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- 🇺🇸US · Film Reviews#5730K to 100K
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Helen Vs Peter Lorre: Dawn Of Justice (ft. guest, Dave Green)
Aug 28, 2026
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The Empire Podcast On Mars Attacks! In association with Warner Home Video
Aug 26, 2026
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The Interviews (ft. Mason Thames & Lee Kirk; Adam Shankman; Sam Spruell)
Aug 23, 2026
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Middle-Aged Sex And Death At Camp Empire
Aug 21, 2026
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Jurassic Street: Cull De Sac (ft. guest, Matt Johnson)
Aug 14, 2026
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| 8/28/26 | Helen Vs Peter Lorre: Dawn Of Justice (ft. guest, Dave Green) | This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Dave Green's Coyote Vs Acme finally reach cinema screens after a long and perilous journey which saw the film face actual deletion at one point, before common sense prevailed. Green is our guest this week, and he tells Helen O'Hara about the arduous experience he went through, and the film itself, which is a joyous affair. Either side of that, Chris Hewitt returns to the host's chair and is joined by Helen, James Dyer and Amon Warmann to talk about their favourite movies and how often they see them; discuss 'vs' movies; look at the week's movie news, including the sad passing of Dolly Parton (however, this episode was recorded before the news that Tim Curry and Peter Cullen had also left us; we will pay tribute to them next week), and a perplexing move from Ryan Gosling; and review Coyote Vs Acme, Ridley Scott's The Dog Stars, Pedro Almodovar's Bitter Christmas, Gregg Araki's I Want Your Sex, and Will Gluck's One Night Only, which sparks a Helen rant for the ages. Oh, and an old friend of the pod makes an unexpected return, much to Helen's delight. Enjoy. | — | ||||||
| 8/26/26 | The Empire Podcast On Mars Attacks! In association with Warner Home Video | Ack ack ack! Can Tim Burton's gleefully anarchic Mars Attacks! really be 30 years old? It seems so, for those lovely folks at Warner Home Video have released a 30th Anniversary Collector's Edition across a number of formats, and we've teamed up with them to celebrate this most delightfully Burton of movies by cramming Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, and James Dyer into the podbooth and getting them to talk about Burton's all-star alien invasion caper. Well, it's not unusual. Enjoy. | — | ||||||
| 8/23/26 | The Interviews (ft. Mason Thames & Lee Kirk; Adam Shankman; Sam Spruell) | The Interviews returns this week with a jam-packed show, as Chris Hewitt sits down at Comic-Con in San Diego with, after a delayed start, Mason Thames (and yes, we have learned how to pronounce his surname) and Lee Kirk (ditto), star and director respectively of Nimrods: A Green Day Comedy about music, movies, and heart. Then Chris pops onto Zoom to have a natter with Adam Shankman, director of ZAZ-style spoof, Stop! That! Train!, and wind up talking about the time Shankman officiated Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr's wedding, and directors' God complexes. And finally Becky Darke makes his Empire Podcast interview debut by talking on Zoom to Sam Spruell, who's terrifying audiences worldwide right now as the villain of the latest Insidious movie, Out Of The Further. Enjoy! | — | ||||||
| 8/21/26 | Middle-Aged Sex And Death At Camp Empire | This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Jane Schoenbrun, director of Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma, chat to Harry Stainer on Zoom about their new movie, creating a new horror icon, and their own filmmaking journey. Either side of that, Helen O'Hara is joined in the podbooth by James Dyer and Jamie Graham to take a bunch of listener questions, discuss the week's movie news including their takes on the X-Men casting from D23, and review the aforementioned Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma, The Stath's latest movie, Mutiny, & Sons, and Stop! That! Train! Enjoy. | — | ||||||
| 8/14/26 | Jurassic Street: Cull De Sac (ft. guest, Matt Johnson) | This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees director Matt Johnson return, just a few weeks after he was talking up Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie. This time, he's talking to Amon Warmann about his new movie, Tony, which is a snapshot of a period in the life of a young Anthony Bourdain (played by Dominic Sessa). Either side of that, Chris Hewitt is joined in the podbooth by Helen O'Hara and James Dyer to talk about movie news (Barbie 2 developments, or lack thereof; and rumours of the X-Men cast announcement), review Tony, The End Of Oak Street, Sunny Dancer and Lady; lament the apparent passing of one of their favourite food haunts; and see whether any director has a 13th movie on their CV that can go toe-to-toe with Chris Nolan's The Odyssey. This is a podcast that's not afraid to ask the big questions. Questions like, 'is Octopussy better than The Odyssey?' The answer lies within. Enjoy. | — | ||||||
