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 to one lucky winner. The package includes the Director’s previous films Amelie and Micmacs on Blu-ray, a copy of the novel and a T.S. Spivet film poster signed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet himself!

T.S. Spivet lives on a remote ranch in Montana with his parents, his sister Gracie and his brother Layton. A gifted child with a passion for science, he has invented a perpetual motion machine, for which he has been awarded the prestigious Baird Prize by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.

He leaves a note for his family and hops a freight train to make his way across the United States and receive his prize.

But no one there suspects that the lucky winner is a ten-year-old child with a very dark secret…

To be in with a chance of winning this fantastic prize, all you need to do is answer the movie question below:

Which actress plays Amelie in Jeunet’s 2001 film of the same name?

• Audrey Tautou
• Marion Cotillard
• Catherine Deneuve

T.S. Spivet opens across the UK on 13th June 2014.

Check the Official T.S. Spivet UK Facebook page for your nearest cinema – www.facebook.com/TSSpivetUK

Terms & Conditions
• Competition closes 27th June
• Entrants must be UK residents.
• Prize for 1 (one) winner is 1 (one) Blu-ray: Amelie and Micmacs, 1 (one) copy of the film tie-in edition of the novel and 1 (one) The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet film poster signed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
• There is no cash or other alternative to the prize stated and the prize is not transferable and no part or parts of the prize may be substituted for other benefits, items or additions.
• Winners will be picked and contacted by the site. The prize will be delivered to the winner within 28 days of confirmation of delivery address.
• Winners name, contact number and address will be passed to a third party provider for delivery.
• The Editor’s decision is final and binding on the entrants. No correspondence will be entered into.
• Should these products be unavailable at the time of purchase for the winner, Entertainment One reserves the right to substitute with an alternative of equal or greater value.

The seventh film in a long line of X-Men film goodness is out today, in the form of Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past. Would you like to win some tickets to see it at the Vue cinema of your choice, nationwide? Or maybe you would prefer to see Angelina Jolie get her misunderstood wicked witch on in Maleficent. Whatever, yeah. It’s up to you. We promise not to judge your choice of film.

All you have to do to be in with a chance to win these Vue tickets to whatever flick you choose is to answer this simple question, either by commenting on this page, on our Facebook page or telling us on Twitter:

Who is the only X-Person to get their own mutant-tastic film?

A. Cyclops

B. Wolverine

C. Storm

Oh, and please Like, Share and Retweet away…

Competition closes on Thursday May 29th.

A uniquely disturbing tale from the director of Stake Land, Jim Mickle brings a tense, heartbreaking and dramatic horror to life in this beautifully told tale of family, tradition and death.

With breakout performances from Bill Sage (Boardwalk Empire) and newcomers Julia Garner (Martha Marcy May Marlene) and Ambyr Childers (The Master), We Are What We Are is an undeniably stylised piece of cinema.

To support the release of We Are What We Are (coming to select UK cinemas on 28th February and DVD 3rd March) we have an exclusive quad poster to give away to one lucky winner. Competition ends on the 14th March. Editor’s decision is final. Good luck!

There’s no set question so leave your name in the comments box below, on Twitter @NewEmpressMagazine or Facebook page: NewEmpressMagazine/Facebook

To celebrate the release of the “Jump-out-of-your-seat scary” (Little White Lies) horror ‘Banshee Chapter’ – out on DVD & VOD 27th January – we have a DVD to give away to one lucky winner!

From Executive Producer Zachary Quinto’s (Star Trek) Before the Door Pictures comes this highly entertaining horror that will terrify with its unique blend of fact, conspiracy and the paranormal. ‘Banshee Chapter’ is the deserved winner of Total Film’s ‘Scariest Movie Award’ at Film4 FrightFest and is “guaranteed to make you squeal like a newborn” (Time Out)!

There’s no question set for this one, please leave your name in the comments box below, on our Facebook page or tweet us @NewEmpress with this hashtag: #BansheeChapter. Good luck. Competition closes 7th February.

Action superstar Vin Diesel returns as Riddick in one of Hollywood’s most anticipated sequels. From killer to most wanted, Riddick’s story continues in this high octane action packed adventure that will blast viewers into space in an exceptional addition to one of the hottest sci-fi franchises around.

To celebrate the release of Riddick, we have a Blu-ray, vest, back pack and torch to give away! Riddick comes to DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray Steelbook (exclusive to HMV) on 13th January 2014.

There’s no question set for this one, please leave your name in the comments box below, on our Facebook page or tweet us @NewEmpress with this hashtag: #Riddick. Good luck. Competition closes 24th January.

