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Contents The 10 best black comedies.

Front Row: All the latest movie news and views, including: The new generation of horror movies, the truth about Colin Farrell, Ludivine Sagnier, Trainspotting writer Irvine Welsh, Zooey Deschanel.

Pipeline: Includes new films like LGX, Van Helsing and Bad Boys 2.

Film facts: Q&A.

Reviews: Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl, Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines, Confidence, Legally Blonde 2, Charlie's Angels Full Throttle, Man Of The Year, Kirikou And The Sorceress, Floating Weeds, The Four Feathers, Veronica Guerin, What A Girl Wants, Respiro, Agent Cody Banks, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, Van Gogh, Angela, Roger Dodger, Jeepers Creepers 2, The Great Dictator, The Man Who Sued God, View From The Top, Vendredi Soir, Rivers And Tides, Hawa, Gerry, Swimming Pool, All The Real Girls, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Rugrats Go Wild, Jeremy Hardy vs The Israeli Army, El Bonaerense, Food Of Love.

Robert Rodriguez answers all the questions.

Young, gifted and British: Keira Knightley, Parminder Nagra, Orlando Bloom, Gerard Butler, Kate Beckinsale, Paul Bettany, Sophia Myles, Asif Kapadia, Emily Mortimer, Paddy Considine, Romola Garai, Johnny Vegas.

Pirates Of The Caribbean: The film based on the Disney theme park ride.

Campbell Scott: The actor-producer-director steps out of the long shadows.

Confidence: The perfect alternative to superhero spandex and sequels.

Harrison Ford gives you an exclusive masterclass in megastardom in ten easy-to-follow stages.

American Pie: The Wedding.

The Pythons: Kings of comedy.

The 50 greatest taglines of all time.

Science-fiction B-movies of the '50s: How the creature-feature invaded Hollywood.

Regulars: Home Entertainment: Videos to Rent, Videos to Buy, DVD to Buy, Soundtracks, Books and Classic Scene: To Kill A Mockingbird.

Contents The 10 worst movie accents.

Front Row: All the latest movie news and views, including: The lowdown on the Cannes Film Festival: Arnie publicized, Gus Van Sant won, Alan Morrison slept. Also Eliza Dushku, Sam Elliott.

Pipeline: Includes on set with Kill Bill, The Italian Job, Nemo found.

Film facts: A Matrix film facts special.

Reviews: The Hulk, The In-Laws, Sinbad: Legend Of The Seven Seas, Dumb And Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, Daddy Day Care, Standing In The Shadows Of Motown, Whale Rider, Le Cercle Rouge, Fulltime Killer, Double Whammy, Brown Sugar, Hoover Street Revival, Public Enemy, Animal Factory, Wrong Turn, The Clay Bird, Sex Is Comedy, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Good Bye Lenin, Historias Minimas, Ma Vie, Buffalo Soldiers, Bad Guy, Gods And Generals, Piglet's Big Movie, Le Corbeau, Dark Blue, Bolivia, Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary, The Passion Of Joan Of Arc, Unknown Pleasures.

Jeff Goldblum answers all the questions.

Terminator 3: Arnie returns in the only role he was ever any good in (just joking, big fella). This time he's up against a stop-at-nothing bitch.

Arnold Schwarzenegger: The Austrian Oak speaks.

Buffalo Soldiers: The Joaquin Phoenix black comedy is finally here.

The 12 best unmade scripts: Genius screenplays revealed.

Demi Moore: The 'body' is back.

The 50 greatest movie trailers.

Neil Simon: The king of wry comedy.

Coping with The Phantom Menace: Todd Hanson, head writer of satirical mag The Onion, offers a personal view of The Summer Of Star Wars.

Regulars: Home Entertainment: Videos to Rent, Videos to Buy, DVD to Buy, Soundtracks, Books and Classic Scene: Comedian, the trailer.

Contents The 10 greatest car chases.

Front Row: All the latest movie news and views, including: An exciting winter preview - snow, nights getting darker earlier and a new series of A Touch Of Frost with David Jason. Plus John Travolta, Eva Mendes, John Cusack on Max, Adam Sandler.

Pipeline: Pirates Of The Caribbean, Terminator 3, Seabiscuit.

Reviews: Anger Management, The Matrix Reloaded, Bruce Almighty, Basic, Igby Goes Down, Dirty Deeds, Dragonflies, Fausto 5.0, Winged Migration, Max, Dark Water, The Most Fertile Man In Ireland, Spingtime In A Small Town, Nicholas Nickleby, The Hunted, Lo Comunidad, Ripley's Game, Chihwaseon, Monrak Transistor, A Snake Of June, Etre Et Avoir, I'll Be There, Tadpole, Day Of Wrath, feardotcom, Identity, Broken Wings, Rain, Summer Things, Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance.

John Goodman answers all the questions.

The Hulk: The complete low-down on all things Hulkular.

Summer of sequels: Are sequels giving audiences what they want or a symbol of creative bankruptcy?

Jack Nicholson: As good as it gets.

Igby Goes Down: Meet the new Ferris Bueller.

Takashi Miike: Is this the world's most dangerous filmmaker?

50 movie moments to make a grown man cry.

Peter Bogdanovich: The rise, fall and rise of the ultimate movie brat.

How to build The perfect movie teenager.

The making of Trainspotting.

Regulars: Home Entertainment: Videos to Rent, Videos to Buy, DVD to Buy, Soundtracks, Books and Classic Scene: His Girl Friday.

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The 10 deadliest femmes fatales.

Front Row: All the latest movie news and views, including: The Oscars, Rose Byrne, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Will Ferrell.

Pipeline: The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Exoecist: The Beginning, Bad Boys II, Battl Royale II.

Reviews: X-Men 2, Secretary, Heartlands, Bringing Down The House, To Kill A King, El Crimen Del Padre Amaro, Son Of The Bride, The Truth About Charlie, Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress, The Missouri Breaks, Kangaroo Jack, Bulletproof Monk, The Happiness Of The Katakuris, Half Past Dead, Pure, Pot Luck, I Capture The Castle, Dolls, Trembling Before G-d, Antwone Fisher, Extreme Ops, In The Name Of Buddha, The Leopard, Mostly Martha, Johnny English, The Last Great Wilderness, Ghosts Of The Abyss, The Heart Of Me, Full Frontal, The Hot Chick, Old School, The Actors, A Man Apart, Shiri.

Vince Vaughn answers all the questions.

The Matrix Revolution: Keanu Reeves, the Wachowskis, Monica Bellucci, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Ann Moss, Hugo Weaving.

James Cameron: The world's greatest action director.

The De Niro-Pacino story: The rivalry between the greatest living Iti-American actors.

Regulars: Home Entertainment: Videos to Rent, Videos to Buy, DVD to Buy, Soundtracks, Books and Classic Scene: High Society.

Contents The 10 greatest cameos.

Front Row: All the latest movie news and views, including: Oliver Stone, The Animatrix, Bulletproof Monk, Natalie Imbruglia, Rosario Dawson.

Pipeline: Van Helsing, Tomb Raider 2.

Reviews: Phone Booth, Dreamcatcher, Intacto, Shanghai Knights, 25th Hour, The Core, Blue Crush, Hope Springs, Werckmeister Harmonies, Virgil Bliss, How To LOse A Guy In 10 Days, Trapped, Le Fate Ignoranti, Le Souffle, A Guy Thing, Welcome To Collinwood, Seeing Double, Ararat, Nowhere In Africa, Russian Ark, Open Hearts, Puckoon, Lilya 4-Ever, The Jungle Book 2, Indian Babu, The Little Polar Bear, Cradle 2 The Grave.

Kurt Russell answers all the questions.

X2: The mutants are back.

Owen Wilson: The man who can do everything.

Test your movie IQ: 50 tough filmy questions.

Dreamcatcher: The latest Stephen King fest explored.

Spike Lee: Bigmouth strikes again.

The Hollywood scandal map: Check out the diagram of degradation.

The River Phoenix story: The tragic demise of a gen X legend.

How to build The perfect movie teenager.

The making of Trainspotting.

Regulars: Home Entertainment: Videos to Rent, Videos to Buy, DVD to Buy, Soundtracks, Books and Classic Scene: Ferris Buellers's Day Off.

Contents The 10 funniest sight gags.

Front Row: All the latest movie news and views, including: Surefire tips to win big on the Oscars, Master Of Disguise, Killing Me Softly, Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights, Rhona Mitra.

Pipeline: Reports on upcoming horror flicks and toys from The Hulk.

Reviews: The Rules Of Attraction, Daredevil, Far Frpm Heaven, Auto Focus, The Recruit, The Life Of David Gale, Maid In Manhattan, Just Married, L'Homme Du Train, Elling, Sunset Boulevard, Equilibrium, Personal Velocity, Final Destination 2, Evelyn, Fogbound, National Security, In This World, Stealing Harvard, Barbershop, Renault French Film Tour, Bollywood/Hollywood, Khushi, Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind.

The 8th Annual Empire Awards: Stars. Booze. Laughs. Plexiglas bricks. Your votes sparked off the most anarchic movie bash of the year.

50 reasons movies kick ass: Everything that is great about films at the moment in an easy-to-read, listy feature.

Julianne Moore: Lunch with the double Oscar contender She talks intimately about her career.

The Rules Of Attraction: Roger Avary directs the most honest, raw teen movie for ages.

Sam Rockwell: Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind.

D.I.Y. movie sex: How to recreate famous movie sex scenes.

Laura Linney: The best actress you've never heard of.

Paul Schrader: From creating Travis Bickle to Auto Focus.

The secret history of the Oscars: How the Academy Awards went from a $10 dinner to the greatest gong show on earth.

Regulars: Home Entertainment: Videos to Rent, Videos to Buy, DVD to Buy, Soundtracks, Books and Classic Scene: When Harry Met Sally.

Contents The 10 sexiest movie kisses.

Front Row: All the latest movie news and views, including: The demise of Natural Nylon, Claire Danes, Robert Evans, Johnny Knoxville.

Pipeline: Octane, Hollywood Homicide, X2.

Reviews: The Ring, Solaris, Analyze That, Two Weeks Notice, The Hours, Punch-Drunk Love, The Kid Stays In The Picture, Treasure Planet, The Wild Thornberrys Movie, Persona, Jackass: The Movie, The One And Only, Death In Venice, Innocence, The Good Thief, Revengers Tragedy, Life Forever, Hejar, Frida, The Magdalene Sisters, Derrida, Moonlight Mile, Adaptation, Japon, Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War, Kaante, Undercover Brother.

Ray Liotta answers all the questions.

George Clooney: Meet the star of Solaris.

Daredevil: Marvel's blind superhero comes to the big screen with Ben Affleck.

DVD drinking games: Enliven classic movies with some booze-related tomfoolery.

Cool & the gang: Paul Thomas Anderson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John C.Reilly.

The Ring: A small-scale remake of a cult Japanese flick.

Salma Hayek: The Latino goddess does the tortured artist thing in pet project Frida.

Adaptation: Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman talk about their latest weird-fest.

Nick Nolte: A Conversation with a Hollywood survivor.

Regulars: Home Entertainment: Videos to Rent, Videos to Buy, DVD to Buy, Soundtracks, Books and Classic Scene: Out Of Sight.

Contents The 10 best fist fights.

Front Row: All the latest movie news and views, including: The return of James Cameron, Famke Janssen and Adrien Brody in Talent.

Pipeline: Shanghai Knights set visit, exclusives on George Clooney and Watchmen, plus Orlando Bloom on Ned Kelly.

Reviews: Gangs Of New York, The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, Catch Me If You Can, 8 Mile, Star Trek: Nemesis, The Good Girl, Narc, Irreversible, Love Liza, Real Women Have Curves, Wild Strawberries, Ghost Ship, Spider, Divine Intervention, Perfume DE Violetas, About Schmidt, The Man Without A Past, Metropolis, The Tuxedo, I Spy, The Pianist, The Banger Sisters, The Master Of Disguise, City Of God.

Kermit The Frog answers all the questions.

Gangs Of New York: Martin Scorsese reveals the passion behind bringing his dream project to the screen.

Leonardo DiCaprio is back.

Catch Me If You Can: Steven Spielberg talks about scamming, Oscars and Indy IV.

The 2003 preview: The 10 biggest films of next year.

City Of God: Director Fernando Meirelles writes about his startling adventures in the Brazilian underworld.

8 Mile: Eminen in credible movie shocker.

Irreversible: Star Monica Bellucci and director Gaspar Noe defend the most controversial film of the year.

Star Trek: Nemesis: The journey to the final frontier.

David Cronenberg talks body horror, the Crash contoversy and his latest thriller, Spider.

Regulars: Home Entertainment: Videos to Rent, Videos to Buy, DVD to Buy, Soundtracks, Books and Classic Scene: The Matrix.

Contents The 10 scariest movie jumps.

Front Row: All the latest movie news and views, including: 2003 preview, Solaris, Jack Black, Lynne Ramsay, Michael Moore's Bowling For Columbine, The Quiet American, Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis, Eminem.

Pipeline: New movie news, including: Terminator 3, The Rules Of Atraction.

Every New Film Reviewed: 28 Days Later, Red Dragon, Changing Lanes, Mr Deeds, Morvern Callar, Anita & Me, Bowling For Columbine, The Quiet American, Rabbit-proof Fence, 8 Women, Manic, The Safety Of Objects, Avalon, Laissez-Passer, Orange County, Sans Soleil, The War Bride, He Loves Me He Loves Me Not, L.I.E., Two Men Went To War, Abouna, Enough, Ted Bundy, Shakti: The Power, City By The Sea, They, Juwanna Mann.

