STACK
met with real-life
couple Kumal Nanjiani and
Emily V. Gordon, whose
relationship is the basis of
this Judd Apatow-produced
rom-com.
14-15 DUNKIRKStars Harry Styles, Fionn
Whitehead and director
Christopher Nolan on what to
expect from the IMAX World
War II epic.
16 THE LOST CITY OF ZFrom Guy Ritchie’s Camelot
to the jungles of the Amazon,
Charlie Hunnam talks to us
about playing British explorer
Percy Fawcett.
16-18 REVIEWSDunkirk, War for the Planet
of the Apes, Baby Driver, A
Monster Calls, Atomic Blonde
28 GHOST IN THE SHELLNew Zealand’s Weta
Workshop broke new ground in
VFX for this live action version
of the 1995 anime film.
34-35 FATE OF THE FURIOUSFamily no more! Can it be true?
Cast and crew talk
Fast 8
and
life without Paul Walker.
36-37 ALIEN COVENANTAs crew members of the titular
colony ship, Billy Crudup and
Danny McBride discover why
no one can hear you scream
in space.
38 GUARDIANS VOL.2Karen Gillan and new Guardian
Pom Klementieff make for
an awesome mix in the
blockbuster Marvel sequel.
40 THE OSIRIS CHILDAustralian filmmaker Shane
Abbess drew upon the
Depression-era for his new
sci-fi feature.
42-50 REVIEWSThe Fate of the Furious, Alien:
Covenant, Guardians of the
Galaxy Vol. 2, Baywatch, King
Arthur: Legend of the Sword,
Snatched, John Wick: Chapter
2, Get Out, Going in Style, Free
Fire, The Belko Experiment,
A Dog’s Purpose,
and more.
8 NEWSThe winner of the ‘Design
an
Alien: Covenant
Poster’
competition is revealed. Look
out for the poster in your
nearest JB store.
20-27 SDCC 2017Cosplay, Marvel, DC,
Doctor
Who
,
Blade Runner 2049
, and
loads more. Check out our
extensive coverage of this
year’s San Diego Comic-Con.
30-32 BOB J.This month
STACK
’s resident
film historian, Bob J, looks at
movies that influenced film
genres.
81 GIVEAWAYSWho doesn’t like free
stuff? Who doesn’t like
competitions? How does
flights and tickets to see
the Foo Fighters at Cal Jam
sound? Wait, there’s more...
Extras Pages 8, 20, 30, 81 Cinema Pages 12–18 DVD & BD Pages 28, 34–51 56-57 INTROAugust at a glance.
58-60 uNCHARTEDUncharted is back - sans Nathan
Drake. Here’s what you’ll find in
The Lost Legacy.
62 F1 2018Another year, another F1 game.
64 MARIO + RABBIDSNintendo and Ubisoft have come
together for a meeting of worlds
in
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom
Battle.
66 WHAT’S COMING IN 2017There’s still a lot to look forward
to in 2017.
67 agents of mayhemWe went hands-on with
Agents
of Mayhem
ahead of release.
68 TECHWe took Corsair’s K68 Keyboard
and the HyperX Cloud Revolver S
for a spin.
70-72 PREVIEWSUncharted: The Lost Legacy, F1
2017, Agents of Mayhem, Mario
+ Rabbids: Kingdom Battle,
Matterfall, ARK: Survival Evolved
Games Pages 53-72 3-11 NEWS + INTERVIEWSWe spoke to Jen Cloher about
her gorgeous new self-titled
release, checked in with The
Preatures and Queens Of
The Stone Age, asked Matt
Okine for his tips on throwing
a brilliant OXJAM party
against poverty, and quizzed
Oh Wonder and Avey Tare on
their new records
Ultralife
and
Eucalyptus
.
14 VINYL REVIVALMichael Dwyer investigates
Prince’s remastered
Purple
Rain
, which has either sat
plum or hovered near the peak
of JB’s vinyl chart for weeks.
16 GANG OF YOUTHSDavid Le’aupepe gives us an
insight into how a literary
movement from the 1990s
informed the writing of Gang
Of Youths’ excellent new
album
Go Farther In Lightness
.
18-26 REVIEWSPaul Kelly’s
Life Is Fine
is our
Album of the Month, but we
also have feelings about The
Ocean Party, Arcade Fire,
Ghostpoet, Dave Rawlings,
Vera Blue, Gold Class, Mura
Masa, Thy Art Is Murder,
Everything Everything, Grizzly
Bear, Jen Cloher, Edguy, Joan
Osborne, The Creases, Dan
Sultan and more.
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