| 8/7/26 | The Greig Fraser Key Light Challenge (ft. guest, Taika Waititi) | This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Taika Waititi, director of Hunt For The Wilderpeople, Zoom in for a cracking chat with Chris Hewitt about that movie's tenth anniversary re-release, his feelings about the loss of the great Sam Neill, the status of his What We Do In The Shadows sequel, New Zealand PSAs, and more. Either side of that, Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen O'Hara and John Nugent to answer a listener question about the implications of Spider-Man: Brand New Day's record-breaking box office; discuss the week's movie news, including the Violent Night 2 trailer, Mummy 4 casting and the potential of Samara Weaving in the MCU; and review The Last House, Love Me Tender, and Nimrods: A Green Day Comedy. Oh, and Chris re-ignites his bitter feud (that totally exists, honest) with genius cinematographer, Greig Fraser. Your move, Fraser! | — | ||||||
| 7/31/26 | No Sex Scenes! (ft. guest, Destin Daniel Cretton) | This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Chris Hewitt — freshly returned from Comic-Con and San Diego — sit down for a lovely chat with Spider-Man: Brand New Day director, Destin Daniel Cretton. Either side of that, Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen O'Hara, Amon Warmann, and Ben Travis to discuss their favourite Spider-movies, look back at Comic-Con and a whole bunch of trailers, and review Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Ish. They also get into Emily Wilson's scathing criticism of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey and discuss authors and writers who dislike movies based on their works. We've yet to hear from Homer, but we do have an ask in with his publicist. Enjoy. | — | ||||||
| 7/27/26 | Comic-Con 2026: The Reaction Pod (recorded in San Diego) | And so Empire has said goodbye to Comic-Con 2026, after an absolutely jam-packed few days that saw our Chris Hewitt race around the San Diego Convention Centre, taking in panels and press lines galore, speaking to some of the biggest and brightest around, and eating horrifically. Like, it's a wonder he's still alive horrifically. But he made it to the end and, in this reaction show recorded on a terrace at the Hilton Bayfront mere minutes after the Avengers: Doomsday/Marvel Studios presentation and press line, Chris sits down with Empire colleague Dan Jolin to talk about Dan's unusual reason for being at Comic-Con, Chris' reaction to the Marvel panel and other panels he saw this year, and much, much more, including an interview with Masters Of The Universe and Wildwood writer, Chris Butler. Are you ready to meet your pod-doom? Enjoy. | — | ||||||
| 7/24/26 | Dogg Day Afternoon (ft. Mary Steenburgen; and Tom Hiddleston) | On this week's Empire Podcast, Helen O'Hara slides into the host's chair in the Comic-Con-related absence of Chris Hewitt, and together, she, James Dyer and Amon Warmann come up with some of the greatest dog movies, suggest classic myths that could be turned into movies, swap outlandish theories about Avengers: Doomsday, talk about the movie news that broke before Comic-Con, and review The Dink, 72 Hours, and Deep Water. Guest-wise, for the first time in a while we have two in one episode, with Chris talking (via AirPods, thanks to technical difficulties) to The Dink star and all-round legend, Mary Steenburgen [26:54 - 44:27 approx], and then to old podcast stalwart, Tom Hiddleston, who whisks Chris away to actual Pompeii to talk about Hiddleston's new Disney+ docu-drama, Pompeii: Out Of Time, and display dazzling proficiency in Latin. [1:02:35 - 1:20:01 approx] Enjoy. | — | ||||||
| 7/21/26 | comedypodcast+4 | Scott Aukerman | Comedy Bang! Bang!Groundbeefing Tour+2 | UKIreland+1 | Scott AukermanComedy Bang! Bang!+5 | — | 1h 08m 56s | ||
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| 7/20/26 | film reviewChristopher Nolan+4 | Nick de Semlyen | EmpireThe Odyssey | — | The OdysseyChristopher Nolan+6 | — | 43m 37s | ||
| 7/17/26 | filminterviews+4 | Matt DamonTom Holland+2 | The OdysseyThe Trojan War | — | Matt DamonTom Holland+5 | — | 30m 25s | ||
| 7/17/26 | Christopher Nolanfilm reviews+3 | Christopher Nolan | DiggerThe Dark Knight+6 | — | Christopher NolanSam Neill+3 | — | 1h 37m 23s | ||
| 7/16/26 | action cinemainterview+3 | John Woo | Hard BoiledThe Killer+3 | — | John Wooaction director+3 | — | 1h 16m 59s | ||
| 7/13/26 | interviewsfilm+4 | Auli'i CravalhoRobert Mark Kamen+1 | MoanaThe Karate Kid+3 | — | Auli'i CravalhoRobert Mark Kamen+5 | — | 56m 57s | ||
| 7/10/26 | Dunemovie reviews+3 | Souheila Yacoub | Dune Part ThreeEvil Dead Burn+2 | — | DuneEvil Dead Burn+3 | — | 1h 22m 37s | ||
| 7/6/26 | film interviewsdirectors+3 | Phil LordChristopher Miller+3 | Bauer MediaProject Hail Mary+2 | — | interviewfilm+5 | — | 57m 50s | ||
| 7/3/26 | film reviewsinterviews+3 | Olivia WildeEdward Norton | The InviteNirvanna: The Band The Show The Movie+3 | — | Olivia WildeEdward Norton+5 | — | 1h 26m 03s | ||
| 6/26/26 | interviewsfilm+3 | Maisie WilliamsDavid Koepp | Game Of Thrones500 Miles+1 | — | Maisie WilliamsDavid Koepp+5 | — | 35m 22s | ||
