STACK Aug #154

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Issue 154

AUGUST 2017

Extras Pages 8, 20, 30, 81

Cinema Pages 12–18

DVD & BD Pages 28, 34–51

Games Pages 53-72

Music (From back) Pages 1–27

3-11 NEWS + INTERVIEWS We spoke to Jen Cloher about her gorgeous new self-titled release, checked in with The Preatures and Queens Of The Stone Age, asked Matt Okine for his tips on throwing a brilliant OXJAM party against poverty, and quizzed Oh Wonder and Avey Tare on their new records Ultralife and Eucalyptus . 14 VINYL REVIVAL Michael Dwyer investigates Prince’s remastered Purple Rain , which has either sat plum or hovered near the peak of JB’s vinyl chart for weeks. 16 GANG OF YOUTHS David Le’aupepe gives us an insight into how a literary movement from the 1990s informed the writing of Gang Of Youths’ excellent new album Go Farther In Lightness . 18-26 REVIEWS Paul Kelly’s Life Is Fine is our Album of the Month, but we also have feelings about The Ocean Party, Arcade Fire, Ghostpoet, Dave Rawlings, Vera Blue, Gold Class, Mura Masa, Thy Art Is Murder, Everything Everything, Grizzly Bear, Jen Cloher, Edguy, Joan Osborne, The Creases, Dan Sultan and more.

8 NEWS The winner of the ‘Design an Alien: Covenant Poster’ competition is revealed. Look out for the poster in your

12 THE BIG SICK STACK met with real-life couple Kumal Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, whose relationship is the basis of this Judd Apatow-produced rom-com. 14-15 DUNKIRK Stars Harry Styles, Fionn Whitehead and director Christopher Nolan on what to expect from the IMAX World War II epic. 16 THE LOST CITY OF Z From Guy Ritchie’s Camelot to the jungles of the Amazon, Charlie Hunnam talks to us about playing British explorer

28 GHOST IN THE SHELL New Zealand’s Weta

56-57 INTRO August at a glance. 58-60 uNCHARTED

Workshop broke new ground in VFX for this live action version of the 1995 anime film. 34-35 FATE OF THE FURIOUS Family no more! Can it be true? Cast and crew talk Fast 8 and As crew members of the titular colony ship, Billy Crudup and Danny McBride discover why no one can hear you scream in space. 38 GUARDIANS VOL.2 Karen Gillan and new Guardian Pom Klementieff make for an awesome mix in the blockbuster Marvel sequel. 40 THE OSIRIS CHILD Australian filmmaker Shane Abbess drew upon the Depression-era for his new sci-fi feature. 42-50 REVIEWS The Fate of the Furious, Alien: Covenant, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Baywatch, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Snatched, John Wick: Chapter 2, Get Out, Going in Style, Free Fire, The Belko Experiment, A Dog’s Purpose, and more. life without Paul Walker. 36-37 ALIEN COVENANT

Uncharted is back - sans Nathan Drake. Here’s what you’ll find in The Lost Legacy. 62 F1 2018 Another year, another F1 game. 64 MARIO + RABBIDS Nintendo and Ubisoft have come together for a meeting of worlds in Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. 66 WHAT’S COMING IN 2017 There’s still a lot to look forward to in 2017. 67 agents of mayhem We went hands-on with Agents of Mayhem ahead of release. 68 TECH We took Corsair’s K68 Keyboard and the HyperX Cloud Revolver S for a spin. 70-72 PREVIEWS Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, F1 2017, Agents of Mayhem, Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, Matterfall, ARK: Survival Evolved

nearest JB store. 20-27 SDCC 2017

Cosplay, Marvel, DC, Doctor Who , Blade Runner 2049 , and loads more. Check out our extensive coverage of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. 30-32 BOB J. This month STACK ’s resident film historian, Bob J, looks at movies that influenced film genres. 81 GIVEAWAYS Who doesn’t like free stuff? Who doesn’t like competitions? How does flights and tickets to see the Foo Fighters at Cal Jam sound? Wait, there’s more...

Percy Fawcett. 16-18 REVIEWS

Dunkirk, War for the Planet of the Apes, Baby Driver, A Monster Calls, Atomic Blonde

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