Jason Isaacs: Harry Potter's latest nemesis answers all the questions.

James Bond in Die Another Day: The secrets of 007's enduring success.

The ultimate movie bogeyman: The bloody guide to the ultimate movie killer.

The battle over the Four Feathers: Shekhar Kapur's one-man, two-year war against a swarm of deadly scorpions, a plague of king cobras and one Harvey Weinstein.

Jennifer Aniston in The Good Girl.

Religious horror movies: Be afraid, be very afraid...

Neil LaBute: Possession.

The 45 greatest rock 'n' roll moments in movie history.

Terry Gilliam talks Monty Python, studio interference, the burden of dreams and how Sean Connery saved his ass.

Regulars: Home Entertainment: Videos to Rent, Videos to Buy, DVD to Buy, Soundtracks, Books and Classic Scene: The Seventh Seal.

Contents Front Row: All the latest movie news and views, including: The sad demise of FilmFour; Why all movies should be set in space; The lovely Erika Christensen.

Pipeline: New movie news, including the full lowdown on Batman vs. Superman.

Harry Potter 2: With the sequel to the second-biggest film of all time just months away, Chris Columbus redefines ''pressure''.

Red Dragon: Hopkins, Norton and Fiennes explain why one last bite of Hannibal was too tempting to turn down.

Movie titles lost in translation: Find out where in the world Fargo went by the name of Mysterious Murder In Snowy Cream.

Signs: Have faith! With a $60 million opening weekend in the States, M. Night Shyamalan seems to have rediscovered his box office touch, without compromising his unique gift. The director and cast talk crop circles, aliens and Mel Gibson's pranks.

UK movie release nightmares: Can't see the latest US indie at your local multiples? Here's why.

The Importance Of Being Earnest: Captured in exclusive on-set photography, the starry cast go on the hunt of Oscar glory.

Sam Mendes: Pure Brit genius as Empire goes one-on-one with the Road To Perdition director.

Chris Nolan: Yet more British genius with the man behind Memento.

Retro: The making of Good Will Hunting: How Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote themselves the part of their young lives.

Raiders of the lost archives: Thirty lost classics, located and rated (Unman, Wittering And Zigo, anyone?)

Hall of Fame: Steve Buscemi: The indie icon looks back over an eclectic career.

Every New Film Reviewed: Road To Perdition, Signs, Insomnia, Windtalkers, The Bourne Identity, Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Swimf@n, All About Lily Chou-Chou, Secret Ballot, Frailty, The Sweetest Thing, Minor Mishaps, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Trouble Every Day, A Walk To Remember, Ma Femme Est Une Actrice, Dog Days, Spy Kids 2: The Island Of Lost Dreams, O, Two Can Play That Game, The Trespasser, Once Upon A Time In The Midlands, The Bunker, The New Guy, The Importance Of Being Earnest.

Regulars: Home Entertainment: Videos to Rent, Videos to Buy, DVD to Buy, Soundtracks, Books and Classic Scene: Beautiful Girls.

Contents Front Row: All the latest movie news and views, including: First looks at Die Another Day, xXx and Catch Me If You Can. Plus Ben Affleck's war on terrorism, how The Crocodile Hunter could be award-winning (as if!), and your completed Josh Hartnett questionnaire .

Talent: Bridget Moynahan, Giovanni Ribisi.

Pipeline: Set visits to Red Dragon, Daredevil and Young Adam.

Rupert Everett: Unconditional Love's Everett answers your questions on Madonna, singing and Labradors.

The Two Towers: Join Peter Jackson on the set of the second in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, and find out what's in store for the Fellowship on DVD.

Emily Mortimer: Lovely & Amazing's break-out star proves she's both.

Road To Perdition: Tom Hanks and Paul Newman talk up the first serious Oscar contender of the year.

Digital cinema: Is this really the future?

Reign Of Fire: Dragons! Matthew McConaughy with tattoos! Christian Bale with a beard! What more could you want?

The Guru: Jimi Mistry is sex. It's true.

Eight Legged Freaks: Giant spiders! David Arquette as the hero! Scarlett Johansson as the damsel in distress! What more... oh, we did that already.

Christian Slater: His rise, fall and re-rise.

Retro: The making of Point Break.

The film that changed my life: Thirty stars on just that.

Hall of Fame: Barry Sonnenfeld: The MIB 2 director on his porn career and beyond.

Every New Film Reviewed: Eight Legged Freaks, Men In Black II, The Sum Of All Fears, The Guru, Reign Of Fire, Lovely & Amazing, Unconditional Love, Platform, La Spagnola, Heaven, Lost In La Mancha, Tortilla Soup, Be My Star, Talk To Her, Lantana, Time Of Favor, Rififi, The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course, Black Knight, Scratch, Amen, Austin Powers In Goldmember, Happy Times, The Quiet American, Stuart Little 2, The Wash.

Regulars: Home Entertainment: Videos to Rent, Videos to Buy, DVD to Buy, Soundtracks, Books and Classic Scene: Austin Powers International Man Of Mystery.

Contents Front Row: Featuring exclusive looks at Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets and Daredevil. Plus, is FilmFour in trouble? And Daryl Hannah returns.

Talent: The Abduction Club's Matthew Rhys, and Mandy Moore takes A Walk To Remember.

Pipeline: Empire visits Chicago - the film, not the city. Plus: a comprehensive remakes round-up, and the worst poster ever.

Cannes diary: Two interpid Empire reporters on the highs and lows of Cannes - the greatest film festival in the world.

Patrick Stewart: The movies' favourite egghead answers your questions.

Minority Report: Cruise! Spielberg! Together at last! Here is the full story.

Men In Black II: Will Smith and director Barry Sonnenfeld on the return of the MIB.

Buddy Hollywood: An indispensable guide to the chummiest people in Tinseltown.

Scooby-Doo: How the 'net tried to neuter Scooby.

Internet piracy: It's costing studios millions. An Empire investigation.

Beyonce Knowles: Austin Powers' latest shagadelic co-star talks about her destiny, child.

It's only a movie, but...: Cinema's most baffling inconsistencies skewered on the sword of implacable logic.

Retro: The making of Top Gun

Wild and crazy guys: In the 1970s, a new, funnier breed of rat pack arrived. Martin, Chase, Belushi et al spelt sex, drugs and comedy galore. Hollywood hasn't been the same since.

Hall of Fame: Steven Spielberg: An exclusive interview with the world's greatest [?] and Empire reader's favourite director.

Every New Film Reviewed: Minority Report, Scooby-Doo, Nine Queens, Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron, Bad Company, Devdas, Birthday Girl, Novocaine, Le Roi Danse, To Sleep With Anger, Jason X, Sunshine State, Silence We're Rolling, Days And Nights In The Forest, The Abduction Club, Tape, Lighthouse, Vivre Sa Vie, Amadeus: The Director's Cut, Hijack Stories, Before You Go, 23rd March 1931 Shaheed, Dogtown And Z Boys, Chop Suey, ivans xtc., The Girl From Paris, Ultimate X.

Regulars: Home Entertainment: Videos to Rent, Videos to Buy, DVD to Buy, Soundtracks, Books and Classic Scene: Little Shop Of Horrors.

Contents Front Row: The '80s soft porn revival, things we're bored with and the Movie Poster World Cup! Plus the first look at Chris Rock in Bad Company and Austin Powers' latest squeeze: Beyonce Knowles.

Talent: Vincent Cassell and The Scorpion King's Kelly Hu.

Pipeline: Production news on Indy IV, Guillermo Del Toro's Hellboy and X2.

Last word: Why do all reviews of Attack Of The Clones insist on plot spoilers?

Andie MacDowell: The Crush star answers your queries but declines all proposals.

Arach attack: How Sam Raimi took on the weight of comic book legend, the wrath of fanboys, and the spectre of September 11 to bring Spider-Man to life.

Ed Harris: The most intense man in movies takes on one of the most driven artists of all time. The result? Obsession.

Blockbuster preview: The A-list. The next generation of blockbusters that will rock your world.

Women talking dirty: Unfaithful's Diane Lane and Killing Me Softly's Heather Graham explain what nice girls like them are doing in movies like these.

Retro: The making of Escape To Victory. Pele and Michael Caine in the same team!

Billy Wilder: Director Cameron Crowe pays touching tribute to the man who inspired him.

Hall of Fame: Willem Dafoe: From a warrior's death in Platoon to Spider-Man's arch nemesis, Dafoe grins and bears all.

Every New Film Reviewed: Spider-Man, Monster's Ball, Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones, Rollerball, Not Another Teen Movie, Betty Fisher And Other Stories, Crush, Divided We Fall, Gregoire Moulin, Murder By Numbers, Roberto Succo, Comment J'Ai Tue Mon Pere, High Society, John Q, The Lawless Heart, Kissing Jessica Stein, Unfaithful, Cairo Station, 40 Days And 40 Nights, Everything Put Together, Dragonfly, Dancing At The Blue Iguana, Cabaret, Killing Me Softly, Snow Dogs, Beijing Bicycle, The Musketeer, The Time Machine, Big Fat Liar, Beginner's Luck, Impostor, Hardball, Resident Evil.

Regulars: Home Entertainment: Videos to Rent, Videos to Buy, DVD to Buy, Soundtracks, Books and Classic Scene: Double Indemnity.

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First Look: The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, Minority Report, Unfaithful.

Front Row: The Oscars: the laughs, the tears, the parties, plus Oscar Snatches And The Guide to Gap ads.

Talent: Slacker's Jason Schwartzman and Devon Sawa. Plus Paz Vega from Sex And Lucia.

Pipeline: On set with The Banger Sisters, plus Star Trek: Nemesis, Spidey merchandise and Gangs Of New York.

Star Wars Episode II
Christopher Lee: Episode II's fallen Count takes your questions on nipples, dringing songs and vampire slayer Buffy.

Hayden Christensen: The new Anakin reveals why he is not afraid of the dark side.

The Empire Jedi school: We teach a bunch of Padawans (well Empire readers) how to do Jedi mind tricks. No, really.

Natalie Portman: Star Wars royalty on the dangers of love, showing skin and being an action hero.

Ewan McGregor: Bluescreen, space gin and mullets - the jaunty Jedi is on top form.

Samuel L. Jackson: Face-toface with Mace - meet the coolest dude in the galaxy.

Episode III: The facts - not the fiction - surrounding the saga's last stand.

Retro: The making of The Empire Strikes Back.

The Lucas legacy: How five films changed the world - in easy-to-understand diagram form.

Hall of Fame: Harrison Ford: The world's greatest movie star on Han Solo and much, much more.

Every New Film Reviewed: Panic Room, The Majestic, The Closet, Showtime, Baise-Moi, Hart's War, Biggie And Tupac, Slackers, Dog Soldiers, No Man's Land, The Business Of Strangers, I'm Going Home, Pollock, Mother India, Pather Panchali, Sex And Lucia, The Scorpion King, Dust, Skin Of Man Heart Of Beast, Sur Mes Levres, The Warrior, Thunderparts, Brighton Rock, Dark Blue World, Happy Man, Tosca.

Regulars: Home Entertainment: Videos to Rent, Videos to Buy, DVD to Buy, Soundtracks, Books and Classic Scene: Fight Club.

Contents First Look: Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones, Spider Man, MIB II, John Q, 40 Days And 40 Nights, The Time Machine, Showtime, The Majestic, Resident Evil, Minority Report and more.

Front Row: Behind the headlines at the BAFTAs, Snatches and all the usual regulars.

Talent: Four faces for the future: Gael Garcia Bernal, Summer Phoenix, Keira Knightley and Dagmara Domincyzk.

Pipeline: Down under on the set of Scooby Doo, Bryan Singer on X2 and Michael Madsen on the return of Tarantino.

Last word: Why the next 12 months could be the most exciting ever.

Public Access: Jeff Bridges.

Cover Story: Hugh Grant: With About A Boy set to add to his glittering C.V., Empire spends a day in New York with Britain's biggest box office star.

How to build the perfect... action hero: After watching every action movie ever made (nearly), Empire knows all Hollywood's secrets.

24 Hour Party People: Michael Winterbottom and Steve Coogan throw this year's can't-miss party in Manchester.

Kevin Reynolds: The Waterworld director has his revenge with The Count Of Monte Cristo.

Blade II: Wesley Snipes tells us why his vampire hunter is meaner and leaner this time around. Plus, an exclusive look at the director's own sketches.

Row rage: Empire investigates violence in your local multiplex.

Sundance portrait gallery: Cool people. Hot photos.

Retro: The making of E.T.: The marketing of a classic. Plus a visit to ILM as E.T. gets a digital face-lift for his 20th Anniversary reissue.

Hall of Fame: David Fincher: With Panic Room, only his fifth proper film, about to debut, the visual maestro gets an early abduction into Empire's gallery of heroes.

Every New Film Reviewed: About A Boy, K-Pax, Blade II, Kate & Leopold, The Count Of Monte Cristo, Bend It Like Beckham, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: 20th Anniversary Special Edition, Roadkill, Invincible, Offending Angels, The Mystic Masseur, Italian For Beginners, I Am Sam, 20 Hour Party People, Delbaran, The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T, And Your Mother Too, Revelation, Crossroads, Dinner Rush, L'Emploi Du Temps, Pauline And Paulette, Sidewalks Of New York, The Green Ray, Super 8 Stories, Waking Life, Collateral Damage, Hotel, The Pornographer, The One, Queen Of The Damned.

