STACK #139 May 2016

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No one to trust. Everyone to hate. THE HATEFUL EIGHT

Release Date: 25/05/16 Format:

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Beyond the Eight: A Behind the Scenes Look Sam Jackson’s Guide to Glorious 70mm

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Quentin Tarantino has assembled his best cast since Pulp Fiction for this ultraviolent post-Civil War epic that strands eight unsavoury characters (including Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Dern) in a remote mountain outpost during a blizzard. The Hateful Eight is a slow burner; Tarantino’s passion

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Quentin Tarantino still plans to call it quits after ten films. “I do kind of like the idea of ten and done, there’s a neat thing about that,” he says. “I usually make about three movies a decade, so this is like number two for this decade. If I can’t shoot a film or release it to some degree on film, I may not make ten. We’ll see what happens.”

an Evil Dead -style bloodbath. With most of the film set indoors, The Hateful Eight plays like a stage production in Ultra Panavision 70, with Ennio Morricone’s moody, Oscar-winning score evoking his work for The Thing , as does the snowbound setting, the distrust and paranoia, and of course Kurt Russell. This is easily Tarantino’s best (and bloodiest) film since Kill Bill Vol. 1 , and the super widescreen framing and enhanced detail of 70mm makes viewing it on Blu-ray essential. SH

for colourful dialogue has always been both an asset and a detriment to his films, and the eight are his most loquacious ensemble to date. The first hour is largely devoted to verbal repartee, but when the bullets and blood finally begin to fly, the film becomes relentlessly entertaining. Throw a pot of poisoned coffee and a surprise twist into this pressure-cooker environment and the result is an Agatha Christie-like mystery crossed with

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With great power comes great irresponsibility. DEADPOOL

Release Date: 25/05/16 Format:

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Deadpool’s Fun Sack Gag Reel

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Deleted/Extended Scenes From Comics to Screen... to Screen Audio Commentary with Ryan Reynolds and screenwriters Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick Audio Commentary by director Tim Miller and Deadpool co-creator/comics artist Rob Liefeld Gallery: Concept Art, Costumes, Storyboards, Pre-Vis, Stunt-Vis

Deadpool isn’t your ordinary superhero. Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) is a terminal cancer patient transformed into an indestructible mutant through torture and elevated stress. He’s also a comic book character who’s fully aware he’s a comic book character, and that’s what makes Deadpool so much fun. This is meta-Marvel, playing on the same self-reflexive wavelength as The

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verbally, the plot is kept simple: Deadpool must rescue his girl (Morena Baccarin) from the bad guy (Ed Skrein), with his origin story interwoven in flashbacks. This berserk action-comedy is the perfect antidote for superhero fatigue, gleefully and crassly subverting genre conventions while still remaining faithful to them. As a superhero satire, Deadpool doesn’t bite the hand that feeds it – it chews it off and grows a new one. SH • See page 26

Last Action Hero , while simultaneously existing as part of the X-Men universe. Deadpool’s shtick involves a relentless barrage of smartarse dialogue, one-liners and dick jokes, and your enjoyment will depend on how much of this you can take for two hours. But also bear in mind that’s entirely the point – he’s not known as the “Merc with the Mouth” for nothing. With so much going on visually and

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