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The Empire Film Podcast
The Empire Film Podcast is the official podcast of Empire, the world's biggest and best movie magazine. We bring you all the latest movie news and nonsense, as well as reviews of the week's new films, an assortment of irreverent, film-related chat and interviews with some of Hollywood's best and brightest. New episodes every Friday. For our famous deep dives into specific movies, subscribe to the Empire Spoiler Special Podcast at https://empire.supportingcast.fm/ Love TV? Subscribe to our…
Episodes
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#106: Sam Claflin, Gareth Evans - April 11, 2014
With The Raid 2 coming out, it made sense to invite its director round for a chat about it, which explains why Gareth Evans appears on this week's podcast…
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#105: Anne Hathaway, Darren Aronofsky - April 4, 2014
Four big films are coming out this weekend, namely Noah, The Double, Divergent and Rio 2, which may or may not have something to do with half term arriving…
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#104: Kermit, Miss Piggy, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan - March 28 2014
In this super-sized, extra-large, seriously bloody bumper edition of the Empire Podcast, there are six interviewees. Count 'em, six: Muppets Most Wanted's…
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#103: Josh Brolin, Jack O'Connell - March 21 2014
In this week's Empire Podcast, mind-blowingly masculine Labor Day star Josh Brolin is joined by a similarly manly British counterpart in the form of Jack…
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#102: Imogen Poots, Jonathan Glazer - March 14 2014
Do you feel the need, the need to, um, listen to the Empire Podcast? Good, because here's this week's edition, featuring the exceptionally delightful Imogen…
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Terry Gilliam Special
Terry Gilliam. American. Cartoonist. Artist. Python. Film maker. Former Python. Film maker quite a few more times. Opera buff. Screenwriter. Beard owner…
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#101: Wes Anderson, Andrew Scott - March 7 2014
For their 101st podcast proper, the team celebrate by interviewing The Grand Budapest Hotel's Wes Anderson and The Stag's Andrew Scott, not forgetting to take…
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Oscars 2014 Special
Jennifer Lawrence fell over, presenters flubbed their lines and talented folk were played off by the orchestra for talking too much - it can only be the…
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#100 (The Live Show): Ice Cube, Will Poulter, You Guys
To celebrate its centenary, the Empire Podcast was recorded LIVE in front of an audience of lucky, lucky fans in Leicester Square's very own Prince Charles…
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#99: Matthew Modine, Akiva Goldsman, Nymphomaniac - February 21 2014
It's another heck of an Empire Podcast this week, with A New York Winter's Tale's Akiva Goldsman and Full Metal Jacket's Matthew Modine in the interviewee's…
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#98: Nick Frost, Bob Balaban - February 14 2014
With so many films out this Valentine's Day - The Lego Movie, Her, Cuban Fury, The Monuments Men - it's a bumper-sized Empire Podcast this week, featuring…
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#97: Matthew McConaughey, Gary Oldman, Spike Jonze - February 7 2014
On this week's podcast, Matthew McConaughey talks about his Oscar-nominated turn in Dallas Buyers Club, Spike Jonze explains Her and Gary Oldman discusses…
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#96: Peter Berg, Alex Gibney - January 31 2014
On this week's Empire Podcast, Peter Berg desperately tries to avoid giving away any spoilers about his latest, Lone Survivor, while documentary director Alex…
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#95: Chris Pine, Oscar Isaac - January 24 2014
The fourth Jack Ryan, Chris Pine, drops by the Empire Podcast booth to talk about Leeds nightclubs, hating computer games and singing 'Agony' in the upcoming…
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#94: Juliette Lewis, James Purefoy - January 17 2014
With Chris Hemsworth announcing the Oscar nominations on behalf of the Academy yesterday, this week's Empire Podcast is chock-full of awards-based chit-chat…
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#93: Steve McQueen, Chiwetel Ejiofor - January 10 2014
After a couple of weeks away for Christmas, the Empire Podcast is back. Featuring 12 Years A Slave's director (Steve McQueen) and star (Chiwetel Ejiofor)…
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Empire Podcast Review Of The Year 2013
2013 was the year that was, and this is the Empire Podcast Review Of The Year (that is). So for a slightly anarchic meander around the past 12 months of…
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#92: David O. Russell, J.C. Chandor, Judd Apatow, Adam McKay - December 20 2013
In this week's super-sized bumper edition, the Empire Podcast team talk good Christmas movies, bad Christmas movies and movies that aren't really Christmas…
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#91: Luke Evans, Richard Armitage, Matt Berry - December 13, 2013
If you want to hear Richard Armitage swear in Dwarfish (and turn his head around 360 degrees), this is the podcast to listen to. Also here to talk The Hobbit…