Regulars: Home Entertainment: Videos to Rent, Videos to Buy, DVD to Buy, Soundtracks, Books and Classic Scene: Fight Club.

Contents First Look: Exclusive Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones pics and words. Plus Spider-Man, Minority Report, Men In Black II.

Front Row: Who will win the Oscars? Plus Ali G's on-set diary, the horror map of the USA and Reese Witherspoon scratching her butt.

Talent: Slackers' James King (she's a girl, don't you know), and Blade II's vamp, Leonor Varela.

Pipeline: On set with Jackie Chan. Michael Mann on his new flicks. Eric Bana on David Banner. Spider-Man toys. Episode II vs. Closet. Plus pics from the new Adam Sandler.

Last word: Do the Oscars treat commerce and culture with the same dispassionate eye? And why is comedy always left out in the cold?

7th Annual Empire Awards: The winners, presenters and celebs of 2002.

Cover Story: Russell Crowe: Clocking up three days in London and Paris with the world's hottest actor, Empire enters the psyche of the A Beautiful Mind star - his most revealing, honest interview yet.

The Royal Tenenbaums: Meet the cast of Wes Anderson's follow-up to the brilliant Rushmore. Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Anjelica Huston and the head of the family Gene Hackman, talk up working with cinema's quirky wunderkind.

The Sundance Film Festival: Empire traipsed off to the icy climes of Park City, Utah, for the coolest film festival in the world - and we bumped into Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Aniston and Rhus Ifans sleeping on a pavement.

Retro: The making of An American Werewolf In London: ''I see a bad moon rising...'' The making of the greatest comedy horror flick ever. Includes exclusive interview with director John Landis, plus a look at the work of effects supremo Rick Baker.

Hall of Fame: Mel Gibson: The first superstar of Australian cinema talks the classic movies - Mad Max, Lethal Weapon, Braveheart - plus pub brawls, giving up booze and getting too old for heroes.

Every New Film Reviewed: The Royal Tenenbaums, We Were Soldiers, Hearts In Atlantis, The Shipping News, The Mothman Prophecies, Life As A House, Ice Age, Fatma, Return to Never Land, Behind The Sun, The Experiment, Thirteen Ghosts, Slogans, Bully, The Son's Room, La Comedie De L'Innocence, Warm Water Under A Red Bridge, Ali G Indahouse, The Conversation, Ikingut, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, The Officer's Ward, If....

Regulars: Home Entertainment: Videos to Rent, Videos to Buy, DVD to Buy, Soundtracks, Books and Classic Scene: If...

Contents First Look: Blade II, We Were Soldiers, Lilo & Stitich, Chamber of Secrets, Reader Screening Double Bill: A Beautiful Mind & Ali.

Front Row: DVD RIP?: Stars seek payment for DVD extras, Last-Ditch Oscar Tips, Movie Nepotism.

Talent: Amy Smart, Laurence Fox.

Pipeline: Franchise Special: Batman Projects, Indiana Jones IV, Back To The Future IV, James Bond XX, Set Visit: Thunderpants.

Public Access: Christopher Walken.

Cover Story: Ocean's 11: two months with the best cast of 2002.

Monsters Inc.: This ain't no Toy Story!

In The Bedroom: How Todd Field made the best-reviewed film of the year.

Jennifer Connelly: The Beautiful Mind star on Oscar buzz, The Hulk and escaping the clutches of child stardom.

Ali: When Fresh Prince met the Ring King: Will Smith sparring with the champ.

Cate Blanchett: From playing real royalty in Elizabeth to Elf royalty in The Lord Of The Rings, is Australia's finest the best actress in the world today?

Retro: Robocop, The French Connection.

Hall of Fame: Michael Mann: Ali's auteur on crime, Russell Crowe and ice cream.

Every New Film Reviewed: Ali, Ocean's 11, Monsters Inc., From Hell, Training Day, Made, Don't Say A Word, Gosford Park, A Beautiful Mind, Shallow Hal, Charlotte Gray, Bloody Sunday, D-Tox, In The Bedroom, The Lady And The Duke, The Hidden Fortress, Bangkok Dangerous, Cool And Crazy, Late Marriage, Just Visiting, Funny Girl, Muhammad Ali: The Greatest, The affair Of The Necklace, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Metropolis, Promises, The Fluffer, Night Shift.

Regulars: Home Entertainment: Videos to Rent, Videos to Buy, DVD to Buy, Soundtracks, Books and Multimedia Classic Scene, Back to the Future Competitions! Box Office: Who cashed in on last month's movies.

Contents Empire (Special Collectors Edition)

The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Ever

The Definitive Guide.

Contents First look: New shots from Monsters Inc, Vanilla Sky, Behind Enemy Lines.

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: Episode II trailers analysed.

Talent: Adam Garcia and the anti-Amelie, Roxane Mesquida.

Pipeline: An exclusive visit to the set of Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down; plus Soderbergh's Solaris flair.

Review of the year: Including the 50 must-see movies of 2001, Last word on a mediocre year, and the inaugural Snatches Awards for all that was great and good. And not good.

Ben Stiller: The star of Zoolander has no shame. That's why we love him.

The Lord Of Rings special section: Including: The full production story, Interviews with all the cast and Peter Jackson, The SFX secrets behind the movie magic, An exclusive on-set diary, Parts two and three preview, And all manner of Hobbit-related nonsesnse!

The making of... The Wizard Of Oz: It must be Christmas, Dorothy's on the box. Follow the yellow brick road.

Samuel L. Jackson: He's the one that says bad motherfucker.

New films: The 51st State, Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, Serendipity, Bandits, The Princess Diaries, The Deep End, Christmas Carol: The Movie, Rock Star, Mean Machine, Riding In Cars With Boys, Maelstrom, The Believer, Djomeh, The Hired Hand, A Ma Soeur, The Day I Became A Woman, Dog Eat Dog, Meet Me In St. Louis, Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents First look: New shots from the Hughes brothers' blood epic From Hell, plus Shallow Hall, Monsters Inc. and stunning images from Ocean's 11 trailer.

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: 20 tips for Oscars, Snatches, The Guide, and how to dress like Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.

Talent: Katharine Isabelle, E.R.'s Goran Visnjic and the twisted brilliance of Happiness director Todd Solondz.

Pipeline: Set visits to underwater horror Below and Salma Hayek's Frida, plus all the new production news, including a casting rumour round-up.

Last word: Foreign films are fun too! So long as you can find a cinema brave enough to show them.

Billy Connoly: The hirsute Scot answers all your questions.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: On set and behind the scenes, Empire talks to author J.K. Rowling, 12 year-old Daniel Radcliffe, director Chris Columbus and a host of others in a bid to reveal the magician's best kept secrets.

The Others: Starring Nicole Kidman, produced by her ex and directed by a 29 year-old Spanish wunderkind. The Seventh Sense, anyone?

Ghost World: Comic creator Daniel Clowes draws an exclusive picture of life on the set of the Ghost World, the movie version of his cult graphic novel.

Billy Bob Thornton: He may be married to one of the most beautiful women in the world, but as a boy, Billy Bob had designs on somebody very different. A barmy but brilliant interview.

The making of The Evil Dead: Director Sam Raimi and star Bruce Campbell talk demons and Vaseline.

Apocalypse Now: Chopper attack: All the method and madness - and what you see on screen doesn't come close to what happened off camera - behind perhaps the greatest action set-piece in movie history.

Tony Curtis: The Hollywood legend talks frankly about the highs and lows of a career stretching over five decades.

New films: The Others, Heist, Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back, Ghosts Of Mars, Glitter, Zoolander, Me Without You, Ghost World, Gabriel & Me, Eloge De L' Amour, The Animal, Strictly Sinatra, Storytelling, A Bench In The Park, Disco Pigs, Kandahar, The Navigators, The Piano Teacher, New Year's Day, Esther Kahn, Baby Boy, The Body, Apocalypse Now Redux, My Brother Tom, This Filthy Earth, The Devil's Backbone, Jump Tomorrow.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents First look: New shots from Windtalkers, Bandits, Kevin Spacey in The Shipping News, a new animated version of A Christmas Carol and Steven Soderbergh's all-star Ocean's Eleven.

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: The full low-down on Apocalypse Now Redux; The Guide; Snatches; Jet Li teatches us kung fu.

Talent: Rat Race co-stars Breckin Meyer and Seth 'Quasi-evil' Green; plus Mrs. Ryan Phillippe, Legally Blonde's Reese Withserspoon.

Pipeline: An exclusive visit to the set of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man; plus Harry Potter toys, the new James Bond car and a glimpse of the first official Lord Of The Rings poster.

Last word: Kim Newman ponders what the failure of Atlantis: The Lost Empire and the success of Shrek means for traditional animation, and Disney in particular.

Mark Hamill: The original Skywalker facing questions about Episode I, OJ Simpson and his Star Wars co-stars.

The ultimate movie poll: From best actress to best poster, best soundtrack to best film. The finest in movie history as voted by the readers.

American Pie 2: There are hundreds of people in this summer's comedy sequel, but Empire just talk to the funny ones: Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan and Jason Biggs. Plus, Eugene Levy explains the comedy of embarrassment.

Jeremy Northam: The perfect English gentleman may yet become a purpose-built American star. So long as he can still find time to warch the cricket.

America's Sweethearts: A press conference starring huge movie stars talking about a film in which huge movie stars struggle through press conferences...Oh, sod it, it's got Julia Roberts and John Cusack in it.

The making of Taxi Driver: Not many films have inspired both a Levi's commercial and a Presidential assassination attempt.

Ed Norton: He's been called the finest actor of his generation. We meet the man to find out why.

Hall of fame: With Cannes favourite Mulholland Drive marking a return to prime weird form, Empire looks back over the singular career of director David Lynch.

New films: America's Sweethearts, American Pie 2, Legally Blonde, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, The Pledge, Rat Race, Kiss Of The Dragon, Osmosis Jones, Original Sin, Peaches, Presque Rien, Wild About Harry, The Man Who Wasn't There, Down From The Mountain, Jeepers Creepers, SW9, La Ville Est Tranquille, The Brotherhood Of The Wolf, Driven, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2, Large, Eureka, Amelie, Asoka, La Cienaga, Little Otik, Mike Bassett: England Manager, Annie Hall.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: New shots from Gangs Of New York, Four Feathers, Ali, Spider and The Reckoning; Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster, co-stars in The Fast And The Furious; Audrey Tautou, the breathtaking face of Amelie; set visits to Joaquin Phoenix's war epic, Buffalo Soldiers, and Vinnie Jones' Mean Machine.

Sigourney Weaver answers all the questions from alien orgies and wife-swapping to Ghostbusters 3 and losing out at the Oscars.

A.I. Robot wars: The full lowdown on Steven Spielberg's sci-fi spectacular.

Molly Parker: Find out why the ''innocent 25 year-old'' is the bravest woman working in movies today.

The Fast And The Furious: Director Rob Cohen and star Vin Diesel reveal how they made cars go really fast.

Moulin Rouge: Welcome to Baz Luhrmanns weird and wonderful musical extravaganza! Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor give us all the behind-the-scenes juice, rumours'n'all.

Battle Royale: Before the inevitable controversy kicks in, discover exactly why this biting satire deserves your attention.

Ed Norton: He's been called the finest actor of his generation. We meet the man to find out why.

The making of... Superman: ''You'll believe a man can fly,'' boasted the teaser poster - but living up to that line turned out to be a whole lot tougher than anyone expected.

The method: Brando was famous for it. Monroe was driven mad by it. The origins of a school of acting that was to shape a generation.

Hall of fame: His name is Michael Caine, and with underworld drama Shiner his 58th film, he looks back over a long and very busy career.

New films: A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Planet Of The Apes, Moulin Rouge, The Fast And The Furious, The Score, Crush, Scary Movie 2, Enigma, Battle Royale, Shiner, George Washington, Greenfingers, Pandaemonium, Rush Hour 2, The Center Of The World, The Circle, The Brothers, The Martins, The Forsaken, Women Talking Dirty, Angel Eyes, Le Secret, Ali Zaoua, Bloody Angels, Sweet Smell Of Success.

Oliver Stone explains how, and why, he brought Salvador and Wall Street To DVD.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents William H. Macy answers all the questions from was he really shot in an armed robbery to playing a cockroach.

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: The death of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote; Casting America's Sweethearts; Paul Bettany and Shannyn Sossamon sass up A Knight's Tale; Cats & Dogs behind the scenes; When the strike is over: special report; Jack Lemmon RIP; visit to Hart's War and new Episode II; Spider-Man.

New films: Jurassic Park III, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Swordfish, A Knight's Tale, Heartbreakers, Cats & Dogs, Lucky Break, Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles, Crazy/Beautiful, Animal Attraction, What's The Worst That Could Happen?, The Parole Officer, Me You Them, The Farewell, Gohatto, Suspicious River, Dr. Dolittle 2, Hedwig And The Angry Inch, A Time For Drunken Horses, Recess: School's Out, What's Cooking?, Josie And The Pussycats, Tears Of The Black Tiger, At The Height Of The Summer, The Truth Game, Help! I'm A Fish.

Planet Of The Apes: Tim Burton defies convention yet again this month to return to the Planet Of The Apes. Empire brings you the full inside story on the $100 million blockbuster (just don't call it a remake), with exclusive interviews with Burton, Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth et al, and unprecedented on-set access. Plus Charlton Heston anchors Empire's full-on retrospective look at the original film that became a classic.

