STACK #121 Nov 2015

DVD&BD

REVIEWS

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Hail Caesar! DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

Release Date: 19/11/14 Format:

DVD & BD Andy Serkis: Rediscovering

Caesar Gallery

BD ONLY

Journey to Dawn Humans and Apes: The Cast of Dawn The World of Dawn The Ape Community

TOP HITS TOP HITS

Rise of the Planet of the Apes was a seriously brilliant reboot of the Fox franchise, and a hard act to follow. Fortunately, director Matt Reeves ( Cloverfield ) has delivered a follow-up that’s every bit as impressive and manages to surpass its predecessor technically, thanks to advances in performance capture. Your jaw will hit the floor when

Move Like an Ape: An Artist’s Medium Weta and Dawn The Fight for a New Dawn Deleted Scenes Audio Commentary with director Matt Reeves

JB Hi-Fi Exclusive

3D Blu-ray/ Blu-ray Collector’s Edition

you discover just how real Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his tribe of primates look. They aren’t ‘special effects’, they’re fully-fledged characters with their own distinctive personalities. When we last left the apes they’d headed into the hills of San Francisco, leaving humanity to be wiped out by a lethal virus. 10 years

later, a group of human survivors stumble across Caesar’s village, triggering interspecies conflict that inevitably leads to war. Compelling, philosophical and emotionally resonant, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is a blockbuster every bit as intelligent as its simian stars. Highly recommended. • See page 66

Rise of the Planet of the Apes Planet of the Apes (1968)

Prime target. TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION

Release Date: 26/11/14 Format:

BD ONLY

Bay on Action Evolution Within Extinction Just Another Giant Effin’ Movie A Spark of Design T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie Kre-O Transformers: Take Us Through the Movies! The Angry Birds Transformers: Origin Story Trailers

Whether you love or hate the Transformers movies, you have to admit that the sight of Optimus Prime riding on the back a Dinobot is pretty cool. But is it enough to make you want to see the fourth film in a franchise that has copped its fair share of flak since the dire second sequel, Revenge

JB Hi-Fi Exclusive Limited Edition

Bumblebee Packaging (BD)

A gigantic Hong Kong set was constructed in

downtown Detroit. The set was so big that the Detroit People Mover track ended up becoming part of the set.

of the Fallen ? Need further incentive? There’s no Shia LaBeouf! The annoying SamWitwicky has been replaced by the more affable Mark Wahlberg, who acquires an old truck that happens to be Optimus in disguise. In the wake of the destruction of Chicago in Dark of the Moon , the Transformers are now considered the bad guys by the CIA, whose chief techno whiz (Stanley Tucci) has created

a new breed of robots to beat up on Optimus and the Autobots. Michael Bay, having apologised for past sequels, approaches Age of Extinction as a ‘reboot’, effectively transforming the franchise with a new cast, bigger explosions, better CGI, a longer running time, and Dinobots. Just don’t look for gravitas – remember, this is a film for 14-year-old boys that’s based on a toy range. • See page 68

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

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