STACK #201 Jul 2021

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FATALE Following a wild one-night stand during a business trip to Vegas, a married sports agent (Michael Ealy) discovers that the object of his affection was a cunning police detective (Hilary Swank) who seems intent on entangling him in her current investigation. A

SONGBIRD Is it too soon for a film about the coronavirus pandemic? Producer Michael Bay didn't think so, delivering this sci-fi/ horror-thriller that received a lot of attention for being made in LA during lockdown. In this fictional account set a few years

down the track, the virus has mutated into COVID-23 and the film follows a handful of people as they negotiate a dystopian world.

suspenseful game of cat and mouse ensues in this noirish, psychological thriller in the tradition of Fatal Attraction .

THRILLER

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THRILLER

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A PERFECT PLANET This new five-part series from the BBC's Natural History Unit (narrated, of course, by the inimitable David Attenborough) explores how the Earth's natural forces – volcanic activity, weather systems, the oceans, etc – have shaped the planet into a perfect habitat for an

BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, PART 1 The 42nd film in the DC Animated Universe adapts a seminal Batman graphic novel into an epic two-part adventure. A maniac known as the 'Holiday Killer' has been targeting Gotham's underworld figures and it's up to the Dark Knight (voiced by

Supernatural 's Jensen Ackles), Lieutenant Gordon and Harvey Dent to uncover the killer's identity. Look out for Part 2, releasing August 11.

abundance of life. It also adds a sobering footnote on humankind's pernicious impact.

DOCUMENTARY

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ANIMATED

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OPERATION RED SNAKE Based on the true life accounts of Kurdish female fighters battling ISIS in the border territories between Iraq and Syria, this 'Band of Sisters' is a topical and unflinching look at women at war, following three fighters from different cultures who are united against a

MILITARY WIVES Inspired by the BBC’s beloved documentary that followed choirmaster Gareth Malone as he formed a special Military Wives choir to perform at London’s Albert Hall, this feel-good dramatisation from the director of The Full Monty recreates the musical phenomenon that has changed the lives of wives and girlfriends of servicemen, and other women with a military connection.

common enemy. Written and directed by Caroline Fourest, who was a former columnist for Charlie Hebdo .

ACTION

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DRAMA

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THE DARK AND THE WICKED Writer-director Bryan Bertino ( The Strangers ) delivers an unnerving horror-thriller set in a rural Texas farmhouse where a grieving family have gathered by the side of a dying patriarch, only to have their vigil threatened by an evil presence. Conjuring a tangible sense of escalating dread, this is a genuinely

EDGE OF THE WORLD The true story of British explorer Sir James Brooke (played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who set out to abolish piracy, slavery and head-hunting, and fought for the future Sultan of Brunei, becoming known as “The White Rajah”. His incredible adventures would

inspire Rudyard Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King and Joseph Konrad's Lord Jim .

frightening and suspenseful chiller that horror fans won't want to miss.

HORROR

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ADVENTURE

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