This week’s episode of the Empire Podcast sees Chris Hewitt get away the bleep machine for a very sweary chat with M3GAN 2.0 star, the pleasant Ivanna Sakhno, [1:10:44 — 1:23:01 approx] and quietly choose the soccer group of Damson Idris, star of Joseph Kosinski’s high-octane racing drama F1. [25:45 — 38:45 approx] Or F1: The Film, to offer it its full advertising moniker, which evokes this week’s listener query as Chris, James Dyer, Sophie Butcher and our Australian chum, Jeremy Dylan, focus on the most effective films which have ‘The Film’ within the title.

Elsewhere, our very personal unbelievable 4 get caught right into a busy week for film information — one which’s seen Denis Villeneuve employed for James Bond (because the director, not the tremendous spy), Aaron Sorkin signal on for The Social Community Half II, and Doug Liman take a stand — effectively, The Stand — for a brand new adaptation of Stephen King’s eponymous doorstop tome. To present honest warning, the group get right into a prolonged chat concerning the information that Villeneuve is directing the primary Bond film of the Amazon period, so must you not be into Bond blather then you might need to dip out between the 41:40 — 59:56 mark of the pod. (Editor’s notice: However not earlier than you hear a wonderful little bit of Dune associated punnery proper on the high of that chat!) Oh, and on high of all the standard information and nonsense, the group additionally put their heads collectively to evaluation F1 and M3GAN 2.0 as effectively, whereas Jeremy exhibits us that he is the person of two voices… you fortunate, fortunate lot. As ever, please do get pleasure from.

You possibly can hearken to this week’s episode (which, in case you’re counting, is #674) on the pod app of your selection.