The 50 Funniest Comedies Ever, Robocop And Thor 2 News, New Django Unchained Trailer, When Empire Met Henry Hill, Rock Of Ages, Cillian Murphy And Robert Pattinson Video Interviews

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This Week... This week we have ridden a wave of podcast-awesomeness the like of which the world has never seen. Counting backwards from Wednesday, we had the delightful Emily Blunt in for a chat about The Five Year Engagement (look out for that next week), the ever-charming Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths for The Sunshine Boys on Tuesday, and only Pepe the Prawn and Kermit The Frog on Monday. Frankly, weeks don't get much better than this - and that's even before we get to posting the results of your vote for the Funniest Films Ever, or celebrating Father's Day (Happy Same, Our Dads) with a list of the Top Ten Movie Dads, and what they've taught us. Helen O'Hara Deputy Editor, Empire

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Hugh Laurie May Be Robocop's Villain He's up to play a nasty corporate type Zachary Levi In Talks For Thor 2 Possible spoilers for the third Batman Iron Man 3: It Wasn't Iron Patriot UPDATE: It was a new War Machine

New Django Unchained UK Promo The first trailer for Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained landed last week. And while you might think this latest, international promo for the movie would just be more of the same, it's actually a funnier, punchier piece with plenty of new footage and glimpses of other cast members, including Samuel L Jackson. More new videos to watch: First Footage From Life Of Pi Mighty anthromorphing from Ang Lee. New Dark Knight Rises Trailer Online France Vs. England Vs. Batman Vs. Bane Red Band Magic Mike Promo Or should that be red thong promo?

Cuddly Muppets gear, and DVDs and Blu rays of The Muppets, which came out on Monday. Just the thing if you're feeling sensational, inspirational, celebrational or Muppetational.

I've written down jelly snake, Donkey Kong and Debbie Harry's vagina. I don't remember why. Phil's reading over his notes on a film, and is not illuminated.