Jennifer Love Hewitt: The scream queen-turned-Heartbreaker tells all about her ticket out of teen.

Final Fantasy: It's more than a computer game adaptation; more than just the next wave of computer animation. Final Fantasy could herald the next era of cinema - but will it also sound the death knell for flesh and blood actors?

Steve Coogan and James Nesbitt: Two of Britain's brightest comedic talents are set to bust out to cinematic stardom in prison-related comedies, The Parole Officer and Lucky Break. Empire goes down for a long stretch with both.

Swordfish: Director Dominic Sena reveals how he created the best explosion of the summer.

A Knight's Tale: Heath Ledger on impending stardom, the paparazzi and singalonga-swordplay.

Robert Altman: Call him Maverick. From Nasville to The Player, the legendary Robert Altman tells how he's been bucking the Hollywood system for years.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents Jon Voight answers all the questions from hanging with Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy to lording with Lara in Tomb Raider.

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: When critics attack Pearl Harbor; A re-cut version of Episode I; Natalia Verbeke; The real Cannes; A visit to Mel Gibson's new movie.

New films: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Evolution, Town & Country, Dr. T And The Women, Sweet November, High Heels And Low Lifes, The Princess And The Warrior, Together, Urban Ghost Story, Whipped, The Ladies Man, When Love Comes, Solas, The In Crowd, Ed Gein, Intimacy, The Iron Ladies, Pokemon 3: The Movie, Possible Worlds, Room To Rent, Jurassic Park III.

In person: Jason Isaacs.

Tomb Raider: Angelina Jolie, as Lara Croft, in this month's event movie.

Minnie Driver and Mary McCormack: Spend a girls' night in with the transatlantic trouble-makers from High Heels Low Lifes.

Jurassic Park III: Director Joe Johnston and his dinosaur specialists (Stan Winston and ILM) talk us through the challenge of life after Spielberg, while on set the cast talk about life as lunch.

Director's gallery: Intimate portraits of the maverick talents behind some of cinema's most distinctive films. Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, De Palma, Stone, Carpenter, Woo.

The Abyss: Hold your breath as Empire goes deep to tell the extraordinary story of the James Cameron shoot which earned the nickname ''The Abuse''.

Jeffrey Katzenberg: The K from Dreamworks SKG talks about his remarkable career, including his latest animation triumph, Shrek.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents David Duchovny answers all the questions from ''will there be an X-Files 2?'' to ''who is his favourite Muppet?''

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: Sex is back; Hobbits in Cannes, Damon Albarn rocks; Melissa Sagemiller rolls; Russell Crowe gnomed; Tom Cruise gets gunged; Steve Buscemi's stabbing: Tarantino-style; The Replacements.

New films: Pearl Harbor, Shrek, The Mummy Returns, Ginger Snaps, Down To Earth, Say It Isn't So, Series 7: The Contenders, Croupier, La Bete, Another Life, 101 Reykjavik, Out Of Depth, Dracula 2001, Get Over It, Late Night Shopping, Autumn In New York, Merci Pour Le Chocolat, Before Night Falls, The Crimson Rivers, Nowhere To Hide, Taxi 2, Very Annie Mary, Bande A Part, See Spot Run, Fiddler On The Roof, El Mar, Like Father, Evolution.

In person: Heather Graham, Franka Potente.

Pearl Harbor: Empire gives you the exclusive lowdown on the bombs, the bullets and the budget of Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay's $135 million sure thing. Including exclusive interviews with stars Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale.

Shrek: Behind the scenes with this year's CGI marvel.

Jean Reno: The enigmatic Gallic star talks Luc Besson, Hollywood and his new film, The Crimson Rivers.

Sisters of no mercy: Ginger Snaps and Series 7 offer heroines with more balls and bite than a tombful of Laras.

Chris Rock: America's second funniest man.

Ghostbusters: Empire reveals the full story fehind the king of comedy blockbusters.

Jack Cardiff: From The Red Shoes to Rambo, a cinematographer's life in pictures.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents Christian Bale answers all the questions from ''will he be the next James Bond'' to ''did he enjoy hanky panky with Ewan?''

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: The full story behind Beatty's Town & Country; Tarantino rumors shot down; Robert Rodriguez does kid flick; Tom Cruise sandwich; Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu; Pipeline: the all-new in-production dection, with unseen pics from Spy Game, Resident Evil and Ali.

Oscars 2001: Who won what and why.

New films: Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Tigerland, Along Came A Spider, Blow, The Dish, Amores Perros, Exit Wounds, Spy Kids, The Mummy Returns, Goodbye Charlie Bright, The Taste Of Others, The Terrorist, Le Libertin, Alfie, Antitrust, Boesman And Lena, Valentine.

In person: Colin Farrell, Carla Gugino.

The Mummy Returns: Rachel Weisz, Brendan Fraser, director Stephen Sommers and ILM talk exclusively about the summer's first blockbuster.

The ultimate summer preview: Confused about what to see this summer? After reading Empire's comprehensive guide, you won't be! Includes: Tomb Raider, Pearl Harbor, Planet of the Apes, Jurassic Park III and A.I.

Penelope Cruz: An intimate audience with the Spanish stunner who puts the twang in Captain Corelli's Mandolin.

Stand By Me: The real-life curse behind the teen classic.

Working Title: Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner talk Bridget Jones, Four Weddings, Bean and Captain Corelli's Mandolin.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents Vinnie Jones answers all the questions from ''did he bond with Charlton Heston'' to male strippers and Smoking Snatch.

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: Reality cinema is here; on the set of Schumacher's Phone Booth; Cotton bud cinema; Russell Crowe kidnap drama; BAFTAs round-up; Flora Montgomery; hot new pics from Gangs of New York, Lord of the Rings, A.I.

The Empire Awards 2001: The stars! The speeches! the hobbits! The full lowdown on the best movie bash of the year.

New films: The Mexican, Bridget Jones's Diary, One Night At McCool's, The Hole, The Wedding Planner, Bamboozled, The Tailor Of Panama, 15 Minutes, Mildred Pierce, A Hard Day's Night, Under The Sand, Rugrats In Paris: The Movie, The Invisible Circus, Les Enfants Du Siecle, Bread And Roses, When Brendan Met Trudy, Aimee And Jaguar, The Captive.

In person: Liv Tyler, Claire Forlani.

The Mexican: Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts and director Gore Verbinski talk exclusively about quirky road trip The Mexican.

Renee Zellweger Takes Empire exclusively through Bridget Jones's Diary.

Your 10 most F.A.Q.: How do you go to a premiere? How do you become a film critic? Life's essential posers answered.

The Contender: Former Empire scribe Rod Lurie talks us through his Oscar-tipped pot-boiler. Snaps by Jeff Bridges.

Josh Hartnett and Rachael Leigh Cook: Sexy young Yanks invade Blighty in Blow Dry.

The Hole: Underground with the hot teens of the Brit chiller.

Peeping Tom: The birth and rebirth of Michael Powell's classic.

Bryan Singer: X-Men director Bryan Singer on mutants, court cases and bad hair.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents Matthew Broderick answers all the questions from leaping lizards in Godzilla to locking limbs in You Can Count On Me.

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: The Oscar race hots up; On set with Burton's Planet Of The Apes; Thirteen Days' Kennedy brothers; Wes Craven directs Bill Clinton; Hot new pics from Jurassic Park III, A.I., Episode II, Lord Of The Rings; Heidi Klum.

New films: Enemy At The Gates, Thirteen Days, Hannibal, Chocolat, All The Pretty Horses, The Gift, You Can Count On Me, The Contender, Audition, Best In Show, Miss Congeniality, Malena, An Everlasting Piece, The Terminator, Dungeons & Dragons, Save The Last Dance, Proof Of Life, Shower, The Tao Of Sreve, Blow Dry, Last Resort, Men Of Honour, About Adam, Brother, Nationale 7, Elvis: That's The Way It Is Special Edition, 2001: A Space Odyssey, But I'M A Cheerleader, Damnation, The Watcher, Dark Days, Don't Look Now.

In person: Sandra Bullock, Monica Bellucci.

Instand cool: From blow jobs to Italian Jobs, from the macho of McQueen to the wisdom of Woody, Empire brings you the 273 funniest, scariest, sexiest, hippest, downright memorable moments in movie history.

The Gift: On set with Cate Blanchett and Keanu Reeves for Sam Raimi's supernatural chiller.

Proof Of Life: Love, landsides and loud-mouthed directors - all the drama behind the most harrowing shoot of the year.

Enemy At The Gates: On location in Berlin, Empire takes aim at Jude Law and Ed Harris for a sniper spectacular.

2001: A Space Odyssey: Unseen photos and the full story behind Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece.

Robert De Niro: A rare audience with the world's greatest movie actor: Scorsese, Godfather II, his difficult rep - it's all here.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents Minnie Driver answers all the questions from Riverdance: The Movie to her most recent appearance in heart-swap romcom Return To Me.

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: First look at Harry Potter and Planet Of The Apes; Castaway in Margate; How would a Hollywood actor's strike effect the UK?; Prince William: movie star in the making; Future films.

New films: What Women Want, Shadow of the Vampire, State and Main, Remember the Titans, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Born Romantic, The Claim, Finding Forester, The Emperor's New Groove, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dude Where's My Car?, Liam, Faithless, Digimon The Movie, Second Skin, The Lost Lover, Breakfast At Tiffany's.

In person: Helen Hunt, Sarah Jessica Parker.

My bloody Valentine: A special section celebrating the release of Hannibal, including: An exclusive audience with Hannibal director Ridley Scott; Willem Defoe talks vampires; Are you a psycho? Take the test; Takeshi Kitano: the hardest man in movies; The 10 most shocking movie moments of the last century or so; Anthony Hopkins explains why he returned to his favorite role; Baise-Moi; And buckets more gore.

The Legent of Bagger Vance: Intimate portraits of the talent behind Bagger Vance: Robert Redford, Charlize Theron, Matt Damon and Will Smith.

Born Romantic: On the salsa lovin' set of David Kane's latest London love story.

Breakfast at Tiffany's: The romantic classic is 40 years old this month, but don't worry - she doesn't look a day over 25.

Jerry Bruckheimer: The surviving half of the infamous Simpson-Bruckheimer duo talks about his billion-dollar career.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents Ray Winstone answers all the questions from teenage Scum to sun-tanned Sexy Beast.

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: Can Tom Hanks make it an Oscar hat trick? Amelia Warner; On set with Madeleine Stowe; Fight like a Crouching Tigger; Future films.

New films: Unbreakable, Traffic, Cast Away, Almost Famous, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Vertical Limit, Quills, Requiem for a Dream, Pay It Forward, Red Planet, Bless the Child, Saltwater, The Criminal, The Low Down, Lost Souls, Crime & Punishment in Suburbia, Salo or The 120 Days Of Sodom, Kiss Me Kate, Beautiful Creatures, Bounce, Dead Babies, The Ring 2, Woman On Top, Pokemon The Movie 2000, Sexy Beast.

In person: Kate Hudson, Steven Mackintosh, Don Cheadle.

Preview 2001: Twenty pages of exclusive interviews and brand new shots of the movies which will rule the next 12 months.

Joaquin Phoenix: An interview with the star of Gladiator and Quills.

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Empire explains the tricks behind the gravity-defying fight scenes in Ang Lee's martial arts masterpiece.

Sexy Beast: On the sun-soaked Spanish set of this cool Brit gangster flick.

Traffic: Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones. Empire talks to all the big players behind Steven Soderbergh's ''$49 million Dogme movie''.

M. Night Shyamalan: An exclusive interview with the director of this month's Unbreakable.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents John Waters answers all the questions from Divine and dog shit to bad hair days and Cecil B. Demented.

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: Who's gonna win the 2001 Academy Awards? Will Smith takes on Ali; Ioan Gruffund and Alice Evans in 102 Dalmatians; Future films.

New films: The Grinch, Charlie's Angels, Meet the Parents, The 6th Day, Little Nicky, The Family Man, Small Time Crooks, 102 Dalmatians, Cecil B. Demented, Hamlet, Ready to Rumble, The Art of War, Les Destinees Sentimentales, The Original Kings of Comedy, Merlin The Return, The Man Who Cried, Blackboards, Groove, La Fidelite, Urban Legends: Final Cut, The Apartment.

In person: Tea Leoni, Julia Stiles, Ben Stiller.

The Grinch: Jim Carrey and Ron Howard reveal all about the mad green world of The Grinch.

Review of the year: What was this year called 2000 all about? Only the definitive Empire review will set you straight.

George Clooney: Three hit films in one year. One cool customer. Clooney looks back on his career to date. And life with a pig.

Philip Seymour Hoffman.

It's A Wonderful Life: The true story of how a dud become a classic.

Cameron Crowe: Tom Cruise's mate on realising his dream film, Almost Famous.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents Joel Schumacher answers all the questions from is there life after death to has he ever worn a dress?

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: Spielberg's favourite swear word; more Episode II pics; make like a Raging Bull; Adam Sandler: genius or goat? Vin Diesel; Twin Peaks cast; Future films.

