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No./1 Where have you been, Jesse? • Star AARON PAUL on the “adrenaline ride” of bringing Jesse Pinkman back in Breaking Bad movie El Camino

No./2 How Watchmen takes on white supremacy • Showrunner DAMON LINDELOF on giving the Alan Moore graphic novel a timely update for TV

No./3 It’s time to re-evaluate J.Lo • Hustlers has given Jennifer Lopez the best reviews of her career — but then, she’s always been underestimated

SIENNA MILLER

No./4 Little Monsters • LUPITANYONG’O makes her first (extremely bloody) comedy

No./5 How His Dark Materials got HBO-ed

No./6 MYTHICAL BIG APES • Far from being elusive, Yetis and Bigfoots are all the rage at the multiplex this year

NAOMIE HARRIS

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No./7 From hidden gems — to Oscar glory • With a glimpse of the future at this year’s film festivals, three Empire writers offer their awards picks

No./8 THE THREE WILDEST SIGHTS AT D23 • THIS YEAR’S DISNEY CONVENTION CONJURED UP SOME PRETTY OUT-THERE COSPLAYERS

No./9 The Pixar-ification of fantasy • How Pixar’s new fable ONWARD reimagines elves, trolls and unicorns as everyday suburbia

No./10 Finding the myths behind the madness • Director Robert Eggers on what inspired his hypnotic horror THE LIGHTHOUSE

No./11 Eddie’s back — why now? • What’s behind the full-scale comeback — on both screen and stage — of legendary actor and comedian Eddie Murphy

Bad Boys For Life • Unfiltered, uncensored, uncompromising trailer reactions from team EMPIRE

No./12 Meet a very different Queen • OLIVIA COLMAN and co-stars of The Crownon stepping into some very big (and sensible shoes) for Season 3

No./13 How to rewrite Charles Dickens • SIMON BLACKWELL, co-writer of The Personal History Of David Copperfield, on adapting the great author’s autobiographical tale

No./14 FACE/BACK ON • FACE/OFF IS GETTING A REBOOT. BUT WHO COULD POSSIBLY FILL THE INSANE SHOES OF NICOLAS CAGE AND JOHN TRAVOLTA?

No./15 The next phase of Shia • After blockbuster stardom and public meltdowns, Shia LaBeouf is now entering a new stage of his career: mature, emotionally intelligent and reflective

No./16 Home Alone in the digital age • The technological advances that the upcoming reboot might embrace

No./17 From the front line of Disney’s first war movie • The MULAN remake promises military might, worlds away from the animated original. Empire reports from the ground

No./18 Take all the time you need! • Director Richard Linklater’s next film will take 20 years to complete — here’s why we should all be patient

No./19 How our friendship became a film • Director Joe Talbot on how THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO is an ode to his city — and his best friend

No./20 So, is he a ghost or what? • From the likely to the implausible, we sift through the internet’s theories on what romcom Last Christmasis really all about

Movies that go bump in the night • As Sky Cinema’s Halloween Collection debuts, Empire’s CHRIS HEWITT and HELEN O’HARA discuss the scariest movies of all time

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