Insidious: Chapter 2 is supernatural horror at its best. A nerve-shredding sequel to the box office smash hit Insidious. Renowned director James Wan and the Blumhouse family prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that scares should be a mixture of great characterisation and suspense. A modern day reimagining of vintage horror mixed with incredible direction makes for one of the most intense cinematic experiences in recent years.

To celebrate the release of Insidious: Chapter 2, courtesy of Entertainment One, we have Insidious goodies to give away! Insidious: Chapter 2 comes to DVD, Blu-ray and Twin Pack on 6th January.

There’s no question set for this one, please leave your name in the comments box below, on our Facebook page or tweet us @NewEmpress with this hashtag: #Insidious2. Good luck. Competition closes 10th January.

Also in conjunction with the release, is the – for one night only – Insidious: Chapter 2 Tweet ‘n’ Scream along. Exactly what it says on the tin, Insidious: Chapter 2 will be screening at Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton, London on Friday 10th January 2014 at 23.00pm. You can pre-order your tickets now from the following link:

Insidious_Chapter_2_Tweet_N_Scream

If you’re not around London on the day, fear not, there will be a nationwide tweet-a-long going on at the same time, but can be done from the comfort of your own home. Just make sure you have your copy of Insidious: Chapter 2 to hand!

Nicolas Winding Refn’s neon-lit Freudian nightmare, Only God Forgives, is released in the UK on Monday 2nd December. Starring Ryan Gosling and a foul-mouthed turn from the usually prim and sangfroid Kristen Scott Thomas, we’ve got three copies each of the soundtrack and DVD up for graboids.

If you want to get your mitts on these delicious prizes, just answer the following super-hard question:

Q: Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling previously collaborated on which film?

A) Driver
B) Drive
C) Driving Miss Daisy
D) License to Drive

Leave your answer in the comments box below, on our Facebook page or via our Twitter page (@NewEmpress) with the hashtag #OnlyGodForgivesComp. This competition will close on Monday 9th December. Editor’s decision is totally final. Good luck. Thanks to Noble PR.

One of our most favourite films ever is now available to buy and on VOD, so to celebrate we are giving away a copy of the DVD to two lucky readers. We screened Dimensions at one of our film and quiz nights in 2011 where it got a great response. It has recently been on release in the U.S.A.

To be in with a chance to win, just retweet the competition on Twitter or Like/Share on Facebook. Competition ends on Friday 22 November.

Our Editor-in-Chief Helen Cox had the following to say about the labour of love that is Dimensions: A line, a loop, a tangle of threads:

“I don’t speak as a film snob, anybody who knows anything about me knows that I am a bad film enthusiast but I can’t stand blandness and in terms of mainstream cinema things have felt a little lack-lustre this year, to put it politely. Of course I would never dream of doing something radical like, say, selling my house in order to fund the kind of film I think people want to watch. Firstly because I, admittedly, don’t have a house to sell but secondly because it’s a massive personal and financial risk. That is, however, exactly what the director and screenwriter couple Sloan U’Ren and Ant Neely did to fund their film: Dimensions. Subtitle: A line, a loop, a tangle of threads.

And what an enthralling tangle of threads it is. The resulting picture is beautiful, moving and meaningful on many levels. When a young girl called Victoria dies at the bottom of a well in 1920s Cambridge her two best friends Stephen and Conrad, both of whom were in love with her, grow up into scientists bent on discovering the secrets of time travel in an attempt to reorder the events of the past and save the girl they love. It’s a complicated and ever-twisting journey that dabbles with parallel universes and possible insanity, the narrative moving at a considered but intriguing pace.”

Trailer below:

Like most good cinemas, the Ritzy in Brixton is making the most of the shortening days and long dark autumn nights to bring us a season of Halloween films and special events. We at New Empress HQ happen to have a pair of tickets to give away to the season opener on Saturday 26th October; a screening of A Magnificent Haunting spookily enhanced by a ghostly reading…

The italian language ‘A Magnificent Haunting’ from director Ferzan Özpetek will be followed by a reading from writer Roger Clarke taken from his book ‘A Natural History of Ghosts’. Sounds like the perfect way to start a Halloween film season, if you ask us.

So if you’d like to win a pair of tickets, retweet our competition link on Twitter or like, share the Facebook post.

Competition closes at midday on Wednesday 23rd October.

Each issue we ask our readers a big question relating to film or cinema. The best responses are printed in our magazine and the most entertaining entry also wins a film goodie bag courtesy of The Empress. This issue’s big question is: should we forgive Ben Affleck for making Gigli and Daredevil? Has he redeemed himself with Argo and landing the role of the caped crusader or will the memory of his past sins always live on? Post your answers in the comments box below for a chance to win.

The winners will be published in our next print issue! Issue 11 is available for pre-order now.