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The franchise has grossed more
than US$1 billion worldwide
and now it’s coming to a close.
Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S.
Anderson talk family and the end
of Evil with STACK.
Assassin’s Creed, Rogue One:
A Star Wars Story, La La Land,
Allied, Moana, Red Dog: True Blue
Found footage. Popularised by
The Blair Witch Project in 1999,
this cheap and sometimes
highly profitable brand of DIY
filmmaking has run rampant
over the last 17 years.
If you’re up for a fright, here
are the handheld highlights.
We pick last year’s highlights in
film and TV on DVD, including
the most overrated and
underrated, and much more.
Essential reading.
Author Ransom Riggs was
thrilled that Tim Burton would
be bringing his best-selling book
to the screen.
Writer-director Ti West switches
genres from horror to western
with this quirky tale of revenge.
Director Tate Taylor on adapting
Paula Hawkins’ best-selling
novel – and getting to grips with
the book’s multiple narrators.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for
Peculiar Children, The Girl on
the Train, Captain Fantastic,
Masterminds, In a Valley
of Violence, Blood Father,
Deepwater Horizon, Inferno,
Blair Witch, Pete’s Dragon, Café
Society, I.T., Barbershop: The
Next Cut, The Neon Demon,
Carnage Park, The Confirmation
STACK Awards 2016. The
nominations are in for the best
in DVD, TV, music and games.
Now we need you to vote!
The movies of 1939 are
considered some of the greatest
in the history of Hollywood.
And as audiences grew, so did
the profits. Even WWII couldn’t
stop the money pouring in, but
the end of the war would mark
a dramatic change in the studio
system.STACK ’s resident film
historian tells all.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for
Peculiar Children, Monster
Trucks, Sandiskand a chance to
win up to $1000 in JB vouchers
when you vote in the STACK
Awards.
A favourite of the Kingdom
Hearts franchise has been given
a fresh coat of paint, and we
take a look at why the series is
beloved by fans.
Nintendo are on the brink
of releasing a brand new
console. To celebrate, we take
a trip down memory lane and
appreciate what they’ve given
us so far.
2016 was a great year for video
games. We look back at some
of our favourite titles released
last year.
There’s plenty to look forward
to in 2017 – here are some of
the forthcoming games we’re
excited about this year.
Check out our monthly esports
round-up with Junglist, as well
as our review of Logitech’s G933
Artemis Spectrum headset.
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final
Chapter Prologue, Digimon
World: Next Order, Gravity
Rush 2
Take a look at some of Chip
Mooney’s best live snaps of
the year; we spoke to Katie
Stelmanis of Austra and Mollie
McClymont of The McClymonts;
Simon Winkler reflects on the
brand new release from Simon
Green AKA Bonobo; head to
to see our chats
with Dropkick Murphys and The
Flaming Lips.
Ahead of the release of The
Flaming Lips’ new album Oczy
Mlody, Graham Reid sifts back
through the prolific band’s
catalogue.
Michael Dwyer considers
Universal’s reissuing of Taylor
Swift’s first two albums on vinyl.
Mick Harvey receives our Album
of the Month crown, but we
also have feelings about Code
Orange, The xx, SOHN, Childish
Gambino, Coldcut, The Weeknd,
Cold Chisel, Bonobo, Cherry
Glazerr, Testament, HammerFall,
Tift Merritt, Aaron Keylock and
more.
Test your movie
knowledge with Bob J’s
FilmBuff
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Issue 147 JANUARY 2017
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