On the Empire Podcast this week, we raid the Lost Ark back on the big screen, kill

them softly with Brad Pitt, get savage with Oliver Stone and get all hot and bothered

over hysteria. Here in the studio, Ken Loach brings us the angel's share and Olivia Williams

decides that now is good to drop by for a visit. Hello, Pod. As you can immediately hear,

I am not Mel Tormay, nor am I Chris Hewitt. I'm Helen O'Hara and I'm covering for Chris

this week since he's off on what he assures us is a top secret movie fact-finding mission,

although given that I find tickets to Tilly Tubby's own ice on his desk, I'm beginning

to doubt whether that's the case. So on his behalf, welcome to the Empire Podcast,

the podcast that never eats a date without testing it on a monkey first. This week, as ever,

I'm joined by the three staff members who came last in yesterday's game of musical chairs.

First up is a man so sick of being dubbed Mr. Art House that he's barricaded himself behind

a pile of blue ray copies of the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie. It's Phil the Simlin.

Hello. Hello. How are you doing? Oh, no, that was bad. Next, we have Ali, who this week met

the cast of savages and decided that he's going to become a pot dealer so he can move to a fabulous

coastal house and steal Ryan Reynolds' misses. That is absolutely true. I look forward to doing that.

Having war gasms. So many war gasms. You'll understand, Wallace, you see it. You will.

And last but not least, we're joined by Nick DeSemlin, who you just heard a man who yesterday gave

Ken Loach directions to the forbidden planet that was so specific the director ended up on the

wrong side of the road looking thoroughly lost. Yes, I should point out that we are next

store to the forbidden planet. He was on his way here to do a podcast and he wasn't starting

the range of his collectibles. But yeah, very nice man. And despite my awful directions.

Well, let's tarry no longer on the small talk. It's time to take questions from you,

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