New films: Wonder Boys, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, Bedazzled, Bring It On, The Way Of The Gun, Loser, Duets, The Yards, Flawless, The Exorcist: Director's Cut, Chopper, Purely Belter, Disney's The Kid, The Skulls, Chuck & Buck, Black And White, Singin' In The Rain, East-West, Judy Berlin, Tom's Midnight Garden, Where The Heart Is, Bodywork, Goya In Bordeaux, Harry He Is Here To Help, Into The Arms Of Strangers, Gun Shy, It Was An Accident, Man Utd: Beyond The Promised Land, Suzhou River, The Road Home, The Golden Bowl, Confessions of a Trickbaby, Grey Owl, Siam Sunset, Pourquoi Pas Moi?, Raging Bull.

In person: Carrie-Anne Moss, Jason Biggs.

Elizabeth Hurley: Britain's most eligible leading lady talks exclusively to Empire about sex, sinning and seducing Brendan Fraser in Bedazzled.

Charlie's Angels: Catsuits and catfights. The full story behind one of the most anticipated films of the year.

Wonder Boys: On set with Curtis Hanson, Michael Douglas and their fellow boy wonders.

Natalie Portman: The beauty with a brain talks about Harvard and her plans for the future, and offers an insight into her new movie, Where The Heart Is.

Get Carter: Not the Sly Stallone re-make, but the diamond hard original. Michaels Hodges and Caine talk us through the best British gangster film of all time.

James Caan: The Godfather of cool chats about his turbulent four decades in Hollywood.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents Joel Silver answers all the questions from what happens in The Matrix 2 to how often does he lose his temper.

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: How far is to far? On the set of Mummy 2. Meet the Road Trippers. Future films.

New films: What Lies Beneath, Road Trip, Dinosaur, Girlfight, Under Suspicion, Coyote Ugly, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Center Stage, Romeo Must Die, The House Of Mirth, Liberty Heights, This is Spinal Tap, I Could Read The Sky, Nasty Neighbours, Rage, Water Drops on Burning Rocks, Memento, The Little Vampire, Sorted, In The Mood For Love, Julien Donkey-Boy, Some Like It Hot (1959).

In person: Elisabeth Shue.

...and beneath lies, the truth: Empire meets Michelle Pfeiffer in venice and chases Harrison Ford around Europe to ask the really tough questions. For starters, what, exactly, lies beneath?

Empire's 69 sexiest movie characters of all time: Attractive actors come and go, but truly sexy character can live forever.

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2: Sequel director Joe Berlinger reveals why he decided to go back into the woods, but leave the shaky camera behind. Plus, meet two of the new campers.

Girlfight: The star and director of this year's big Sundance smash give us a blow-by-blow account of making their 'female Rocky'.

Paul Verhoeven: The always controversial Dutch director of Hollow Man defends his good name in an explosive interview.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents Morgan Freeman answers all the questions from which deadly sin tempts him the most to where does he keep his Empire award?

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: How did Brad shape up for Snatch? First Episode II pics, Big Budget Brother, Hollywood rumours, Brittany Murphy loses her cherry. Future films.

New films: O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Snatch, Billy Elliot, Keeping the Faith, Hollow Man, Scary Movie, Me, Myself & Irene, The Cell, Titus, Nurse Betty, Shaft, Love & Sex, Play It to the Bone, The Luzhin Defence, Twin Falls Idaho, Where the Money Is, Miss Julie, The Wind Will Carry Us, Dancer in the Dark, Nightfall/Abendland, Going Off Big Time, L' Humanite, Whatever, Space Cowboys, Elephant Juice, Secrets of the Heart, Gossip, Cherry Falls.

In person: Bjork, Anna Paquin, Jenn Elfman.

Jennifer Lopez: Fresh from conquering the pop charts, La Lopez is back in The Cell. An exclusive audience with the hottest star in Hollywood.

Cinema survey: The worst and the best cinemas in UK.

Snatch.

Famke Jansen and Jon Favreau: The cosy co-stars of Love & Sex talk about... love and sex.

A fistful of dollars: A celebration of the classic Spaghetti Western trilogy, which made Clint Eastwood into a star.

The Coen brothers: The laconic geniuses attempt to be serious.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents Pierce Brosnan answers all the questions from being Bond to that stair-shagging sequence in The Thomas Crown Affair.

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: Where have all the female stars gone? The hazards of foreign filmmaking. Merchandising wars. More news from Lord of the Rings. Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. Future films.

New films: X-Men, The Perfect Storm, Gone in 60 Seconds, Shanghai Noon, Rules of Engagement, Timecode, The Road to El Dorado, There's Only One Jimmy Grimble, Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Donald Cammell's Wild Side, The Color of Paradise, Some Voices, La Veuve De Saint-Pierre, Ring, Me Myself I, Kadosh, Siberia, Himalaya, The Wedding Tackle, My Dog Skip, Those Who Love Me Can Take The Train, Jesus' Son.

In person: Saffron Burrows, Tommy Lee Jones, Owen Wilson.

X-Men: From the set in Toronto to the night before the premiere in New York, Empire tracks this summer's record-breaking blockbuster.

The Perfect Storm: George Clooney and serial on-screen partner Mark Wahlberg don scraggy beards to climb aboard the storm-tossed ship to blockbuster land.

Raiders of the lost art: How two cinema giants turned their boyhood love of Saturday morning serials into the greatest summer movie ever made.

William Friedkin: The Exorcist wunderkind and '70s survivor on hostility, Oscars and ass-kissing.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Mission: Impossible 2, High Fidelity, American Movie, Stuart Little, The Patriot, Titan A.E., Big Momma's House, Chicken Run, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Breakfast of Champions, Shaft, Love & Basketball, Kikujiro, Flamenco, Beau Travail, Butterfly's Tongue, In Too Deep, Essex Boys, 24 Hours in London, Not One Less, Bats, The Emperor and the Assassin, A Bout De Souffle.

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: 30 new Episode II rumors; on the set of Keanu's new flick; the MTV Movie Awards; summer movie scandal; the best animated film you'll never see; new Lord of the Rings pics; Jessica Pare; Top 20 movies in the works.

In person: Mark Wahlberg, Dougray Scott.

Tim Roth answers the questions from getting bloody as Mr. Orange to getting stuck in The War Zone.

John Cusack: High Fidelity's front man spends a day (and night) in London town with Empire in tow.

Cannes people: First-time actors, veteran directors. They 're all here.

The Patriot: Mel Gibson gets out the big guns once more to smote the English and banish their evil from the earth forever.

Mena Suvari: The American Beauty reveals her hidden art skills.

Chicken Run: The story of how some crazy guys from Bristol with a chicken obsession and a ton of Plasticine made a hit movie.

Spend! Spend! Spend!: Wonder how moviestars get shot of their millions? Empire's man in LA did his damnedest to find out.

John Woo: The sultan of shoot-'em-ups on M:I 2, slo-mo and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: U-571, Battlefield Earth, Sweet And Lowdown, For Love Of The Game, Deception, Three To Tango, Eye Of The Beholder, Frequency, Return To Me, The Next Best Thing, Maybe Baby, The Ninth Gate, Gangster No. 1, The Story Of Us, When The Sky Falls, Beyond The Mat, Isn't She Great, Chill Factor, Drive Me Crazy, Simon Magus, The Barber Of Siberia, Brothers, Relative Values, The King Of Paris, Small Time Obsession, Jaya Ganga, Mal, The Best Man.

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: What has happened to Kevin Costner?, Who is L.Ron Hubbard?,On set with U-571, The Blockbuster Awards, Connie Nielsen, Tom Hollander, Barbara Crampton, Top 20 movies in the works.

In person: Matthew McConaughey, Joely Richardson, Emmanuelle Seigner.

Stephen Fry answers the questions on real butlers, Julie Andrews, writing novels etc.

Summer preview 2000: M:I 2, The Perfect Storm, High Fidelity, The Patriot, The X-Men, Gone in 60'', Loser, Me Myself And Irene, Snatch.

The green pile: Empire analyses the excess, materialism and, arguably, lunacy of movieland's salary system.

Richard Harris: Britain's biggest movie hellraiser is still here.

The Tartan Army: An exclusive look at the National Portrait Gallery's new excibition in honour of Scottish actors.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A retrospective peak behind-the-scenes of the infamous horror movie.

Woody Allen: He's short. He's neurotic. He's going deaf. But 30 years on, he's still firing at his best.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Gladiator, Pitch Black, The Virgin Suicides, Mission To Mars, Final Destination, Honest, Stir Of Echoes, The Whole Nine Yards, 25 Days, Snow Falling On Cedars, Circus, Nora, Saving Grace, Pokemon, One Day In September, The Girl On The Bridge, La Nouvelle Eve, Hanging Up, Pola X, To Walk With Lions, Man Is A Woman, A Monkey's Tale, Best, The Filth And The Fury, Trick, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, My Life So Far, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Sullivan's Travels, Janine Beard 45WPM, Down to You, The Last September, Boiler Room.

Front row: Movieland's hottest stories including: Why Julia Roberts is worth $20 million; On the set of Snatch; Oscars; BAFTAS; New Lord of the Rings picture; Celebrity drivers do some damage; Amanda Peet; Craig Ferguson; Heather Langenkamp; Top 20 movies in the works.

In person: Ethan Hawke, Sofia Coppola, Kelly Macdonald.

Ewan McGregor answers the questions on Jar Jar, nudity, stalking and a lot more hairy things.

Honest: Three-quarters of All Saints make their film debut this month. But can they cut it on the big screen?

Gladiator: Russell Crowe is prepared to fight all-comers for the title of next action hero as he takes the lead in Ridley Scott's swords, sandals and tigers epic.

Kevin Bacon: It's Bacon year: two films on the way - Stir of Echoes and The Hollow Man - and the band plays on.

Matt Stone & Trey Parker: How do you define comedy? South Park's creators thing they've got the answers.

Memo to Hollywood: The truth! They want it but they can't handle it! The readers say how Hollywood must change.

William Goldman: He's written more scripts than you 've had hot dinners, knows the industry better than anybody and isn't afraid to speak his mind.

  Also News, DVD, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Scream 3, Erin Brockovich, The Cider House Rules, Boys Don't Cry, American Psycho, Galaxy Quest, The Million Dollar Hotel, Kevin And Perry Go Large, Cradle Will Rock, Snow Day, Sunshine, Hurly Burly, Love Honour And Obey, Up At The Villa, The Closer You Get, Once Upon A Time In The West, Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar, Ghost Dog The Way of the Samurai, The Tigger Movie, Sex The Annabel Chong Story, Pippi Longstocking, Brother, L' Ennui, Of Freaks And Men.

Reel life: Films in production, celeb news and pics etc.: The Perfect Storm, Lord of thr Rings, High Fidelity, Shiner, Virtually reality, Annabel Chong, Tahnee Welch, Michael Berryman, Laura Fraser, Jamie Foxx.

In person: Kristin Scott Thomas, Gary Sinise, Chloe Sevigny.

Kenneth Branagh: The star answers the most unusual and interesting questions from Empire readers.

Psycho killers: Cover story. With the release this month of the slash-happy Scream 3 and American Psycho, has Hollywood gone too far?

Denzel Washington: The Hurricane star reveals his tough new image may not be simply an act.

Galaxy Quest: Laugh long and prosper! Empire on the set of this year's funniest sci-fi spoof.

The Million Dollar Hotel: Exclusive, behind-the-scenes photographs from the hippest film of the year.

The curse of Oscar: At the best of times Hollywood is a very superstitious place.

Kevin And Perry Go Large: On the eve of their big screen debut, telly's Kevin and Perry - Harry Enfield and Kathy Burke - share their cringiest secrets.

Tim Robbins: The multi-talented Robbins on his star turn in Mission To Mars, and being back behind the lens for this month's Cradle Will Rock.

  Also The Art of Star Wars, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Three Kings, The Insider, The Hurricane, Girl Interrupted, Being John Malkovich, Joan Of Ark, Man On The Moon, Lake Placid, Magnolia, Ordinary Decent Criminal, Next Friday, Tumbleweeds, Any Given Sunday, What Ever Happened To Harold Smith?, Love's Labour's Lost, The Miracle Maker, Show Me Love, Broken Vessels, A Clockwork Orange, Bleeder, Mansfield Park, Third World, The Last Broadcast, A Matter Of Life And Death, The Long Good Friday, Lola + Bilidikid, House!, In All Innocence, Les Convoyeurs Attendent.

Reel life: Films in production, celeb news and pics etc.: Mission To Mars, The Patriot, All The Pretty Horses, U-571, The Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle, Empire Awards 2000, The 72nd Oscars, The $75m. man, Spike Jonze, Michael Legge.

In person: Milla Jovovich, John Malcovich.

Winona Ryder: The true star of this month's Girl, Interrupted reveals the demons that nearly drove her over the edge.

The Insider: Director Michael Mann reveals the inside story on the scandal that disgraced a TV station, rocked an industry and shattered one man's life.

William H. Macy: The star of hot ensemble drama Magnolia talks us through his acting masterclass.

Three Kings: George Clooney, water fights, pneumonia and eight-inch needles. Director David O. Russell tells all about the 'troubled' shoot.

Frank Darabont: The nicest man in the world on Shawshank, sex toys and his latest Stephen King-athon, The Green Mile.

  Also News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Toy Story 2, The Green Mile, Topsy-Turvy, House On Haunted Hill, The Beach, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Fantasia 2000, The End Of The Affair, Agnes Browne, A Room For Romeo Brass, Strong Language, Supernova, Fast Food, Blood Guts Bullets And Octane, From The Edge Of The City, Rear Window, Rosetta, The Cherry Orchard, Open Your Eyes, You Only Live Once.

