The Not-So-Difficult Second Movie (ft. guests Guy Pearce and Benedict Wong)

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Stark-Spangled Banner (ft. guest, David Ayer)

This week's episode of the Empire Podcast is all about birthdays, folks. Partially because Chris Hewitt just had one, but also because this week's listener question asks our Three Colleagues Of Such Lethal Cunning — Chris, Helen O'Hara, and James Dyer — to discuss the best movies ...  Show more

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Witches, Leave (ft. guests, Zach Cregger & Austin Abrams)

Which witch is which? And more importantly, which witch is best? That's the big question on the lips of the Empire Podcast team this week, as Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, and James Dyer discuss their favourite movie witches, and ask if the Blair Witch is even a witch at all (we wo ...  Show more

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