to this story of high-kicking kids hungry for the crown of Irish dancing champion? And what inspired the dedication of the movie's cast of hopeful young pretenders, and their supportive parents? |
|  | | Karl Urban Talks Priest
Kiwi actor Karl Urban plays Black Hat in this week's Priest, a fallen priest turned dastardly, darkly-millinered baddie. We talked to him recently in LA about joining the film, orchestrating the violence and - of course - his upcoming role as Judge Bloomin' Dredd. Step this way to see the whole thing... | | | |
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Some old-skool Coke bottles, because apparently the carbonated beverage is 125 years old. Happy Birthday, old-timer! | | | |
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Hanna 
An absurd-sounding concept rendered wholly believable and thrilling by a fearless young actress and a director at the top of his game. | | | |
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Midnight Cowboy 
New on Blu-ray. Superb performances and a compelling script have made this film a strange mix of Oscar-winner and Cult Classic. | | | |
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