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#90: Daniel Radcliffe, Alexander Payne - December 6, 2013
The Boy Who Lived is The Boy Who Talked About American Football On The Empire Podcast this week, while Alexander Payne doesn't mention sport of any kind…
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#89: Colin Farrell, Joe Eszterhas - November 29, 2013
Two of the best talkers in the business, Colin Farrell and Joe Eszterhas, feature in the Empire Podcast this week. The former dropped by to talk Saving Mr…
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The Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy Special - Edgar Wright And Simon Pegg
Shaun Of The Dead came out in 2004. Hot Fuzz came out in 2007. The World's End came out 2013. Now... it's all over. With The World's End out on Blu-ray and…
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#88: Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks, Francis Lawrence - November 22, 2013
Though you can read her wise words here and watch her talk "super snoods" here, Jennifer Lawrence isn't on this week's Empire Podcast, but her good friend and…
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George A. Romero Special
The living legend that is George A. Romero was in London recently for the BFI's Gothic season, and inbetween giving talks and introducing special screenings of…
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#87: Forest Whitaker, Allen Leech - November 15, 2013
Forest Whitaker is the Oscar-winning actor who's played pool sharks, samurai warriors and dictators in his time, but this week you can see him as a butler in…
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#86: Jude Law, Alfonso Cuarón - November 8, 2013
It's Alfonso Cuarón appreciation week on the Empire Podcast, and what makes this so perfect is that Alfonso Cuarón is on this week's Empire Podcast. It's all…
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#85: Tom Hiddleston, Kevin Feige, Alan Taylor, Mark Kermode - November 1, 2013
It's a great weekend to be a cinemagoer in the UK. Two five-star films and a certain Thor: The Dark World are showing at your local multiplex - with any luck…
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#84: Harrison Ford, Stephen Merchant, Shane Meadows - October 25, 2013
There's a killer triple-bill of interviewees on this week's Empire Podcast, with Harrison Ford, Stephen Merchant and Shane Meadows all stopping by, one for…
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#83: Paul Greengrass, David Gordon Green, Don Mancini - October 18, 2013
Three directors drop by the Empire Podcast booth this week, one for Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass), another for Prince Avalance (David Gordon Green) and…
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Tony Gilroy Screenwriting Special
Tony Gilroy is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, the pen wielder behind the Bourne movies and his own directorial work, such as Michael Clayton (which got him…
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#82: Hayley Atwell, Gareth Evans, Douglas Booth - October 11, 2013
A triple-bill of interviews for you this week, from Agent Carter herself, Hayley Atwell, to your latest Romeo, Douglas Booth. In the middle is the director of…
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#81: James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan - October 4, 2013
It's an Atonement reunion on this week's Empire Podcast, with James McAvoy here for Filth and Saoirse Ronan dropping by in honour of How I Live Now. Look…
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#80: Dexter Fletcher, Matthew Fox - September 27, 2013
Dexter Fletcher is on fine form during this week's Empire Podcast, talking about his latest, Sunshine On Leith, as well as Doom, The Long Good Friday and his…
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#79: Cillian Murphy, Luke Treadaway, Matthew Lewis - September 20, 2013
What movie unexpectedly made you cry? Which film quotes do you use on a regular basis without even realise you're quoting anything? How much did Grand Theft…
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#78: Ron Howard, Roland Emmerich - September 13, 2013
Two A-list directors on the Empire Podcast this week, namely Rush's Ron Howard and White House Down's Roland Emmerich, and four Empire journalists, namely…
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#77: Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, David Lowery - September 6, 2013
Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl share stories from their days on soap sets during their interview on this week's Empire Podcast, also touching on runaway…
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#76: Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, Shane Carruth - August 30, 2013
You may know him as Community's Dean Pelton, but in real life he's Jim Rash, the man who co-wrote The Descendants with Nat Faxon and won an Oscar in the…
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#75: Jason Sudeikis, Amanda Seyfried - August 23, 2013
It's a hard-to-spell-and-hard-to-say American actors double-bill this week with both We're The Millers' Jason Sudeikis and Lovelace's Amanda Seyfried joining…
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Sharlto Copley And Neill Blomkamp Elysium Special
District 9's Sharlto Copley and Neill Blomkamp reunite for another sci-fi action film in the form of Elysium, only this time there are fewer prawns and far…
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#74: John Cleese, Jeff Wadlow - August 16, 2013
