FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM - A Harry Potter film minus Harry Potter. There is a giant dung beetle though, so that’s something.

THE 30 GREATEST HARRY POTTER CHARACTERS - #31: Griphook the Goblin. #32: Professor Flitwick. #33: Goblin Bank Teller.

15 YEARS OF DONNIE DARKO - We reunite director Richard Kelly and Frank The Rabbit for an exclusive look back at stupid man-suits and Sparkle Motion.

THE CROWN - This Netflix show is so huge, it caused a national gold-coach-and-coronet shortage.

AARON ECKHART - I believe in Harvey Dent. Also in Kevin Rooney, President Benjamin Asher and Truck-Stop Patron. Eckhart’s so versatile.

A UNITED KINGDOM - Amma Asante on a love story that changed a continent. Which makes us ponder how successful our relationships really are.

BATMAN AT 50 - ZONK! The original Batman, Adam West, on 50 years in the cape and his new animated Bats.

EMPIRE 30: TAIKA WAITITI Our 30th anniversary celebrations continue with an audience with New Zealand’s finest. Sorry, Crowded House.

GREEN BOOK The latest from Peter Farrelly. Has fewer jizz jokes than you might expect.

SUPERMAN As Superman The Movie turns 40, Richard Donner reflects on making us believe that a man can fly.

THE EMPIRE VIEWING GUIDE Spike Lee tells us how he made his latest joint, BlackKklansman.

THE RANKING John Carpenter’s The Ranking.

AN AUDIENCE WITH STAN LEE Empire’s final interview with the great man, from Comic-Con 2017.

A LIFE IN COMIC BOOKS How Stan Lee changed the world of popular culture forever.

THE FRONT RUNNER When it comes to the Oscar race, this is the favourite.

AQUAMAN The heartwarming tale of the bloke who sang, “Come on, Barbie, let’s go party.”

FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD

THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS

THE EMPIRE INTERVIEW

HOW MUCH IS A PINT OF MILK?

BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE

THE ULTIMATE AUTUMN PREVIEW Really easy to put together, this. September, October, November. Rainy. weather. Occasional snow showers. Done. Bring on the Spring 2019 preview.

JAMIE LEE CURTIS The Queen Of Scream. The Dame Of Distress. The Baronetess of Bad. The Countess Of Running Around And Being Chased By Michael Myers.

THE 50 GREATEST STAR WARS CHARACTERS

THE EMPIRE INTERVIEW Actor. DJ. Believer in better. And now a writer and director. Behold Idris Elba, the coolest (and busiest) man alive.

BLACKKKLANSMAN Spike Lee rolls his best joint in years.

THE VIEWING GUIDE Ghost Stories, the Brit horror that could only be scarier with a demon nun.

BLACKKKLANSMAN THE MOST IMPORTANT FILM OF THE YEAR

PREDATOR: 30TH ANNIVERSARY

THE PREDATOR On set of the ugly mother’s big comeback — not Shane Black, don’t be rude — in the sequel that one of the all-time great movie monsters has always deserved.

BLACKKKLANSMAN The cast of Spike Lee’s latest talk working with the iconic filmmaker on his provocative crime-comedy-thriller.

ANT-MAN AND THE WASP The minuscule Marvel heroes are back, ready to face their greatest nemesis: a jumbo-sized can of Raid.

DRAGONSLAYER Neil Marshall goes director-ondirector with Matthew Robbins for an interview that will slay but won’t drag on.

MATTHEW VAUGHN A big announcement from the director. Sadly, not ‘Mean Machine 2’.

THE ENDLESS Don’t be fooled: it’s less than two hours long.

AVENGERS: 10 BURNING QUESTIONS ANSWERED

SICARIO 2: THE STORY OF THE BRUTAL SEQUEL

DEADPOOL 2! 

JURASSIC WORLD 2!

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 6!

EXCLUSIVE SOLO! THE COMPLETE STORY OF HAN AND CHEWIE’S TRIUMPHANT RETURN

SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY AT LAST, WHAT THE WORLD HAS BEEN WAITING FOR: A CHEWBACCA ORIGIN MOVIE. SOME SMUGGLER BLOKE’S IN IT TOO.

PLANET OF THE APES AND THIS ONE FEATURED MONKEYS DOING SO MUCH MORE. “BONES?” THEY CRIED. “THIS IS WHAT WE THINK OF YOUR BONES!”

