Contents The Fast family approaches the finish line • Director Louis Leterrier on the franchise’s dramatic penultimate chapter, FAST X. It’s boom time


DC’s new breed of heroes are ready for action • With the studio unveiling its new super-slate, we break down the ins, outs and weaponised weasels


BLACK IN FOCUS • AMON WARMANN chews over the main moment in Black film and TV this month


EVERY-SING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE • With Michelle Yeoh calling for a musical EEAAO spin-off, we imagine the perfect accompanying songs


DO THE ROBOT


M3GAN: from AI to A-lister • Blumhouse’s JASON BLUM on the doll’s phenomenal success — and sequel


South London gets its romcom moment


The twists and turns of the Oscars race • From big risks to a year of dicks, this year’s list of ACADEMY AWARDS contenders came with highs and lows aplenty


The rise of the 60+ female star


How Cocaine Bear got uncaged • JIMMY WARDEN, the writer of the year’s grizzliest thriller, on how he found ursine inspiration


NEXT IN THE SERIES • You fell in love with that incredible new TV show. And then it ended! Don’t despair — Boyd Hilton recommends the sibling shows to watch next


THE ROAD BACK TO THE COLOSSEUM


Meet the godly sisters taking on Shazam • HELEN MIRREN, LUCY LIU and RACHEL ZEGLER reveal the highs and lows of their magic-wielding DC debut


“‘Cut the cheque!’ will always be my line on set. I know when a take is good” • With his fun family horror We Have A Ghost incoming and Marvel trajectory rising, ANTHONY MACKIE is suiting up for his next chapter


DRAMA-BEARING YACHTS • Proof that theatrics thrive on open water


Payakan-mania explained • The Avatar: The Way Of Water scene-stealer’s designers and fans on why this hyper-whale is winning hearts


Tetris • The iconic game’s genesis gets a dramatic adaptation for Apple TV+


Putting on a one-woman pity parade • Sick Of Myself star Kristine Kujath Thorp on getting under the skin of a 20-something liar


CAPTAIN PLANET POWERS UP


Inside an apocalyptic masterpiece • The team behind THE LAST OF US’ stand-out third episode describe its journey to the small screen


Welcome to the year of the Sandman • Adam Sandler is set to have his most creatively daring year yet. Here’s why we need to pay him more attention


TRAILER TALK 65 • Unfiltered, uncensored, uncompromising trailer reactions from team EMPIRE


Bringing a Greek tragedy to an Irish village • God’s Creatures’ co-directors break down their rainswept parable about a small-town predator


INTRODUCING... • THE AUSTRALIAN ACTOR PLAYS HUGH JACKMAN’S TROUBLED KID IN EMOTIONAL DRAMA THE SON

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