Existing Film Magazines Research (Ancillary Text)

Empire Magazine

Empire Magazine is a British Film Magazine which is published monthly by the Bauer Media Group. It was first issue in July of 1989 and was edited by Barry Mcllheney and published by Emap. Published in different countries in the world such as the United States, Australia, Turkey, Russia and Portugal, it is the best selling film magazine in the United Kingdom. 


Empire is regarded as one of the most popular film magazines in the world. It's purpose, is to review both mainstream films and artistic films but feature articles concentrated on mainstream films. The magazine also features film news and previews. It features a very popular scene in a well known film in nearly every issue. On the cover of the magazine, a film character (usually the protagonist) is featured on the front cover, with the name of the film he/she is from printed in large. The cover also features taglines, pull quotes and plugs as well as mentions of films released in the same era/time as the current one features on the front. 

Boxoffice Magazine

Box office is a magazine which is solely dedicated to the film industry and movie threatre business. It is published by Boxoffice Media LP and was established  in 1920 as The Reel Journal. It changed its name to Boxoffice in 1931 and up to today it still publishes with it's focus audience is mainly towards film fanatics, film threatres and film professionals. 


Boxoffice main purpose is to review films- constantly assessing progress of films of various genres through its reviewing system. 

Starburst Magazine 
Starburst is a British Film Magazine which focuses predominantly on the Sci-Fi genre. Although the magazine publishes monthly, it has a website which publishes news and reviews daily. 

The company was launched in December 1977 by editor Dez Skinn with his own company Starburst Publishing Ltd. After a brief hault in production in 2010, the magazine re-launched in 2011 and resumed its publication as an online magazine.