Lee Cronin's Bluey (ft. guest, Brian Cox)

About this episode

The episode features discussions on listener questions, movie news from CinemaCon, and reviews of six films, including an interview with Brian Cox.

With Chris Hewitt away on an actual holiday, this week's Empire Podcast sees Helen O'Hara slide into the host's chair as she, Ben Travis, and Amon Warmann tackle a hat-trick of listener questions, including musing on male damsels in distress, movies-turned-plays, and the ongoing role of Bluey in saving the world. Then the trio tackle movie news, most of which comes out of this week's CinemaCon, including the revelation that Jamie Dornan, and not Leo Woodall, will be filling Aragorn's boots in The Lord Of The Rings: The Hunt For Gollum. Finally, they review not one but SIX movies, including Lee Cronin's The Mummy, Jonah Hill's Outcome, and Brian Cox's directorial debut, Glenrothan. Speaking of Cox, the legendary Scottish actor pops into the podbooth to have a delightful, and delightfully foul-mouthed, chat with Chris about popping behind the camera at almost 80 years of age, singing Spice Girls with Alan Cumming, and his complicated relationship with Scotland. Oh, and if there are any glaring editing errors on this week's show, it was edited on a cruise ship, so please bear that in mind. Oh, and due to the absence of several key members of personnel, our next Daredevil: Born Again…

People in this episode

Hosts: Helen O'Hara, Chris Hewitt

Guest: Brian Cox

Topics covered

• listener questions
• movie news
• film reviews
• Bluey
• CinemaCon
• Brian Cox
• directorial debut

Keywords

• Bluey
• CinemaCon
• Brian Cox
• film reviews
• listener questions
• The Lord Of The Rings
• directorial debut

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Lord Of The Rings: The Hunt For Gollum, Lee Cronin's The Mummy, Jonah Hill's Outcome, Glenrothan

Places: Scotland

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