 |  It's been all quiet at Empire Online's secret underground facility this week. One of our number is on the West Coast quizzing the cast of a hit TV show, while another has hotfooted it to Louisiana and onto the set of those 'major motion picture' things we keep hearing about. Sadly, for anyone else who'd like to see what those Aurochs are up to now, it isn't Beasts Of The Southern Wild 2. While we've awaited our gifts of gumbo, catfish and raccoon hats, there's been plenty to keep us busy, including an exclusive Ridley Scott blow-by-blow of his new Exodus trailer, a greatest hits of ILM effects work and the low-down on Richard Linklater's beautiful Boyhood. If you see one film this weekend, let it be that one. Phil de Semlyen
Staff Writer, Empire
 
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  First Exodus: Gods And Kings Trailer Launches
Having tackled the future with Prometheus and the present via The Counsellor, Ridley Scott is doing an inverse Scrooge for his next film and dipping into the past. The biblical past, in fact, with Moses tale Exodus: Gods And Kings. More: First Trailer For Wild Online Reese Witherspoon walks off her troubles. New Trailer For Abel Ferrara's Welcome To New York Whoopee, Depardieu First Trailer For Angelina Jolie's Unbroken The true story has a fresh promo. Latest Hunger Games Promo Arrives The Mockingjay lives! Exclusive Trailer For Josef Mengele Drama Wakolda The Angel of Death in Argentina. New Clip From Michel Gondry's Mood Indigo Say hello to the pianocktail. Exclusive: New Expendables 3 TV Spot Things that make you go KABOOOM! Extended Guardians Of The Galaxy Promo Online 'First you gotta go through us!' First Trailer For Felony Joel Edgerton has a moral dilemma. New Gone Girl Trailer Creeps In Nothing is as simple as it seems.
  The weather outside may be frightful, but these Christmas-in-July goodies are so delightful, we don't really care. Thanks to Hotel Chocolat for their yumblievable choccies.
 Okay, who put Mork & Mindy on my desk?  Ally tries to uncover her mystery benefactor. Na-nu, na-nu!
Exodus: Gods And Kings: Ridley Scott's Trailer Breakdown
In a career littered with huge films - Gladiator, 1492, Prometheus - Exodus: Gods And Kings may be Ridley Scott's biggest yet. A retelling of the Biblical story of Moses and his quest to free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, it's the sort of story that usually demands Charlton Heston and a cast of thousands. Happily, Scott has Christian Bale, Sigourney Weaver, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley and Aaron Paul, and, yes, a cast of thousands more. We asked him to talk us through some of the big moments in the trailer... | |
|  | | Jay Baruchel Talks How To Train Your Dragon 2
Jay Baruchel is an immensely engaging human being. Smart as a whip and with a mouth that can spit words quicker than a Hookfang can blast flame, he is a journalist's dream interview: funny and not afraid of the odd swear or two. Here, in an interview that ran in part in issue 299 of Empire back in February, the voice of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III talks about everything from the word "bud" to what the original version of the first How To Train Your Dragon was going to be like before the new directors, Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders, came in and changed almost everything... |
|  | | Ten Movie Formats That Shook The World
The future is all around us and our beloved art form, cinema, is rapidly converting to a digital age. There are those, however, that are still hanging on to film that runs through a camera (see, for example, Christopher Nolan's die-hard celluloid advocate cinematographer Wally Pfister, who made his directorial debut - on film - with Transcendence this year), and theirs is obviously a massively important heritage. A full history of different film formats would take a multi-volume book series, but here is a whistle-stop tour of some of film's key moments, beginning with Thomas Edison and the Lumière brothers, and leading to Tony Scott and James Cameron. |
|  | | Mark Ruffalo On Begin Again, Science Bros And Underpants Acting
Empire's toodle to the newly opened Ham Yard Hotel, a stone's throw from Piccadilly Circus, to talk musical-romance-of-a-sort Begin Again carried us past Once, another John Carney film now enjoying a second life as a West End musical. As reminders of the often surprising lifespan of films, it takes some beating. Will Mark Ruffalo and his co-star James Corden find their characters living on in weird and surprising ways? Time will tell. In the meantime, would we ask them weird and surprising questions? Yes. Yes we would. Here's where to discover Ruffalo's favourite Science Bros meme. |
|  | | Spotify Playlist: Now That's What I Call... Richard Linklater!
Richard Linklater's career has shown time and again that the Texan director knows his music, from the Fred Astaires and Louis Armstrongs of Me & Orson Welles to his regular collaborations with composer Graham Reynolds. But it's good ol' fashioned rock 'n' roll that most often takes centre stage. It's his unique mix of indie, slacker and School Of Rock rock that leads the charge in our Spotify playlist below, with his latest, the childhood-spanning Boyhood, coming in at the end to remind you how old you are. The Flaming Lips' Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots first came out in 2002. Ridiculous. |
|  | | How To Create Your Dragon - Build Your Own Toothless Today!
