STACK #122 Dec 2015

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Focus on WENTWORTH: SEASON 2 It's three months after the explosive events of last season, and Wentworth: Season Two has more than a few little aces up its orange sleeves. Bea (Danielle Cormack) has spend time in the dreaded slot for murdering violent, gravelly- voiced matriarch Jacs Holt, which left the perky tomboy Franky (Nicole da Silva) to ascend to the heights of top-dog status unimpeded. However, everything's about to go haywire with the arrival of Governor Joan “The Freak” Ferguson, played by Pamela Rabe in an exciting new incarnation of her iconic character from the popular 1980s series Prisoner (on which Wentworth is based).We're wondering if she still has those black leather gloves for her frisk searches. Season 2 is in stores now!

STACK takes a look back at what you may have missed. By Zoë Radas eating Maltesers and bawling over Emma Thompson. But this one's less saccharine than most: Third Person , starring Liam Neeson/Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis/James Franco, and Adrien Brody/Moran Atias L ots of people had beef with Ricky Gervais's series Derek , but I can't think of another comic who would dare to create a comedy set in an aged care facility, particularly one which shows empathy

and individualism rather than the bleak/ insensitive lead balloons which come with comedy that deals with old age. Derek: Season Two delivers more Gervais gold; Derek's formerly estranged father moves in to Broad Hill, our hero gets to visit the London Zoo, and he also goes on a date with a girl he met over the Internet. Go Derek, we love you mate! Meanwhile, The Real Housewives of Melbourne: Season One has happened. My hate-favourite is probably Jackie Gillies, aggressive psychic and wife to Silverchair's Ben Gillies; and my love-favourite is barrister Gina Liano, whom others may say looks like a drag queen but I only see her fun-loving and maternal spirit. Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. This is definitely a morbidly

(within three meshed storylines) has love but also murder and horrific family secrets and Russian gangsters and kidnapped children to boot. Kite is a live-action remake of a rather kinky and graphic anime, starring India Eisley and Samuel L. Jackson. It follows Sawa, an 18-year-old covert assassin living in the decimated, post-financial collapse landscape of the future, who is intent on murdering members of the flesh-cartels she believes tortured her family. While not as extreme as the animated original, it's still rated R18+ for good reason. The totally captivating David Gulpilil returns to our screens in Charlie's Country , which is rather different to the actor's other collaborations with Rolf de Heer ( Ten Canoes , The Tracker ) in that it's set in present day Arnhem Land. Charlie (Gulpilil) is frustrated with the condescending, coddling ways of the local authorities and decides he wants to go bush, living

addictive show, and if you haven't peeped it yet, you're in for a treat because it's in store now. Interconnected love stories: could there be anything

one – and it is really quite terrifying, with the kind of disturbing slow burn you get from the best in this genre. Alien Abduction is the video diary of Riley Morris, a kid on a camping holiday with his parents and siblings in North Carolina. After spotting some weird lights, the family come upon a load of abandoned vehicles and scattered belongings on the highway, and then, one by one, their cohorts begin to disappear. Freaky fun.

more holidayish? Valentine's Day (2010), Love Actually (2003), New York, I Love You (2008), New Year's Eve (2011)... we could be here all day,

the way he was taught by his parents when he

was a child. It's lovely, heartbreaking, amazing stuff. There's a new found-

footage flick comin' atcha – yes, another

Derek: Season 2

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