Issue 14 is our 'Adaptations Special'. Guest edited by our online editor Maryann O'Connor, the issue explores a range of film-to-book adaptations and features… [Continue Reading...]
In Review: The Wedding Ringer
As generic as most mainstream rom-coms appear, some manage to exceed expectations and rise above their novelty concepts. This is not the case with writer/director… [Continue Reading...]
Old Hollywood: Sophia Loren, Sunflower and Sex Appeal
Many actors/actresses use the method, a form of intense training to delve into the feelings and the emotions of the character they are portraying and,… [Continue Reading...]
In Review: I’m Alright Jack (1959) on Blu-ray
I'm Alright Jack (1959) is a sequel to an earlier film from the Boulting twins named Privates Progress (1956). The inept Stanley Windrush staggers through… [Continue Reading...]
The New Empress Magazine Video Blog: The Polar Express (2004)
The Polar Express is ten years old and being re-released again this festive season.. Mark Searby discovers why the film has grown in stature since its… [Continue Reading...]
COFILMIC Comedy Film Festival: Entries wanted
Attention all prospective comedy writers and filmmakers: a festival you will not want to miss is coming to Manchester on the 29th and 30th October. Now… [Continue Reading...]
Win A Blu-ray Bundle And Signed Poster With The Release Of T.S. Spivet
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s beautiful T.S. Spivet is released in UK cinemas on Friday 13th June and to celebrate, we’ve got a very special package to giveaway… [Continue Reading...]
In Review: Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)
Rising levels of anti-semitism and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz means that the re-release this week of one of the finest films about… [Continue Reading...]
In Preview: 9th Annual London Korean Film Festival
Returning to the capital for its 9th year, the London Korean Film Festival will get underway at the Odeon West End from 6th - 15th November before moving… [Continue Reading...]
By Mike Richardson There plenty of films out there based on existing video games but Battle: Los Angeles (or Battle LA if you haven’t got the time for full place names) plays out more like a film inspired by a video game yet to come into being.
What better way is there of declaring your allegiance to film geekery than sporting a T Shirt that only you and a select few can appreciate? Er, like none! That’s why the decent fellows at Last Exit To Nowhere have provided us with two high quality T Shirts to give away out of the goodness of their geeky little hearts.
By Helen Cox Last month I was inducted into a cult. A cult of green goop and erotic corn on the cob. A cult of frighteningly cheerful grandfathers, spontaneously dancing sisters and mothers who appear, by that wild look in their eye, to be high as a kite: the cult of Troll 2.
By Mike Richardson Is the new Matt Damon vehicle The Adjustment Bureau as farcical as its title? Mike Richardson reports… It’s a lazy reviewer who likens a film to two other films, and it’s an even lazier advertiser who does the same. With The Adjustment Bureau (aka “Bourne meets Inception”) the sin of laziness is […]
By Austin Raywood In 1981 Timothy Hutton received the academy award for best supporting actor for his role in 1980’s Ordinary People. Although Ordinary People (a film now broadly forgotten) has been maligned for years after winning best picture over the, arguably, more relevant Raging Bull (1980), no critic has put down Hutton’s impeccable performance. […]
By Mike Richardson Last year enfant-terrible of British TV, Chris Morris produced a comedy about Doncaster-based suicide bombers. It was one of the funniest, and also one of the best, films I saw in 2010. If you don’t recognise his name you must have been boycotting news bulletins during the Brass Eye Series (1997) in […]
Dear Auntie Em, My name is Bond, James Bond and I’m having problems at work. I’ve always devoted myself to the job, which means I’ve been unable to settle down and build a life. Instead I’m jet-setting to exotic locations all over the globe, and having meaningless sex with foreign women. Oh I know it […]
Whether we like it or not, there are some films that we are all slightly ashamed of admitting we love. These films are, often, not the most thought-provoking or meaningful of movies, but there’s just something about them that keeps us going back for more.
A full list of Academy Award winners for 2011 can be found here. Although every other website in the cyberverse is commenting on how The King’s Speech swept up Inception didn’t do too badly for itself either. It collected awards for sound, effects and cinematography.
By Susie Kahlich How do you recognize perfection? When talking about film, it should be obvious, right? Multi-dimensional characters, clever but realistic dialogue, a plot that both surprises and makes sense, subplots that engage and tie up loose ends. In short, perfection in film is the power to draw the viewer into and make them […]