STACK Issue 151 May 2017

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STACK caught up with British
writer-director Ben Wheatley,
whose new film pays homage
to John Carpenter while
enlisting the services of
Martin Scorsese.
Aussie rising star Brenton
Thwaites joins the crew as
Orlando Bloom’s son in the
fifth installment of Disney’s
buccaneering, blockbuster
franchise.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,
Raw, Free Fire, The Fate of the
Furious, Get Out.
Australian director Garth
Davis’s remarkable debut
feature was nominated for five
Academy Awards. He speaks
to STACK about the real-life
inspiration, as well as the
challenges of shooting in India.
Writer-director Damien
Chazelle on the long journey
of making an old fashioned
musical for a modern audience,
and how writing Whiplash
played a part.
Adelaide-born actor Luke
Arnold speaks to STACK about
his rewarding four years on the
acclaimed pirate series. Not
bad for a role he didn’t even
read for.
Miles Teller’s boxing movie
features one of his finest
performances – not to mention
a lot of hard physical training.
Lion, La La Land, Patriots Day,
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter,
xXx: Return of Xander Cage,
Live By Night, Split, Manchester
By the Sea, Fences, Fifty
Shades Darker, Black Sails: S4,
Broadchurch: S3 and more.
The top selling DVDs and
Blu-rays for 2016 revealed.
Universal Horror classics
on Blu-ray – exclusively at
JB Hi-Fi! And Goldie Hawn
is back, after more than a
decade’s absence – all it
took was a special invitation
from comedy superstar Amy
Schumer.
A new golden age of
Hollywood dawns. Change
is in the air, and in the Age
of Aquarius, new movies for
a new audience encounter
resistance from Hollywood’s
strict production code.
Your chance to win Baywatch
movie passes, Lion and La La
Landprize-packs, and more.
From the studio that brought us
the Dishonored series comes
Prey – an action/adventure
game set aboard a space station
overrun by aliens.
E3 is coming faster than you may
think. While we look forward to it
every year, there are a few things
we’d like to see change...
The world’s best-selling fighting
franchise is back – and this time
it’s personal.
The prolific voice actor was in
town for Supanova, and we were
lucky enough to catch up for a
quick word.
AVANT GARDE’s Rohan Bruce
takes Corsair’s K95 for a spin.
We check in with the Junglist for
the latest in esports, and review
Plantronics’ RIG800HS headset.
Injustice 2, Prey, Fire Emblem
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia,
Farpoint VR
We spoke to Pond, Bad//
Dreems, Sheryl Crow, Amy
Shark, L.A. Takedown and
MadcDeMarco about their
brand new releases, plus
we look at the fresh work of
Gorillaz, Diana Krall and Paul
Weller.
The third album from
childhood friends San Cisco
has emerged from the ocean,
and she’s a shiny pop beauty.
We spoke to frontman Jordi
Davieson about how the ten-
track release came together.
Michael Dwyer looks at Lovely
Creatures, the new triple LP
which casts its eye over 30
years of greatness from Nick
Cave & the Bad Seeds.
Pond take our Album of
the Month crown, but we
also have feelings about
Feist, Bliss N Eso, Kendrick
Lamar, Strangers, Blondie,
Tim Rogers, Allday, Gorillaz,
Wavves, Aldous Harding, Arch
Enemy, Thrupence, She-Devils,
Perfume Genius, Ruthie Foster,
Kasabian and many more.
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