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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...]

Win Il Boom on DVD!

by Helen Cox 16 April 2012

It’s competition time again! To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Italian comedy IL BOOM, and its release on DVD on April 23rd, we’re giving away 3 DVD copies to New Empress readers. For a chance to bag this very special prize all you have to do is retweet our competition link or post it to your [...]

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In Review: Battleship

by Helen Dines 15 April 2012

The promotional strap lines “From the Company that Brought You Transformers” and “From the Director of Hancock” (Peter Berg) may very well put you off this very loud, very silly and uncomplicated movie version of the American board game.

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In Review: Hollywoo

by Mairéad Roche 15 April 2012

In Hollywoo Florence Foresti plays Jeanne: a Parisian voice artist who dubs the voice of American actress Jennifer Marshall (Nikki Deloach) into French for a Desperate Housewives-type American show that is hugely popular in France.

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In Review: The Gospel of Us

by Mairéad Roche 14 April 2012

People are often heard to moan or even bellow ‘The film is just not like the book’ when they come out of the cinema expecting to see their favourite book adapted word for word, scene by scene on the big screen. What they have forgotten is that a book is not a film, they are [...]

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In Review: Two Years at Sea

by Alex Beattie 14 April 2012

“No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;” (John Donne ) Donne’s 17 th century poem explored the concept of human connection, yet his infamous opening line could be interpreted in a completely different light. On one level, we are all interconnected, yet [...]

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The New Empress Quiz Night: The Action Movie Special

by Helen Cox 14 April 2012

Date: 29th April Time: 7pm Venue: Shortwave Cinema Bermondsey Do you know who spoke the immortal words: “Put the bunny back in the box”? Would you know how to defeat the evil minions of The Bishop after a nuclear holocaust? If so, the next New Empress Quiz night is for you: it’s an action [...]

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The Gospel of Us: Curzon Renoir Q and A Report

by Jonathan Hatfull 13 April 2012

Last night film buffs and critics alike hustled their way to Russell Square for a special Q and A event. The Curzon Renoir screening of The Gospel of Us was introduced by Michael Sheen and Dave McKean. Both men were both clearly very proud of what they had achieved in bringing the three day theatrical [...]

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In Interview: Dave McKean on The Gospel of Us

by Jonathan Hatfull 13 April 2012

One year ago, Port Talbot in Wales was the site of a three-day, town-wide theatrical event. Spearheaded by Michael Sheen, who took the lead role of “The Teacher”, and written by Owen Sheers, the town put on a passion play over the Easter weekend and invited everyone to come along and take part. Legendary comics [...]

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In Review: Delicacy

by Mairéad Roche 13 April 2012

Delicacy is a film made with a delicate touch looking at the sadness and sweetness of a life lived with and without a real love. Audrey Tautou plays Nathalie; a woman who shares the type of true love with husband François (Pio Marmaï) that does not require any fanfare

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In Review: American Reunion

by Helen Cox 12 April 2012

13 years after the original American Pie in which a group of high school boys made a pact to lose their virginity at prom, American Reunion draws the original gang of Jim [Jason Biggs] , Oz [Chris Klein] , Kevin [Thomas Ian Nicholas] , Finch [Eddie Kaye Thomas] and Stifler [Seann William Scott] back together [...]

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In Review: Lovely by Surprise on DVD

by David Forrester 12 April 2012

Kirt Gunn’s debut feature, Lovely by Surprise (2007) is by turns baffling, sweet, infuriating and tragic. It’s an oddity that will leave viewers thinking of Charlie Kaufman and, perhaps, Woody Allen’s The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985). In any event, the fourth wall tumbles down.

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