Sophie Butcher

The Toxic Avenger review: Wacky gorefest is an entertaining ride Peter Dinklage stars as the unconventional green hero in this remake of cult classic movie The Toxic Avenger. Read the Empire review here.

The Toxic Avenger finally arrived in UK cinemas this weekend, and I had a much more fun time with it than I expected.

My review, for @empiremagazine.bsky.social: www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...

From my interview with Zoe Saldaña!! 🐳

Thanks so much!

Ooh it lives up to it and then some! For me anyway. Hope you enjoy!

Andor: Season 2 Diego Luna returns as the rising revolutionary in Tony Gilroy's Star Wars series. Read the Empire review now.

My first five-star review for Empire and it’s for Andor Season 2. Staggeringly good television, I haven’t stopped thinking about it since I finished it.

Whether you’re a Star Wars fan or not, this, especially right now, is a must-watch show.

Read it here: www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/a...

Hollering at the screen during The Studio episode two: a spot-on portrayal of on-set chaos (I have also once stood next to a director as they rally to capture the last of golden hour!) ramped up by some incredible slapstick comedy. Genius stuff.

Wrote a piece reflecting on Daredevil: Born Again, how much I enjoyed the finale, and why I can’t wait for Season 2 👇🏻

Severance’s Season 2 Finale Is The Show At Its Best – But We Still Have Questions The Lumon employees made thrilling choices and uncovered more mysteries in the season finale of Apple TV+'s sci-fi thriller. Read more at Empire.

Spilled my many feelings about the #Severance season finale for @empiremagazine.bsky.social 👇🏻

www.empireonline.com/tv/features/...

How Adolescence’s Creators Pulled Off The Most Dizzying TV Feat Of The Year Netflix's astonishing one-shot drama starring Stephen Graham has everyone talking – for its technical craft and uncompromised storytelling. Read more at Empire.

Still thinking about Adolescence, wrote this for @empiremagazine.bsky.social on why it’s such an incredible TV achievement:

www.empireonline.com/tv/features/...

(Thank you @benstravis.bsky.social for the commission!)

Opening act of new Daredevil: heavily suspected it was coming, put off watching the show to avoid it, still utterly devastated by it anyway

Finally, some clarity on those lyrics

Incredibly proud of my feature on Daredevil: Born Again in the latest issue of @empiremagazine.bsky.social, where I got to speak to Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio and more about the new series, and what makes Matt Murdock so damn cool.

On newsstands now!

One of the most ‘me’ starts of a sentence I’ve ever seen

I reviewed Zero Day for @empiremagazine.bsky.social - interesting concept, majorly lags in the middle, but I thought the last two eps were cracking telly.

Have a read 👇🏻

First sneak peek at my Daredevil feature in the new issue!! 🚨🚨

Been fascinated with the Belle Gibson situation ever since it happened, a pleasure to write the @empiremagazine.bsky.social review of Netflix dramatisation #AppleCiderVinegar 👇🏻

Good god this was made specifically for you

Burned Out? Start Here. Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 07/01/2025 · Subscribers Only · 1h 6m

As I’m about to enter a hideously busy and pressurised couple of months, this episode of Ezra Klein’s pod is a godsend: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

The thought of the PCC closing is incredibly upsetting, please take a second to sign this:

Okay I'm gonna do a thread here of some of the amazing things David Lynch said to me in interviews. Basically, he said amazing things pretty much every time he opened his mouth.

1: An account of feeding the local birds during lockdown.

Wolf Man Leigh Whannell reinvents the Universal Monster with Christopher Abbott going full werewolf. Read the Empire review.

Was extremely excited for Wolf Man but despite some great body horror and tense sequences, it fell a little short for me.

My review, for @empiremagazine.bsky.social:

www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...

Help, I saw Better Man and loved it and now can’t stop watching old videos of Robbie Williams performances

Pick up a copy on newsstands now! 🌟

Thank you to News Editor legend @bethwebb.bsky.social for sending these wonderful opportunities my way 🩵

AND I hopped on Zoom with mega stars-on-the-rise Jack Quaid and Sophie Thatcher for a gorgeous chat about horror movies, karaoke and their v fun new thriller Companion.

In the latest issue of @empiremagazine.bsky.social: I got to sit across from certified national treasure Stephen Graham in a fancy hotel restaurant and talk to him about prepping to play a bare-knuckle boxer in A Thousand Blows (and highlighting working-class stories - an incredibly lovely man).

Willem Dafoe: The Nosferatu Vampire-Hunter On A Life In The Shadows Empire sits down for a major new interview and photoshoot with the iconic actor.

My big Willem Dafoe interview is online now – we talked life, death(s), rats, monsters, outsiders... let alone the Bobby Peru masterclass he gave me (“Don’t you feel something swinging downstairs?”). And I'm in awe of the shoot Nadav Kander did for us. All here:
www.empireonline.com/movies/featu...

Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and a Smear Campaign After ‘It Ends With Us’ Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”

Genuinely shaken reading this. And if you think it's impossible to 'create' these kinds of digital smears, listen to @tortoisemedia.bsky.social podcast 'Who Trolled Amber'

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...

Absolutely ecstatic to just happen to be in the Empire office today!!!

May or may not have gotten to do an absolute DREAM interview for the new issue of @empiremagazine.bsky.social… 😈😈😈