 |  The Oscar nominations have been announced, which means that now is the time for film fans to gather together and start shouting at each other. "Inside Llewyn Davis deserved better!" perhaps. Or "I can't believe American Hustle isn't up for Best Hair!". Or maybe you'll enjoy a full-throated row over the relative chances of Hustle, 12 Years A Slave and Gravity. Whoever you decide to bicker with over the nominations, we have all the ammunition you need, with loads of facts and figures already published (and more to come) so that you can win any argument. It's going to be a full-blooded, closely fought race this year, so the more prepared you are, the better. Now we better go and send some consolation gifts to some of the nominees who missed out : a Best Of Folk compilation for the Coens, a typewriter for Tom Hanks (he collects them) and a new pair of Louboutins to Emma Thompson. Wait, they cost how much?! Make that a nice pair of Crocs instead. Helen O'Hara
Deputy Online Editor, Empire
 
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This month's cover movie is Marvel's super-soldier-serum-sequel, the paranoia-thriller sequel to a World War II romp. So how does Chris Evans' Steve Rogers fit into the modern world? And what is SHIELD up to that has him worried? We spoke to the cast and crew on set to bring you the story, along with exclusive new images from the film. VIP print and digital packages Subscribe to Empire magazine Take a look inside this issue of Empire magazine Buy single iPad editions on the App Store View all subscription offers
  First Clip From Marvel's All Hail The King
Remember the honking great SPOILER ALERT we offered before we talked about the first look at Marvel's new One-Short short, All Hail The King? The one that those who have yet to see Iron Man 3 should take to heart, given that it continues one of the most controversial plot elements of modern Marvel cinematic history? We'll repeat that SPOILER ALERT now, because the first clip from the One-Shot is now online. More: Penny Dreadful Teaser Arrives Eva Green extends an invitation... First Frank Clip Online Michael Fassbender & co go on a musical retreat. New Trailer For The Quiet Ones Haunts The Web Jared Harris and Sam Claflin investigate the supernatural. Walk Of Shame Trailer Stumbles Online Elizabeth Banks has a night (and a day) to remember. New Trailer For Mr. Peabody & Sherman History's coming to them... First Clip From David Wain's They Came Together Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler re-meet cute. New Muppets Most Wanted Promo It's an outrage! From Dusk Til Dawn TV Series Trailer Don Johnson straddles chaos and order. First Full Trailer For Game Of Thrones Season 4 Things are a bit tense right now...' Exclusive New Teenage Trailer Hotly-tipped new documentary gets a promo.
  A Scalextric set to mark the home entertainment release of Rush on January 27. If anyone needs us, tough. We're busy playing with toy cars.
 It doesn't matter what music you put on, I'm not going to sleep with you.  James finds the Chinatown soundtrack disturbingly seductive.
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|  | | Empire's Sherlock Series 3 Spoiler Podcast Special
After a two-year absence Sherlock Series 3 came and went in just two weeks, delivering approximately 221 twists, several new psychopaths and even a few new interpretations of the theme tune. In this extended Empire Podcast interview with creators / writers / showrunners Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, you'll find out how they all made it happen, what didn't make the cut and more details on Charles Augustus Magnussen's antisocial antics. Hint: it involves nudity. |
|  | | Vote For Your Favourite Movies Of 2013!
