STACK NZ Dec #58

Founder Nic Short Editor John Ferguson Contributors

www.stack.net.nz

Issue 58 DECEMBER 2014

Games Editor Paul Jones Creative Director Karl Lock DVD Consultant Jason Hewitt

Extras pg 6-14

DVD&BD pg 15-42 Pg 16-17 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Drax to the max with Dave Bautista. Pg 18 LUCY Science fiction or science fact? Pg 22 DOLLY & EM Emily Mortimer Q&A. Pg 24 DOWNTON ABBEY Back in the Abbey habit. Pg 26 INBETWEENERS 2 Backpackers Down Under. Pg 28 HANNIBAL Food for thought with Mads Mikkelsen. Pg 32-38 REviews What’s hot in-store this December on DVD and Blu-ray. Pg 39 best of 2014 DVDs and Box Sets. Pg 20 BLACK SAILS Luke Arnold plays pirates.

GAMES pg 43-47

MUSIC From back pg 1-13

Games Consultant Sachi Fernando Production Manager Craig Patterson Social Media Manager Sally Carlier-Hull Contributors Graham Reid, Ricardo Kerr, Robin Martin, Judy Ewens, GarethThompson, Duncan Holland, Scott Hocking, Jonathan Alley, Zoë Radas, Doug Wallen, Ryan Huff, Emily Kelly, Simon Winkler, Chris Murray, Dan Rule, Denise Hylands, Bec Rowlands Correspondence 31B Bertram Street Warkworth Auckland 0910

Pg 6-8 News More JB Hi-Fi exclusives, new Thunderbirds, the expanding Marvel Universe, new Nintendo 3DS, ABCs of Death 2 . Pg 10 COMPETITIONS/ QUIZ Spandau Ballet prize pack, Arrow: The Complete Second Season , and more. Pg 12 STACK TECH Technology for the great outdoors this Summer. Pg 13 GAMES EXTRA Fave games of 2014. Pg 14 HOMEGROWN Taika Waititi

Pg 46 KINGDOM HEARTS Kingdom Hearts is the most eclectic video game series of all time. By rights, it shouldn’t exist, much less make sense.

Pg 2 JB Listener Summer festival fun. Pg 6-7 SOL3 MIO Have a very Mio Christmas.

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Pg 8 NICKELBACK The Canadian rockers return with No Fixed Address . Pg 10 WILCO Graham Reid on two decades of turmoil and great music . Pg 12 REVIEWS Wu-Tang Clan, Trust Punks, Smashing Pumpkins, TV On The Radio Pg 13 2014

RATINGS GUIDE

Graham Reid on interesting albums you may have missed.

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