STACK #153 Jul 2017

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Issue 153

JULY 2017

Extras Pages 10, 18, 19, 34

Cinema Pages 12–17

DVD & BD Pages 20–33

Games Pages 35-78

Music (From back) Pages 1–20

3-8 NEWS + INTERVIEWS Meg Mac on her new album Low Blows , The Jungle Giants fill us in on Quiet Ferocity, Beth Ditto returns with Fake Sugar , Vera Blue is Perennial,

10 NEWS If you love your action fast and furious, you’ll want to check out these hot JB Hi-Fi exclusives coming to stores. Plus, cast members from Game of Thrones and Stranger Things team up. 18-19 BOB J. Hollywood’s Second Golden Age: A new wave of young auteurs set out to question the American Dream. At the same time, a movie prodigy named Steven Spielberg would almost singlehandedly create the summer blockbuster. 34 GIVEAWAYS Prize packs from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales , Power Rangers: The Movie , American Gods: Season 1 , plus Elite Dangerous on PS4 and so much more!

08 SPIDER MAN: HOMECOMING Three decades after his last superhero movie, Michael Keaton talks to STACK about the big changes he’s seen. 12-13 BABY DRIVER Best known for comedies Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz , British director Edgar Wright gets to make the heist movie he’s always dreamt about, with a cast to die for. 14 THE HOUSE SNL veterans Amy Poehler and Will Ferrell team up for a comedy you can put your money on. 16-17 REVIEWS Transformers: The Last Knight, The Mummy, Despicable Me 3, Cars 3, All Eyez on Me

20-21 KONG: SKULL ISLAND In 2012 they resurrected Godzilla. Now the same team bring back the most famous of movie monsters, and promise to remain true while delivering the biggest Kong in history. audition process he describes as ‘insane’, British actor Ricky Whittle ventures into the mystical Americana of Neil Gaiman’s best-selling novel. 24 GHOST IN THE SHELL Since its first publication in 1989, this hugely popular manga has developed a devoted following worldwide, even as the future it depicts It’s not just the good Doctor that has changed over the years. Here are some Doctor Who villains that have also returned with new looks – and in some cases, genders. 28-32 REVIEWS Kong: Skull Island, American Gods: Season 1, CHIPS, Life, Aftermath, Ghost in the Shell, The Boss Baby, Smurfs: The Lost Village, Jasper Jones, Denial, Alone in Berlin, Drone, Doctor Who - Series 10: Part 2, Homeland: Season 6, Prison Break: Event Series, Bones: The Final Chapter, Girls: The Final Season, Grimm: Season 5 edges ever closer. 26 CULT CORNER 22-23 AMERICAN GODS Following a five-month

36-37 e3 2017 We were in LA dashing madly between appointments to find the best games on the horizon. Here’s what we discovered... 38-40 ubisoft Assassin’s Creed: Origins, Far Cry

and King GIzzard and the Lizard Wizard are out to Murder the Universe! 10-11 Haim

5, Skull & Bones 42-44 bethesda Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, The Evil WIthin 2 46-48 nintendo

The LA sisters are back with a brand new album and they’ve got ‘ Something to Tell You’ before they land at Splendour in the Grass. 14 VINYL REVIVAL Roger Waters returns with his first solo album in 25 years: the social conscience of Pink Floyd still burns bright. 16-20 REVIEWS Lorde’s long awaited return, Tex, Don and Charlie mosey back with their third album in 20 years, Shabazz Palaces double-quantum whammy, plus new music from Raised by Eagles, Public Service Broadcasting, Cornelius, Steve Earle, Major Leagues and B Boys.

Super Mario Odyssey, Fire Emblem Warriors, Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle 50-52 microsoft Sea of Thieves, Xbox One X 54-56 SONY Spider-Man, Matterfall, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy 58-60 activision Call of Duty: WWII, Destiny 2 62-64 namco bandai Project CARS 2, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Ace Combat 7 66-68 fivestar ARK: Survival Evolved, Rogue Trooper 70-72 ea play Star Wars Battlefront II, Need For Speed Payback

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