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Issue 145

NOVEMBER

2016

8 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM

J.K. Rowling makes her

screenplay debut with this spin-

off from her Harry Potter series.

12 the accountant

Ben Affleck takes on a role that’s

been hailed as

Jason Bourne

meets

Rain Man

. It sure adds

up for us.

14 hacksaw ridge

Mel Gibson returns to the

battleground with a top cast of

homegrown talent.

16 rogue One: A star wars story

The buzz and trailers have us

excited about next month’s big

cinema event.

20–22 CINEMA REVIEWS

The Girl on a Train, Inferno,

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back,

The Neon Demon, Ouija: Origin

of Evil

30 GAME OF THRONES

STACK

spoke with series regular

Kristian Nairn, and he did say

more than “Hodor”.

32 THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR

Veteran actor Mykelti

Williamson tells us about the

latest film in the horror-thriller

franchise.

34-35 STAR TREK BEYOND

The third entry in the rebooted

Star Trek

film series sees

director J.J. Abrams step into

the producer’s role, leaving the

director’s chair to Justin Lin.

36 JASON BOURNE

Rising star Alicia Vikander

joins the Bourne franchise,

and

STACK

was lucky enough

to catch up with the Swedish

actress in Sydney.

38 MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES

Meet the real Mike and Dave,

whose Craigslist ad inspired the

hit comedy starring Zac Efron

and Adam Devine.

40 GOLDSTONE

Indigenous detective Jay Swan

is back in filmmaker Ivan Sen’s

new outback thriller

.

stack.net.au 08–10 NEWS

Fantastic box sets – and JB Hi-Fi

is the only place you’ll find some

of them.

24-26 Bob J.

The second part of Bob’s look at

Heaven’s Gate

– the legendary

1980 movie that destroyed a

Hollywood film company. And

the power struggle between

filmmaker and studio would

have a profound impact on the

Hollywood system.

28-29 BEGINNER’s GUIDE

What’s so ominous about the

phrase “Winter is coming”?

Who is this Jon Snow and why

does he know nothing? And why

is everyone so in love with this

HBO fantasy series? Allow us to

explain

Game of Thrones

.

56 GIVEAWAYS

Movies, games, music – we’ve

got you covered. An X-Box One

S 500 GB console,

Final Fantasy

XV

,

Titanfall 2

and wait for it...

Neil Diamond’s Christmas Album

and a festive jumper! There’s

something for everyone.

Test your movie

knowledge with

Bob J’s

FilmBuff

Bafflers

at

stack.net.au Extras Pages 8–10 Cinema Pages 12–22 DVD & BD Pages 30–54 10-11 titanfall 2

The Titans have returned – and

this time it’s personal.

Titanfall

2

will include a single-player

campaign.

12-13 infinite warfare

Call of Duty is headed out of

this world. Get your jetpacks

ready, folks.

14-15 dishonored 2

We’re returning to the world of

Corvo Attano in

Dishonored 2

this time you can even play as

his daughter.

16 pokémon

This year marks the 20th

anniversary of Pokémon,

introducing two new games:

Sun

and

Moon

.

18 playstation pro

Sony’s behemoth PlayStation

Pro has arrived and here’s what

to expect.

20 champchong

What does it take to be an

influencer? We caught up with

ChampChong about his job and

his new PC – the Omen X.

22 farming simulator 17

Farming Simulator is back and

bigger than ever. See what you’ll

find in this year’s game.

28-29 previews

What’s in-store this month.

Games & TECH (From back) Pages 1–30 59-70 INTERVIEWS + NEWS

We spoke to Katy Steele, Tkay

Maidza, The Laurels, Archie

Roach, Harrison Craig, Client

Liaison, Agnes Obel, Lisa

Mitchell, Dorsal Fins, Korn and

more.

74 REissues

Michael Dwyer takes a look at

Sony’s reissue of some classic

Pink Floyd on vinyl, including

Atom Heart Mother

,

Meddle

and

Obscured By Clouds

.

76-82 REVIEWS

Jeff Rosenstock’s

WORRY.

is

our Album of the Month, but

we’ve also got feelings about

Jimi Hendrix, Dorsal Fins, Archie

Roach, Paul Kelly and Charlie

Owen, Meshuggah, Empire of

the Sun, Lady Gaga, Leonard

Cohen, Sleaford Mods, Ben

Lee, Sting, Sleigh Bells, Epica,

NxWorries, Big Smoke, Billy

Bragg and Joe Henry, Tkay

Maidza, Helmet and more.

Music Pages 57–82

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