STACK February 2017 Issue 148

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Two decades on, Sick Boy
is back, along with a lot of
personal issues he hasn’t
resolved in this hotly anticipated
sequel.
James McAvoy exhibits 24
different personalities in this
new thriller from the writer and
director who brought us Signs,
and err… The Happening.
Mark Wahlberg reunites with
director Peter Berg for a deeply
personal project based on the
tragic 2013 Boston Marathon
bombing.
Jackie, Split, xXx: Return of
Xander Cage, Lion, Moonlight
Director Denis Villeneuve
delivers an exquisite and
unconventional tale of
humanity’s first contact with an
alien species.
Tom Cruise returns as the lethal
one-man army, and true to form,
he does his own stunts.
Don’t let the arrival of a baby
daughter for Watson fool you.
This series is the darkest to
date, according to secretive
creators Steven Moffat and
Mark Gatiss.
After starring in the Hobbit
trilogy, Kiwi actor Manu Bennett
is in the driver’s seat for this
continuation of the ‘70s Roger
Corman cult classic.
Arrival, The Accountant,
Snowden, The Light Between
Oceans, Hell or High Water,
Keeping Up with the Joneses,
Ouija: Origin of Evil, American
Honey, Dog Eat Dog, The
Neighbour, Fear the Walking
Dead: Season 2, Wayward
Pines: Season 2, Sherlock:
Series 4, Class
The Oscar noms have been
announced! Who’s in, who’s
been snubbed, and who do we
think has a real shot at glory.
Following WWII, the
demographics of US moviegoers
changed dramatically. Studio
moguls were stunned and
struggled to cope with the
changes in the next chapter
of the dramatic decline of
Hollywood’s studio system.
Alien visitors can be friend or
foe, humanoid or monstrous,
lost and alone, or hellbent on
conquering our blue planet.
Gamers, set your sights on Ghost
Recon: Wildlandsand Sniper
Elite 4. Plus lots more, including
a chance to tip and win in our
Oscars sweep.
It feels like forever, but we’ve
finally got a sequel to 2009’s
Halo Wars. We caught up with
the design director and gave the
new title a whirl.
Ubisoft are throwing another
new IP our way – a faction
war of epic proportions. For
Honor pits Vikings, Samurai and
Knights against one another.
The series famous for close-up,
brutal killcams has returned –
and we’ve got all the goss.
Nintendo has just lifted the lid
on its latest home console: the
Switch. We went hands-on so
you know what to expect.
We caught up with local Twitch
personality Bradley Jolly to chat
about how to make it in the
world of content creators.
We check in with the Junglist
for the latest in esports, and
review Corsair’s K55 RGB
Gaming Keyboard.
Halo Wars 2, For Honor, LEGO
Worlds, Hitman: The Complete
First Season, Poochy & Yoshi’s
Woolly World, Sniper Elite 4
This month we chatted with
Holly Throsby, Japandroids,
Foxygen, Sampha, and Kasey
Chambers; we also took a look
into Max Richter’s brand new
contemporary classical offering
and Tash Sultana’s super
anticipated EP, Notion.
Blue Mountains hip hop
foursome Thundamentals are
releasing Everyone We Know
this month, and we spoke to
MC Tuka about its mission and
message.
Michael Dwyer considers
Warner’s reissuing of Otis
Redding’s The Complete
Dictionary Of Soul, on the
50th anniversary of its original
release.
Foxygen receive our Album of
the Month crown, but we also
have feelings about Ty Segall,
Deadmau5, Busby Marou, King
Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard,
Eric Gales, Ryan Adams, Los
Campesinos!, Dune Rats,
Run The Jewels, Meat Wave,
Sepultura, Rag’n’Bone Man,
Holy Holy and more.
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