STACK NZ Jun #63

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The Park is back in business and that means, to quote Dr. Ian Malcolm, "Oooh, ahhh... then later there's running, and screaming". Jurassic World looks to have all this, with aquatic dinosaurs, pterodactyls, an Indominus Rex, and trained raptors. Not sure how the last bit is going to work, but Chris Pratt seems to have managed it; he is an affable dude, after all. Will we still be wowed by CGI 'saurs? We'll know on June 11 . JURASSIC WORLD

A teenage girl is delivered a mysterious commemorative pin from the ‘64 World Fair which unlocks an alternate dimension from the future. TOMORROWLAND RELEASED: Now Showing DIRECTOR: Brad Bird CAST: George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie RATING: PG

W h en you’re the director of one of Pixar’s greatest achievements in The Incredible s, not to mention the most successful of the Mission: Impossible series thus far, Ghost Protocol , the pressure to deliver another box office smash is well and truly on. With this, his second live-action feature, writer-director Brad Bird pulls out all the old-school ‘kid’s own adventure’ stops and thankfully delivers an action romp with far more bravado than a mere feel-good family sci-fi. George Clooney plays Frank Walker, a former child-genius with a heart full of dreams whom we witness in the intro of the film being lured by a mysterious young girl into a Twilight Zone-style alternate future through the ‘It’s a Small World After All’ ride at the 1964 World Fair (well, this is a Disney film!). This utopian paradise is eons ahead of our current reality, and young Frank, complete with his very own self- designed jetpack, eventually fits right in. Flash forward to present-day and teen rebel Casey (Britt Robertson), hellbent on sabotaging the demolition of her father’s place of work (an abandoned NASA launch station), is soon in possession of pin similar to the one Frank acquired 50 years ago. A chain of events leads Casey to realise this acquisition has not only put her life in danger, but when introduced to Frank today, his conspiratorial paranoia (that has seen him reclusive and holed up in a techno

It's been a long time coming, but at last the boys are back in town and up on the big screen. Expect plenty of drama (real and Johnny) and special guest stars on June 4 . ENTOURAGE

fortress) is well-founded and the danger is very, very real. Packed with in-jokes, action aplenty (at times extremely violent for a kids flick) and a wicked sense of humour that dances between Back to the Future escapism and Goonies meets Da Vinci Code outlandish disbelief, Tomorrowland is a perfectly formed adventure romp for ages 10 and above. Chris Murray

After stealing scenes in two Despicable Me films, those cute yellow critters get a movie of their own. Ever wondered what the hell they are and where they came from? Find out June 18 . MINIONS

Out on June 11 , this brooding Spanish thriller has been likened to True Detective , with two city cops discovering that a serial killer is on the loose in a sleepy rural backwater. MARSHLAND

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