On the Empire Podcast this week, Aaron Eckhart falls from Olympus and lands in the pod booth.

We chat to Sylvester McCoy about playing both the wizard and the doctor, review Tom

Cruz's latest sci-fi oblivion, and assess the clash of the heart throbs that is the place

beyond the pines. Hello, I'm Helen O'Hara, and welcome to the Empire Podcast, the only

movie podcast that has a plan to survive a devastating attack on Earth by hostile aliens

by hiding under Morgan Freeman's cape. Back from my own exciting travels, during which

I ate in a restaurant once frequented by Hemingway and visited the birthplace of a French

King once played by Daniel Lotoy, and I'm once again stepping into the shoes of Chris

Hewitt because he's far away on a mission from God, or at least our editor, which is

much the same thing. Joining me today are the Fast, the Furious, and the Fellini lovers

of the Empire Office. First up, Ali Plum, who's super fast, fingers oh fire are responsible

for editing this very podcast every single week, and he also enjoys dressing up as Ryan

Gosling in his spare time. Hello, Ali. I'm currently wearing a wig and petting a small

puppy. Next, we have the Furious, as we are drawn by the seething cauldron of rage that

is James Dyer, who will absolutely fong you if you get on his bad sides, but also enjoys

kittens and long walks on the beach. Hey, James. Hi. You see, that doesn't sound furious

at all. No, I feel like I've lied. Finally, I should say, we have Phil DeSemilin. You

just heard him there. He's a man who spent his Easter break watching passenger 57 on

repeat. Is that correct? That's right. No, no, it didn't. Wait. Was it, in fact, the

passengers? Yes. Okay. The passenger 57, in which Wesley Snipes

wanders the desert full only for about two hours. Right.

The horse always put on sand, always put on sand. Yeah, that's much more in keeping with

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