STACK #148 Feb 2017

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Issue 148 FEBRUARY 2017

Extras Pages 10, 24, 44

Cinema Pages 14–22

DVD & BD Pages 26–42

Games Pages 45 – 62

Music (From back) Pages 1–20

10-12 NEWS The Oscar noms have been announced! Who’s in, who’s been snubbed, and who do we think has a real shot at glory. 24-25 BOB J. Following WWII, the demographics of US moviegoers changed dramatically. Studio moguls were stunned and struggled to cope with the changes in the next chapter of the dramatic decline of Hollywood’s studio system. 34-35 BEGINNER’S GUIDE Alien visitors can be friend or foe, humanoid or monstrous, lost and alone, or hellbent on conquering our blue planet. 44 GIVEAWAYS Gamers, set your sights on Ghost Recon: Wildlands and Sniper Elite 4 . Plus lots more, including a chance to tip and win in our Oscars sweep.

14-15 T2: Trainspotting Two decades on, Sick Boy is back, along with a lot of personal issues he hasn’t resolved in this hotly anticipated sequel. 16 SPLIT James McAvoy exhibits 24 different personalities in this new thriller from the writer and director who brought us Signs , and err… The Happening . 18 PATRIOTs DAY Mark Wahlberg reunites with director Peter Berg for a deeply personal project based on the tragic 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. 20-22 REVIEWS Jackie, Split, xXx: Return of Xander Cage, Lion, Moonlight

26-27 ARRIVAL Director Denis Villeneuve delivers an exquisite and unconventional tale of humanity’s first contact with an alien species. 28 JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK Tom Cruise returns as the lethal one-man army, and true to form, he does his own stunts. 30 SHERLOCK: SERIES FOUR Don’t let the arrival of a baby daughter for Watson fool you. This series is the darkest to date, according to secretive creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. 32 DEATH RACE 2050 After starring in the Hobbit trilogy, Kiwi actor Manu Bennett is in the driver’s seat for this continuation of the ‘70s Roger Corman cult classic. 36-41 REVIEWS Arrival, The Accountant, Snowden, The Light Between Oceans, Hell or High Water, Keeping Up with the Joneses, Ouija: Origin of Evil, American Honey, Dog Eat Dog, The Neighbour, Fear the Walking Dead: Season 2, Wayward Pines: Season 2, Sherlock: Series 4, Class

48-49 halo wars 2 It feels like forever, but we’ve finally got a sequel to 2009’s Halo Wars . We caught up with the design director and gave the new title a whirl. 50 for honor Ubisoft are throwing another new IP our way – a faction war of epic proportions. For Honor pits Vikings, Samurai and Knights against one another. 52 sniper elite 4 The series famous for close-up, brutal killcams has returned – Nintendo has just lifted the lid on its latest home console: the Switch. We went hands-on so you know what to expect. 56 bradley jolly We caught up with local Twitch personality Bradley Jolly to chat about how to make it in the world of content creators. 58 esports round-up We check in with the Junglist for the latest in esports, and review Corsair’s K55 RGB Gaming Keyboard. 60-62 previews Halo Wars 2, For Honor, LEGO Worlds, Hitman: The Complete First Season, Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World, Sniper Elite 4 and we’ve got all the goss. 54-55 nintendo switch

3-8 NEWS + INTERVIEWS This month we chatted with Holly Throsby, Japandroids, Foxygen, Sampha, and Kasey Chambers; we also took a look into Max Richter’s brand new contemporary classical offering

and Tash Sultana’s super anticipated EP, Notion . 10-11 THUNDAMENTALS Blue Mountains hip hop

foursome Thundamentals are releasing Everyone We Know this month, and we spoke to MC Tuka about its mission and message. 13 VINYL REISSUES Michael Dwyer considers Warner’s reissuing of Otis Redding’s The Complete Dictionary Of Soul , on the 50th anniversary of its original release. 14-20 REVIEWS Foxygen receive our Album of the Month crown, but we also have feelings about Ty Segall, Deadmau5, Busby Marou, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Eric Gales, Ryan Adams, Los Campesinos!, Dune Rats, Run The Jewels, Meat Wave, Sepultura, Rag’n’Bone Man, Holy Holy and more.

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