Had little idea of what to expect from Blink Twice and was blown away. Brilliantly directed, really strong performances, walks *such* a careful tonal tightrope. Plus: needle-drop of the year (so far) and title card of the year (so far). With content-warning caveats, a must-see.

Every time you leave the house in London:

So sad about The Acolyte. Spilled my guts on it all here:

UNCUT GEM$ 2

It's Sophie Butcher's last day at Empire Magazine today. She's been totally indispensable, so it's a *huge* loss now she's dispensing herself. The majority of what you see on here, and all the things you love about Empire, have been impacted by her. Everyone say nice things!

The Oasis reunion is one thing, but personally I’m waiting for Charlie and Liam to get Drive Shaft back together #youalleverybody

Loved talking to the great Barry Jenkins about why Mufasa is in line with the likes of Moonlight and Beale Street

Hans Moleman doing the Akira slide on a horse? Hans Moleman doing the Akira slide on a horse:

So this is now doing numbers on tiktok and twitter and apparently youtube if you believe in such things. I don't mind. Make hay with it my friends. Just maybe pop my name on it if you can.

There are many reasons I can’t wait to play Star Wars Outlaws at some unspecified time in the future (largely: it looks dope), but the integration of these sequel-era planets is a massive one.

Don’t trust people who don’t like the Canto Bight sequence 🙅🏻‍♂️

Ok NOW it’s the highest grossing animated film of all time. You can rest now, Sam Summers

Kojima *gets it*

1) one of my favourite ever closing shots 2) this movie rules

Still mad that Disney hasn't yet made THE great Haunted Mansion movie. The Muppets one comes closest, but the potential remains vastly untapped. And it's right there for the taking!

Me this morning

Agatha = Evil Wanda = Dead?