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28 DECEMBER 2016
Those who gripe that there’s
no need to remake The
Magnificent Seven should
remember that John Sturges’
1960 Western classic was
itself a reimagination of Akira
Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.
This time around, instead of a
Mexican peasant village it’s the
community of Rose Creek that
needs protection from dastardly
industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard),
who wants to strip mine the town and exploit the
residents as a workforce. After her husband is gunned
down in the street, local girl Emma Cullen (Haley
Bennett) enlists bounty hunter Sam Chisolm (Denzel
Washington) and six gunslingers (Ethan Hawke, Chris
Pratt, Vincent D’Onofrio, Byung Hun-Lee, Martin
Sensmeier, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) to oust Bogue and
his goons. Director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day)
wisely avoids a hip and cool makeover – this is a very
traditional Western, with lashings of Leone and Ford
and an explosive climax that’s pure Peckinpah. It’s
also a reminder that this often neglected genre is still
loaded with grand entertainment value. Scott Hocking
A wilder west
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
DVD & BD
Directing the Seven
Rogue Bogue
The Seven
Magnificent Music
BD ONLY
Vengeance Mode
Deleted Scenes
Gunslingers
The Taking of Rose Creek
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
EXTRAS
FURTHER VIEWING
Release Date: 28/12/16
Format: TOP
HITS
Composer James Horner and
Antoine Fuqua became friends
while making Southpaw. According
to Fuqua, Horner’s team visited
him on the film’s set in Baton
Rouge, one month after Horner’s
accidental death, to deliver the
completed score. Horner had been
so inspired after reading the script
that he composed the entire score
during pre-production.
DID YOU KNOW...
You head to work each weekday,
content that your beloved pet will
behave, spending the day pining
for your return. Ha-ha – fool! You
have a life, so why shouldn’t they?
From conscience wrestles with
roast chooks to eschewing classical
music for a spot of System of
the Down head-banging, The
Secret Life of Pets does for our
cats, dogs, birds and such what
Toy Story did for cowboy dolls, plastic space rangers
and rubber dinosaurs. RARRRR! The star is a terrier
named Max, who shares a Manhattan apartment with
his human, Katie. One day she has a surprise for the
little guy – a BIG guy named Duke, who’s to be Max’s
adopted bro. Uh-oh! Max isn’t impressed at this hairy
behemoth stealing Katie’s affection, but when bigger
things go down they have to collaborate. There’s a
bunny named Snowball, you see, who’s the leader of
‘The Flushed Pets’. He and his crew are pretty peeved
at being rejected, and are plotting revenge on humans.
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll crave sausages! The Secret
Life of Pets, from the Despicable Me peeps, is fab fun
for all the family – yes, even your animal companions.
Probably. Amy Flower
Wonder what they do all day?
THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS
Zootopia
EXTRAS
FURTHER VIEWING
Release Date: 14/12/16
TOP
HITS
DVD & BD
The Humans That Brought You
Pets: Meet the Team
Animals Can Talk: Meet the
Actors
All About the Pets
Hairstylist to the Dogs
The Best of Snowball
“Lovely Day” Lyric Video
Hot Dog Sing Along
Brian the Minion on Pets
GoPro - The Secret Life of Pets
SING Trailer
Mini-Movies
- NTV: Norman Television
- Weenie
- Mower Minions
The Making of the Mini-
Movies
Format:
In the house filled with cats, you
can see the news reporter from
Despicable Me on the TV.
DID YOU KNOW...