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In Interview: How to Make Short Films and Become Friends With Simon Pegg

by Mark Searby 30 August 2013

Director/musician Andrew McKenzie is a busy man. In the last twelve months, he’s managed to find the time to work on two films with Simon Pegg, produce some short films/music videos and play in a band on the same bill as the Prodigy and Eminem. So, we at New Empress thought we would grab a […]

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In Review: The World’s End

by Alan Simmons 12 July 2013

This pint tastes funny. The World’s End sees stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunite with director Edgar Wright to tie up the Three Flavours Trilogy that began with Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Hot Fuzz (2007).

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In Review: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

by Helen Cox 25 October 2011

By Helen Cox Hollywood has a lot to answer for when it comes to trashing the treasures of my childhood but as I am not a joyless film critic for a national newspaper or a French literary critic lacking any sense of social sensitivity I will not be using the phrase “partying with ghosts” or […]

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