On the Empire podcast this week, we're still soaking up the sun, but mostly rain is

the Cannes Film Festival draws to a close.

We talk to Alec Baldwin, Nicholas Weinstein, Reffen, and Kristen Scott Thomas, and our

team in London tackle the week's big releases.

How is that for a slice of, I don't know what, a poncho of the pod, I'm Chris Hewitt

and welcome to the Empire podcast, the only movie podcast that Reckon Steven Spielberg

is gonna need a bigger boat.

I'm joined this week by my colleagues in Cannes, Mr. Damon Wise, it's a bit where it's

Damon Damon.

And Cannes Virgin, Ali Plum, hello, and we're also joined by special guest pundit first

time we've ever done this, the brilliant Stevie Wong, a journalist for Asia outlets, is

that fake enough for you, Stevie?

Ne how, bitches, how's that?

You're off to a cracking start, you can expect more like it over the next 45 minutes or so.

As ever, we're gonna tackle questions from you guys first before we get into the meat

of the festival.

So at JPW Tweet asks, would so many film critics walk out of films they were unhappy with in

a normal cinema, or is it just a canned thing?

Now I haven't seen many walk outs, I've actually seen more films this can that I usually

do when I'm doing 50 blogging episodes, but I haven't seen any walk outs, Damon, what

are you standing for?

No, they don't tend to be walk outs because when a film is especially hated, there is

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