On the Empire Podcast this week, we boldly go where no podcast has gone before and

review Colin Farrell in Dead Man Down.

Pedro Almado was, I'm so excited, and we talk to Ryan Johnson, the director of Brick

and Looper, and David Eskoyer about Batman's Superman and Leonardo Da Vinci.

Well, if what you thought we were talking about Star Trek into Darkness, no, no, no, that's

next week.

Hello, pod, I'm Helen O'Hara, and welcome to the Empire Podcast, the only movie podcast

that can doodle a perfect circle and or invent a helicopter, even though it's only the

15th century.

Today, I'm joined on a very early Thursday morning by three hardy souls who, well, basically

drew the short straws in the who will be on the podcast this week ballot.

First to be on the receiving end of my grunting sleepily is Nick DeSemlin, a man with more

air miles than the Starship Enterprise Hellenic.

Hi, Alan.

I'm saving up to go to the Cleon Homeworld.

Chronoswell.

That's pretty close by.

Oh, that's what it's called.

Yes.

He's followed by someone who has been pigeonholed, you know, in previous podcasts as Empires

Art House Guru, hatefully unfair to you, Phil.

After all, you also enjoy films like Jack Reacher and parental guidance, as long as they're

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