Empire

TAKE20 WONDER WOMAN1984 = 10 Gal Gadot is back as DC’s Amazonian princess, and this time she’s popped up in the ‘80s. Remember Spangles? No, us neither. THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVVE TALENT = 14 Tom Gormican wrote a script about Nicolas Cage to play Nicolas Cage. We talk to him about... well, Nicolas Cage. TERRY GILLIAM = 18 After years of tilting at windmills, the director has finally made The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. And it nearly killed him. TRAILER TALK = 27 Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow is back, all prequelled up, Team Empire chews the fat on the first teaser. PINT OF MILK = 30 Luke Evans. At last. FEATURES NO TIME TO DIE = 60 Empire chartts the story of the 25th James Bond movie, which also just happens to be Daniel Craig’s final outing as 007. For real, this time. Honest. No takebacks. BONG JOON-HO = 72 With Parasite, the South Korean master of the thriller confirms his status as one of the world’s finest directors. He tells us how. BIRDS OF PREY = 78 ...And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn, to give it its full title. We were on the set of the DC movie that sees Margot Robbie’s bat-wielding anti-hero swap the Suicide Squad for new lady friends. We’ll tell you more as soon as we’ve Googled “fantabulous” and ‘emancipation’. QUEEN & SLIM = 82 A sit-down with Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith, Lena Waithe and Melina Matsoukas, the team behind this excellent lovers-on-hte-lam tale. PORTRAIT OF ALADY ON FIRE = 90 Not the sad tale of someone who accidentally burned up their Jane Campion collection, but a first look at a dark French feminist romance that will set your mind ablaze. TANGO & CASH = 96 As the Kurt Russell/Sly Stallone comedy turns 30, we examine the madness behind the scenes. ZACKSTENTZ & ASHLEY MILLER = 102 As they begin their second act, one of Hollywood’s best writing teams (Thor, X-Men:First Class)reflect on how they went from the next big thing to, “Who?” ON SCREEN 1917 = 34 We review Sam Mendes’ single-shot World War I film but not in a single sentence: what do you think we are, mad? JOJO RABBIT = 40 Taika Waititi takes on hitler. Taika wins. SPOILER SECTION = 51 Knives Out and The Irishman. It’s what it is. REVIEW HUSTLERS = 108 Writer-director Lorene Scafaria on her breakout hit. FEAR AND LOATHING IN LASVEGAS = 114 That man Gilliam again. No tilting at wind mills this time. THE RANKING =124 Aka the very best of Eddie Murphy. Sorry, Norbit.

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