Looking for gift ideas this Christmas? Here's one: a 2014 calendar. And the minute you get your hands on it, put a big red circle around March 30. For that's the date on which the Jameson Empire Awards 2014 - the most irreverent and fun awards show around - will take place. As ever, it'll be an amazing night filled with A-listers galore, as we reward the best films of the year (and the people who made them). But we couldn't do it without you. Voting for the 2014 Awards is now open, which is where you come in. Simply plump for your favourites in each category in the following form, and you could be chosen at random to attend the awards. |
|  | | The 100 Movies You Should See In 2014
There's a lot of chatter about the gigantic year that is 2015, but don't put yourself into suspended animation just yet. 2014 may not come wreathed in gigantic sequels (although it has a few) or boasting the return of a world-conquering space opera (although it may launch its own), but it has a wealth of original properties, exciting action and - hopefully - hilarious comedy. We profile the 100 best-looking prospects of the year for your edification. |
|  | | Film Studies 101: Who Does What On A Movie
What is a grip? Who's Foley and why does everyone call that man The Gaffer? Anyone who has sat through the credits of a movie will have wondered what the people on the list actually do. Here we bring you a list of film set employees, from the lowly runner to the director himself, and explain what exactly it is that they do to earn their name in lights... |
|  | | Udo Kier: Film By Film
Guest of honour at last November's Night Visions festival in Helsinki was the legendary Udo Kier, presenting Flesh For Frankenstein, Blood For Dracula, House On Straw Hill and Doctor Jekyll & The Women. Springing forth with Dictaphone in hand, Empire grabbed several fascinating, wide-ranging chats that covered the directors and actors Kier has worked with, as well as the roles he's played. It's an entirely random sampling of his life and work, from conversations and Q&As that took place across the entire weekend. And the first rogue in the gallery, appropriately enough, is Udo himself... |
|  | | 14 Things We Learned From The 'Evening With Sylvester Stallone' Q&A
If you wanted to see Sylvester Stallone quoting Shakespeare, signing posters and regaling an enthralled audience with a seemingly never-ending roll of stories, there was only one place to be last Saturday night: the London Palladium. 'An Evening With Sylvester Stallone' followed in the footsteps of Al Pacino's similar sit-down career retrospective last year, with the star on great form and more than a few cinematic beans spilled. Here are just a few stand-out moments from both his interview with Jonathan Ross and the Q&A session with the fans. |
|  | | 20 Sherlock Series 3 Secrets From Mark Gatiss And Steven Moffat
We're only two weeks into 2014, but it's a safe bet Sherlock will remain one of the most talked-about TV shows of the year. In the run-up to its return, we spoke to showrunners Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss on the set of 221B Baker Street (as seen in Issue 295), also taking the time to talk to production designer Arwel Wyn Jones about the famous sitting room. Now that all three episodes have been aired, we spoke to Gatiss and Moffat once more about the public reaction to the new series, which bits were hardest to write, and the reappearance of You Know Who for a special spoiler podcast you can listen to in full whenever you like. Here, for the aurally-adverse, are 20 particularly intriguing moments. And, as you may have guessed, here be spoilers. |
|  | | The Cast Of Deadwood: Where Are They Now?
Deadwood: three seasons, 36 episodes, every other word a "fuck". David Milch's superb HBO Western series took the real history and many genuine characters from the South Dakota territories of the 1870s, and crafted a series that was riveting, brutal, often hilarious and always astonishingly written. The series was cut off in its prime for reasons never really explained (the official word seemed to be expense), and while there was talk of a couple of TV-movies to wrap up the storyline, these never materialised. Thankfully, we do at least have history to tell us some of what happened next. Deadwood burned to the ground in 1899, and Al Swearengen was found dead from a massive blow to the head on a Denver street in 1904. |
|  | | Empire's Review Of The Year 2013
As we sail into 2014, it's important to wrap up the year that was. With that in mind, we spent much of December profiling the winners and losers of last year, the new stars who emerged and the unsung heroes who made the year, and the very best films, film music and action sequences of 2013. Read it all, or languish hopelessly uninformed... |
|  | | Empire Presents the New York Film Academy
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 A well-themed display case and "Furyan rocks" (wait, this rock is honeycomb! And he didn't even get to Furya!) to mark Riddick's home entertainment release. The case lights up in the dark, which is handy for anyone who didn't pay a prison doctor to do a shine job on their eyes.
 
Robert Forster was in London this week, and we glimpsed him carrying his own bags to his cab because he's far too manly to let anyone else do it. 
Part of Sherlock episode The Sign Of Three was based on the Sherlock spoof. 
Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times is still freakin' hilarious on the big screen. 
Superheroes know how to walk like Egyptians. 
Lena Dunham prefers Batman to Superman.
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