finally decided that Empire will not be getting their monthly 3.50 from me any more. the magazine was never the most cerebral of reads, but over the last year it has plunged new depths. they are overly obsessed with the commercial aspects of the industry, anything that isn't a blockbuster is just ignored. even the films they do turn their attention to are just superficially skimmed. the recent editorial summed it up for me perfectly, the whole shpiel on Spiderman being the most influencial film of the year - bollocks! it was rubbish, a painting by numbers, brain dead attempt at something that had so much potential. anyone with half decent directorial skills could have turned that out. and the CGI was terrible, they even admitted as much themselves in the previous issue. and what is this obsession with DVD? Ok so the quality is better, but does it warrent 50% of the magazine's content, no! if i want DVD monthly i'll go and buy it.