Reel life: Films in production, celeb news and pics etc.: Love's Labour's Lost, Sweet And Lowdown Circus, The Replacements, The Legend Of Bagger Vance. The Oscars, Puff Daddy, Harry Potter, Barry Pepper, Virginie Ledoyen.

In person: Neil Jordan, Matthew Liliard, Julianne Moore.

Toy Story 2: Screenwriter-director John Lasseter talks us through the making of the most eagerly-awaited sequel for years.

The Beach: After one of the most controversual shoots for ages, Danny Boyle - and Leonardo DiCaprio - are back. Here Boyle exclusively reveals the story behind the making of The Beach.

Bonkers contracts: Check out the weirder clauses imposed on Hollywood's stars, past and present.

Man On The Moon: Next month sees the release of Jim Carrey's new movie, Andy Kaufman biopic Man On The Moon. But who the hell was he?

The fall guy: Empire's Mark Dinning finds out exactly what it takes to become a professional stuntman.

Anthony Minghella: The English Patient director on his star-studded follow-up, this month's The Talented Mr. Ripley.

  Also News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Sleepy Hollow, American Beauty, The Bone Collector, Double Jeopardy, Bringing Out The Dead, Summer Of Sam, Angela's Ashes, Wonderland, Stigmata, Bicentennial Man, One More Kiss, Strange Planet, Train Of Life, The Wood, Limbo, Simpatico, Time Regained, The Darkest Light, Lovers Of The Arctic Circle, Three Seasons, Scarlet Street, Lies.

Reel life: Films in production, celeb news and pics etc.: Fantasia 2000, Little Nicky, House On Haunted Hill, Stuart Little, Hanging Up, Head Over Heels, The future of movies, Pokemon explained, A Clockwork Orange update, How to spot The Sixth Sense twist, Stigmata unravelled, Tura Satana, Larry Wilcox, Naomi Watts, Wes Bentley.

In person: Alan Parker, Lisa Marie.

The 50 films you must see in 2000: Toy Story 2, Mission Impossible 2, The Beach, Gladiator, Scream 3, The Green Mile, The Messenger, Battlfield Earth, X-Men, The Patriot, Me Myself And Irene...

Kevin Spacey: On the eve of American Beauty's UK release and amidst frenzied Oskar talk, Empire caught up with Kevin Spacey - a new breed of Hollywood hero.

Bringing Out The Dead: On the set of Martin Scorsese's dark paramedic drama.

Angelina Jolie: She's beautiful, talented and at the moment she's just about everywhere - meet the new princess of Hollywood.

Tim burton: The Sleepy Hollow auteur invites us into his weird but wonderful world.

  Also News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: The World Is Not Enough, End Of Days, Dogma, Mystery Men, Happy Texas, The Straight Story, The Iron Giant, Anna And The King, Inspector Gadget, October Sky, The Last Yellow, Muppets From Space, Anywhere But Here, Guest House Paradiso, Blue Streak, The Muse, 8 1/2 Women, Hold Back The Night, Legend Of 1900, Cinema Paradiso, Cotton Mary, Alice Et Martin, The Five Sences.

Reel life: Films in production, celeb news and pics etc.: The Messenger, The Insider, Play It, Girl Interrupted, Blair Witch secrets divulged, Matthew McConaughey's arrest, director Steven Soderburgh's Life In The Movies, Vincent Friell, Lee Majors, Nia Long, Helene Mahieu.

In person: Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman, Ben Affleck.

Caligula: The biggest mess ever made or a pornographic work of genius? Empire asks eveyone involved (well, nearlly).

Isn't that?: Cameo appearances by some very strange characters.

Sleepy Hollow: On the set with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.

End Of Days: When Arnie met Satan...

Kevin Smith: Indie film's golden boy defends controversial comedy, Dogma.

Review of the year: 20 glorious pages on a sensational year at the movies.

Guest House Paradiso: In a total departure from their usual fare, Ade and Rick run around in bikinis, poison people and hit each other.

  Also Empire Calendar 2000, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Fight Club, The Sixth Sense, Ride With The Devil, EdTV, Random Hearts, The Out-Of-Towners, East Is East, Jacob The Liar, Onegin, The Astronaut's Wife, Music of the Heart, Gregory's Two Girls, Mad Cows, The Rage-Carrie II, The Loss of Sexual Innocence, Brokedown Palace, Fanny And Elvis, The Limey, The Glandestine Marriage, The Other Sister, You 're Dead, A Walk On The Moon, Universal Soldier: The Return, Taxi, Dreaming Of Joseph Lees, John Carpenter's Vampires, The Children of the Marshland, Ratcatcher, The Cup, The Tichborne Claimant, Scrooge, The Story Of O, The Secret Laughter Of Women, Following.

Reel life: Films in production, celeb news and pics etc.: Toy Story 2, American Beauty, Bicentennial Man, The Bone Collector, Three Kings, Easy Rider, Ten Commandments, Chris Bisson, Paul Nicholls.

In person: Diane Lane, Tobey Maguire, Jenna Elfman, Ralph Fiennes.

The Sixth Sense: It's dead scary, it's got Bruce Willis and it's set to be one of the hugest film ever.

Fight Club: Evil influence or social satire? Director David Fincher defends the most controversial film of the year.

Robin Williams: The cuddliest man in film takes on the Holocaust.

00 Heaven! To celebrate the release of Bond No.19, The World Is Not Enough, Empire brings you 14 glorious pages of Bond's most beautiful babes.

  Also News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: The Blair Witch Project, American Pie, Tarzan, Deep Blue Sea, Bowfinger, Runaway Bride, Pushing Tin, Big Daddy, Simply Irresistible, Detroit Rock City, The Big Tease, Holy Smoke, Lucia, Head On, Romance, The Winslow Boy, Run Lola Run, Cat People, Greenwich Mean Time, The Love Letter, The Alarmist, Felicia's Journey, The Last Days, Lucky People Center International, Mifune, After Life, Such A Long Journey, Kes.

Reel life: Films in production, celeb news and pics etc.: Three Kings, Sleepy Hollow, Any Given Sunday, 15 Minutes, Supernova, Birthday Girl, David Bradley, Paul Gleason, Elaine Cassidy, Natasha Little.

In person: Anna Friel, Joey Lauren Adams.

Deep Blue Sea: On set with Samuel L.Jackson,, Reny Harlin, and sharks with big brains and bigger appetites.

The Blair Witch Project: Deep in the woods the movie surprise of the year is stirring.

David Mamet: America's finest screenwriter speaks his mind.

Teen photo special: Hollywood's hottest young 'uns revisit Hitchcock.

American Pie: The guys! The Girls! Meet the cast of the teen sensation of the year.

  Also News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Eyes Wide Shut, The Haunting, Analyze This, The 13th Warrior, Go, Drop Dead Gorgeous, William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Instinct, Election, The War Zone, LA Without A Map, The General's Daughter, A Kind Of Hush, The Theory Of Flight, Sweet Angel Mine, The Trench, Girl, Stop Making Sence, Beautiful People, Ravenous, Passion In The Desert, Yellow Submarine, A La Place Du Coeur, Final Cut, Buena Vista Social Club.

Reel life: Films in production, celeb news and pics etc.: Bowfinger, Mission: Impossible 2, Anna and the King, Double Jeopardy, The Lord of the Rings, Robert Downe Jr., The Blair Witch Project, Charlotte Lewis, Richard Anderson, Desmond Askew, Caroline Ducey.

In person: Kirsten Dunst, Julie Delpy, Lisa Kudrow.

The Haunting: Jan De Bont talks about his latest frightfest.

Eyes Wide Shut: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Stanley Kubrick in one of the most mysterious shoots in film history.

Tim Roth: American indies' favoured Brit talks about his directorial debut, The War Zone.

Your 100 greatest movies ever!: 1.Star Wars, 2.Jaws, 3.The Empire Strikes Back...

  Also News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Wild Wild West, The Thomas Crown Affair, Rushmore, South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut. Mickey Blue Eyes, Playing By Heart, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Life, Never Been Kissed, The Hi-Lo Country, Cookie's Fortune, Late August Early September, Another Day In Paradise, Doug's 1st Movie, All About My Mother, Strangers On A Train, Koyaanisqatsi, Place Vendome, Le Notti Di Cabiria, West Beirut, Ca Commence Aujourd' Hui, L'Arche Du Desert.

Reel life: Films in production, celeb news and pics etc.: Gladiator, keeping The Faith, Me, Myself And Irene, Austin Powers 2, Stanley Kubrick, Daniel Day Lewis, Julie Hagerty, Craig Wasson, Jason Schwartzman, Amy Smart.

In person: Rene Russo, Heather Graham.

The Thomas Crown Affair: Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo get steamy in an art theft caper.

Charley Says...: Why were we watching 70s public information films?

Austin Powers 2: Mike Myers and titchy Mini-Me on The Spy Who Shagged Me.

Hollywood marriages: Hitches and glitches: marital disasters LA style.

Wild Wild West: Pardners in crime Will Smith and Barry Sonnenfeld "do" cowboy sci-fi.

George Lucas: Jar Jar, Maul, Episode II - George tells it like it is.

  Also News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

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New films: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Entrapment, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, 10 Things I Hate About You, Virtual Sexuality, Last Night, The Match, All the Little Animals, Goodbye Lover, The Third Man, Le Diner De Cons, Tango, Belly, Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, Other Voices Other Rooms, Wintersleepers, The Polish Bride.

Reel life: Films in production, celeb news and pics etc.: Episodes II and III, The biggest stars caught by the biggest Cannes cameras, The Lucas Props Archice, Ahmed Best, Pernilla August.

In person: Jake Loyd, Natalie Portman.

The toys: Plastic, collectible, valuable. And cool as ice.

Ray Park: Martial arts guru turned Darth Maul.

Liam Neeson: Historical character actor turns to The Force - and into Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn.

Fan obsessives: Inside the lives and bedrooms of the phantom Force collectors.

Ewan McGregor: Leader of the Britpack turned young Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi Master-to-be.

  Also News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: The Matrix, The Mummy, Cruel Intentions, Celebrity, Bride of Chucky, Simon Birch, She's All That, The Deep End of the Ocean, Human Traffic, Heart, Vigo-Passion For Life, The Big Hit, The Lost Son, Croupier, Touch of Evil, Without Limits, Citizen Cane, Just the Ticket, Finding North, Get Carter, The Debt Collector, American Perfekt, Virus, Twin Dragons, Among Giants, Deadbeat At Dawn, Rogue Trader, Paperback Hero, Wing Commander, Venus Beauty.

Reel life: Films in production, celeb news and pics etc.: The Flintstones Viva Rock Vegas, Sleepy Hollow, Notting Hill in real life, Jonathan Ross, World War 2 history rewritten by Yanks, Dead Poets Society, Max Beesley, Rachael Leigh Cook.

In person: Michelle Pfeiffer, Rachel Weisz, Sarah Michelle Gellar.

The Matrix: Keanu Reeves has seen the future - and it's a cyberpunk alternate reality. With guns. Big ones.

Robert Towne: The Hollywood screenwriter extraordinaire - from penning Chinatown to script doctoring on Armageddon.

The Mummy is back from the dead and conjuring up Indiana Jones.

Unmissable: Empire's annual summer preview extravaganza proudly directs you to the 20 films you must see before Christmas.

Grudge matches: The gloves are off for Hollywood feuds that run and run.

  Also News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Notting Hill, True Crime, Apt Pupil, Best Laid Plans, Forces of Nature, Varsity Blues, Captain Jack, My Favorite Martian, The King And I, At First Sight, Swing, The Italian Job, Get Real, Crush Proof, Besieged, The Idiots, Parting Shots, The Corruptor, Black Cat White Cat, Artemesia, Perfect Blue, Eternity And A Day, The Inheritors, The Misadventures of Margaret, No, Side Streets.

Reel life: Films in production, celeb news and pics etc.: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, The World Is Not Enough, Wild Wild West, Deep Blue Sea, Dr. No, ET goes BT, William Friedkin, Mia Sara, Paul Mercurio, Scott Caan, Lisa Stansfield.

In person: Ryan Phillippe, Angelina Jolie, James Van Der Beek.

Forces Of Nature: Ben Affleck is plagued by stormy weather, rotten luck and Sandra Bullock on the way to his nuptials.

Michael Winner: The film director who certainly knows his restaurants.

David Cronenberg: From controversy to controversy.

1989-1999: The ten movies of the decade.

Pub turnament: The best actor of the 90s debated over a pint or two dozen.

  Also News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: 8MM, The Waterboy, Blast From The Past, The Faculty, A Civil Action, Plunkett And Macleane, Message In A Bottle, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Orgazmo, Return to Paradise, The Honest Courtesan, Happiness, Tea With Mussolini, High Art, An Ideal Husband, In Dreams, Bedrooms And Hallways, eXistenZ, The Ninth Configuration, The Red Violin, Actresses, Orphans, Dance With Me, The Brylcreem Boys, Earth, Solomon And Gaenor, The Night of the Hunter, Prometheus.

Reel life: Films in production, celeb news and pics etc.: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, The Matrix, The Fight Club, Anywhere But Here, Entrapment, Mickey Blue Eyes, The Exorcist, Night of the Living Dead, Eyes Wide Shut, John Waters, Empire Awards 1999, Terry Moore, Ray Harryhausen, Josh Hartnett, Laura Harris.

In person: Jonny Lee Miller, Minnie Driver, Alicia Silverstone.

Plunkett and Macleane: Jake "Son of Ridley" Scott directs Robert Carlyle in a highwayman romp with Jonn Lee Miller and Liv Tyler.

