STACK #159 Jan 2018

DVD&BD REVIEWS

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The key to the future is finally unearthed. BLADE RUNNER 2049

Release Date: 17/01/18 Format:

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Designing the World of Blade Runner 2049 Blade Runner 101 Prologues: - 2036: Nexus Dawn - 2048: Nowhere to Run - 2022: Blackout Blu-ray & 4K with Bonus Disc: - To Be Human - Two Become One - Fights of the Future: The Action of Blade Runner 2049 - Dressing the Skin: The Fashion of Blade Runner 2049

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The best sequels expand upon the themes and characters introduced in their predecessors. Blade Runner 2049 not only does just that, it immerses us in a world that’s at once familiar and yet disparate from the one depicted in Ridley Scott’s film. Set 30 years after the original, future Los Angeles has become even more dystopian. Industrialist Neander Wallace (Jared Leto) has appointed himself successor

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David Bowie was Denis Villeneuve’s original choice for the role of Niander Wallace, but passed away before the start of production.

this discovery is just one piece of a much larger puzzle. Director Dennis Villeneuve’s moody style brings an eerie and artistic quality to every scene of this measured, mesmerising, and visually magnificent sequel (this would be a different film had Ridley Scott directed it). An instant classic of the genre that will dazzle the eyes, engage the brain, and continue to reward on repeat viewings. SH (See page 28)

to the now defunct Tyrell Corporation, creating obedient replicants as a workforce. The remaining Nexus models continue to be hunted down by Blade Runners like Officer K (Ryan Gosling), who, while on a job, uncovers a long buried secret that will have shattering ramifications not only for the replicants, but for K himself. How Deckard (Harrison Ford) fits into

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Scream and scream again, and again. HAPPY DEATH DAY

Release Date: 17/01/18

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Alternate Ending Deleted Scenes Worst Birthday Ever! Behind the Mask: The Suspects The Many Deaths of Tree

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Groundhog Day just keeps on giving and now it’s the slasher movie’s turn to get stuck on repeat. Happy Death Day has a lot of fun with the premise of a victim who relives the day of her murder over and over, and must stop the killer in order to escape the loop. Sorority girl Jessica Rothe wakes up in a boy’s college dorm after a wild night. It’s her birthday, and she’s not keen on the fact there’s a ‘surprise’ party planned.

The Bayfield University Baby killer mask was designed by Tony Gardner, who also designed the Ghostface mask for the Scream franchise. The original script, written by Scott Lobdell, included material intended to make the film R-rated. Some scenes involved grislier murders that were entirely altered by the film’s director, Christopher Landon.

changing each time. Although essentially a horror film, the tone is tongue in cheek rather than vicious, with an absence of jump scares and gore. Happy Death Day is a throwback to post- Scream slashers like Urban Legend, and a welcome change from the current spate of paranormal activity. SH

She never makes it, however, after running into a knife-wielding maniac in a sinister baby mask. At the moment of death she wakes up back in the dorm to the same annoying ringtone and thus continues the live-die-repeat scenario, with the manner of her murder

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