STACK #202 Aug 2021

FILM & TV PREVIEWS

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MOVIES & TV SHOWS

SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW Although pitched as a Saw spin-off, on account of there being an all-new killer, Spiral is most definitely a sequel, albeit distinct

THE HITMAN'S WIFE'S BODYGUARD This over-the-top sequel to the 2017 action-comedy, The Hitman's Bodyguard , reunites Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds, and

enough to stand on its own for series’ newcomers. Chris Rock – who chaperoned the film from concept to release – stars as a brash detective investigating a series of grisly murders that are

gives Salma Hayek a bigger role. This time around the bodyguard (Reynolds) has his downtime interrupted when he learns that the hitman (SLJ) has been kidnapped by the mob, and his foul-mouthed

eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past...

wife (Hayek) needs him to come to the rescue.

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WRATH OF MAN Director Guy Ritchie ( The Gentlemen ) opens fire, unleashing what is possibly his most intense film to date – a straight-laced

SPIRIT UNTAMED A sequel of sorts to the 2002 animated film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron , this western-adventure follows 12-year-old

action-thriller with the emphasis on action. Adapted from the 2004

Lucky Prescott (voiced by Isabela Merced), who has relocated from the city to a small frontier town where she meets and befriends the wild mustang of the title. A delightful family flick that

French film Cash Truck , Wrath of Man stars Jason Statham as a mysterious guy hired by an armoured cash-in-transit company, whose quiet demeanour conceals a dangerous secret.

celebrates the power of female friendships.

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THE WALKING DEAD: SEASON 10 The penultimate season of TWD is also the show's longest to date, with six bonus, character-focused episodes taking the total count

DOCTOR WHO: CLASSIC SEASON 24 The next round of classic Who to receive the limited Blu-ray boxset treatment is Sylvester McCoy's debut season as the seventh Doctor,

to 22. While primarily concerned with the escalating 'Whisperer War' that threatens Hilltop, it's the final bonus ep, Here's Negan, that's the pick of the bunch, providing a welcome – and poignant –

comprising the stories Time and the Rani , Paradise Towers , Delta and the Bannermen , and Dragonfire

– including alternate extended versions. Ample bonus features include brand new documentaries, interviews and more. Pre-order now while stocks last.

backstory for the series' former Big Bad.

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TV SCI-FI

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BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, PART 2 The second half of this epic animated adaptation of the iconic '90s DC comic book sees the Holiday Killer still on the loose, with

TRAIN TO BUSAN: PENINSULA This relentless sequel to the 2016 South Korean zombie cult classic picks up four years later when the virus has turned the nation into

Batman suspecting the serial killer may be a former ally. But with Bruce Wayne under the spell of Poison Ivy, the Dark Knight is powerless to act.

a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Upping the action quotient with a heist-movie plot, Peninsula pre-empts Zack Snyder's recent Army of the Dead , with millions in abandoned loot up for grabs in the

Elsewhere, Harvey Dent grapples with a mob war and ultimately becomes Two-Face, posing a further threat to Gotham.

zombie-infested coastal city of Incheon.

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HORROR

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CRUELLA Hide your Dalmatians – Cruella de Vil is back in town! Emma Stone stars as the gorgeously evil villain in Disney's live-action

RAVAGE A nature photographer (Annabelle Dexter-Jones) snaps photos of a guy being tortured in the woods of rural Virginia and duly reports it to the local sheriff, only to be abducted

origin story, set in 1970s London amid the punk rock revolution. Young grifter Estella meets imperious fashionista Baroness von Hellman (Emma Thompson), setting in motion a chain of events

by the redneck perpetrators and taken to their pig farm, where she must depend on her survivalist skills to escape and exact her own brand of savage justice. A gripping slice of hillbilly horror, with a bonus appearance by Bruce Dern.

that sees Estella embrace her wicked side...

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