The East End Film Festival [EEFF], running from 25 June to 10 July, is returning to the better part of London for its 12th and biggest year yet - featuring… [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...]
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...]
By Helen Cox Have you ever had a boss that you’ve truly hated? A boss that makes you want to decapitate them every time they speak to you? No? Just me then?
By Stewart Terry Right. Confession time. I’ve never read any of the Harry Potter books. I’ve watched every film adaptation from the halcyon days of Chris Columbus all the way up to the brooding melancholy of David Yates but I have never taken so much as a passing glance at a hardback cover. I even [...]
By Mike Richardson Remember when Tom Hanks was a box office guarantee? After landing with a bang in decent to great comedies like Splash (1984) and Big (1988), Hanks stepped up a gear and started actually ‘acting’, winning Oscars with films like Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994).
By David Katz Jesse Eisenberg’s first live-action role since The Social Network (2010) is a big departure from his usual fare: in Holy Rollers (2010) he plays Sam Gold, a Hasidic Jew from Brooklyn who gets embroiled in smuggling ecstasy for the local mob.
In the next thousand words or so I’m going to try and explain why I am still in love with the VHS format even though there is no added value on a technical level. The only glimmer of hope I’ve found, technologically speaking, after weeks of research is a vague suggestion by some that the sound [...]
By Mike Richardson I used to love Transformers: a truck that was also a robot, a robot that was also a plane – brilliant! Two toys in one! Really what’s not to love? That was back in the mid-eighties, when Transformers were the coolest thing on the shelves. They even had their own theme song, [...]
By Liz Mannion of the Ritz Cinema, Thirsk. When you think of beaches and films what do you think of? Probably Bette Midler and, consequently, that girl who used to star in the hit TV show Blossom. But the newly-released British film Third Star (2011) has got me thinking about beaches as locations and the [...]
Issue 2 of New Empress Magazine is now available to pre-order . Orders will be sent out in approximately 2 weeks time. To give you a little taste of what is on offer in our Golden Ticket Edition we’re showcasing some exclusive illustrations from our wonderful creative team here at New Empress HQ.
By Mike Richardson This year has seen a barrage of superhero movies, Thor (2011), The Green Hornet (2011), X-Men: First Class (2011), but we’ve already had the also-ran in the superhuman race – the Green Lantern.
By Mike Richardson Who says girls can’t be funny? It’s a pleasant surprise to be dragged along to a “chick flick” by a wife or girlfriend and discover that what you’re expected to sit through is actually a reasonably enjoyable 90 minutes that doesn’t leave her bleary eyed and mascara stained and hating any man [...]
By David Katz Girl in Motion (2011), a new short film written and directed by budding filmmaker Phil Bowman, immediately impresses with its nuanced, original take on a well-worn subject. It follows an unnamed young lady, the titular ‘girl in motion’ (played by the impeccable Amy De Bhrǔn), as she navigates her way through London [...]
