John Nugent

The long 2010s are finally over

Macaulay Culkin on Instagram. 😢

Catherine O'Hara amusingly staring at John Candy as he plays clarinet in Home Alone.

I know people love to deservedly praise John Candy's improvisation in HOME ALONE, but Catherine O'Hara is equally amazing. She's rolling with all of his choices and is deep within his emotionality and frivolity, responding to him with equal ease. It's stellar acting work by her.

january 30th: a partially formed mr. blobby stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before disappearing

I said what I said.

He knows exactly what he's doing.

One reunion to rule them all.

The Lord Of The Rings fellowship celebrates 25 years of cinema’s greatest fantasy saga in Empire’s world-exclusive reunion issue – featuring brand-new interviews, cast photos, and more.

On sale Thursday 15 January.

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Tomorrow. 4PM GMT.

This was such a great read, Alison!

Rumours of Our Death Print Ain’t Dead, Baby

Here is the main feature from Issue 26, an oral history of the print magazine in the 21st century. Featuring interviews with Alex Bilmes, Ian Hislop, Jo Ellison, Graydon Carter, Andrew Neil, Richard Benson, Kate Spicer, Chris Floyd and @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social.

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Absolutely devastated by the news about Rob Reiner. By all accounts a good man, and an incredible director. I wouldn't be who I am without his run of '80s classics - and his wife Michelle shaped those because their love story fundamentally changed When Harry Met Sally, for the better.

Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.

🤯

Pope Leo absolutely cooking

The journey begins…

Christopher Nolan’s #TheOdyssey is revealed on Empire’s world-exclusive cover – the first look and first word on an epic like no other. On sale Thursday 20th November.

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Tomorrow, 4pm.

Novels I haven’t finished reading are piling up by my bedside. What if that’s a good thing? | Hanna Thomas Uose Authors are sounding warnings about the length of the modern attention span, but my series of abandonments is a sign of something else, says author Hanna Thomas Uose

Wrote a little bit about my horrible habit of abandoning books...

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I have written a lot of negative reviews in my time but I don't think I will ever write a review as quietly damning as Charli xcx's Letterboxd review of A Complete Unknown

Reviews editor here. Dunno how it works at other outlets (especially those chasing clicks) but at Empire we don't pressure critics for ratings and are very, very careful about five- and one-star reviews — they should feel rare and for special cases and reached only on team consensus.

Thanks very much! I enjoyed it a lot.

Thanks Phil! It was an unusual one!

Woah! An absolutely unreal decision! They don't know what they're missing. Your exclusives have always been the envy of industry. Excited to see what you do next. Best of luck Anthony, hope you're doing ok.

This is a big one 🔥

For our new issue I got to head to New Zealand to shadow James Cameron for 2 days, as he perfects Avatar: Fire And Ash.

Eyeball-searing subs-cover art by Fire And Ash concept artist Dylan Cole.

On sale Thursday. Available to order online from Monday. Subs copies dropping soon!

Thanks for letting me know!

Go beyond The Grid 🚨

Empire’s world-exclusive Tron: Ares issue revs up – going on set with the cast and crew bringing Light Cycles, identity discs and rogue AIs into the real world. On sale Thurs 3 July.

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Pulitzer for John for this.

I had a lot of fun writing this month's Fantastic Four cover feature. Ralph Ineson has finally settled the question of who is more evil: Galactus or Finchy from The Office.

EXCLUSIVE 4️⃣

#TheFantasticFour: First Steps will bring “classic Fantastic Four energy” to the MCU, says Kevin Feige.

“No four characters are more important for the history of Marvel,” he tells Empire. “I really wanted to do them justice.”

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This month's subscriber cover is a dazzling tease of Galactus and the Silver Surfer, on their way to deliver seriously bad news to our heroes.

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