#dec1993
Emma fucking Thompson. #empireread #dec1993
October 9, 2023 at 7:45 PM
Empire administers the last rites to laserdisc. #empireread #dec1993
October 10, 2023 at 9:44 AM
Holly Hunter was originally going to play Honey Bunny in Pulp Fiction. #empireread #dec1993
October 9, 2023 at 6:41 PM
And so the tradition of Alien box sets in weirdly shaped packaging at overinflated prices begins. #empireread #dec1993
October 10, 2023 at 10:19 AM
This stuff barely works in 2023 so I have zero confidence of it’s reliability in 1993. #empireread #dec1993
October 10, 2023 at 9:49 AM
Mark Kermode’s first Empire review which is interesting because I didn’t know he ever reviewed films in Empire. It’s not mentioned on his Wikipedia page and this would have been just as he became resident reviewer on Radio 1. #empireread #dec1993
October 9, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Empire’s interview with Ashley Judd begins with the question “You mean we asked you to wear a black, lacy bra?” printed across the top of the page like a pull quote. Here’s the photo from the #dec1993 issue. They obv wanted something even more suggestive. #empireread #march1998
October 28, 2024 at 2:56 PM
If you say so. #empireread #dec1993
October 10, 2023 at 10:15 AM
As expected there was some reaction the piece about a journalist going to screenings to ruin the film for people, ranging from the correct, to agreeing the audiences are generally a bad thing, to the bizarre, to a decent from rationalism into racism. #empireread #dec1993
October 10, 2023 at 10:14 AM
September / October #empireread #dec1993
October 10, 2023 at 9:45 AM
The “culture war” meets Aladdin. #empireread #dec1993
October 10, 2023 at 9:34 AM
Did Emma call her agent as soon as she read this interview or was Junior already in production? #empireread #dec1993
October 9, 2023 at 7:46 PM
Emma fucking Thompson. #empireread #dec1993
October 9, 2023 at 7:41 PM
😍#empireread #dec1993
October 9, 2023 at 7:35 PM
Lori Petty was originally cast as Huxley in Demolition Man but was fired after two days. Sandra Bullock took over and the rest is history. #empireread #dec1993
October 9, 2023 at 7:33 PM
The Stallone quote on the front cover is even worse in context. No wonder he wanted to be Judge Dredd. Banning guns doesn’t seem to have crossed his mind. #empireread #dec1993
October 9, 2023 at 7:24 PM
Tony Parsons on A Clockwork Orange? Skip. #empireread #dec1993
October 9, 2023 at 7:18 PM
Ever now and then there’s a reminder of what was happening politically in the real world. Bill Clinton was in the White House. This from Kevin Kline. #empireread #dec1993
October 9, 2023 at 7:16 PM
Advertising is a real free for all in these old issues. These were on successive pages. They clearly had a particular demographic in mind. No wonder Total Film saw a gap in the market. #empireread #dec1993
October 9, 2023 at 6:51 PM
Meanwhile, thirty years ago … BBC Video were really fusking with the bookshelves of fans. The DVD releases look really consistent by comparison. #empireread #dec1993
October 9, 2023 at 6:46 PM
FACT, the Everyman and Odeon are all catering for a slightly different audience experience but there are plenty of films which don’t see the inside of a local cinema other than one off inconveniently timed screenings because of some releases blocking up screens. #empireread #dec1993
October 9, 2023 at 6:39 PM
This from a piece about vertical integration in the UK cinema market in 1993. Say what you like about barring but it increased choice for the audience. Now there are three cinemas in the city centre all showing roughly the same new films at the same time. #empireread #dec1993
October 9, 2023 at 6:34 PM
Fucking hell, these cover lines. The man directed and won an Oscar for Rocky. #empireread #dec1993
October 9, 2023 at 6:26 PM