Sophie Butcher
@sophiefbutcher.bsky.social
Northerner down south. Freelance film writer, previously at EMPIRE.
The Toxic Avenger finally arrived in UK cinemas this weekend, and I had a much more fun time with it than I expected.
My review, for @empiremagazine.bsky.social: www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...
My review, for @empiremagazine.bsky.social: www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...
The Toxic Avenger review: Wacky gorefest is an entertaining ride
Peter Dinklage stars as the unconventional green hero in this remake of cult classic movie The Toxic Avenger. Read the Empire review here.
www.empireonline.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The Toxic Avenger finally arrived in UK cinemas this weekend, and I had a much more fun time with it than I expected.
My review, for @empiremagazine.bsky.social: www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...
My review, for @empiremagazine.bsky.social: www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...
From my interview with Zoe Saldaña!! 🐳
WORLD-FIRST 🔥
Neytiri is ready to strike in the exclusive first still from Avatar: Fire And Ash.
Zoe Saldaña’s warrior is reeling from the death of her son Neteyam in the threequel. “She’s going to question everything.” she tells Empire.
READ MORE: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
Neytiri is ready to strike in the exclusive first still from Avatar: Fire And Ash.
Zoe Saldaña’s warrior is reeling from the death of her son Neteyam in the threequel. “She’s going to question everything.” she tells Empire.
READ MORE: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
May 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
From my interview with Zoe Saldaña!! 🐳
My first five-star review for Empire and it’s for Andor Season 2. Staggeringly good television, I haven’t stopped thinking about it since I finished it.
Whether you’re a Star Wars fan or not, this, especially right now, is a must-watch show.
Read it here: www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/a...
Whether you’re a Star Wars fan or not, this, especially right now, is a must-watch show.
Read it here: www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/a...
Andor: Season 2
Diego Luna returns as the rising revolutionary in Tony Gilroy's Star Wars series. Read the Empire review now.
www.empireonline.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
My first five-star review for Empire and it’s for Andor Season 2. Staggeringly good television, I haven’t stopped thinking about it since I finished it.
Whether you’re a Star Wars fan or not, this, especially right now, is a must-watch show.
Read it here: www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/a...
Whether you’re a Star Wars fan or not, this, especially right now, is a must-watch show.
Read it here: www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/a...
Hollering at the screen during The Studio episode two: a spot-on portrayal of on-set chaos (I have also once stood next to a director as they rally to capture the last of golden hour!) ramped up by some incredible slapstick comedy. Genius stuff.
April 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Hollering at the screen during The Studio episode two: a spot-on portrayal of on-set chaos (I have also once stood next to a director as they rally to capture the last of golden hour!) ramped up by some incredible slapstick comedy. Genius stuff.
Wrote a piece reflecting on Daredevil: Born Again, how much I enjoyed the finale, and why I can’t wait for Season 2 👇🏻
"Now the season is complete, it’s clear that any suspected detours in middle episodes were all part of leading us to this thrilling end point."
Empire dives into this season of Daredevil: Born Again — and its hard-hitting finale: www.empireonline.com/movies/featu...
Empire dives into this season of Daredevil: Born Again — and its hard-hitting finale: www.empireonline.com/movies/featu...
April 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Wrote a piece reflecting on Daredevil: Born Again, how much I enjoyed the finale, and why I can’t wait for Season 2 👇🏻
Spilled my many feelings about the #Severance season finale for @empiremagazine.bsky.social 👇🏻
www.empireonline.com/tv/features/...
www.empireonline.com/tv/features/...
Severance’s Season 2 Finale Is The Show At Its Best – But We Still Have Questions
The Lumon employees made thrilling choices and uncovered more mysteries in the season finale of Apple TV+'s sci-fi thriller. Read more at Empire.
www.empireonline.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Spilled my many feelings about the #Severance season finale for @empiremagazine.bsky.social 👇🏻
www.empireonline.com/tv/features/...
www.empireonline.com/tv/features/...
Still thinking about Adolescence, wrote this for @empiremagazine.bsky.social on why it’s such an incredible TV achievement:
www.empireonline.com/tv/features/...
(Thank you @benstravis.bsky.social for the commission!)
www.empireonline.com/tv/features/...
(Thank you @benstravis.bsky.social for the commission!)
