Empire Australasia – August 2019

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DOCTORSLEEP

HowdirectorMike

Flanaganis planningto

returntothespookyscene

ofTheShiningwiththe

Overlook-setsequel.

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WESTSIDESTORY

YourfirstlookatSteven

Spielberg’stakeonthe

all-timeclassicmusical.

He’scomea longwayfrom

Jaws—thistime,theSharks

dowork.

18

CARTONOFMILK

Gaddingaboutwithactor

JoshGad.

20

CHARLIE’SANGELS

Afemaledirector,

morefemaleskickingass:

howtheclassicTV’70s

showhasbeenfully2019-ed

forit’slatestbig-screen

incarnation.

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ANGELHASFALLEN

This!Is!Gerry!Butler!

Shooting!At!Things!And!

Shouting!A!Lot!Again!

32

THENIGHTINGALE

JenniferKent’sThe

Babadookfollow-upwillterrify

youwithAustralianhistory.

34

MIDSOMMAR

Graphicsex?Check!Grisly

horror?Check!Horrifyinguse

ofInterflora?Checkcheck!

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SPOILERSPECIAL

All-newsectiondiggingdeep

intoeveryspoilerthatmatters.

FEATURES ONSCREEN

REVIEW

PREVIEW

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JOKER

Star Joaquin Phoenix

and director Todd Phillips

meditate on the latest,

darkest version of the classic,

twisted DC villain in Joker.

While hanging out by the pool

in Hollywood, naturally.

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STAR WARS: GAL A XY’S EDGE

Empire hits Disneyland to

check out the opening of their

dazzling new land Star Wars:

Galaxy’s Edge. It’s a tough gig.

66

JORDAN PEELE

We sit down with the

latest filmmaker from our

Empire 30 list and discover

exactly how you become the

lauded new master of horror.

Turns out making two of

the most successful and

critically acclaimed genre

movies of the last few years

really helps. As does being

up for an Oscar.

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THE SUNKEN PLACE

Jordan Peele and key crew

members revisit Get Out’s most

iconic scene: no, not the bit

where Lakeith Stanfield yells,

“Get out!” Nor the bit where

Alison Williams pretends to

lose her car keys. The other bit.

The Sunken Place.

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THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF

RESISTANCE

How hard can it be to make

a TV show starring some

puppets? Dead hard, as it

turns out. We’ve got the full

story of an epic adaptation.

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ARI ASTER

The director who scared

the bejesus out of us with

Hereditary is back for his

second film, Midsommar.

88

GURINDER CHADHA

She bent it like

Beckham. Now the

British-Asian director

is back, with a movie

inspired by Bruce

Springsteen.

Working title,

erm... ‘Belt It Like

The Boss’?

Above: Joker

(Joaquin

Phoenix)

celebrates

getting to the

middle of many

flights of steps.

Below: Captain

Marvel. Doesn’t

do steps.

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ROBERT RODRIGUEZ

The Alita: Battle

Angel director on cooking

and Cameron.

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THE VIEWING GUIDE

Captain Marvel:

higher, further, faster, baby.

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THE RANKING

Harry Potter

(and squabbling).