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Founder Nic Short Editor John Ferguson Contributors

Issue 61 APRIL 2015

Games Editor Paul Jones Creative Director Karl Lock DVD Consultant Jason Hewitt

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THEHOBBIT:THEBATTLEOFTHE FIVEARMIES and THEHOBBIT

NIGHT AT THEMUSEUM 3 • MORTAL KOMBAT X

EDITOR’S LETTER I ’ll be talking about The Hobbit films until I’m 90,” admits Martin Freeman ruefully, reflecting on the end of Peter Jackson’s second epic Tolkien saga. He may be right but we’re pleased that this month at least he has opened up in STACK about the making of the concluding installment The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies , which has just arrived at JB Hi-Fi, along with a new box set featuring all three Hobbit movies. In the interview, the affable star marvels over Jackson’s ability to juggle three films in his head at once and explains why he was both relieved and sad that the series was over. Elsewhere in the April edition of STACK, Robert Downey Jr. talks about returning as Iron Man in The Avengers: Age of Ultron , we profile upcoming DVD blockbusters like Big Hero 6 and Interstellar , and to celebrate the release of Mortal Kombat X, we’ve put together two pages of facts about the franchise . And in music, we chat to expat country star Marlon Williams and hold a snap quiz with this year’s Taite Music Prize nominees. Enjoy!

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MORTAL KOMBAT X The legendary fighting franchise is back!

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