STACK NZ May #73

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Issue 73 MAY 2016

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• The Jordan Luck Band's debut album. Pg 5 • Homefront gets a reboot. Pg 6 • Taron Egerton discovers his inner nerd in Eddie The Eagle. Pg 6 • Competition, quiz, STACK Social. Pg 10

FEATURES

DVD/Blu-ray The Hateful Eight: Exclusive interview with Quentin Tarantino! Pg 12-13 The Revenant : How an arduous nine months in extreme conditions resulted in an Oscar winner. Pg 14 Spotlight : Brian d'Arcy James on working with the real- life journalists who exposed a pedophile scandal. Pg 15 GAMES Battleborn: Gearbox's new first-person-shooter is a blast, says exec producer Randy Varnell. Pg 16 DOOM: Exec producer Marty Stratton talks about the game that shaped the first-person shooter. Pg 18-19 Uncharted 4: Will this be Nathan Blake's last great adventure? Pg 20 MUSIC Cheap Trick: Graham Reid revisits one of the great power-pop bands. Pg 22 Beastwars: Frontman Matt Hyde talks about stepping out of their comfort zone on their new LP. Pg 23 DVD/Blu-ray Sisters , Point Break , Fargo: Year Two , The Danish Girl , Carol , Mississippi Grind , Orange Is The New Black: Season Three , Brooklyn , and more Pg 24-29 GAMES DOOM , Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Total War: Warhammer, Fire Emblem Fates. Pg 30 MUSIC Pacific Heights, Motörhead, Melody Pool, Car Seat Headrest, the Mint Chicks. Pg 31-32 REVIEWS

ULTRA COOL IN BLU The Revenant and Deadpool among the first NZ 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray releases.

As STACK was going to press, there was no information available on other forthcoming 4K UHD releases, but in the US Lionsgate has already released a number of 4K titles, with Paramount to follow in June with the two most recent Star Trek movies. And Universal

A lthough there had been no official

announcements at press-time, the first package of titles from 20th Century Fox

(released here via Universal) on the brand new High Def format are due in-store on May 4 and include the first two Maze Runner movies, X-Men: Days Of Future Past , Life Of Pi , The Martian and Kingsman: The Secret Service . They will be followed on May 18 by the Oscar-winning epic The Revenant , which is set to be the first film to get a simultaneous release on DVD, Blu-ray and the new 4K Ultra HD format. A similar strategy is also planned for the smash hit Deadpool , which is due in-store on June 1. Also due on May 18 are the first three 4K BD releases from Roadshow: Mad Max: Fury Road , The LEGO Movie and San

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will kick off a progressive rollout of titles around the world in the northern hemisphere summer, with the line- up to include upcoming blockbusters like Warcraft and Jason Bourne . All told, there could be up to 100 4K titles available by the end of the year. However, the picture is less clear on the hardware front. STACK understands both Samsung and Panasonic will soon be launching dediciated Ultra HD Blu-ray players, but at press-time there had been no official announcements from either company.

Andreas. Sony, meanwhile, will enter the UHD market on June 8 with a 4K version of the recently released The 5th Wave , along with a selection of catalogue releases like Pineapple Express , The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Chappie .

RATINGS GUIDE

John Ferguson

WHAT IS 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY?

progressive frame rates. UHD Blu-ray will be available as a dual layer 66 gigabyte disc and a triple layer 100 gigabyte disc. To get the full value of the format, you will need

Ultra HD Blu-ray supports resolutions of up to 3840 x 2160 pixels. That's four times as many pixels as Full

HD televisions, and 27 times as many pixels as Standard Definition televisions.

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both a dedicated UHD player and an Ultra HD television

As well as producing vibrant colors and greater contrast on compatible displays, the format also enables smoother and more realistic action because of its superior

set. However, the hardware will be backwards compatible and will play your existing BD discs.

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