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|  This Week... What has it got in its pocketses, precious? If it's not a copy of Empire's new issue , with The Hobbit's Bilbo Baggins and Gollum on the front cover, then you're missing out (admittedly, you'd need fairly large pocketses). This month our cover story focuses on the two participants in The Hobbit's pivotal Riddles in the Dark scene, while we also take a good long look at Dredd, Taken 2, Riddick, The Sweeney, Keira Knightley and Oliver Stone - as well as news, reviews, and Jackie Chan claiming that pandas are the world's fastest animal in defiance of all zoological evidence to the contrary. On the site, we are acknowledging that sporting event that starts today by assessing the Greatest Sports Movies ever made, and bringing you all the usual madness in case you're trying to avoid all mention of sports for the foreseeable. Good luck! Helen O'Hara
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The Hobbit Exclusive
When Gollum met Bilbo! The finest Middle-earth coverage continues... You wait ages for a Hobbit movie and then two come along at once. As Peter Jackson's latest Middle-Earth opus inches ever closer, we talked to the two stars at the heart of its pivotal Riddles in the Dark scene, Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis, to get their take on the Unexpected Journey. Also in our new-look issue!: Dredd, Taken 2, Riddick, Oliver Stone, Frankenweenie, Paranorman and much more. Subscribe today! 12 issues of Empire for only £30! |
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Get the latest issue of Empire magazine on your iPad now - plus every single iPad back issue! Featuring exclusive interactive content, movie trailers for every film reviewed and unseen material that we couldn't fit into the magazine, make sure you download Empire's iPad edition every month! Get the latest issue or subscribe now! | | | | |
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Where Are The Great British Sports Movies?
We've just put together a list of the Greatest Sports Movies Ever Made, and Blighty does not come out of it well. I've just gone through and counted the number of British films on the list and, if we're talking films about sport in the UK there are six (possibly seven if you count Escape To Victory as British, which most people seem to want to). For contrast there are eight baseball films. And what I'm wondering is, why the heck is this? | | | |
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The 50 Greatest Sports Movies
Ah, sport. Small boys in the park, jumpers for goalposts, a desperate last shot on target as the seconds tick down on the clock - or some combination of such ingredients, anyway. The sports movie is the perfect vehicle for tales of competition, triumph, desire and despair - and what could be more film friendly than that? Ahead of this summer's biggest sporting event, we took a look at the best sports films ever made... | |
|  | | The Empire Podcast #21
Only on the Empire Podcast will you hear the voices of much-loved actor Jason Isaacs and Peter Jackson spoofer Peeder Jigson in the very same 66 minute audio file. |
|  | | Empire's Special Jason Isaacs Podcast
As a longtime friend of the magazine, Jason Isaacs is always welcome at Empire Towers - and now that we've got our podcast up and running, the last time he popped round we ushered him into the podbooth and started asking him some pertinent questions. |
|  | | Danny DeVito On The Lorax
Danny DeVito voice-stars in Dr Seuss' The Lorax as a diminutive, moustachioed enigma who speaks for the trees. In real life, he isn't so keen on moustaches but is just as up on trees, as our Nick de Semlyen found when he spoke to him in LA a little while ago. For more on the film, his Trollfoot and his future plans with Arnold Schwarzenegger, have a look at what he had to say... |
|  | | Ten Things You Need To Know About Riddick
As the third film outing for Richard B. Riddick approaches we thought it was time to do a quick round-up of his film career and extended universe adventures. What is eye shine? How do you get it? And when will we see the third film, simply titled Riddick? These answers, and more, after the click. |
|  | | Ten Movie Offices Worse Than Yours
If things aren't always hunky-dory in your workplace - and heck, mice made off with our printer last week - spare a thought for the wage-slaves of movieland. They do the thankless tasks while enduring sociopathic bosses who think lunch is for wimps, ideas are for stealing and butts are for kissing, not sitting. They'll probably need you to "go ahead and come in on Saturday" too. Here's ten companies that won't appear on any Great Places To Work list. Warning: contains weirdly high levels of Kevin Spacey. |
|  | | Searching For Sugar Man Interview
If Searching For Sugar Man is the name of the game, Empire wins. We found him. He was in London with Malik Bendjelloul, the director of the cracking documentary of his life, to talk about his life, music and the film. His name is Rodriguez, he's an American folk singer and his story is amazing. Watch our chat with the pair to find out more. |
|  | | Dark Knight Rises Spoiler Podcast
The Dark Knight Rises has finally arrived in cinemas, and with it a huge number of questions - questions that we here at Empire have attempted to answer here in our special spoiler podcast. So prepare your Bane impressions and get ready for almost 40 minutes of plot points, plot holes and general Batman-related movie chat with Chris Hewitt, James Dyer, Nick de Semlyen and our resident Bat-expert, Dan Jolin. |
|  | | Cinema's Greatest Races
The new James Hunt biopic, Rush, is coming soon and with Empire heading down to the circuit to watch Ron Howard bring it together in the new issue, we've cast our mind over some of the other great racing flicks down the years. So which movie races are guaranteed to deliver a jolt of adrenaline and a waft of gasoline and burnt rubber to your nostrils? Here's ten that get our checkered flag. |
|  | | Les Miserables: We Compare The Stars' Vocal Chords
This month's Empire includes our report from the set of Tom Hooper's big-budget take on Les Miserables, the record-breaking musical based on Victor Hugo's novel about the student uprising in 1830s Paris. Where most musicals see the cast record the songs months before filming and mime to playback during the shoot, Hooper is taking the bold step of recording the singing live on set with the songs fed to the actors via earpiece. So how does the crack team of established megastars, character thesps and up-and-comers stack up in the singing experience / ability stakes? Ian 'Falsetto' Freer investigates... |
|  | | How To Find Ms Right, Film Style
Ruby Sparks is out later this year, starring Paul Dano as a writer who starts writing about his ideal woman in order to combat his writer's block - only for her to miraculously appear in his life. He is, of course, only the latest in a long line of cinema stars who have simply created their ideal women - so here's your guide to following their example.... | | | |
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A black feathered mask for The Raven's DVD release. Will we be wearing it? Nevermore, nevermore. | | | |
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Wild Bill 
Yes, it's another East End gangster movie/dysfunctional family saga, but it's also a fresh, engaging debut feature, with an underlying suspense as we wait for the wild man to revert to pool-cue-wielding form and a streak of sweet, funny sentiment always in danger of being bottled by some nutcase. | | | |
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