 |  To the many thousands of people who got their A-level results yesterday, congratulations, commiserations or both. Even if you did less well than hoped, take heart. We've never seen a single film where a radioactive animal asked about someone's exam results before biting them and giving them super-powers - and besides, a look at our Movie Flops That Weren't feature shows that even when the outlook seems bleak, you can still pull it out of the bag in the end. As for the rest of us who aren't so disgustingly young and fresh-faced, there's the comfort of knowing that Ron Burgundy is publishing his autobiography in November, which we're sure will be full of important life lessons and (hopefully) some tips on getting salon-quality hair. And as if that weren't good news enough, John Cleese is on this week's podcast talking about lemurs. If there is a human being anywhere out there who's cheered neither by members of Monty Python or lemurs, we've never met them and are not sure we want to. Helen O'Hara
Deputy Online Editor, Empire
 
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  Exclusive Iron Man 3 Deleted Scene
Iron Man 3 is the year's biggest film to date, and so we're rather pleased to be able to bring you a deleted scene / gag from the film ahead of its home entertainment release next month. This does contain a spoiler for one character, so please beware if you haven't seen the film at all, but if you know what you're in for then enjoy this rather amusing clip. More: Trailer For How I Live Now Arrives Saoirse Ronan runs to the hills. Fading Gigolo Trailer Arrives Woody Allen knows it's hard out here for a pimp. Mob City Trailer Shoots In Frank Darabont explores the dark side of LA Noir. New Don Jon Trailer Strides Online Don't buy into the rom-com spiel... Enrol For The Vampire Academy Trailer Zoey Deutch & Lucy Fry are Blood Sisters. The Wind Rises Trailer Floats In Studio Ghibli's latest trades fantasy for history.
  The team at Park Circus sent us this poster for their re-release of William Wyler's Roman Holiday. It's back in cinemas, now restored and with 12 per cent extra amore for your buck.
 I'm already a member of two gyms. I can't avoid going to three!  Chris rejects my suggestion that he join a local sports club.
Ten Successful Movies You Thought Were Flops
After flicking gloomily through The Lone Ranger's US box office receipts, a task that would have taken as long as several seconds, Johnny Depp and Jerry Bruckheimer had some choice things to say about the negative press their film has received. Rather than blaming the film's toxic reviews, we think the trio should be looking elsewhere to explain their turkey. As the following releases show, a surprising number of plucky blockbusters and savvy sleepers have waded through toxic press, caustic reviews and the general odour of failure to emerge into the golden kingdom of Ka-ching... | |
|  | | The Empire Podcast 74: John Cleese And Jeff Wadlow Interviews
On top of a chat with the comedy hero that is John Cleese, this week's bumper-sized podcast is packed with film goodness. The team discuss comedy sketches that deserve a chance on the big screen, further casting announcements from the Expendables 3 camp, Twitter users you should follow, Elysium, Kick-Ass 2, 2 Guns, Planes and the greatest character introductions in cinema history. We also interview Kick-Ass 2 director Jeff Wadlow and bring you some of the finest useless facts ever to grace a podcast. |
|  | | Rogues Gallery: Walton Goggins
Walton Goggins is a character actor adept at juggling danger and humour in equal measure. It's a useful skill for playing white-trash career criminal Boyd Crowder in Justified, a role he's inhabited since the first episode and will be seeing through to the end. With a couple of years to go before that conclusion, however, Season 4 is just out on DVD in the UK, and to celebrate, we chatted to Walton about Boyd and some of his other roguish roles. |
|  | | Words Over Faces: The Continuing Movie Poster Trend
Two years ago, there was a spate of posters featuring Words Over Faces on our country's street furniture, no better highlighted than by The Adjustment Bureau's triple whammy of BIG LETTERS over BIG FACES. Now, with the arrival of Neill Blomkamp's Elysium and the final season of Breaking Bad (and more), it appears that the poster design trope is back with a vengeance, and here below is our celebration - of a sort - of how good people look when they're hiding behind sans-serif fonts. |
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 The nice people from Pot Noodle brought us a Pot Noodle pudding. It was Piña Colada flavoured. We gave it to the art team.
 
Amanda Seyfried and her sister pronounce their surname differently: Amanda says "See-frid" while her sister goes for "See-freed". 
Jim Rash's favourite costume as the Dean on Community is the Lady Gaga look. 
Jet lag sometimes hits Jason Sudeikis mid-sentence. 
The working title for Fierce Creatures was "Death Fish 2". 
Dogs can do yoga, sort of. And not just the downward-facing dog.
 |  | |  | |  | |  | | | We understand maybe 10% of this, but it seems exciting. | | Everything you always wanted to know about Animaniacs. | | Lovely bit of hand-drawn animation. | | 8-bit Blade Runner. |
If you have any timewasters to share, then e-mail them in to us. |  Tibetan prayer flags and a Free Tibet poster to mark the release of When The Dragon Swallowed The Sun this Friday.
 
Kick-Ass 2 
A more modest success than the first Kick-Ass, but still of-a-piece with its scurrilous predecessor. Nobody flies a jet-pack up a skyscraper this time, but Kick-Ass 2 still has its share of over-the-top action, and the sweary laughs are just about intact. Also Out
 
The Place Beyond The Pines 
In trying to tell an enormous amount of story it can spread itself too thin and leave some strands feeling unfinished, but when it's at its best, this is beautiful and bold filmmaking. Also Out
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