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Issue 144
OCTOBER
2016
16 JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACKAt 54, Tom Cruise is showing no
signs of slowing down, as, co-
star Cobie Smulders attests. The
Cruiser is back as Lee Child’s
action man this month.
18 INFERNOA decade on from
The Da Vinci
Code
, Ron Howard and Tom
Hanks reunite for a new Robert
Langdon thriller based on Dan
Brown’s best-seller.
20–22 CINEMA REVIEWSThe Magnificent Seven, Storks,
Bridget Jones’s Baby, Snowden,
Blair Witch
26-27 VIKINGS: SEASON FOURThis historical drama series
keeps getting better and better
with each season. Betrayals and
soul-searching face Ragnar and
the clan after the attack on Paris.
28 INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCEVFX have made quantum leaps
since the 1996 original, which
means this latest alien invasion
will be even more spectacular.
30 ASH VS EVIL DEADCult movie fave Bruce Campbell
says this new series is not a
reinvention of Evil Dead; it’s an
expansion and continuation of
Ash’s story. Groovy!
32 AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTELAHS
regular Denis O’Hare
frocks up to play a transgender
bartender in the fifth season of
the sinister series.
34 WENTWORTHMove over
Orange is the New
Black
! Discover why this
homegrown prison drama will
make you Freak out.
36 GHOSTBUSTERSWho you gonna call? Director
Paul Feig got on the phone to
Melissa McCarthy and Kristen
Wiig to headline this gender
switch on Ivan Reitman’s classic
1984 comedy.
3-8 INTERVIEWS + NEWSWe spoke to Regina Spektor,
Gabriella Cohen, Jagwar Ma,
Julia Jacklin, Flyying Colours,
The Peep Tempel and more.
10 BON IVERJustin Vernon and team
have released a fascinating,
exploratory and experimental
third album.
12 NICK CAVEWe’ve now had some time to
digest Nick Cave’s most recent
material; here are our reviews
of Cave and the Bad Seeds’
album
Skeleton Tree
, and its
accompanying film
One More
Time With Feeling
.
16 REissuesMichael Dwyer takes a look at
Warner’s vinyl reissue of Led
Zeppelin’s famous BBC Sessions.
18-26 REVIEWSD.D Dumbo’s
Utopia Defeated
is our Album of the Month, but
we’ve also got feelings about
Jack White, Friendships, Beth
Hart, Soft Hair, Jordie Lane &
The Sleepers, Dillinger Escape
Plan, Alter Bridge, Harts, Die
Antwoord, Sum 41 and more.
52 Games introWhat made game of the month
for October?
54-55 watch dogs 2Ubisoft’s tech spectacular is
making a return – Marcus
Holloway is headed to San
Francisco!
56 rise of the tomb raiderCan you believe it? Lara’s turning
20! And she’s headed to the PS4
this month.
60 mafia iiiIt’s all about family in the latest
Mafia release from Hangar 13.
64-65 battlefield 1Battlefield is headed to the
trenches of World War I. We
take a look at what went into
taking it back to the old school.
66 dragon ball xenoverse 2The most expansive Dragon
Ball game in the history of the
franchise is here.
68 ps vrIt seems like an eternity since
PS VR was first announced, and
it’s finally hitting JB this month.
Here’s what to expect.
70-72 previewsWhat’s in-store this month.
stack.net.au 12–14 NEWSThe next wave of 4K UHD titles
are coming to JB this month,
plus an offer that’s a really good
OMEN.
24-25 BOB J.Our resident film historian
takes a look at
Heaven’s Gate
,
the legendary 1980 movie that
destroyed a Hollywood film
company.
38-39 BEGINNER’s GUIDEWith Halloween just around the
corner, its time you get to know
your movie maniacs.
50 GIVEAWAYSMovies, games, music – we’ve
got you covered. Plus there’s
great tech from Sonos and Audi
Technica, and even an Xbox
Onesie to take your fancy!
Test your movie
knowledge with
Bob J’s
FilmBuff
Bafflersat
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