Film Magazine Subscriptions

Kennington

Hey, I was wondering if anyone could help me regarding this issue,

Im trying to get a subscription to Empire and possibly Total Film in Ireland, but the only sites that offer them are British and charge ridiculous prices for a 1 year subscription ( £85 for one year!). Would anybody know of anywhere in Ireland that does subscriptions to peoples houses?

herobear

did you check their publishers sites ??

i dunno, i got a year(13 issues) subscription to sfx for 50 euro.
the only other suggestion i have is call somewhere like forbidden planet/easons/tower and see if they do that sort a thing

Serbian

herobear wrote:

did you check their publishers sites ??

i dunno, i got a year(13 issues) subscription to sfx for 50 euro.
the only other suggestion i have is call somewhere like forbidden planet/easons/tower and see if they do that sort a thing

Empire often have a form inside the magazine itself (it must be in there every month, but I don't always notice it) which quotes prices for the Empire subscription. I was an Empire subscriber for 13 issues from last February to this March and I found that at best the magazines arrive 1 to 2 weeks later, and at worst I wouldn't have received the magazine yet and the next issue would be out.

monkeyfudge

Empire has gone terrible lately anyway. There's usually only about 5 pages given over to movie reviews. And you get terrible little reviews for some films with just over 50 words in them.

It all just seems to be about hyping up films that are coming out in the near future.

StonedParadoX

Total Film > empire mag

Kennington

Empire do have the special subscription prices but its only for the U.K, its £85 (over three times as much) to get it delivered to Ireland!

ObeyGiant

Total Film is a joke. Written by clueless jerks.

monkeyfudge

ObeyGiant wrote:

Total Film is a joke. Written by clueless jerks.

Empire are just as bad these days with their reviews. At least Total Film puts a bit more information into their reviews.

I certainly wouldn't trust either of those magazines for reviews though... the amount of absolute rubbish that gets great reviews is ridiculous.

You've got to love the 'projected attention span graph' in Total Film though... it's a pretty stupid idea.

RuggieBear

monkeyfudge wrote:

You've got to love the 'projected attention span graph' in Total Film though... it's a pretty stupid idea.

i love that bit

monkeyfudge

RuggieBear wrote:

i love that bit

oh yes.... it's always great fun...

10 minutes in - Main character talks about his father
34 minutes in - CAR CRASH!!!
57 minutes in - Main character has tea with his aunt
83 minutes in - Fireworks factory explodes!!!

lostexpectation

empire is up its own ass and has more and more ads but we must all agreee that total film is cheaper effort and its more tacky and it's more ladsy which i detest.

Rdwrer

Can I resurrect this thread and ask if anyone knows if there are good places to subscribe to Empire magazine. Easons do it but it's €101.53 for a year!!! That's €8.50 an issue which is about €2 more than if you bought them in the shop.

Liam McPoyle

HungryHenno wrote: »

Can I resurrect this thread and ask if anyone knows if there are good places to subscribe to Empire magazine. Easons do it but it's €101.53 for a year!!! That's €8.50 an issue which is about €2 more than if you bought them in the shop.

Why not subscribe directly with them, its £48 for a year through their site.

Waste of money though if you ask me, its the worst "review" source around.

ancapailldorcha

Business Cat wrote: »

Why not subscribe directly with them, its £48 for a year through their site.

Waste of money though if you ask me, its the worst "review" source around.

I wouldn't bother. Critical reviews have a way of adversely affecting advertising revenue.

Mizu_Ger

If you have a tablet (or even large screen phone) you could get a digital subscription through Zinio:

Empire £35.99
Total Film £23.33

Cheaper than the print editions

Rdwrer

Business Cat wrote: »

Why not subscribe directly with them, its £48 for a year through their site.

I think that's the best option alright.

Business Cat wrote: »

Waste of money though if you ask me, its the worst "review" source around.

It's for my 15 year old son so I don't think he's too worried about reviews. He can check them on RottenTomatoes and IMDb (which he probably has before the magazine even arrives).

Mizu_Ger wrote: »

If you have a tablet (or even large screen phone) you could get a digital subscription through Zinio

It's nice to have something delivered to the house for him as well as getting his face out of a phone, computer, tablet and read something the old fashioned way

Thanks for your help.

pinkypinky

Point about Empire: when it comes to renew it, they jack up the cost dramatically. But if you don't renew and then take out a "new" sub, then you get the cheaper price again.

I've just let mine lapse, as I found I wasn't getting around to reading the magazine, and some of the news felt out of date. I prefer magazines that aren't playing catch-up to the internet now.

Fysh

pinkypinky wrote: »

Point about Empire: when it comes to renew it, they jack up the cost dramatically. But if you don't renew and then take out a "new" sub, then you get the cheaper price again.

I've just let mine lapse, as I found I wasn't getting around to reading the magazine, and some of the news felt out of date. I prefer magazines that aren't playing catch-up to the internet now.

The only film magazine that matches that criteria for me these days is Sight & Sound, which also has the happy side effect whereby a good half of any given issue is about films or filmmakers I have never heard of

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Fysh wrote: »

The only film magazine that matches that criteria for me these days is Sight & Sound, which also has the happy side effect whereby a good half of any given issue is about films or filmmakers I have never heard of

Little White Lies is good too, they usually theme each issue around the main film they're reviewing (most recent issue was Carol, so it was all about New Queer Cinema and films related to that), I've come across some really interesting stuff through it. Also the artwork and design is lovely, which is nice when you're paying for a physical copy because you get a nice object as well as good content.

I do like Sight and Sound but I avoid it because I can't help myself from reading their almost scene-by-scene recaps/reviews of films I haven't seen yet :pac:

pinkypinky

Little White Lies looks vg. Do they stock it anywhere in Dublin? Would like to buy one before deciding on a sub.

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pinkypinky wrote: »

Little White Lies looks vg. Do they stock it anywhere in Dublin? Would like to buy one before deciding on a sub.

They have it in Eason and O'Briens in Galway, so I'd imagine most decent sized newsagents in Dublin would have it.