STACK September 2017 Issue 155

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e British propaganda movies of the Second World

ar inform this handsomely mounted dramedy. A

inistry of Information copywriter (Gemma Arterton)

nds a screenwriting job to provide a female

rspective for an upcoming film, supposedly based

the true story of two sisters who took their dad’s

at to Dunkirk to rescue stranded British soldiers.

e fact that the girls didn’t actually make it to France

the least of her problems, however, with a pompous

actor (Bill Nighy) grouching that he isn’t the star, and a

heroic US pilot (Jake Lacy) who can’t act in the leading role. There are

also complications on the homefront when she falls for her charming,

and married, co-writer (Sam Claflin). The making of this fictional film

provides plenty of fun, along with a few moments of pathos.

The spirit of the nation is in her hands.

THEIR FINEST

Release Date:

30/08/17

Format:

our college best buddies – Jess (Scarlett Johansson),

lice (Jillian Bell), Blair (Zoë Kravitz) and Frankie (Ilana

lazer) – reunite 10 years later for a bachelorette

eekend in Miami. Add a ringer from a Jess

emester in Australia in Pippa (Kate McKinnon) and

ll’s set for a great time… until they accidentally kill

heir stripper. With Jess running for local government

nd everybody else just kind of not wanting to end

p in

Orange Is the New Black

territory, the race is

on to dispose of the body. A few plot twists – some

clever, some incredibly predictable – present themselves, amidst a

lot of cringe comedy and some genuine laugh-out-loud moments.

Rough Night

doesn’t rewrite any rules or push any new buttons, but

it serves its girls behaving badly ambitions well.

Great friends. Terrible choices.

ROUGH NIGHT

Release Date:

27/09/17

Format:

pac Shakur was an icon of hip hop during the '90s,

joying phenomenal success and multi-platinum album

les before his death in a drive-by shooting, aged 25.

king its title from his fourth studio album, this sprawling

opic charts the rapper and sometime actor’s rise from

s turbulent youth and formative years performing

ith Digital Underground, to a controversial solo career

ll of incendiary lyrics, accusations of misogyny, and

ultiple arrests. With his bling growing in proportion

his success, Tupac emerges as a young man driven

by a resolute desire to change the world, imbued at an early age by

parents with revolutionary ideals.

All Eyez on Me

is certainly thorough

in presenting the facts on his short life, but tends to gloss over the

unsavoury elements and never truly gets under the skin of its subject.

Just the facts on 2Pac.

ALL EYEZ ON ME

Release Date:

20/09/17

Format:

Bay

watch

was one of the most watched TV series in

the

world during the ‘90s. The fact it was a feast of

bee

fcake and bikini babes might have had something

to d

o with it, so the movie upsizes the bare flesh and

jigg

ling cleavage accordingly. The Hoff and Pammy’s

red

swimwear has been passed on to the dependable

ayne Johnson, Alexandra Daddario (those eyes!)

and

Zac Efron (those abs!), who set out to bust a local

dru

g syndicate after corpses and bags of meth begin

shing up on the beach. The movie lampoons the

series’ stereotypes in a tongue-in-cheek comedy caper that works on

a lowbrow level, thanks largely to the combined charisma of Johnson

and Efron. Watch out for some inevitable cameos, and make sure you

get the free pull-out poster inside this issue up on the wall.

Beaches ain't ready.

BAYWATCH

Release Date:

30/08/17

Format:

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