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No./ 1 Why Bill & Ted are the heroes we need now • BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC is finally en route. The director explains why it’s arriving at just the right time
No./ 2 The film made by AI software • Warner Bros. is reportedly using artificial intelligence to greenlight films. We enlisted our own Empire supercomputer (actually a couple of spreadsheet formulas) to make the ultimate box-office hit
No./ 3 How I accidentally made a Daniel Radcliffe meme • The director behind barmy high-concept actioner Guns Akimbo on his film’s inadvertent internet fame
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No./ 4 Super Bowl special • The biggest night in trailers is always the Super Bowl, and this year it didn’t disappoint. Team Empire dissects the biggest talking points
No./ 5 So long to a true Hollywood legend • The iconic KIRK DOUGLAS died last month, aged 103. Back in 1994, Empirevisited his Beverly Hills home for a career-spanning chat — read an extract here
No./ 6 Goodbye to my friend, Terry • André Jacquemin — Python collaborator and co-writer of ‘Every Sperm Is Sacred’ — remembers Terry Jones, who died in January
No./ 7 How I learned to stop worrying and become an action hero • With EXTRACTION, Chris Hemsworth finds a tough-guy role that’s right for him (with the help of fellow Marvel alumni)
No./ 8 Why this is the biggest Sundance movie ever (by $0.69) • Andy Samberg romcom Palm Springs became the festival’s biggest sale ever. What’s all the fuss about?
No./ 9 Antlers • We visit the set of the Scott Cooper-Guillermo del Toro team-up that aims to introduce a memorable new movie monster
D’Angelou Osei Kissiedu • THE NINE-YEAR-OLD ACTOR MAKES HIS DEBUT APPEARANCE IN LONDONBASED COMING-OF-AGE STORY ROCKS
No./ 10 Producers assemble! • Why Bradley Cooper’s new film has drawn the combined might of Spielberg, Scorsese and Netflix
No./ Jeff Goldblum has a lot of thoughts • With his Disney+ series THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JEFF GOLDBLUM renewed for a second season, we ask the star for his take on a range of subjects, told in his own unique… ah... Jeff Goldblum-ish… ah… way… way
No./ 12 Netflix’s 2020, unpacked • Can NETFLIX top a year that had both The Irishman and The Knight Before Christmas? We sift through its heaving 2020 film slate
No./ 13 Is the Parasite TV show a good idea? • HBO is moving forward with a six-hour spin-off miniseries of Bong Joon-ho’s award-winning thriller. But should it?
No./ 14 EVIL PLANTS • Costa Georgiadis never had to deal with this line-up of dastardly cinematic horticulture
No./ 15 The year of Yahya • With starring roles in Watchmen, Candyman, Aquamanand The Matrix 4, YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II is having a moment. He speaks to Empireon his breakthrough 12 months
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No./ 16 Do we have free will? • And the other big questions director Alex Garland is asking in his new sci-fi show DEVS
No./ 17 The Rock: the early years • Four surprising moments from Dwayne Johnson’s youth — now the subject of an upcoming autobiographical sitcom, Young Rock
No./ 18 MEET HOLLYWOOD’S HARDEST-WORKING MONKEY • Katie the capuchin has been acting for more than 25 years. We celebrate her formidable,...