STACK NZ Jul #64

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DÉJÀ VU IN BLU AT JB! Comedy classics Groundhog Day and Tootsie exclusively on Blu-ray at JB Hi-Fi.

Murray also has a memorable supporting role in another JB Blu-ray exclusive out on July 15: the 1982 comedy Tootsie , which stars Dustin Hoffman as a struggling actor who disguises himself as a woman to land a role on a soap opera. Murray plays his playwright roommate, while Jessica Lange earned a best supporting actress Oscar as one of his show co-stars. Another must-have Blu-ray classic out this month through JB is Rob Reiner’s touching coming-of-age drama Stand By Me ( 1986). Based on a Stephen King novella, the film

follows four young boys – River Phoenix, Will Wheaton, Corey Feldman and an almost unrecognisable Jerry O’Connell – who set out to find the body of a kid hit by a train. JB Hi-Fi’s July collection of Blu-ray exclusives is completed by the cult comedy Joe Dirt (2001), starring David Spade in the title role and featuring Christopher Walken, Jaime Pressly and Kid Rock. The timing couldn’t be better, with most of the original cast having recently reunited for a sequel Joe Dirt: Beautiful Loser, which is set for release in the US this month.

Groundhog Day

Due out on July 15, the celebrated comedy from the late Harold Ramis stars Murray as an obnoxious weatherman who gets trapped in nightmarish time warp while on assignment in a sleepy small town. Every morning he wakes up, it’s Groundhog Day !

MORE DISNEY LIVE ACTION CLASSICS LAST LED ZEP REISSUES Jimmy Page is wrapping up his deluxe reissue programme for Led Zeppelin’s studio catalogue, with the last three sets due on July 31. As with the previous sets, the rock W alt Disney looks as if it is sticking with its strategy of re-making its animated with The Jungle Book (2016) and Beauty and The Beast (2017) set to be followed by the likes of Mulan , Winnie The Pooh and Pinocchio . Ironically, the one reboot we are

blockbusters, with the news that the studio has a sequel to Maleficent in development.

gods’ final studio albums Presence (1976), In Through The Out Door (1979) and the posthumous Coda (1982) will be available in a variety of CD and vinyl configurations, and will include a wealth of previously unreleased material. Coda may turn out to be the jewel in the crown, despite the fact that it was made up of previously unreleased recordings. For its deluxe reissue, Page has assembled another two discs worth of rarities including a frenetic blues jam entitled Suga Mama from 1968 and tracks from sessions the Led Zep guitarist and singer Robert Plant recorded in 1972 in India with the Bombay Orchestra.

unlikely to see for some time is the animated movie which started it all, the 1937 classic Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs; that’s probably

Although there has been no official announcements, the US trades report that a Maleficent 2 is on the cards and Angelina Jolie is likely to reprise her role. The success of the first Sleeping Beauty reboot and Cinderella has seen Disney greenlight a number of other live action remakes,

because there have already been two recent reboots, Mirror Mirror and Snow

White and the Huntsman. However, the good news is

that the ground-breaking original is reissued this month on Blu-ray . EVERETT NEW NEMESIS FOR MUSKETEERS

Rupert Everett has signed on as the villain for the third season of the BBC hit The Musketeers . Peter Capaldi played the show’s original bad guy Cardinal Richelieu in the first series, but his subsequent Doctor Who commitments meant that Marc Warren took over the mantle as Comte de Rochefort for the second series, which is out this month on DVD. Now it’s the turn of Everett – most recently seen as King George in A Royal Night Out

– who will play Marquis de Feron, the corrupt Governor of Paris and illegitimate brother to Louis XIII. “I’m very excited to be joining the cast of The Musketeers for the new series,” says Everett. “I love the show and am really looking forward to working with the team.” Shooting is currently underway, but screening dates are still to be announced.

Anna Kendrick just can’t get enough of music movies. Hot on the heels of Into The Woods , this month sees the DVD and Blu-ray release of Off-Broadway hit The Last Five Years , a bittersweet musical deconstruction of a love affair. And that will be followed in August by the return of Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and the rest of the Bellas in the smash hit Pitch Perfect 2 ; she also confirmed last month that a third movie is due in 2017.

The Musketeers: Series

Two is due out on July 22

The Last Five Years is due out on July 9

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