THE GREATEST FIL "TOM CRUISE IS "n T" «IT'S MARCOS MEETS ON Ine, ! ORM" MISSION mrossmum 1111 RI LLIANIll IF II *Ikfr* *±7k* **.** • • e A ERICA N E BASED ON AIRE III ma ifflammuai IN CINEMAS NOW N MY OBSESSION WITH film started when asurly- looking metalhead called ylan moved to my school when Iwas 14. Iwas already into the obvious stuff like Arnie and Scorsese but he was into Peckinpah and Cronenberg and recognised subtleties in films like Jaws and actors like Mickey Rourke that Ihadn't even imagined were there. Iwas led down a rabbit hole of outsider directors, troubled stars and far-fetched stories that flooded my brain with ideas. Istudied film at uni, dreamed of being adirector and thought about what Very Important words I'd say as Ipicked up my first Oscar. I imagined —still do —scenes from my films as Iwalked along with certain songs in my headphones, and made lists —still do —of the greatest films of time (there are currently about 200 films in my Top 10 ever). c=1:=;› .4t. FEATURES Films are the only rival to music in my list of 18 ** ** 22 inspirations. Watching films Bastille is pretty much the only time John Boyega Icry. Dreaming of making Let these die-hard film fans take you on Stop for asecond. Can you think of acooler films is what keeps my mind ajourney through what they consider to be actor than John Adedayo B. Adegboyega? positive and productive. And the most magnificent movies ever made Of course you bloody can't! debating what the best ones are —which Ihope you'll all be inspired to do after reading this week's issue AGENDA —is one of the best ways to 33 BENEDETTI spend time with your friends. MIKE WILLIAMS Things We Like What's On Your Headphones? 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SubSaltobee reef: See weir 0791SSueS5 UK 535.; Emote 70E0070:Nor. Ames. M Ioat el weed 550. for substreer, enquIrles. pee. CM .44 (0) 330333 1133 or en., nelgenbapannescbrecl.corn. 3 e-....ri Is Hamilton AGENDA WHAT EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEK We want answers Big questions loom over this Sunday's Game Of Thrones season seven finale... de% • 4 4411,....evj. \ • ILL TYRION'S WHITE WHERE ARE SAM AND tb• -WALKER PLOY SUCCESS? .IGILLY GOING? he Eastwatch Seven's mission !Ne last saw the dearly beloved ame off, and they have a amwell Tarly and Gilly leaving aptive White Walker to play he Citadel with a stack of ith. It's Tyrion's idea to use xplosive reading material. his White Walker to liaise It 49. e'll probably be wanting to ith Cersei, and ultimately hare his findings with Jon, but '4 somehow) clear Daenerys' tcould be too late if he and ath to ultimate power. But ecret auntie Daenerys have ILL EVERYONE e's had some dumb ideas 'ready had some special time. MAKE IT OUT OF KING'S this season. What if Cersei's in LANDING ALIVE? o mood for liaising? What if It's hard to believe that all he Night King can use the RE THE STARK HY IS BRAN STARK fDaenerys Targaryen, Jon hite Walker prisoner to suss ISTERS PLOTTING TO EING SUCH A D**K? Snow, Cersei and Jaime ut where all the people he's KILL EACH OTHER? e know the poor dude's Lannister and their estranged ut to destroy are hiding? Sneaky Littlefinger's sneaky ad a brain overload after brother Tyrion will survive Disasters everywhere. plot to drive a sneaky wedge ecoming the Three-Eyed he big meeting between between the newly reunited Raven and all that, but we also hem all. Cersei's evil Team Starks looks like it's working. know he has the power to help argaryen are entering ILL DAENERYS Arya's hinting at grisly stuff, veryone out — so why isn't he? her lair. Tyrion's kinda ND JON GET IT ON? but Sansa won't want her II , ne theory is that the Night caught in the middle, Hope so! Oh, but they're getting in the way of her status King is a Stark. And that Bran, 000... he's agoner? elated. They don't know that s Lady of Winterfell. They ith his time-travelling abilities, hough! So it's fine for now! re sisters though. And sleading the army of the dead. Littlefinger is a b*Ilend. ad. Totally mad. But maybe. o, hopefully, they'll work is one out. 5 AGENDA Three questions for • • Essex troublemaker Jordan Cardy's been Rat Boy sampled by Kendrick Lamar, and his s't 93 hot debut album 'SCUM' is out now KEM AND CHRIS How did you end up The Love Island lads working with rapped with their hero 2Damon Albarn? Stormzy at V Fest. Bless. "I met him at 13 Studios and we started chatting about Essex. He kind of helped steer [the album] in the right direction and we worked on 'Turn Round M8' and 'Get Over It' with him. It's cool because the studios are two rooms next to each other, What's the story behind MISSY ELLIOTT the art that comes with theywith awere glass making wall. Nextthe Gorillaz door Fans are petitioning for 1the album? record. They were in there 9am aConfederate statue to be "We wanted to make asort ali\'til 7pm, trying new stuff out — it replaced by one of Missy of 'SCUM' world, so the inspired us to be there every in her US hometown. 'Revolution' and Laidback' ay making music." videos link together and we've got all these characters. When you open the vinyl there's a map Idrew, kind of like Grand Theft Are you calling out Auto, of the places we've Theresa May on the explored in the album and the 3song 'Boiling Point', ‘ references in the songs and with lyrics such as "the -1 videos, so you get the full r world is near boiling point / ARIANA GRANDE picture. Iwanted people to Seeing Theresa May who we Confused young fans by listen to the vinyl and look idn't appoint /This is our tweeting Spice Girls lyrics through it. There's a lyric book -called democracy"? —they had no idea what that's like a magazine with all ---...."That was one of the latest she was on about. these places in it and bits of ongs to go on the album. You artwork. Hopefully it all don't want Theresa May running links together." the country, do you? And I mean it's good to be really direct with it, not to pussyfoot around with all the politics." We've got 50 TOM HARDY Bestival tickets His final CBeebies Bedtime Story is on Aug 26 and to give away ESTIVAL — blub —will be atribute to ulworth Estate, Dorset his dead dog Woodstock. It's an ace festival.