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This Week...
Love or loathe Potter, there's no denying that Thursday's premiere in Trafalgar and Leicester Squares was one of the biggest events ever - and Empire, in a glamorous and exciting development, got to go along and be part of the magic. Nearly a mile of red carpet, thousands of screaming fans (some of them sticking heads under the barricades to get a view of the cast), a selection of owls and Death Eaters decorated the road to the screen itself, a premiere so big it had to be spread across three different cinemas. Once inside, it got even better, with a copy of Empire's Harry Potter supplement on every chair. And they even let us into the after party, the fools, where we had our fortunes read and hogged the hog roast and the chocolate fountain with the mini profiteroles. Now that's what we call going out with a bang. Empire's Harry Potter Review - Now Online
To read Empire's official verdict on the final Harry Potter movie - click here Helen O'Hara
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A Blu-ray of The Incredibles! The good news: in high-def, it's still incredible! | | | |
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'It's Just A Bit Of Fun': Why Defensive Fans Are Bad News For Movies
This is probably a blog that doesn't need saying for most people, but I write this in response to a criticism of this magazine and site that's becoming more and more common - and which I've heard several times today in relation to the new Transformers film. It's entirely possible that you like Michael Bay's Transformers films, and more power to you. You may well have enjoyed the two to date and be looking forward to Dark of the Moon. But what you can't sensibly do is respond to negative reviews with arguments like, "It's just a bit of fun" - and I'll explain why. | | | |
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The 50 Greatest American Independent Movies
As much as blockbusters can thrill us, beyond the well-tended flowerbeds and spacious corner offices of Hollywood there's a world bubbling with creativity, free spirits and up-and-coming talent. Some of the heroes of American indie cinema have gone on to try their hand at multiplex fodder; some have stayed resolutely outside the mainstream. This roll of honour celebrates both, as well as some of the names that didn't achieve the acclaim they deserve. But how you define 'indie'? Do big studios' independent arms count? Should Miramax's output qualify? Our criteria is aesthetic rather than financial: if it feels like an indie, it's in; if it's The Phantom Menace, it's not. Ultimately though, whether they're made for millions or 50p and bits of pocket fluff, it's about great movies that are worth celebrating again... | | |
|  | | Terrence Malick: A Career In Pictures
He doesn't do interviews, or photographs, or premieres. Stars are queuing up to work with him, but there's a fair chance he'll cut their performance out and just focus on some newcomer instead. And his films are slow and spiritual and almost entirely devoid of wisecracks, explosions (The Thin Red Line notwithstanding) and comedy sidekicks. Yet Terrence Malick remains one of the most interesting directors in Hollywood, adored by actors and critics and quite a lot of the general public. With his new film, The Tree Of Life, out this week, we thought we'd take a look back at his films to date. |
|  | | The Kings Of Leon On Their Tour-Bus Movies
The Kings Of Leon, or at least Caleb and Nathan, were in town recently to talk about rockumentary Talihina Sky, which tells the behind-the-scenes story of the band. We asked them to name their essential tour-bus movies, and were really not prepared for them to show an encyclopaedic knowledge of Legends Of The Fall. Takes all sorts, eh? |
|  | | David Schwimmer Talks Trust
He'll always be haunted by the spectre of Ross Geller in Friends, but David Schwimmer is turning into an interesting feature director to boot. That's especially true with his new film, Trust, out this week and dealing with a family torn apart after their daughter becomes involved with a man she meets in an online chat room. We asked Schwimmer about preparing his cast to deal with the tough questions in the film, and how the film has changed his views on the world around us... David Schwimmer Webchat Transcript |
|  | | The Ultimate Dinosaurs Picture Quiz
As those who've seen the trailer for Terrence Malick's latest masterpiece will attest, The Tree of Life features dinosaurs. That's right, dinosaurs. In a Terrence Malick movie ostensibly about a Texan family in the 1950s. But in Malick we trust, and if he wants to put dinos in his movie, he can put dinos in his movie. Hell, anyone can put dinos in their movie -- dinos are wicked. To prove this point, here's 18 examples of undeniably brilliant prehistoric mega-lizards cropping up across cinema's rich and varied history. Your job? Name them films. No problem. |
|  | | Terrence Malick's Movies: A Timeline Comparison
We know it's not a race and, sure, grand cinematic ideas take time to germinate, but we can't help wishing that Terrence Malick made just one or two more films in his 40-year career. The five lovingly-crafted films he's turned out in the four decades make him the nearest thing in movieland to J.D. Salinger: a man who's impact and influence comfortably outstrip his output. Taking a chunk of time to hang out in Paris and travel the globe is all well and good but it's exciting to see him already back behind the camera for another, thus-far untitled project with Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams. Still, as this timeline shows, he's got some catching up to do with his more prolific peers. | | | |
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These sensational Jambox speakers, from the good folks at Jawbone, that are now sending Nick's banging choons reverberating round the office at volumes that could shake your teeth to dust. | | | |
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The Tree Of Life 
There is simply nothing like it out there: profound, idiosyncratic, complex, sincere and magical; a confirmation that cinema can aspire to art. | | | |
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The Adjustment Bureau 
It's Inception for romantics, a love story told through the medium of science-fiction — or maybe not; it's hard to peg this by genre. By keeping the pace quick, the explanation light and the characters strong, Nolfi achieves the near-impossible: a film puzzle you won't mind leaving unexplained. | | | |
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