EXCLUSIVE AVENGERS INFINITY WAR The inside story of Marvel Studios’ ultimate superhero team-up. They’re all here. Iron Man. Superman. Bananaman. Michael Mann.

INSIDE BLUMHOUSE Jason Blum makes great horror films, including Get Out and Split, for low, low prices. We visit the man they call Discount Dracula.

THE EMPIRE INTERVIEW

SPIELBERG: THE INTERVIEW Ready for the spiel? 

DIRECTORS ON SPIELBERG A-list filmmakers write about their fave Spielberg movies. Gold star to Edgar Wright, who did some extra homework.

JURASSIC PARK Have you had a dinosaur-related accident at work? Call Goldblum, Dern & Neill, Bloodsucking Lawyers, now.

GREATEST VILLAINS SPECIAL A 19-page special celebrating some of Hollywood’s biggest bounders, from that bloke in Star Wars with the red lightsaber and the black mask to that bloke in Star Wars with the red lightsaber and the black mask.

PACIFIC RIM UPRISING On set of the film we’re calling ‘Giant Robots v Giant Monsters: Dawn Of Giant Justic’.

THE SHAPE OF WATER Guillermo del Toro has made his film again. And it’s an absolute belter.

THE SHAPE OF WATER - Director Guillermo del Toro and his go-to creature guy Doug Jones reflect on a friendship that has spanned 20 years, six movies, and more rubber than a condom factory.

THE VIEWING GUIDE - Brawl In Cell Block 99, a film more violent than the Merseyside Derby..

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Hugh Jackman’s lavish musical gamble. Yes, Hugh Jackman can sing. Did you know? He never mentions it.

THE COMMUTER Liam Neeson catches a train. There really is no end to his particular set of skills, is there?

JUSTICE LEAGUE

BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL

RESERVOIR DOGS PHOTO GALLERY Dogs’ unit photographer Linda R. Chen digs into her archives for incredible unseen pics.

THE EMPIRE INTERVIEW Jamie Bell, the original Billy Elliot. We’d say “and best”, but Tom Holland might take issue. Dance-off, bros.

HOW MUCH IS A PINT OF MILK? Too busy to read? Here are Jeff Daniels’ answers: yes, yes, no, snakes, 47p, blancmange, can you please stop asking me questions?

JUSTICE LEAGUE The coolest superheroes around make their big-screen bow. Why are they the coolest? Because they take their drinks with just ice.

THE DEATH OF STALIN Armando Iannucci’s political satire, the sweariest film comedy since... Armando Iannucci’s last political satire.

THE EMPIRE INTERVIEW Andy Serkis turns director for Breathe, so we talked to him. Or we think it was him. They can work wonders with CGI these days.

THE LAST JEDI After The Force Awakens, we had Luke Skywalker questions: why did he go to that island? How did he eat? Is he the last Jedi? Mark Hamill and Rian Johnson answer some of those.

THE EMPIRE INTERVIEW Is it possible to interview Steve Buscemi without bellowing, “Shut the fuck up, Donny!”? Let’s find out.

COMIC-CON SPECIAL — KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE

COMIC-CON SPECIAL — DOCTOR WHO

COMIC-CON SPECIAL — STAR TREK: DISCOVERY

THE EMPIRE INTERVIEW

BLADE RUNNER 2049 - The second movie this year, after Fast & Furious 8, to feature a character called Deckard. Which one will be better? It’s a headscratcher.

THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD - Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson team up for laughs, thrills and several dozen swears.

THE DARK TOWER - Stephen King and co talk about filming the unfilmable in an article that links directly to the It feature in a future issue.

THE DEFENDERS - Marvel’s street-level superheroes get together for a big old hooley. Rejected headline: Fantastic Flat Back Four.

LOGAN LUCKY - Four years ago we did an exit interview with Steven Soderbergh to mark his retirement. Now he’s back. HR are having conniptions.

THE EMPIRE INTERVIEW - In conversation with Rooney Mara, amazing actor and England’s record goalscor.

GIVE UP YOUR DAY JOB - Famous types name their least-favourite jobs. Tim Burton didn’t say Dark Shadows. Huh. 

CON AIR - Beautiful? Sunsets are beautiful. Newborn babies are beautiful. This feature celebrating 20 years of the demented action classic? This is fucking spectacular.

THE 100 GREATEST MOVIES - We asked you to vote for the 100 best movies of all time. Bad luck to The Ridiculous 6, which just missed out, coming in at 1,482,768th.

WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES - Andy Serkis returns for a trilogy-capper that will hopefully answer the big question: has Caesar ever had a Caesar salad?

GAME OF THRONES - Fifteen things you wanted to know about Season 7 of the HBO show but were afraid to ask in case they cut off your head, covered you in molten gold, or bumped you off on the bog. 

DUNKIRK - Christopher Nolan brings his inimitable style, and One Direction’s Harry Styles, to this World War II epic. That’s what makes him beautiful.

THE EMPIRE INTERVIEW - “Bonjour, Luc Besson.” “Bonjour, Empire. Ça va?” “Ça va bien, merci. Et toi?” “Magnififique! J’aimerais parler de mon nouveau film, Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets.” “Allez!”..

THE BEGUILED - Sofia Coppola and her all-star cast remake one of Clint Eastwood’s weirder films. Yes, even weirder than the ones with the orangutan.

ROGER MOORE - The magnificent Sir Roger Moore, who passed away in May, in his own words.

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING - It’s not a reboot, it’s a reweb.

WONDER WOMAN - Break out your electric cellos — DC’s superheroine is here to lasso your face.

VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS - Stop, Luc, listen: M Besson tells us all about the amazing creatures who festoon his new movie.

TWIN PEAKS - Show wonderful and weird Lynch’s David behind stories the inside delve we, screens TV our to returns it As.

TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT - We spent 24 hours with Transformers head honcho Michael Bay and lived to tell the tale.

BABY DRIVER - On the set of Edgar Wright’s latest movie. Totally irresponsible, if you ask us. Babies can barely change a tyre, let alone drive a car.

CHURCHILL - The first of 2017’s duelling movies about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister. Is this the Deep Impact to the Armageddon of Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour?

THE EMPIRE INTERVIEW - A no-holds-barred chat with Chris Evans. We were halfway through a question about Top Gear before we realised we’d made a huge mistake.

ALIEN: COVENANT - Ridley Scott introduces us to new alien the Neomorph — not to be confused with Neo and Morpheus, who are characters from The Matrix.

KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD - All the interviews for Guy Ritchie’s geezerification of our greatest fictional monarch were conducted via round table. Here all week, folks, try the mead.

AMY SCHUMER AND GOLDIE HAWN - The greatest female comedy double act since Mel & Sue. Why can’t they be presenting Bake Offff on Channel 4?...

THE THREE EMPIRE AWARDS 2017 - Our big night of backslapping. Contains around 72 per cent more greasy strangling than most movie awards ceremonies.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: SALAZAR’S REVENGE - The Caribbean pirates are back for a fifth movie that will give us closure on whether Salazar gets his long-awaited revenge. Finally.

VEEP - Can a sitcom satirising US politics survive with Donald Trump in the White House? We investigate. Warning: may contain FAKE NEWS.

THE EMPIRE INTERVIEW - The girl with the dragon tattoo’s latest role: the girl who talked to Empire in a London photography studio to promote her new film.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 - I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot?...

THE HANDMAIDEN - Park Chan-wook turns a quaint English novel into a gloriously sexy slice of South Korean Gothic. Keep him away from the Enid Blyton!...

DOCTOR WHO - Peter Capaldi reflects on his time in the TARDIS in a feature that’s bigger on the inside.

LIFE - In space, nobody can hear you scream, “Oh my God, it’s Ryan Reynolds! And Jake Gyllenhaal! They’re so effing dreamy!”...

THE RUNNING MAN - Screenwriter Steven E. de Souza on how his dystopian sci-fi set in 2017 seems to have come true. He wouldn’t give us the lottery numbers, sadly. What a jerk.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER - In which we speak to the Austrian Oak about his greatest performances. We ran out of time to cover Jingle All The Way. 

LOVE ACTUALLY - Richard Curtis is grilled by fellow director, and super-fan, Paul Feig, on the frothy romcom that has become a Christmas classic.

THE EMPIRE INTERVIEW - Eric Bana, star of the greatest Empire feature that never made it to print: Eric Banagrams. Try some: Yort, Kulh, Cuminh. Fun! ........

WONDER WOMAN - Great dialogue from the newest DC flick: “Get off my invisible plane!” “You can’t handle the Lasso Of Truth!” “Where does she get those 
wonderwomanful toys?”

FREE FIRE - Ben Wheatley needs guns. Lots of guns.

GHOST IN THE SHELL - Scarlett Johansson boldly goes where no manga has gone before, and we follow like the lovestruck fools we are.