The 50 Funniest Comedies Ever After tens of thousands of votes, 14 cracked ribs and seven split sides, we have assembled the very funniest films ever made - according to you, the Empire readers. Here are the films to make you howl with laughter, the films that give your funny bone a workout and prove the best medicine for what ails you. Read it and weep. The Empire Podcast #16 The Sunshine Boys themselves, Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths, came into the podbooth this week, as did Kermit the Frog and Pepe the King Prawn, making this special extended edition of the Empire podcast an unequivocal, absolute must listen. Cillian Murphy Talks Red Lights The Police once pointed out: "You don't have to turn on the red lights" but Buried director Rodrigo Cortes didn't get that particular memo. He's done exactly that with a spooky thriller that assembles the combined acting might of Robert De Niro, Sigourney Weaver and Cillian Murphy. With the first two still out there somewhere, presumably in the space between spaces, we chatted to Murphy about his research for the film, his work with the two greats and, well, Ghostbusters. Fire up your proton packs, we're going in... Rock Of Ages Video Interviews Quite possibly the loudest, daftest movie Empire has seen this year - and we've seen Battleship - Rock Of Ages turns the mayhem up to 12 in an air-guitaring maelstrom of bonkers rock stars, aspiring musicians, evil politicians and rogue baboons. Many extraordinary things happen in this movie. Russell Brand and Alec Baldwin forge a romance for the ages, Malin Akerman perpetrates arguably the weirdest kiss in movie history on Tom Cruise and the baboon punches Paul Giamatti in the face. Overseeing it all, no doubt with a twinkly grin, was Adam 'Hairspray' Shankman. There were so many questions to ask we had to assemble this cast of '80s rockers to ask them how these things came to pass. When Empire Met Henry Hill News emerged overnight that Henry Hill, the inspiration behind Martin Scorsese's 1990 masterpiece GoodFellas, died in Los Angeles. Here, we reprint in full Nev Pierce's fascinating 2010 interview with this controversial and charismatic figure... This article was first published in issue 255 of Empire magazine. Cronenberg On Cronenberg Cosmopolis, David Cronenberg's mind-bendingly brainy take on Don DeLillo's novel, sees the Canadian auteur on top form as he follows billionaire currency trader Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson) across Manhattan by limo. It's possibly the most trafficky road movie ever made, and, at first glance, seems a world away from his classic body horror repertoire. On closer inspection, though, those parasitic organisms are still about; here they manifest as snaking graphs of rising yuan and falling dollars, as Pattinson negotiates vampire squid (the metaphoric kind), custard pie slingers, financial collapse and potential assassination. Trust Cronenberg to deliver capitalism's bona-fide horror movie. We asked the great filmmaker to talk through this and other memorable moments. Fast Girls: A Question Of Movie Sport Like a Very Cool Runnings, Fast Girls sees a group of cheetah-swift British sprinters joined on their quest for glory by Lenora Crichlow's talented but callow newcomer. There are personal problems to overcome and obstacles to surmount. Obstacle one - possibly the most devilish of them all - was Empire's sports quiz. The girls could deliver on the track, but could they do it when there were Freddo Frogs at stake and the pressure was really on? Mads Mikkelsen Talks A Royal Affair Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen makes no bones about a career spent at least partly over the Atlantic. "I'm engaged to Hollywood," he jokes. "If there's something I find I have to do, I'll do it. Otherwise I'll just stay home and have a vacation." Sure enough, his popcorn flicks (Clash Of The Titans, The Three Musketeers) have been mixed with arthouse films (Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, Valhalla Rising) in recent times. His latest, acclaimed historical drama A Royal Affair, is made in his homeland of Denmark, where it's a romantic tale familiar to all schoolchildren. Mikkelsen plays royal physician Johann Struensee, a man whose eyes for the queen lead him into dangerous territory. We looked up the Danish for "love doctor" and went to meet him. Jaws: The Oral History It's now more than 30 years since Steven Spielberg's shark flick Jaws bit the zeitgeist on the bottom and swallowed $300million worldwide. As it approaches a cinema re-release this week and an upcoming Blu-ray release, we thought we'd reprint this 1995 feature from Empire magazine, which went behind the scenes of the movie that simultaneously filled cinemas and emptied beaches... Robert Pattinson Talks Cosmopolis David Cronenberg has dealt in the currency of subversion and surprise since his days crafting ickily thinky bodyshock horrors in Toronto. Even 40 years on, the great Canadian auteur is impossible to pin down. His latest, Cosmopolis, a first adaptation of Don DeLillo's work, pushes Robert Pattinson into demanding new terrain and proves that there's much more to the man than a solid barnet and 12 bajillion screaming fans. The actor told Empire about his relationship with Cronenberg and the film's tongue-twisting dialogue.

A Batman baby-gro from the lovely people at Fabric Flavours - who now also do matching adult-sized t-shirts.

Helen Gurley Brown, as well as being author of Sex And The Single Girl, editor of Cosmopolitan and all-round legend, was involved in getting Jaws made. Vampire squids are a real thing, and not just a description of Goldman Sachs. Guillermo del Toro's top tip for fighting jet lag is to go outside and make sure you get sunshine on the back of your knees. The only thing Hugh Jackman has ever stolen is a pack of chickadees which are an Australian chicken flavoured snack. Emily Blunt's favourite film ever is Jaws.

How to spot an undercover agent from the IMF. Republican President = more zombie movies. Awesome GPS drawings. The greatest restaurant signs ever. If you have any timewasters to share, then e-mail them in to us.

Cosmopolis A part hypnotic, part profound, part send-up meditation on our financially imploding time. Also Out Red Lights American Psychic. Fast Girls Cool(ish) runnings. A Royal Affair Putting the 'knave' into Scandinavia. Polisse Or in English: po-po. Kosmos Let's get metaphysical. A Thousand Kisses Deep The time traveller's strife. Late September Love don't live here anymore. Rock Of Ages Tom Cruise IS Shayne Ward. This week's video trailers and clips. Every week, our video player will update to show trailers and clips from the week's movie releases listed above.

The Muppets Made absolutely for grown-up fans, this is the Muppets as you fondly remember them: funny, smart and gleefully insane. Kermit, it's great to have you back. Also Out Safe House Are there any CIA agents who aren't 'rogue'? Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close Too soon? Or too late? The Sting The other classic Newman / Redford buddy movie. J. Edgar Hoover damned

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