Wyatt Russell, David Harbour & Hannah John-Kamen, Paul Feig, Ryan Coogler, And It’s Episode 666

The Empire Film Podcast

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Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 121 minutes

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It had to happen: the Empire podcast has finally gone to hell — quite literally in this case, as this particular show is episode 666. Perhaps appropriately, James is in the driving seat for this one, embracing this demonically anointed episode to bring you such thematically-relevant discussions as a Mount Rushmore of movie Satans and an off-topic discussion as to why subtitles are also the devil’s work. But that’s not all, because while Chris isn’t here in body, having hopped over to Ireland for a few rounds of golf, he is here in spirit, not least of all as he interviews all of this week’s guests, specifically three of the Thunderbolts — Hannah John-Kamen, Wyatt Russell and David Harbour (approx 57:36-1:13:09)— Another Simple Favour director Paul Feig (approx 11:21-23:48), and Ryan Coogler (at the very end) in a little tease of our Sinners spoiler special episode, which is available now on the Spoiler Specials subscription feed. Joining James and Helen this week is John ‘The Nuge’ Nugent, who does his best to justify his three-star review of Thunderbolts*, plus we review Another Simple Favour, Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope, and Die Hard in the Docklands film Cleaner.

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0:00.0	The Empire podcast is brought to you an association with National Rail. Tweet's, posts, reels,
0:05.3	WhatsApp, voice notes, TikToks. People today are more connected than they've ever been. But no matter
0:09.6	how many different ways exist to communicate via your phone, there's nothing quite like doing it
0:13.4	face to face. Take this podcast, for example. Could we dial in from our respective homes and bring
0:18.6	you all this film-related fun remotely pandemic style?
0:21.3	Of course we could.
0:22.2	But why would we pass up the opportunity to bang on about the MCU and wax lyrical about June Messiah in the flesh?
0:28.2	Especially when our colleagues of such a lethal cunning are just a train ride away.
0:32.4	But that's not all trains are good for.
0:33.9	After all, if Chap Reacher can explore the furthest corners of America with nothing but a
0:37.5	folding toothbrush in his pocket, there is no reason why you can't use the rail network to see
0:41.7	some of the UK's hidden gems. Perhaps you've always wanted to visit some of the great British
0:45.5	landmarks, or maybe you're itching to take a tour of some of the nation's iconic movie locations.
0:51.1	Wander the halls of Thor's Asgard, or, as it's known on Earth, Durham Cathedral,
0:55.6	take a trip to the planet Takadana to reenact the fight with Kylo Wren in the Forest of Dean,
1:00.4	or even make your own Batcave in the gardens of Nedworth House, as Tim Burton did in
1:04.3	1989's Batman. The nation is your cinematic playground, so what are you waiting for?
1:08.9	Get up off that sofa, hop on a train, and explore the wide world around you.
1:12.9	Nothing beats being there.
1:14.3	This is your business.
1:16.2	This is your business supercharged with the help of zero accounting software.
1:20.5	These are your numbers.
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