STACK #161 Mar 2018

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BLU-RAY BEST-SELLERS for FEBRUARY 2018

Thor: Ragnarok is one of the most vivid of all Marvel movies and designed for viewing in HD. It's available in standard and 3D Blu- ray – with a JB Exclusive Steelbook (while stocks last) for collectors – and a 4K UHD edition for the ultimate Ragnarok experience. Extras include: Director’s Introduction • Deleted Scenes: Skurge Finds Heimdall, Hulk Chases Thor Through Sakaar • Extended Scenes: Thor Meets the Grandmaster, Stupid Avenger vs. Tiny Avenger, Grandmaster and Topaz • Gag Reel • Exclusive Short/Team Darryl , featuring the Grandmaster • Marvel Studios: The First Ten Years • Getting in Touch withYour Inner Thor • UnstoppableWomen: Hela &Valkyrie • Finding Korg – A

There are almost as many HD editions of Justice League as there are members of DC's

equivalent to the Avengers. Choose between standard and 3D Blu-ray, and if you're 4K equipped, there's a UHD version as well as a cool 4K Steelbook that's exclusive to JB (while stocks last, of course). Diehard fans will also want the Limited Edition Blu-ray Digibook packaging with 64-pages on the legendary superheroes. The following extras are included across all Blu-ray and 4K editions: The Return of Superman – Bonus scenes not seen in theatres • Road to Justice – DC comic creators explore over 50 years of the Justice League, from comic books to animated adventures to their cinematic debut. • Heart of Justice – Discover the heart, soul and mind of the Justice League, as cast and filmmakers share their admiration for DC's iconic Trinity: Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman. • Technology of the Justice League – Interface with the Justice League database to learn their most advanced secrets. • Justice League:The New Heroes – Join Ray Fisher on a personal tour to meet the League's newest members: Aquaman, the Flash and Cyborg. • Steppenwolf the Conqueror – Actor Ciarán Hinds and the filmmakers reveal the story behind mankind's ancient enemy • Suit Up – Costume Designer Michael Wilkinson explores the innovation and artistry that goes into outfitting DC's iconic heroes. • The Tunnel Battle – A closer look at the process behind the film's most visually exciting and action- packed sequences. • Scene Studies – Revisiting the Amazons, Wonder Woman's Rescue, Heroes Park.

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*while stocks last

tongue-in-cheek interview with Taika Waititi on casting Korg • Sakaar: On the Edge – Watch this distant world come alive • Journey into Mystery – The writers, director and producer Kevin Feige on the inspirations for Thor: Ragnarok within the comics • 8bit Scenes – Final Bridge Battle + Sakaar Spaceship Battle • Director's Commentary .

4K UHD BEST-SELLERS for FEBRUARY 2018

*while stocks last

Jules Verne's sequel to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Herbert Lom plays Captain Nemo, but the real stars are the visual effects

Blu-ray as part of StudioCanal's Classics Remastered series, and it's a must-have for World Cinema connoisseurs. Extras include featurette 'A Story of Perversion or Emancipation?', commentary by Professor Peter W. Evans, interview with Jean- Claude Carriere, masterclass with Diego Bunuel and Jean- Claude Carriere. Out March 7. A cowboy pursues the outlaw who stole his prized rifle in Anthony Mann's classic western, Winchester '73 (1950). The film that James Stewart credits with saving his career after a series of flops is now available on Blu-ray in all its monochrome glory.

Blood Simple (1984) is the first film from the Coen Brothers and also one of

their very best. A cracking thriller to file alongside No Country for Old Men ,

created by the legendary Ray Harryhausen. This welcome addition to the Cinema Cult range is out now. Aussie Greg McLean has been busy of late, following The Belko Experiment and a second series of Wolf Creek with Jungle (2017), a survivalist adventure that strands Daniel Radcliffe in the hostile Bolivian

this Director's Cut edition has been newly remastered in HD. Extras include interviews with Joel and Ethan Coen, and stars M. Emmet Walsh, John Getz and Frances McDormand. Out March 7.

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Belle de Jour (1967)

stars the stunning Catherine Deneueve as a housewife who works afternoons in a brothel. Surrealist master Luis Buñuel's most

Amazon. Based on a true story and a lot more exciting than the recent The Lost City of Z . Out March 7.

Mysterious

Island (1961) is based on

accessible film finally comes to

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