As well as chatting with the comedy hero that is John Cleese, this bumper-sized edition boasts a lot more to look forward to. Get ready to hear the team talk…
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#73: Armando Iannucci, Anthony Stewart Head - August 9, 2013
Now busier than central Norwich on market day, Armando Iannucci is the man who brought us On The Hour, The Day Today, The Thick Of It, In The Loop, Time…
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Mitch Hurwitz Arrested Development Special
Mitch Hurwitz is the worryingly funny writer-cum-director-cum-showrunner behind Arrested Development, the cult classic sitcom that enjoyed just two and a half…
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#72: Alan Partridge, Steve Coogan, Logan Lerman - August 2, 2013
Alan Partridge finally arrives on the ruddy bloody big screen next Wednesday, so this week's Empire Podcast features an extensive interview with the man behind…
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#71: Hugh Jackman, James Mangold, Noah Baumbach - July 26, 2013
The delightful black-and-white Noah Baumbach movie Frances Ha goes head-to-head with James Mangold's summer blockbuster The Wolverine this weekend, and so the…
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Comic-Con Special: Marc Webb, Hayley Atwell
It's been one hell of a Comic-Con this year, with Avengers 2 getting a subtitle, the whole of the X-Men: Days Of Future Past crew turning up and some…
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#70: Nic Cage, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Edgar Wright - July 19
The World's End is out this weekend, which probably explains why Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright were kind enough to drop in the podcast booth to talk…
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#69: Guillermo Del Toro, Pacific Rim, Monsters University - July 12, 2013
There's one hell of a monster mash in this week's Empire Podcast, with Pixar's Monsters University going head to head with Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim…
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#68: Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Reece Shearsmith - July 5, 2013
If you've ever wanted to hear magic tricks on a podcast - come on, you know you want to - then look no further, as Now You See Me's Isla Fisher and Jesse…
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#67: Steve Carell, Seth Rogen - June 28, 2013
Two of the nicest guys in show business, Steve Carell and Seth Rogen, dropped into the Empire Podcast studio this week, the former to talk about Despicable Me…
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Neil Gaiman Special
Neil Gaiman is the award-winning author (and graphic novelist) who's brought us The Sandman, American Gods and The Graveyard Book, as well as Stardust and…
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#66: Jason Statham, Max Brooks - June 21, 2013
The one and only acting man mountain that is Jason Statham drops by the Empire Podcast studio this week, as does the man who has scared millions to tears after…
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Joss Whedon Much Ado About Nothing Special
Joss Whedon is director of the Serenity, Avengers and now... a black and white Shakespeare adaptation that he shot in just 12 days with a group of friends and…
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#65: Man Of Steel, Dominic Cooper, Antje Traue - June 14, 2013
We don't need to tell you a new Superman movie's out this weekend - after all, the theme's been stuck in your head for months now - but here we go anyway: Man…
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#64: Damian Lewis, Michael Shannon - June 7, 2013
Matt Smith will be Doctor Who no longer. Karen Gillan will play a baddie in Guardians Of The Galaxy. The world stands in awe of the astonishing twist in Game…
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Gillian Anderson X-Files Special
Gillian Anderson has been appearing on our TV screens rather a lot of late, turning up in NBC's Hannibal and another serial killer series, The Fall, over in…
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#63: M. Night Shyamalan, Saoirse Ronan - May 31, 2013
It's a difficult-to-spell interviewee double bill this week, with M. Night Shyamalan and Saoirse Ronan both in the podcast studio, the former to talk After…
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#62: Alec Baldwin, Nicolas Winding Refn, Kristen Scott Thomas - May 24, 2013
The Cannes Film Festival is almost over. To celebrate that fact, here's our final Cannes 2013 podcast, which sees a very special guest in the form of newcomer…
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#61: Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, Jeffrey Tambor - May 17, 2013
The Great Gatsby goes head to head with Fast and Furious 6 in this week's special Cannes-based Empire Podcast, with FF6 narrowly overtaking TGG at The Valley…
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British Board Of Film Classification Ratings Special
In an Empire podcast first, readers posed their Twitter questions, queries and grievances on movie ratings direct to the man who oversees classifications on a…
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#60: Star Trek Into Darkness, Damon Lindelof, Jeff Nichols - May 10, 2013
Star Trek Into Darkness is out, so it's time to talk Kirk-y. And who better to do so than the writers and producers of the film, namely Bryan Burk, Roberto…