2000s Film

Movie musings on films made after the year 2000. Remember: The greatest gift you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.

The Empress Speaks: On the Sanitation of Violence in the 12A Movie-Verse

by Helen Cox 25 March 2013

I recently spent a good three hours sobbing my heart out in the darkest corner of New Empress HQ; clutching my John McClane action figure like it was the last thing I had in the world. Why? I’d just received the news that A Good Day to Die Hard had been granted a 12A certificate. You see, I’m an [...]

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Issue 9: Now Available For Order

by Helen Cox 6 March 2013

What would happen if King Kong went on a dating show? Now you know thanks to our talented cover artist Dan Havardi.

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In Review: The Jia Zhang-Ke Collection on DVD

by Maryann O'Connor 28 November 2012

The collection is made up of three films covering a thirty year period in the history of a country that many of us don’t know much about. Given China’s post-second world war history, you might think that Pickpocket, Platform and Unknown Pleasures would cover the colourful political goings-on but the attraction of these three films [...]

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Issue 7: Our Horror Special – order yours today!

by Helen Cox 23 October 2012

What do Linnea Quigley, Bette Davis and killer telephones have in common? All three appear in our spooky horror special which is out at the very end of October. Other treats for readers include an exclusive interview with Richard Bates Jnr on his new psychological horror: Excision, an exposé on the role of distributors in [...]

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Issue 6.1 Is Here!

by Helen Cox 22 October 2012

The second digital edition of the year is here! Our front cover is illustrated by Rory Mitchell and inspired by the unforgettable body horror: Videodrome. New Empress Magazine’s Minema titles are a mini-digi-dose of film commentary, interviews and flashbacks. Inside this issue our writers have examined the way brands, TV, music and other elements of [...]

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The New Empress Saturday Matinée Presents: Sigourney Weaver in Holes

by Helen Cox 8 September 2012

A largely-forgotten adaptation of a truly delightful book, Holes (2003) sees Shia La Beouf, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight and The Fonz bring to life the characters of a fictional correctional camp for kids: Camp Green Lake.

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The New Empress Saturday Matinée Presents: Bring It On (2000)

by Helen Cox 1 September 2012

Although Bring It On is probably most frequently Googled for pictures of Kirsten Dunst and Eliza Dushku in scanty outfits (I’ve saved you the trouble above), behind its corny cheers, over-sprayed hair and super-short skirts is a sharp script that elevates this flick above your average teen yarn.

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Films that time forgot: High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)

by Maryann O'Connor 9 July 2012

This bank robbing slash extortion fable has many, many things to recommend it to the film-viewing public. Released in 2001, its initial appearance caused no more than a slightly raised eyebrow and perhaps even a slight smirk, dismissed as just another unsuccessful british attempt at a spoof crime film. To the contrary, High Heels and [...]

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Films that time forgot: Hulk (2003)

by Matthew Hammond 6 July 2012

In a summer of big superhero releases, the fruition of Marvel’s dream project, The Avengers has been perhaps the most unlikely and impressive. Most surprisingly of all, the film has brought redemption to one hero no one expected would steal the show: The Incredible Hulk. Indeed, for many, The Avengers is the best Hulk film [...]

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Avi Arad: A Marvel Or Just a Man?

by Lee Cassanell 30 June 2012

With The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) set to do brisk business at the box-office, producer Avi Arad’s long term plan to reinvigorate the comic book movie franchise seems to have finally paid off. The Israeli businessman who managed to wrestle control of Marvel in the wake of its mid-nineties bankruptcy is now, far and away, one [...]

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Films that time forgot: Defendor

by Emma Farley 15 May 2012

The Avengers may be breaking box office records everywhere you look but, in these super-fuelled times, how about sparing a thought for the heroes who didn’t get so much as a plastic lunchbox with their face on it, let alone a parade?

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