Empire

TAKE20 JUDD APATOW = 16 An exclusive audience with the mayor of Apatown, the funniest city in America. TOM CRUISE IN SPACE! = 18 An in-depth look at Cruise’s plan to make a movie off-planet. Whatever will be next: Chris Evans on Mars? The Rock oin a rock orbiting Saturn? MAXINE PEAKE = 20 We interview the actor as always in excellent form. TRAILER TALK = 25 Assessing the teaser for nightmarish horror Antebellum. CAPONE = 26 You send an email to Josh Trank’s publicist, he talks to you on the phone. That’s the Empire way. That’s how you get the director of Capone. PRINT OF MILK = 30 Kumail Nanjiani on almond milk and self-pooping. FEATURES GREATEST MOVIE HEROES = 53 We could all use a hero at this difficult time. Here’s 50 of them. Including... MARTY McFLY = 64 An exclusive audience with Michael J. Fox, the man singlehandedly responsible for Nike’s world domination. JOHN WCIK = 66 Keanu Reeves and Chad Stahelski on turning the Baba Yaga into a badass. No dogs were killed in the making of this piece. TONY STARK = 76 The full story of how the MCU said goodbye to its pre-eminent billionaire, genius, playboy, philanthropist. RIPLEY = 78 The legend that is Sigourney Weaver on the evolution of the legend that is her Alein Queen. INDIANA JONES = 80 “Nothing shocks me, I’m a scientist!” So claimed everyone’s favourite academic in Temple Of Doom. Well, he might be surprised this time. SPIKE LEE = 84 The iconic director is back with his new Netflix movie, Da 5 Bloods. We do the right thing and talk to him about it. CHARLIZE THERON = 90 The star of The Old Guard on how to remain immortal in Hollywood. THE COMFORT ZONE = 96 The section guaranteed to make you feel good, whatever’s going on outside. This month featuring: rats and prison. It’s a lot more feelgood than that sounds-honest. ON SCREEN THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND = 32 Mayor Apatow does it again. THE HALF OF IT = 39 The latest twist on Cyrano de Bergerac has no nose! How does it smell? Pretty good! SPOILER SECTION = 47 Extractoin and Gangs Of London. This month’s spoiler section has a body-count of 1,982. REVIEW ON WARD = 104 The Pixar fantasy that came along at the right/worng time. JESSE EISENBERG = 114 Role-by-role with Hollywood’s fastest talker. THE RANKING = 118 King Kong ain’t got shit on Denzel Washington.

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