RAW - The French cannibal flick that we’re giving three stars. Three Michelin stars.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Want to read an in-depth report about the latest Disney live-action animation adaptation? Be our guest. No, seriously, go on. It’s a laugh.

THE EMPIRE INTERVIEW - Ian McShane. If you love joy, but hate dead wood, this is the interview for you.

IRON FIST -  Great dialogue from the latest Marvel/ Netflix series: “Suck my fist!” “The fist is life!” “I’ll fist you, Captain Evil!” 

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY - The story of the movie the Academy thought was better than Citizen Kane. Next month: the movie that’s better than Citizen Cohn.

LOGAN - After 17 years and nine X-movies, Hugh Jackman says a fond farewell to Wolverine. We’re not crying, we’ve just got an adamantium claw in our eye.

KONG: SKULL ISLAND - Empire travels the world with T-Hiddy and K-Kongy. We stowed away in Kong’s toiletries bag — it’s roomy, but dear god, you wear the stench like a smock.

THE GREAT WALL - Matt Damon is the only movie star visible from space. Fact. (Fake news.)

THE EMPIRE INTERVIEW: CHRISTINA RICCI - A chat with the star of Z: The Beginning Of Everything. At no point did we say, “That’s Ricci coming from you.” We can only apologise.

RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER - You know what other movie had the subtitle ‘The Final Chapter’? Friday The 13th part five. Which had six sequels. We’ll be seeing you, Milla.

THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE - Will Arnett, the voice of Lego Batman, embarks on a caped crusade: to assess the merits of his Bat-predecessors. Nipples not required.

REMEMBERING CARRIE FISHER - A huge and heartfelt 24-page tribute to the lady who was Leia. And much more besides. We’re not crying, we... well, actually, we are.

T2 TRAINSPOTTING - The Danny Boyle classic has spawned a sequel. Choose life. Choose a film magazine. Choose the ‘Contents’ page. Choose so-called funny witticisms instead of useful information. Choose choosing. Choose... oh, sod it.

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2 - The Keanu Reeves hit man hit has spawned a sequel. Chapter 3 sees him team up with his long-lost brother, Hampton.

A MONSTER CALLS - Liam Neeson voices a walking, talking tree. He plays the role to the Ent degree. You know, like John Rhys-Davies in The Lord Of Tbe Rings. Oh, please yourself.

THE ULTIMATE 2017 PREVIEW - Films set in 2017 include Pamela Anderson ‘vehicle’ Barb Wire, sections of Adam Sandler ‘comedy’ Click, the last bit of Harry Potter And 
The Deathly Hallows — Part 2 and Terminator Genisys. And you thought 2016 was grim.

THE DRIVER - Walter Hill, the director of car-chase classic The Driver, is interviewed by Edgar Wright, the director of car-chase classic-inwaiting Baby Driver. It’s like Top Gear with more intelligent, better-dressed people.

VIOLA DAVIS - The mighty star of The Help, Prisoners, Suicide Squad and now Fences gets the Empire grilling. If she wrote an autobiography, it’d be called ‘A History Of Viola’.

LOGAN: He’s the best there is at what he does — and what he does is get super-old, grey and wrinkly

BLEED FOR THIS: Could Miles Teller be a contender? Will Aaron Eckhart go the distance?

SHERLOCK: Benedict Cumberbatch in a high collar, defending us all from evil? It’ll never catch on.

DOCTOR STRANGE - Meet Marvel’s riskiest hero to date. How strange is he? He has a degree in mad-icine from Carnegie Messing With Your Melon University.

LUKE CAGE - Meanwhile, on the other side of the MCU, a bulletproof dude with bulging muscles enters the fray for some serious Netflix and chill.

GENE WILDER - Team Empire pay tribute to the wonderful Gene Wilder. Yes, David Walliams is part of our team. He pops round all the time.

JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK - Tom Cruise returns as Lee Child’s hero in a piece that doesn’t mention the height thing once.

ANNA KENDRICK - In conversation with the star of Trolls, which is about animated monsters and not Twitter. #burn #lolz #humour.

SUPERSONIC - A documentary about Oasis. As if there’s any mileage in those nice Gallagher brothers.

VEGAS IN SPACE - The true story of a cult film in which three astronauts travel to a planet called Clitoris. Don’t ask us how they found it.

THE FRENCH CONNECTION - William Friedkin’s cop classic is 45. To celebrate, we asked him and Christopher McQuarrie to dinner, and picked up the cheque.

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