Simon Otto is DreamWorks Animation's Head Of Character Animation for the How to Train Your Dragon series, and a thoroughly nice man too. Speaking to him at DreamWorks' Los Angeles HQ back in February, we asked about the "ingredients" that make up different dragons, and he was kind enough to sent us his notes on what makes each wyrm so wonderful. But before you begin assembling your very own out of yoghurt pots and IKEA bins, read his thoughts on how the monster mish-mash idea first came out... |
|  | | Industrial Light & Magic's Greatest Hits
With Transformers: Age Of Extinction crashing on to our screens soon, we thought we'd take a look at the work of the people who make giant robots stomping around possible. After all, no matter how good, bad or indifferent the film, chances are that the stuff that Industrial Light And Magic did looks pretty cool. So here, in our opinion at least, are just some the best bits of ILM's work... |
|  | | How Much Is A Pint Of Milk: Michael Keaton
If you've played one of DC's most popular superheroes and managed to cause mayhem in Beetlejuice, it's fair to say you've had a pretty great career. Michael Keaton is that man. But does the impossibly busy star of both Desperate Measures and Jackie Brown know the tote on his teat tucker? Find out in this classic Pint of Milk interview... |
|  | | Win A Film Download, Takeaway Every Sunday With Fox Searchlight!
Throughout 2014, Empire will be giving readers the chance to win a Digital HD copy of a Fox Searchlight film, plus a £25 hungryhouse.co.uk voucher to order their favourite takeaway online. Just head to Twitter each Sunday (make sure you're following @empiremagazine ) and answer the quiz question posed, tagging your tweet with #SearchlightSundays. In addition, there will be a chance to win flights to Utah and hotel accommodation during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival! Click here for full details |
|  | | Wes Anderson Movie Poster Mashups
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be appalled at the punning... |
|  | | The Gremlins 2 Viewing Guide: In-Jokes, Sight Gags And Easter Eggs Galore
Few sequels are as startlingly different from their predecessor as Joe Dante's Gremlins 2: The New Batch. But some things remain the same: Dante and his writer, Charlie Haas, stuffed the frame with in-jokes, sight gags and Easter eggs galore. Read on to unearth them all... |
|  | | Empire Classic Scene: It Happened One Night
Newspaperman in need of a scoop Peter Warne (Clark Gable) threatens to turn in runaway heiress Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert) unless she gives him her story. Forced to share his motel room, she watches dubiously as he hangs a blanket between the beds. (When Gable took his shirt off in this scene to reveal a bare chest, sales of vests plummeted across America). |
|  | | Empire At EIFF 2014: Elijah Wood Q&A
Without a shadow of a doubt, the most popular of Empire's Hero Hangouts at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival was one Mr. Elijah Jordan Wood. The star of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Wilfred and the forthcoming Set Fire To The Stars charmed and enthralled a packed house at the Lyceum Theatre, talking for over two hours (far beyond the allotted time) about his incredible career, from his start in Back To The Future Part II to his home-made audition for Frodo Baggins, and much, much more. |
|  | | Empire Presents the New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy has built a reputation as one of the premier film schools in the world. With its innovative hands-on approach to teaching, students find themselves completely immersed in their course of study, surrounded by award-winning faculty and working with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. Learn Filmmaking, Acting for Film, Photography, Musical Theatre, Game Design, Animation and more. |
 A wireless mini keyboard and rather funky ergonomic pen-mouse from Penclic. Tough on RSI, tough on the causes of RSI - resident sufferers Ali and James will be fighting to the death over them.
 
Lizards can't hear when they're eating. Do not give them popcorn. 
Dan Stevens used to put Chris Morris clips on his teenage mixtapes. 
Nicole Kidman has played three characters called Grace. 
Spanish paella makers won't serve a paella with seafood AND meat in it. Even if you ask really nicely. 
John Slattery does yoga. Roger Sterling would be HORRIFIED.
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If you have any timewasters to share, then e-mail them in to us. |  The nice guys at Middle Boop - middleboop.com - sent us these lovely art prints, part of their Retro Film Profound Quote Series, which will soon be exhibited in LA, New York and Toronto. Besides these quotes from Jurassic Park, RoboCop and Back To The Future, there's more on the way from Ghostbusters and Bill & Ted. Now we just need to find some wallspace to hang them on.
 
Boyhood 
Linklater's beautiful film is an extraordinary achievement - tender, funny, wise and wistful, full of warmth and humanity. Also Out
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes 
A superbly mounted, powerfully performed, if slightly underfed Apes sequel. That Reeves is set to direct Untitled Of The Planet Of The Apes next is cause for much celebration. This guy's fur real. No pun intended.
 
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Another meticulously stylish and deadpan Wes Anderson movie that walks the fine line between masterpiece and folly. Also Out
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