Bob Hoskins: From gangland to gongland.

Stanley Kubrick: The genius is dead. Long live the genius

The 50 coolest moments in movie history: If only real life could be this way ...

8MM: Cover story: Nicolas Cage as a detective who finds snuff movies are not to be sniffed at.

  Also News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Payback, Mighty Joe Young, Gods And Monsters, Pleasantville, American History X, Waking Ned, Beloved, Arlington Road, The Rugrats Movie, An Autumn Tale (Conte D' Automne), Southpaw, Central Station, Festen (The Celebration), My Giant, Seul Contre Tous, Aprile, The 39 Steps (1935), American Independence.

Reel life: Films in production, celeb news and pics etc.: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, The Green Mile, Man On The Moon, Mystery Men, Bringing Out The Dead, The Beach, Oskar noms, Sean Penn, Kelly McGillis, Alan Cox, Radha Mitchell, Hope Davis.

In person: Charlize Theron, Edward Norton.

Payback: Mel Gibson wants violent revenge in his darkest ever role.

Waking Ned: Irish lotto comedy with old and dead people in it.

Genreology: Just what kind of film are you watching?

Charlton Heston: From Moses to last man on earth.

Salma Hayek: Cover story: Sultry, steamy, sexy star of The Faculty.

Sex in Hollywood: The Ultimate A-Z. With knobs in.

  Also News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents Issue #117 - March 1999
New films: A Bug's Life, Patch Adams, You've Got Mail, A Simple Plan, The Thin Red Line, Hideous Kinky, A Night At The Roxbury, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Live Is Beautiful (La Vita E Bella), Madeline, Jack Frost, Perdita Durango, Affliction, Slam, Pecker, Painted Angels, This Year's Love, Out Of The Present, Urban Legend, Titanic Town, Sour Grapes, Switchblade Sisters, I Think I Do.

Reel life: Films in production, celeb news and pics etc.: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Planet Of The Apes, Oskars, Harry Knowles, Ally Sheedy, Paul Le Mat, Parker Posey, Ciaran McMenemin.

In person: Anthony Edwards, Jason Patric, Catherine McCormack, Christina Ricci.

Patch Adams: Robin Williams, Monica Potter and director Tom Shadyac consider the healing powers of comedy.

A Simple Plan: Sam Raimi's psychodrama in the snow.

Mobile phones in movies: How they could have ruined those classic moments.

Kate Winslet: Getting the shits in the Sahara.

The Hollywood how to ... Let the movies show you how to get on in life.

John Waters: He's not trying to shock anyone. Honest.

Empire's 100 most...: Your guide to the most of everything in Hollywood

  Also News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Psycho, The Siege, Meet Joe Black, Star Trek: Insurrection, Shakespeare in Love, Little Voice, Stepmom, The Mighty, Babe: Pig In The City, Living Out Loud, Very Bad Things, Two Girls And A Guy, The Opposite Sex, Bulworth, Hilary And Jackie, 54, Dobermann, Pi, Sitcom, Glass Trip, To Have And Have Not (1945), The Acid House.

Reel life: Films in production, celeb news and pics etc.: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, The Mummy, End of Days, Permanent Midnight, Onegin, Chris Columbus, Christopher Reeve.

In person: Halle Berry, Joseph Fiennes, Jeanne Tripplehorn.

Brad Pitt: Despite godlike features, untold riches, and Jennifer Aniston for a ladyfriend, he wants to be a serious actor.

Psycho: Vince Vaughn stars in the Gus Van Sant remake/homage.

The uglyometer: Gorgeous stars made to look worse than a dog's breakfast.

Snuff movies: People are just dying to learn the truth.

Geddit? With a vengeance: The 3nd instalment of Empire's movie in-joke compendium.

Patrick Stewart: The man who replaced Shatner goes boldly into the ninth Star Trek movie.

1999 Preview: Over 130 new movies coming at ya!

  Also Gil Gerard, Billy Warlock, Tara Reid, James Frain, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: The Mask Of Zorro, The Prince of Egypt, Enemy of the State, Rush Hour, What Dreams May Come, Practical Magic, The Parent Trap, Dancing At Lughnasa, Storefront Hitchcock, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Playing God, The Impostors, The Boys, The Year Of The Horse, Insomnia, The Apple, On Connait La Chanson.

Reel life: Films in production, celeb news and pics etc.: Existenz, The Thomas Crown Affair, Shakespeare In Love, The Ninth Gate, The General's Daughter, A Civil Action, Ed TV, Arlington Road, American History X, Indiana 4, Sean Connery.

In person: Natascha McElhone, Chris Tucker, Annabella Sciorra, George Clooney.

The Mask Of Zorro: Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopkins flash their blades.

The 50 greatest movie posters: 1.The Truman Show, 2.Batman, 3.Scandal, 4.Schindler's List, 5.The Silence of the Lambs ....

Practical Magic: Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman cast their spells.

Mansions of the stars: Gaffs you'll never afford and prime unreal estate.

The Prince of Egypt: DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg plots animated world domination .

Steven Sodenbergh: From Sex, Lies and Videotape to Out of Sight.

Review of 1998: The 50 movies that people talked about in 1998 plus a month by month guide to the movie events.

TV movie hell: A whole week watching, frankly, rubbish.

  Also Charley Boorman, Stacey Keach, Claire Forlani, Matthew Lillard, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Snake Eyes, Out Of Sight, The Negotiator, Blade, Rounders, Antz, Hope Floats, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Twilight, Holy Man, Ronin, The Odd Couple 2, The Players Club, Girlstown, The Fountainhead (1949), The Wisdom Of Crocodiles, My Name Is Joe, Henry Fool, Left Luggage, Slums of Beverly Hills, The Eel, Les Miserables, Victory, Fire, The Knowledge Of Healing, If Only, The Philadelphia Story (1940), Angel Sharks.

Reel life: Films in production, celeb news and pics etc.: 8MM, Very Bad Things, Psycho, Star Trek: Insurrection, Patch Adams, Snow Falling On Cedars, The Talented Mr.Ripley, You've Got Mail, The tabloid hell of Leo DiCaprio, Eyes Wide Shut, Ken Loach, Marcus Nispel.

In person: Johnny Depp, Jennifer Lopez, Claire Danes.

The Negotiator: Kevin Spacey and Samuel Jackson are the cops who talk first and shoot later.

Snake Eyes: Brian De Palma as mean, moody and brilliant as ever.

The 30 worst behaved people in Hollywood: 1.Charlie Sheen, 2.Robert Downey Jr., 3.Christian Slater, 4.Courtney Love, 5.Rob Lowe ....

Terry Gilliam: From Python to Hunter S. Thompson.

Destiny calling: Rare shots of the rich and famous in the grip of obscurity.

Catherine Zeta-Jones: The Mask Of Zorro's Hollywood sensation.

  Also Alessandro Nivola, Gretchen Mol, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: The Truman Show, The Exorcist, A Perfect Murder, Deep Rising, Halloween H20, Small Soldiers, Ever After, Mulan, Divorcing Jack, Mercury Rising, Velvet Goldmine, Elizabeth, Still Crazy, Buffalo 66, The Governess, Kissing A Fool, Air Bud, Character, I Want You, Deja Vu, Loved, Funny Games, Rien Ne Va Plus, Safe Men, Kuhle Wampe, Woo, The Disappearance of Finbar, Marquise, A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries, East Side Story, The Proposition.

Profiles: Robin Wright Penn, David Thewlis, Michelle Williams, Christopher Eccleston.

The Truman Show: A profound, moving and intelligent Hollywood movie with Jim Carrey.

Mike Nichols: Primary Colors has a US President embroiled in an embarrassing pants-down scenario.

Small Soldiers: The toys are back in town-and this time they're armed.

The 50 freakiest movies: From Apocalypse Pooh to The Worm Eaters.

The Exorcist: The scariest movie ever made gets a 25th anniversary re-release.

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Titanic: Empire charts the whole amazing story: from a lightbulb illuminating above James Cameron's head to Titanic's docking at your local video emporium.

  Also Rutger Hauer, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Hans Matheson, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Saving Private Ryan, Lethal Weapon 4, The Avengers, There's Something About Mary, The Last Days of Disco, He Got Game, Species II, The Land Girls, Men With Guns, Cube, Your Friends And Neighbours, Cousin Bette, Secret Defence, The Real Howard Spitz, The Doom Generation, Way Out West (1937), Love is the Devil, La Vie De Jesus, Babymother, Hands.

Profiles: Natasha Henstridge, Ben Stiller, Chloe Sevigny.

There's Something About Mary: Cameron Diaz and Matt Dillon - Hollywood's hottest couple - act very oddly in the new comedy from the Dumb And Dumber crew.

Is there a script doctor in the house?: Empire takes a flight of fantasy over those original drafts.

Anna Friel: The Land Girls star is digging for victory.

Classic is as classic does: How to spot a classic movie.

The buying game: The cutthroat world of movie shopping.

Child Stars: It's never too early to start an acting career. The grim history of the kids who wanted fame.

Saving Private Ryan: Steven Spielberg leads Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemone, Edward Burns et al into D-Day hell.

War is swell: The 50 greatest war movies.

  Also Empire's 100 Sexiest Movie Stars of 1998, Michael Caine, Rebecca Pidgeon, Vincenzo Natali, Curtis Armstrong, Dennis Christopher, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Armageddon, The X-Files, The Horse Whisperer, Doctor Dolittle, Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, Zero Effect, BASEketball, Metroland, The Nephew, Eve's Bayou, Gang Related, To Have And To Hold, The Spanish Prisoner, Le Bossu, Palmetto, The Life of Stuff, Gadjo Dilo, Majorettes In Space, Mr Nice Guy, The Adventures Of Robin Hood.

Profiles: Kristin Scott-Thomas, Emily Watson, Christian Bale.

Armageddon: The world's about to end, who ya gonna call? 10 pages on the new comet caper.

Die! Video! Die!: Is DVD here to stay or just another flash in the digital pan ?.

The Avengers: A leather catsuit, a pinstripe three piece, and a plot to harness the power of the elements. Uma Thurman, Ralph Fiennes and Sean Connery in the 90s cinematic arrival of the coolest TV series.

Number one fans: How far would you go in worship of your idol? Empire unearths a handful of devotees worthy of the title.

In loving memory: It's always a sad moment when a loved one dies. But what would the papers say when it's a character in a movie?

The producers: No one knows their names, but everyone knows their movies.

The X-Files: The full story behind the film of the world's most famous TV series is revealed.

  Also Vinnie Jones, Kasi Lemmons, Scarlett Johansson, Nick Mora & Jason Statham, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Godzilla, Lost In Space, Six Days Seven Nights, Grease, Sling Blade, The Gingerbread Man, Mad City, Kurt And Courtney, Love and Death On Long Island, Kiss or Kill, The Castle, Life is All You Get, Psycho, The Daytrippers, The Grass Harp, The War At Home, The Little Mermaid, Hana-Bi, Paulie-A Parrot's Tale, Dance Of The Wind, The Thief, Guru In Seven, Touch, La Grande Illusion, Chubby Goes Down Under.

Profiles: Harrison Ford, Embeth Davidtz, Jason Priestley, Nick Broomfield.

Lost In Space: From 60s television series with wobbly sets to 90s sci-fi effects-fest.

Empire dictionary of film jargon: What movie terms really mean.

Cannes: Empire goes to the Freanch seaside and sees some films.

Psycho: The full story of the re-released Hitchcock classic.

Harry Knowles: Ain't It Cool News has dished more dirt on more blockbusters than a busload of Pauline Kaels. Meet the geek who shall inherit the earth.

Godzilla: You 've seen those tantalising trailers, and now the big green one finally comes to town. 12 pages for the big lizard.

  Also Geri Halliwell, Frances O'Conor, Andy Serkis, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Deep Impact, The Wedding Singer, Red Corner, The Replacement Killers, Mimic, The Object of My Affection, The Apostle, City of Angels, Nowhere, Firelight, Point Blank, The General, A Thousand Acres, Dream With The Fishes, The Last Time I Committed Suicide, Savior, Soul Food, Stiff Upper Lips, The Big Swap, Girls' Night, Ponette, Barney's Great Adventure, Dad Savage, Monk Dawson, The Girl With Brains in Her Feet, The Taste of Cherries, The Scarlet Tunic, Journey to the Beginning of the World.

Profiles: Richard Gere, Mira Sorvino, Chow Yun-Fat, Dennis Quaid.

John Boorman: Brit directing legend returns with The General - and the re-released classic Point Blank.

Movie collectors: Empire goes deep undercover in the subterranean world of movie memorabilia mania.

Robert Duvall: The star of the Godfather, Apocalypse Now and this month's The Apostle.

The '80s revisited: Starts with The Wedding Singer and continues over nine pages of nostalgia.

Hot 1998: Sexy photos and wise words of the hottest new young talent in Hollywood-and beyond-headed up by Matt LeBlanc, with Denise Richards, Matt Damon, Neve Campbell, Heather Graham, Ben Affleck and more.

  Also Sir Peter Ustinov, Bai Ling, Joanna Ward, David Moscow, Daniel Peacock, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Scream 2, Blues Brothers 2000, Wild Things, Sliding Doors, Liar, Martha-Meet Frank, Daniel And Laurence, Dark City, Lolita, Afterglow, Mr Magoo, Wishmaster, The Man Who Knew Too Little, The Real Blonde, Hurricane Streets, Live Flesh, The James Gang, Amy Foster, Shall We Dance?, Star Kid, Washington Square, Something To Believe In, The Hanging Garden, Wildman Blues, Western, My Son The Fanatic, Gravesend, Animal Farm, Breakdown, Deep Impact, Guy.

Profiles: John Hannah, Dominique Swain, Liev Schreiber.

Blues Brothers 2000: Black suits, shades and harmonicas are back. With John Landis rounds up most of the usual suspects.

Celluloid life: The seven ages of man as seen through the movie camera lens.

Don Simpson: The shocking life and death story of the Top Gun producer.

John Barry: Britain's top scorer reveals a few tricks of the trade.

Deep Impact: Director Mimi Leder has just two hours to save the earth from meteorite destruction.

The 20 hottest movies to see this summer: Godzilla, Lost in Space, The Avengers, X-Files: The Movie, Saving Private Ryan, Lethal Weapon 4, Six Days Seven Nights, Out of Sight, Dr Dolittle, Mercury Rising, Primary Colors, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Wedding Singer, Velvet Goldmine, The Gingerbread, The Replacement Killers, Species 2, The Horse Whisperer, City of Angels, Mimic and more.

  Also a free summer blockbuster preview videotape, Dan Aykroyd, Monica Potter, Catherine Keener, Rachel Griffiths, Masayuki Suo, Molly Ringwald, Pete Walker, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: The Big Lebowski, Primary Colors, U-Turn, US Marshals, Deconstructing Harry, Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil, Oscar And Lucinda, Mouse Hunt, Kundum, Ulee's Gold, Great Expectations, Gummo, Telling Lies In America, Money Talks, Most Wanted, Junk Mail, Happy Together, Love Etc., Different For Girls, Twilight of the Ice Nymphs, Salut Cousin!, Killer Tongue, Out of the Past, The River.

Profiles: Jeff Bridges, Rachel Weisz, Oliver Stone.

Woody Allen: Still funny after all these years....Woody on the internet: "I couldn't even tell you exactly what it is...I don't own a computer...Sometimes I think, I must find out what this is all about, but I never carry through with it".

Titanic: How a budget-busting $200 million headache became the biggest box office hit of all time...

Martin Scorsese: From the mean streets of New York to the foothills of the Himalayas.

Embarrassing the favourites: Readers own up to the turkeys they can't live without.

Scary movies special: Top 50: 1.The Shining, 2.The Exorcist, 3.Jaws, 4.Halloween, 5.The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 6...

Scream 2: Wes Craven takes Courtney Cox and crew back to the scene of post modern terror.

  Also the Coen brothers, the Empire Awards 98, Godzilla, Cate Blanchett, Adrian Lester, Ernie Hudson, Matt Frewer, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Jackie Brown, Sphere, The Boxer, Good Will Hunting, Kiss The Girls, As Good As It Gets, Wag the Dog, The Man In the Iron Mask, Fallen, Gattaca, Anastasia, Best Men, TwentyFourSeven, Un Air De Famille, Les Voleurs, Bent, Mrs Dalloway, Mother And Son, Rothschild's Violin.

Profiles: Ethan Hawke, Alison Eastwood, Mick Jagger, Denzel Washington.

The Man In The Iron Mask: On the set with Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, swashes, buckles and black velvet eye goggles....

Eyes Wide Shut: Empire goes deep undercover to learn the secrets of Stanley Kubrick's Tom Cruise starrer.

The Oscars previewed: The runners and riders in this year's back-slapping fest.

Sphere: Sharon Stone, Dustin Hoffman and Samuel L. Jackson have a close encounter at the bottom of a Michael Crichton ocean.

The A-Z of cult celluloid: The weirdo movies most likely to wake up with a crowd around them.

Quentin Tarantino: Directing his first film since Pulp Fiction, the Quentmeister returns with Jackie Brown.

  Also Michael Keaton, In production, Natascha McElhone, Shane Meadows, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Amistad, The Postman, The Rainmaker, Flubber, Breakdown, Hard Rain, The Edge, The Ice Storm, The Butcher Boy, Desperate Measures, Traveller, In the Company of Men, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Paws, Downtime, The Ugly, The Blackout, Good Burger, The Woodlanders, Prisoner of the Mountains, Clubbed to Death, Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan-Super Masochist, This is the Sea, Fairytale-ATrue Story, La Maman Et Le Putain.

Profiles: Joan Allen, Matthew Modine, Kathleen Quinlan, Paul McGann.

Morgan Freeman: One of the five top finest actors of his generation.

Amistad: Spielberg's last word on the slave story.

Ashley Judd: Hollywood's next superstar.

Francis Ford Coppola: Visionary mogul, wine maker.

Steven Spielberg: Empire's tribute to the director of Jaws, Close Encounters, Raiders, ET, Jurassic Park etc.

  Also Kurt Russell, Lolita, Patrick Stewart, Chris Farley, Olivia Williams, Aaron Eckhart, Tobey Maguire, Claudia Schiffer, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Titanic, Starship Troopers, Boogie Nights, The Jackal, Devil's Advocate, Tomorrow Never Dies, Picture Perfect, Spiceworld The Movie, In and Out, The Winter Guest, The Wings of the Dove, The End of Violence, Das Boot: The Director's Cut, Kissed, Lucie Aubrac, Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis, The Winner, Resurrection Man, Pretty Village-Pretty Flame, Devil's Island, Stella Does Tricks, Up 'n' Under, Kitchen, I Went Down, Written on the Wind, The Battleship Potemkin.

Profiles: Charlize Theron, Heather Graham, Diane Venora.

Devil's Advocate: Keanu Reeves plays a hotshot lawyer, Al Pacino plays Satan...

Boogie Nights: Mark Wahlberg sheds his kit and his old image to star in a 70s porn story.

Starship Troopers: Paul Verhoeven's effects-laden-sci-fi alien gorefest.

Emote control: Acting lessons for the young and hopefull-LA style.

Titanic: The most expensive movie ever made sails into the cinemas.

1998 preview: What's coming your way at the cinema over the next 12 months.

  Also Neil Morrissey, Alison Elliott, Stuart Townsend, Lois Maxwell, Paul Darrow, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Alien Resurection, Cop Land, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Borrowers, George of the Jungle, Paradise Road, Prince Valiant, Maximum Risk, Home Alone 3, The Grass Harp, It's A Wonderfull Life, Kiss Me Guido, This World-Then the Fireworks, The Magnificent Ambersons, Persons Unknown, Trial and Error, Marius Et Jeannette, A Futher Gesture, Incognito.

Profiles: Jennifer Aniston, Brendan Fraser.

Sylvester Stallone has become a proper actor with Cop Land.

Good God, it's Jack Nicholson: Empire took to the streets of London with professional lookalikes.

Tomorrow Never Dies: Pierce Brosnan launches himself into the 18th official Bond movie.

A load of old semiotics: Empire discovers some hidden meanings in films like Basic Instinct, Alien, Forrest Gump, Babe and more.

You only live spice: Baby, Scary, Ginger, Sporty and Posh have made a movie.

Review of the year: The triumphs and disasters, the winners and losers, the highs, lows and in-betweens of the movie world in 1997.


  Also Kyle MacLachlan, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kevin Williamson, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Face/Off, Seven Years in Tibet, An American Werewolf in Paris, G.I.Jane, Regeneration, One Night Stand, Welcome to Serajevo, Nothing to Lose, The Myth of Fingerprints, Lawn Dogs, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Eight Heads in a Duffel Bag, Excess Baggage, Inventing the Abbotts, Chasing Amy, The Gambler, Under the Skin, The Tango Lesson, Up on the Roof, Will It Snow for Christmas?

Profiles: Kim Basinger, Christopher Walken, Julia Ormond, Stephen Dillane.

LA Confidential: The finest movie of its kind since Chinatown.

Brad Pitt: At the top of the mountain.

Beyond the realms of known science: Blockbusters that push realism well beyond breaking point.

John Woo: Face to face with king of Kong.

The Top 20 maddest directors on movie history.

Ridley Scott: From seminal visualist to just another director?

ALIEN Reincarnation: Back from the dead.

  Also Tim Robbins, The Jackal, Joey Lauren Adams, Sam Rockwell, Scott Baio, Larry Hagman, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: A Life Less Ordinary, LA Confidential, The Peacemaker, The Game, Volcano, Nil By Nouth, Hercules, Shooting Fish, Father's Day, Hard Eight, Wilde, Suburbia, Smila's Feeling for Snow, Temptress Moon, Pusher, Free Willy 3: The Rescue, Jackie Chan's First Strike, A Simple Wish, Small Time, Fools Rush In, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, Ma Vie En Rose, Spider Baby, Darklands, House of America, La Maman Et Le Putain.

Star Wars: Episode 1: First photos from the prequels.

George Clooney: Talks about Batman.

Jennifer Ehle: in the role of Wilde's wife.

Salma Hayek: Fools Rush In.

Tommy Lee Jones: An interview with the most single-minded man in Hollywood.

Ewan McGregor: Back with another Danny Boyle film: A Life Less Ordinary.

Underground Filmmaking: Making movies on the cheep.

Gary Oldman: Has returned home to London to direct Nil By Mouth.

The Britpack: Robert Carlyle, Lena Headey, Sean Pertwee, Anna Friel, Jason Isaacs, Jason Flemyng, Catherine McCormack, Jane Horrocks, Ewen Bremner, Emily Watson, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ian Hart.

The Game: David Fitcher follows Seven with a freaky Michael Douglas chiller.

  Also Ken Russell, The 41st London Film Festival, Gerald Scarfe (Hercules), Steven Seagal, Dan Futterman, Mimi Leder, Tom Baker, Robert Hoffman, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Air Force One, Contact, Event Horizon, Spawn, My Best Friend's Wedding, Face, Career Girls, Head Above Water, 187, Photographing Fairies, The Sweet Heeafter, Deep Crimson, L' Appartement, The Leading Man, Gallivant.

The Grease Generation: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Michael Tucci, Jeff Conaway, Barry Pearl, Kelly Ward, Jamie Donnelly, Didi Conn, Dinah Manoff, Stockard Channing.

Gimme Five: The five star movies in Empire's lifetime.

From issue #1 to issue #100: Sean Young, Robert Englund, Dennis Quaid, David Puttnam, Jerico Stone, Nicole Kidman, Alan Parker, Danny Baker, John Travolta, Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Martin Scorsese, Andy Garcia, Patrick Stewart, Geoffrey Rush, Sean Penn, Woody Harrelson, Sandra Bullock, Pete Postlethwaite, Pierce Brosnan, Willem Dafoe, Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Bob Hoskins, John Hodge, Danny Boyle, Andrew Mac Donald.

Hopelessly Devoted: Empire Magazine collectors.

Pulp Fiction: Everything you needed to know about the greatest cult movie ever.

101 consternations: the rows, the courtcases, the tantrums and general palaver of the last 8 years.

Mike Myers: Austin Powers.

Mike Leigh: There's no face like gnome.

Harrison Ford: from Han Solo to President in AFO.

The top 100 movie stars of all time: Harrison, Clint, Tom, Al, Robert, Jack, Cary ... (hey where are the girls ?...) .

Mike Myers: Austin Powers.

Also Jon Bon Jovi, Alan Parker, Toby Stephens, Sarah Polley, Damon Albarn, Jim Wilson, News, Video, TV, Books, Multimedia, Music and more.

Contents New films: Speed 2: Cruise Control, Conspiracy Theory, Austin Powers, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Albino Alligator, Lost Highway, Night Falls on Manhattan, The Full Monty, That Old Feeling, Slab Boys, The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson, Plein Soleil, Tierra, Mrs Brown, Jump the Gun, Warriors of Virtue.

Profiles: Bill Pullman, Paula Marshall, Jean Reno, Dermot Mulroney.

Event Horizon: The scariest Sci-fi flick since Alien.

Are you a movie nerd ?: Just how far will you go to protect your video collection ?

Kevin Spacey: From acting to directing.

The cinemas that time forgot: Going to the movies has change.

Sidney Lumet: From 12 Angry Men to Night Falls on Manhattan.

Speed 2: Sandra Bullock and Jason Patric smear the goosefat and swim the sequel channel.

Also Mel Smith, Pamela Green, Bob Balaban, Video reviews, Book reviews and more.

Contents New films: The Lost World, Batman and Robin, Men In Black, Bean, Addicted to Love, Murder at 1600, Swingers, Unforgettable, Get on the Bus, City of Industry, Thinner, Bang, Palookaville, Unhook the Stars, Gamera and more

Men In Black: Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones.

The movies that came in from the cold: 50 films that just don't get the recognition.

That's me, That is: Confessions of movie extras

Wesley Snipes: The lost action hero.

A trip to the flix in foreign climes: From India to Jamaica.

Lounge Lizard: Jeff Goldblum and The Lost World.

Also Spike Lee, Elsa Zylberstein, Chesney Hawkes, Burt Ward, Jackie Chan, Minnie Driver, Ray Liotta, Julianne Moore, Video reviews, Book reviews and more.

Contents New films: The 5th Element, The Devil's Own, Con Air, The Chamber, Crash, Private Parts, Marvin's Room, Trigger Happy and more

The future is now: 8 pages for Besson's 5th Element

The Riviera Dance: 50 years of Cannes

Trading Places: The original casting choises

Batman and Robin: 10 pages of exclusive interviews and unseen pictures


Also John Waters, Milla Jovovich, Howard Stern, Jason Flemyng, Chris O'Donnell, Video reviews, Book reviews and more.