STACK #144 Oct 2016

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Issue 144 OCTOBER 2016

Extras Pages 12–14

Cinema Pages 16–22

DVD & BD Pages 26–48

Games & TECH Pages 51–81

Music (From back) Pages 1–27

12–14 NEWS The 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 GUIDE With Halloween just around the corner, its time you get to know your movie maniacs. 50 GIVEAWAYS Movies, 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!

16 JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK At 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 INFERNO A 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 REVIEWS The Magnificent Seven, Storks, Bridget Jones’s Baby, Snowden, Blair Witch

3-8 INTERVIEWS + NEWS We spoke to Regina Spektor, Gabriella Cohen, Jagwar Ma, Julia Jacklin, Flyying Colours, The Peep Tempel and more. 10 BON IVER Justin Vernon and team have released a fascinating, exploratory and experimental We’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 REissues Michael Dwyer takes a look at Warner’s vinyl reissue of Led Zeppelin’s famous BBC Sessions. 18-26 REVIEWS D.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. third album. 12 NICK CAVE

26-27 VIKINGS: SEASON FOUR This 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: RESURGENCE VFX have made quantum leaps since the 1996 original, which means this latest alien invasion will be even more spectacular. 30 ASH VS EVIL DEAD Cult 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: HOTEL AHS regular Denis O’Hare frocks up to play a transgender bartender in the fifth season of the sinister series. 34 WENTWORTH Move over Orange is the New Black ! Discover why this homegrown prison drama will make you Freak out. 36 GHOSTBUSTERS Who 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.

52 Games intro What made game of the month for October? 54-55 watch dogs 2 Ubisoft’s tech spectacular is making a return – Marcus Holloway is headed to San Francisco! 56 rise of the tomb raider Can you believe it? Lara’s turning 20! And she’s headed to the PS4 It’s all about family in the latest Mafia release from Hangar 13. 64-65 battlefield 1 Battlefield 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 2 The most expansive Dragon Ball game in the history of the franchise is here. 68 ps vr It 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 previews What’s in-store this month. this month. 60 mafia iii

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