How Adolescence’s Creators Pulled Off The Most Dizzying TV Feat Of The Year
Netflix's astonishing one-shot drama starring Stephen Graham has everyone talking – for its technical craft and uncompromised storytelling. Read more at Empire.
www.empireonline.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Still thinking about Adolescence, wrote this for @empiremagazine.bsky.social on why it’s such an incredible TV achievement:
www.empireonline.com/tv/features/...
(Thank you @benstravis.bsky.social for the commission!)
www.empireonline.com/tv/features/...
(Thank you @benstravis.bsky.social for the commission!)
Opening act of new Daredevil: heavily suspected it was coming, put off watching the show to avoid it, still utterly devastated by it anyway
March 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Opening act of new Daredevil: heavily suspected it was coming, put off watching the show to avoid it, still utterly devastated by it anyway
Incredibly proud of my feature on Daredevil: Born Again in the latest issue of @empiremagazine.bsky.social, where I got to speak to Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio and more about the new series, and what makes Matt Murdock so damn cool.
On newsstands now!
On newsstands now!
March 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Incredibly proud of my feature on Daredevil: Born Again in the latest issue of @empiremagazine.bsky.social, where I got to speak to Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio and more about the new series, and what makes Matt Murdock so damn cool.
On newsstands now!
On newsstands now!
One of the most ‘me’ starts of a sentence I’ve ever seen
Claire Denis is in talks to direct a cannibalistic crime thriller earning comparisons to Silence of the Lambs, Get Out, and Se7en.
Claire Denis Eyes Crime Drama The Soap Maker
Claire Denis, set to turn 79 this year, has not slowed in the least. As cameras roll on Cry of the Guards she's entered negotiations to direct The Soap Maker, an update-of-sorts of Mauro Bolognini’s 1...
thefilmstage.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
One of the most ‘me’ starts of a sentence I’ve ever seen
I reviewed Zero Day for @empiremagazine.bsky.social - interesting concept, majorly lags in the middle, but I thought the last two eps were cracking telly.
Have a read 👇🏻
Have a read 👇🏻
“Handsomely made, politically prescient and packing some serious star power…”
Robert De Niro leads Netflix’s latest political thriller, #ZeroDay, which is streaming now.
Read our review: www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/z...
Robert De Niro leads Netflix’s latest political thriller, #ZeroDay, which is streaming now.
Read our review: www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/z...
February 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I reviewed Zero Day for @empiremagazine.bsky.social - interesting concept, majorly lags in the middle, but I thought the last two eps were cracking telly.
Have a read 👇🏻
Have a read 👇🏻
First sneak peek at my Daredevil feature in the new issue!! 🚨🚨
EXCLUSIVE
#Daredevil: Born Again hasn’t been watered down for Disney+, says showrunner Dario Scardapane – it goes even harder.
“There’s a moment in this that is just absolutely batshit, and way past anything Netflix ever did,” he tells Empire.
READ MORE: www.empireonline.com/tv/news/dare...
#Daredevil: Born Again hasn’t been watered down for Disney+, says showrunner Dario Scardapane – it goes even harder.
“There’s a moment in this that is just absolutely batshit, and way past anything Netflix ever did,” he tells Empire.
READ MORE: www.empireonline.com/tv/news/dare...
February 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
First sneak peek at my Daredevil feature in the new issue!! 🚨🚨
Been fascinated with the Belle Gibson situation ever since it happened, a pleasure to write the @empiremagazine.bsky.social review of Netflix dramatisation #AppleCiderVinegar 👇🏻
"A perfectly tongue-in-cheek foundation for this strange, still-prescient tale about social media’s proclivity for selling us snake oil."
Kaitlyn Dever is Instagram fraud Belle Gibson in #AppleCiderVinegar, streaming on Netflix this week.
Read our review: www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/a...
Kaitlyn Dever is Instagram fraud Belle Gibson in #AppleCiderVinegar, streaming on Netflix this week.
Read our review: www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/a...
February 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Been fascinated with the Belle Gibson situation ever since it happened, a pleasure to write the @empiremagazine.bsky.social review of Netflix dramatisation #AppleCiderVinegar 👇🏻
As I’m about to enter a hideously busy and pressurised couple of months, this episode of Ezra Klein’s pod is a godsend: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Burned Out? Start Here.
