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Jordan King
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Dad. Culture Journo. Bad Joke Bandit. Online Writer @ Empire Magazine | Bylines ➡️ Yahoo! • whynow • Movie Marker & more✍🏻 He/Him. 🍅 approved. Opinions are, regrettably, entirely my own.
Another Homer-un for @empiremagazine.bsky.social with this glorious 2026 preview! Very proud to be in among the great pieces in here chatting to the one and only Andrew Stanton about #ToyStory5. This was his first time talking about the film, and I honestly think something very special's on its way.
The journey begins…

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

Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
November 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
57 minutes to go… you are not ready! 👀
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Having written about film and TV for such a long time, I’ve been thinking of pivoting to food journalism. Specifically, I’ve been planning a book on best practice when it comes to cutting meat from the bone. The only problem is, while the idea for the book is good, I simply don’t know how to fillet.
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
My sister text yesterday saying she’d seen an amazing film called The Crow, and I was so excited to see her taking an interest in a cult classic that I sent a whole essay back asking her thoughts on the soundtrack, Brandon Lee, all sorts. Heart sank when she said she meant “the new one”.
November 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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🚨 Calling all film lovers! 🚨

We’re asking the ultimate question: What are the greatest movies of all time?

Empire is putting together a brand-new list of the greatest films ever made, and we want your voice to be part of it.

Submit your picks here: www.empireonline.com/movies/featu...
October 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The final short of Star Wars: Visions’ third volume, Black, is one of the most visually striking, boldly experimental, and unexpectedly affecting things to happen to that galaxy far, far away. A stunning jazz-infused presentation of the death spiral of a doomed stormtrooper from David Production.
October 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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"When it finally gets going, it really does feel like Nebraska."

Jeremy Allen White is Bruce Springsteen in Scott Cooper's new biopic #DeliverMeFromNowhere — out in UK cinemas on 24 October.

Read our review: www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...
October 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A short time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, @benstravis.bsky.social and I teamed up to write the latest edition of Empire’s 50 Greatest Star Wars Characters, a list that now spans every era of the Skywalker Saga (and beyond.)

Here is that list — punch it!

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The 50 Greatest Star Wars Characters Of All Time
From Ahsoka Tano to Darth Vader to Grogu, Empire ranks the greatest Star Wars characters of all time, from every era of the saga. Read the full list.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
If any of my mutuals may be keen on a PS4 with Kojima’s P.T. installed then feel free to drop me a message 🫡
October 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Michael Mann's #Heat2 is officially happening at United Artists — and Leonardo DiCaprio is eyeing a key role.

Other names circling the crime thriller prequel/sequel include Adam Driver, Austin Butler, and Bradley Cooper.

Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
October 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Not a bad vantage point for tonight’s gig. Been waiting what feels like a lifetime to see Picture Parlour live again. (Also, if you don’t already know them, then get to — they’re fucking great!)
September 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I can pay no higher compliment to Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest than this: I will thoroughly enjoy standing in front of the screen with my hands on my hips every time One Battle After Another is on TV for the rest of my natural life.

Gen Z Dads — we have our Heat.
September 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I sure hope @helenlohara.bsky.social made a bet on Brainiac being in Man Of Tomorrow 🧠
September 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Kogonada goes 3 for 3 with #ABigBoldBeautifulJourney. Another gorgeous rumination on memory, (dis)connection, and the work and commitment it takes every day to be here, to be alive, and to stay open when experience pleads caution. As for Joe Hisaishi’s score… utterly magical.
September 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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We've finally arrived in the Blue place! 💫

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September 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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As production ramps up on #TheRingsOfPower Season 3, Prime Video have dropped a new video teasing the return of Elendil — and a certain legendary sword — in the Lord Of The Rings prequel's next chapter.

Watch it here: www.empireonline.com/tv/news/the-...
September 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Honestly might be the best photo I’ll ever take
August 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Maybe the real weapons were the kids who went missing along the way
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August 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Just realised the screening of Weapons I’m about to head into is 4DX… I have no fucking clue how that’s going to work, and I’m not entirely sure I’m massively happy to find out. Wish me luck! 😬
August 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Rocked up to the IMAX in my Mononoke jumper earlier like it was a rock concert. And honestly, it felt like one. The film may be 28 years old, but my God has it still got it — and it’s only more poignant after The Boy & The Heron. Despite everything, Miyazaki’s never stopped asking “How do you live?”
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August 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This year’s will be the first LFF I won’t be attending since 2019. Not sure how I feel about that, but I’m sure I’ll keep myself busy and only let the FOMO creep in sparingly. Going to be relying on my mutuals to keep me in the loop with all the kino to catch up on!
August 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It’s been a long time coming but so worth the wait. @schillingc.bsky.social and the @lostincult.co.uk team’s IMMORTALITY: Design Works tome and soundtrack vinyl are now in my hands. Still blows my mind that the entire 424-page script for the game is here, alongside SO MUCH MORE! What a beauty. ❤️‍🔥
August 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Mad bit of Ghibli memorabilia to find in a charity shop of all places. Easily the most morbid bit of merch I’ll ever own. IFYKYK.
August 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Hayao Miyazaki’s explanation of The Boy & The Heron to his staff is all I needed today to remind me why AI will never prevail over true artists. AI can describe and explain, but it can’t think or feel. It can’t wrestle with what it means to be human, because it will never know.
August 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Precious cargo from @deafcrocodile.bsky.social — two animated classics that I’ve never been able to get hold of, now both available in 4K. Can’t wait to get stuck in!
July 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM