The Empire Film Podcast

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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 sister show, The Pilot TV Podcast, which covers every quality show landing on the small screen — because you can't watch *everything*. https://podfollow.com/pilot-tv-podcast/ read less

Our Editor's Take

The Empire Film Podcast offers thorough reviews of movies. The podcast addresses everything from the best movies to the worst Hollywood films. It also provides the latest movie news and events around the film industry.

The hosts hold humorous and candid conversations about many aspects of movies. They explore plotlines, characters, directors, and actors. Other topics are box office success, franchises, and more. Episodes also feature interviews with famous actors, directors, and filmmakers. The Oscars, Disney, and the MCU all come up in conversations on the show.

Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, and James Dyer preside over most podcast episodes. The hosts are all staffers at Empire Magazine, a British publication. Sometimes, other staffers cohost episodes. The podcast is the audio counterpart of the movie-centric magazine, which debuted in 1989. The first episode of the podcast debuted in 2012. The hosts are knowledgeable about movies and have engaging personalities. Listeners can expect to laugh a lot when listening to the podcast.

The Empire Film Podcast includes segments such as interviews and "Spoiler Specials." There is also a Q&A segment that features listener-submitted questions. Movie recommendations, favorite characters, and actors are some questions fans ask the hosts. Chris, Helen, and James discuss contemporary and classic movies in the spoiler episodes. The "Spoiler Specials" episodes contain many details about the reviewed movie. The hosts examine plotlines, characters, and more in the special episodes. They laugh, argue, and agree to disagree when reviewing films.

A-list actors like Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, and Hugh Grant are among the guests interviewed on the podcast. Directors Oliver Stone, Adam McKay, and David O. Russell have appeared as well. Movies reviewed include franchises like Star Wars, Mission: Impossible, and Indiana Jones. Whatever the guest or topic, The Empire Film Podcast entertains and informs.

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Episodes

#647 ft. Gerard Butler; Kenji Kamiyama, Joseph Chou & Jason DeMarco; Jon M. Chu
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#647 ft. Gerard Butler; Kenji Kamiyama, Joseph Chou & Jason DeMarco; Jon M. Chu
It's the penultimate Empire Podcast of the year, folks, and to celebrate the impending season of goodwill to all, we've brought you another bumper episode. Which is nice of us. Guest-wise, Chris Hewitt sits down once again with one of our favourite guests, Gerry 'Gerard' Butler, to talk about his decidedly un-Gerry Butler-like role as Santa himself in charming kids movie The Night Before Christmas In Wonderland, [17:52 - 32:42 approx] while Helen O'Hara chats The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim with that film's director, Kenji Kamiyama, and producers Jason DeMarco and Joseph Chou, who also serves as Kamiyama's interpreter. [57:32 - 1:10:30 approx] That's an excerpt from the War Of The Rohirrim live event we did last week for our Empire VIP Club members, fact fans. And Helen also pops up again in the interviewer's chair to grill Jon M. Chu on how he directed Wicked, in a spoiler-free excerpt from our spoiler special, which is also out now. [1:34:32 - 1:43:57 approx] Either side of those, Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen and James Dyer to tackle some Christmassy questions from the Empire Podcast subreddit, while they also discuss the week's movie news, including the 28 Years Later trailer and the rumoured demise of the SPUMC, and review The War Of The Rohirrim, Kraven The Hunter, Queer, and Carry-On. Oh, and Chris gets legitimately freaked out by the unexpected arrival of a sinister festive guest. Enjoy.