STACK #182 Dec 2019

FILM & TV REVIEWS

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Game over. GAME OF THRONES: SEASON 8

RELEASE DATE: 04/12/19 FORMAT:

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The Last Watch Documentary Episode Commentaries When Winter Falls (Behind the Scenes on Episode 3) Duty is the Death of Love (Behind the Scenes on Finale) Deleted Scenes

All good things must come to an end, and that includes one of the most phenomenal and Emmy-laden series of all time. It’s an understatement to say that fans were divided over how events concluded after eight years – some simply raged against the end of their favourite show, while others raged over the storyline’s twists

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and turns and more compact delivery. Regardless of which camp you fall into, there’s no denying that the final season is a colossal achievement that represents the series at its most ambitious, spectacular and emotionally resonant. Will the Night King and his zombie army be vanquished, or overrun Westeros? Will Jaime Lannister be redeemed? Does Cersei get her just deserts? Do Tormund and Brienne

get together? Who will sit on the Iron Throne at the end – and will there even be an Iron Throne to sit on? If you’ve somehow miraculously avoided online spoilers, prepare for some major surprises and shocks. Now that the watch has ended, it’s time to revisit the entire saga from the beginning – and wait for George to finish writing those last two books! SH (See page 18)

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Vikings – Seasons 1–5

Witness the end of It. IT CHAPTER TWO

RELEASE DATE: 11/12/19 FORMAT:

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Finding the Deadlights

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The Summers of IT Pennywise Lives Again!

This Meeting of the Losers Club Has Officially Begun Commentary by Director Andy Muschietti

IT Chapter Two is a King-size horror epic with an A-list cast, bigger and bloodier horror set pieces, and a running time that’s almost as long as the original TV mini-series. 27 years after they banished the impish entity known as Pennywise the clown, the Losers Club discover that IT has returned, and must honour the blood pact they made as teenagers. Uprooted from their adult lives and once again thrown

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gaps and further fleshes the characters. It also impeccably matches the adult cast with their teen counterparts (particularly James Ransome and Jessica Chastain as grown-up Eddie and Beverly). Reprising the structure of the first film from an adult perspective and raising the stakes and fright factor, the closing chapter is a lot more nightmarish than its predecessor. SH

together to confront the malevolent shape-shifter, the group must overcome childhood fears and past trauma to have any chance of finally defeating Pennywise. Where King’s novel alternated between timelines, Chapter Two takes a similar approach, integrating the teenage Losers via new footage that plugs narrative

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IT (1990 mini-series)

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