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 07/01/2025 · Subscribers Only · 1h 6m
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January 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
As I’m about to enter a hideously busy and pressurised couple of months, this episode of Ezra Klein’s pod is a godsend: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The thought of the PCC closing is incredibly upsetting, please take a second to sign this:
#SaveThePCC
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The thought of the PCC closing is incredibly upsetting, please take a second to sign this:
Reposted by Sophie Butcher
Okay I'm gonna do a thread here of some of the amazing things David Lynch said to me in interviews. Basically, he said amazing things pretty much every time he opened his mouth.
1: An account of feeding the local birds during lockdown.
1: An account of feeding the local birds during lockdown.
January 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Okay I'm gonna do a thread here of some of the amazing things David Lynch said to me in interviews. Basically, he said amazing things pretty much every time he opened his mouth.
1: An account of feeding the local birds during lockdown.
1: An account of feeding the local birds during lockdown.
Was extremely excited for Wolf Man but despite some great body horror and tense sequences, it fell a little short for me.
My review, for @empiremagazine.bsky.social:
www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...
My review, for @empiremagazine.bsky.social:
www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...
Wolf Man
Leigh Whannell reinvents the Universal Monster with Christopher Abbott going full werewolf. Read the Empire review.
www.empireonline.com
January 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Was extremely excited for Wolf Man but despite some great body horror and tense sequences, it fell a little short for me.
My review, for @empiremagazine.bsky.social:
www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...
My review, for @empiremagazine.bsky.social:
www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...
Help, I saw Better Man and loved it and now can’t stop watching old videos of Robbie Williams performances
January 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Help, I saw Better Man and loved it and now can’t stop watching old videos of Robbie Williams performances
In the latest issue of @empiremagazine.bsky.social: I got to sit across from certified national treasure Stephen Graham in a fancy hotel restaurant and talk to him about prepping to play a bare-knuckle boxer in A Thousand Blows (and highlighting working-class stories - an incredibly lovely man).
December 30, 2024 at 2:02 PM
In the latest issue of @empiremagazine.bsky.social: I got to sit across from certified national treasure Stephen Graham in a fancy hotel restaurant and talk to him about prepping to play a bare-knuckle boxer in A Thousand Blows (and highlighting working-class stories - an incredibly lovely man).
Reposted by Sophie Butcher
My big Willem Dafoe interview is online now – we talked life, death(s), rats, monsters, outsiders... let alone the Bobby Peru masterclass he gave me (“Don’t you feel something swinging downstairs?”). And I'm in awe of the shoot Nadav Kander did for us. All here:
www.empireonline.com/movies/featu...
www.empireonline.com/movies/featu...
Willem Dafoe: The Nosferatu Vampire-Hunter On A Life In The Shadows
Empire sits down for a major new interview and photoshoot with the iconic actor.
www.empireonline.com
December 27, 2024 at 4:04 PM
My big Willem Dafoe interview is online now – we talked life, death(s), rats, monsters, outsiders... let alone the Bobby Peru masterclass he gave me (“Don’t you feel something swinging downstairs?”). And I'm in awe of the shoot Nadav Kander did for us. All here:
www.empireonline.com/movies/featu...
www.empireonline.com/movies/featu...
Reposted by Sophie Butcher
Genuinely shaken reading this. And if you think it's impossible to 'create' these kinds of digital smears, listen to @tortoisemedia.bsky.social podcast 'Who Trolled Amber'
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and a Smear Campaign After ‘It Ends With Us’
Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Genuinely shaken reading this. And if you think it's impossible to 'create' these kinds of digital smears, listen to @tortoisemedia.bsky.social podcast 'Who Trolled Amber'
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
Absolutely ecstatic to just happen to be in the Empire office today!!!
Happy holiday season folks – it's officially Tom Cruise Cake Day in the Empire office! 🍰
November 27, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Absolutely ecstatic to just happen to be in the Empire office today!!!
May or may not have gotten to do an absolute DREAM interview for the new issue of @empiremagazine.bsky.social… 😈😈😈
EXCLUSIVE 😈
#DaredevilBornAgain is “a continuation” of the Netflix show: “A lot of the history follows on,” Charlie Cox tells Empire.
READ MORE: www.empireonline.com/tv/news/dare...
#DaredevilBornAgain is “a continuation” of the Netflix show: “A lot of the history follows on,” Charlie Cox tells Empire.
READ MORE: www.empireonline.com/tv/news/dare...
November 19, 2024 at 5:22 PM
May or may not have gotten to do an absolute DREAM interview for the new issue of @empiremagazine.bsky.social… 😈😈😈