On the Empire Podcast this week, we welcome Cobie Smulders. Erstwhile star of How I Met Your Mother, the Canadian actor is now kicking some serious ass in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as S.H.I.E.L.D. bigwig Maria Hill – and opposite Tom Cruise in this week’s Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
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Plus: we review the latest movies, discuss which films are likely to have run up the biggest electricity bill, and pitch a rather disturbing bit of Batman fan fiction.
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