 |  Hollywood has spent a lot of time perusing its own back catalogue lately. This week alone has seen news about remakes / new instalments for Point Break, The Flintstones, Private Benjamin, Power Rangers, The Stand and Beverly Hills Cop. It's only a matter of time before every film ever gets a remake, but we may have a way for you to fight back! Voting is still open in our Greatest Movies Ever poll, and a place on the list is the last, best chance for many films to sidestep the remake machine. After all, if they're truly great , only a fool would dare to touch them and risk sullying that legacy. What we're saying is, you have it in your power to save Hollywood from itself, elevate your favourite films to the pantheon of greats and ensure that people will think twice before casting Justin Bieber in a comic prequel to The Godfather (or whatever. Jeez, Hollywood, stop writing that down! We're just kidding!). Get your thinking caps on, cast your eyes back over your DVD collection and your mind back over a lifetime of movies, and give us your choices. You are cinema's only hope. Helen O'Hara
Deputy Online Editor, Empire
 
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|  | | The Empire Podcast #110
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A point of pride for many film buffs is a knowledge and love of aspect ratios. You can often hear their excited gasps of delight in any cinema showing the new, pristinely presented Wes Anderson, or see them stomp off to see the management if the local multiplex isn't projecting a Coen Brothers film in quite the correct ratio. Yet with all the various incarnations of image sizes over the years, it's easy to get lost or confused. Never fear - if you've ever wondered about the difference between Academy Ratio and CinemaScope, or why the hell your TV is shaped the way it is, Empire can make it all crystal clear... |
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 Frank came in with some tiny edible Frank heads to mark the release of Frank. If we're Frankfrank, there's something a bit wrong about that.
 
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Frank 
Dreams of rock stardom become a warped reality in this barking-mad but affecting comedy about the side-effects of being a non-conformist genius. Also Out
 
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