New Empress Magazine

StudioCanal Launch Appeal For Lost Wicker Man Materials

Robin Hardy's chilling classic, The Wicker Man, is forty years young. To celebrate the occasion - and to mark the film as one of Britain's greatest, and… [Continue Reading...]
In Review: Motel Hell (1980) on Blu-ray

Backwoods black comedy-horror movie Motel Hell gets a spruce up and bevy of all-new bonus material in this Arrow Blu-ray release.… [Continue Reading...]
In Review: Daleks’ Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966) on Blu-ray

Daleks’ Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D., made in 1966, is also released on Blu-ray for the first time. Unlike its predecessor, this sequel takes place on Earth.… [Continue Reading...]
In Review: Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) on Blu-ray

Dr. Who and the Daleks, the first of two movies based on the BBC television series, is released this month for the first time on Blu-ray.… [Continue Reading...]
The New Empress Video Blog: Celebrating 2 Years in Print

This week New Empress Magazine is celebrating 2 years in print. Since our humble A5, quarterly beginnings in 2011 we've grown into an A4 bi-monthly publication… [Continue Reading...]
Event: Beats Rhymes and Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest

Special event klaxon! Do you fancy seeing a screening of music documentary Beats Rhymes and Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest at Clapham Picturehouse… [Continue Reading...]
Win A Copy Of Horror Film ‘The Collection’ On DVD

From the writers of Saw IV, V, VI and 3D comes the thrilling sequel to The Collector that works just as well as a standalone film. Tense, terrifying and… [Continue Reading...]
The Immortals: Grace Kelly

If ever a name was suited to describe a person it was that of Grace Kelly; the actress had a distinctive poise and elegance that charmed cinema-goers,… [Continue Reading...]
Terracotta Far East Film Festival Announces 2013 Line-up

It's that time of year again: the annual Terracotta Far East Film Festival. London's yearly dose of far out, Far Eastern film returns for its fifth year… [Continue Reading...]

In Review: The Three Stooges

by Maryann O'Connor 24 August 2012

Having experienced much of the Farrelly brothers’ back catalogue, it was not a surprise to learn that they were going to take a stab at a modern film starring these slapstick favourites.

Read the full article →

COFILMIC Comedy Film Festival Update

by Rob Keeling 22 August 2012

The upcoming COFILMIC comedy film festival has announced some pretty stellar new prizes and has extended the submission deadline accordingly. With the event itself taking place on the 29-30 th October, prospective filmmakers now have until the 5 th September to get their entries in.

Read the full article →

In Review: The Wedding Video

by Maryann O'Connor 21 August 2012

Weddings often feature in films. They produce that supposedly easily relatable mix of high emotions, high stakes, competition and widespread drunkenness that seems to convince the filmmakers to throw in some disasters in lieu of enhancing the narrative. So, what is usually missing in action is a level of believability, a measure of which is [...]

Read the full article →

Win This Must Be The Place on Blu-ray!

by Helen Cox 20 August 2012

To celebrate the release of This Must Be The Place on DVD and Blu-ray we’re offering a lucky reader a free Blu-ray copy! All you have to do is share our competition link on Facebook or retweet it on Twitter – just make sure you are following us or like our page so we can [...]

Read the full article →

The New Empress Saturday Matinée Presents: Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in Tough Guys (1986)

by Helen Cox 18 August 2012

Ever wonder what Dana Carvey got up to in the 80s before Saturday Night Live made him a household name? No? Well I’ll tell you anyway. Besides appearing in Halloween II, This is Spinal Tap and Racing with the Moon, Carvey starred in a pretty much forgotten comedy flick starring Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster and [...]

Read the full article →

In Review: Step Up 4 3D

by Maryann O'Connor 17 August 2012

Having not sat through any of the three previous Step Up films, I did briefly wonder if that would affect my enjoyment of this latest addition to the series. The short answer was no.

Read the full article →

In Review: The Bourne Legacy

by Ben Harris 15 August 2012

Undoubtedly, the Bourne series brought quality back to an exhausted genre. Glistening with action and fixed together with a sophisticated and well-crafted story, the trilogy left its mark on audiences. But once a franchise continues without its admired director and popular central character, it’s destined for harsh scrutiny.

Read the full article →

In Review: The Expendables 2

by Joshua Searle 13 August 2012

Sylvester Stallone has once again assembled a crack team of ageing action icons for this second outing of The Expendables. This time Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris are the big names joining Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li (for a minute), Dolph Lundgren, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and others for another round of fighting.

Read the full article →

In Review: London: The Modern Babylon

by Maryann O'Connor 9 August 2012

London: The Modern Babylon is a love letter to the tumultuous and colourful city; a love letter in which the writer reassures the recipient that, although they are aware that their love may fart and pick their nose occasionally, they still love them more than life itself.

Read the full article →

In Review: Warlords of Atlantis (DVD)

by Joshua Searle 8 August 2012

Warlords of Atlantis (1978) was the 4th in a series of fantasy films by Amicus director Kevin Connor, but despite an original screenplay by Brian Hayles [it was the first film from Connor not based on an Edgar Rice Burroughs book] the plot contains many elements that anyone watching for the first time will already [...]

Read the full article →

In Review: 360

by Joshua Searle 8 August 2012

Circular, multi-saga dramas are a tricky business. The story count, characters and sense of meaning all have to be perfect or the whole film collapses in on itself. Sadly, 360 doesn’t get any of these elements right.

Read the full article →