| 6/26/26 | Toy Story 6: Revenge Of The Sid (ft. Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine) | This week's Empire Podcast might see Chris Hewitt and Helen O'Hara write their own ticket, folks, as they come up with an idea for Toy Story 6 that should, if there's any justice, be in production by the end of the weekend. Pixar, call us! That comes in the movie news section, where there is also much discussion of trailers and the prospect of a new Jim Carrey Grinch sequel. Either side of those, the gang — Chris, Helen, Amon Warmann, James Dyer, and this week's workie, Juliet Duff, who pops in for a cameo from time to time — talk about the most hellishly hot places in movies, review Supergirl, Jackass: Best And Last, A Private Life, and 500 Miles, and Chris has a lovely natter with Jackass supremos, Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine, about saying goodbye to the franchise, poop, and catheters. Enjoy! | — | ||||||
| 6/26/26 | Empire+: An Announcement | Today saw the launch of Empire+, folks, for subscribers. We know you have questions. What is Empire+? What is happening? Why are we seeing the faces of three giggling idiots on the logos? WHAT IS REALITY? We answer those questions and more in this special announcement, in which Chris Hewitt and James Dyer talk you through the concept of Empire+ (what a groundbreaking name), and how you can sign up and subscribe, if you don't already. Also, Chris recommends the greatest crisps in all of crispendom. You're welcome. | — | ||||||
| 6/23/26 | The Shameless Plug: Spider-Plug And His Amazing Plugs | With just a few days left to pick up the latest issue of Empire magazine, featuring Spider-Man: Brand New Day on the cover, here's the latest episode of The Shameless Plug, arriving in the nick of time to either entice you to buy the issue if you haven't done so, or bask in the stories behind the stories as Chris Hewitt and Empire editor, Nick de Semlyen, cram into the podbooth to talk you through how the magazine sausage was made. From Minions to Monty Python, it's all here, folks! Enjoy! | — | ||||||
| 6/22/26 | The Interviews (ft. Jack Whitehall & Haley Bennett; Cary Elwes; Curry Barker) | It's another jam-packed edition of The Interviews, folks! This episode sees Chris Hewitt sit down on Zoom with Haley Bennett and Jack Whitehall, stars of Virginia Woolf's Night & Day, for a discussion that turns into a thinly-veiled attempt to secure a Nando's Black Card. [1:10 - 14:10 approx] Chris also has a lovely chat with the great Cary Elwes about his one-two punch of Dead Man's Wire, now on Sky Cinema, and the TV show M.I.A., now on Paramount+. [15:54 - 27:57 approx] And finally, you get a chunky excerpt from our brand new spoilerific chat with Curry Barker, the director of the year's hottest movie, the horror movie turned cultural juggernaut, Obsession, as he reflects on his changed circumstances, getting a voicemail from Taron Egerton, and more. [29:34 - 41:35 approx] | — | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | Helen O'Hara: Minor Celebrity (ft. Tom Hanks & Tim Allen) | If this week's Empire Podcast doesn't give you a Buzz, it might at least give you a... wonderful sense of warmth and well-being, as all-round acting legends Tom Hanks and Tim Allen chat to Chris Hewitt about returning as Woody and Buzz Lightyear for Toy Story 5, and their surprising plans to keep working together. [47:02 — 1:01:44 approx] Either side of that, Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen O'Hara and James Dyer to discuss the strange phenomenon of minor celebrities being asked to lend their voices to animated movies; movies that could have a sequel if you added an 'S' to their title, a la Aliens; look at the week's movie news, including a discussion of the final Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer; discover Helen's hatred for a major Hollywood star; and review Toy Story 5 and Virginia Woolf's Night & Day. To podfinity and beyond! | — | ||||||
| 6/12/26 | movie holidaysfilm reviews+3 | David Koepp | Bauer MediaDisclosure Day+6 | — | holiday moviesfilm reviews+4 | — | 1h 25m 14s | ||
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Chart history for The Empire Film Podcast
Peaked at #2 in United Kingdom, top 10 in 8 of 50 tracked markets, currently #2 in United Kingdom.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | — | #2 | #2 | — |
| Ireland | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| AE | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| Australia | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| BE | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| South Africa | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| Finland | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| GR | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| Sweden | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| Norway | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| HU | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| SG | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| TH | — | #14 | #14 | — |
| Denmark | — | #15 | #15 | — |
| SA | — | #16 | #16 | — |
| South Korea | — | #16 | #16 | — |
| AT | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| PT | — | #17 | #17 | — |
Chart Positions
50 placements across 44 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 44 markets.