Empire Of The Ants | Episode 377

What if you shined the spotlight on 21st Century artists who loved painting, drawing and sketching classic monsters from the 20th Century? That's exactly what Author Anthony Taylor has done in his new book "Classic Monsters, Modern Art : 20th Century Horror in the 21st Century. T ...  Show more

Barry King (B.K. On The Air) joins Jim for a look at the sequel to Hammer's Classic Vampire Film "Horror Of Dracula," - 1966's "Dracula, Prince Of Darkness." starring Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir, Francis Matthews, Phillip Latham, Susam Farmer, Charles Tingwell, ...  Show more

Hanna-Barbera’s classic cat-and-mouse cartoon series Tom and Jerry kicked off when their debut short, ‘Puss Gets The Boot’, was released by MGM on 10th February, 1940.  But, at that time, the stars of the film were known as ‘Jasper and Jinx’. And studio bosses very nearly canned ...  Show more

Wes Anderson's new film, Asteroid City, has so many incredible actors in it that we were able to send John Nugent to the Cannes Film Festival recently, steal three of them away for interview purposes, and put them back before anyone even noticed. So, in this week's episode of the ...  Show more

Another week, another packed episode of the Empire Podcast, and once again we're joined by some cracking guests. First, Jeffrey Wright, the freshly Oscar-nominated star of American Fiction, joins Chris Hewitt to talk about that movie, his working practices, the film's unusual ori ...  Show more

On this week’s show, the panel is first joined by Slate business and culture writer Nitish Pahwa to discuss Monkey Man, Dev Patel’s dazzling but muddled directorial debut. The ultra-violent action flick stars Patel as Kid, a young man who works his way into a secret brothel for t ...  Show more