STACK #163 May 2018

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Message sent. THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

Release Date: 16/05/18 Format:

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Deleted Scenes Six Shooter (Academy Award- winning Short Film by Martin McDonagh) Gallery

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Crucify ‘Em: Making-of

If you want to get your message across, stick it on a billboard – or three. That’s exactly what grieving mother Mildred (Oscar-winner Frances McDormand) does to get the attention of a complacent local police force, who have failed to uncover any suspects in the brutal murder of her daughter six months ago. Her bold move works, raising the ire of Chief Willoughby (Woody Harrelson) and racist redneck Officer Dixon (Oscar-winner Sam Rockwell),

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Director Martin McDonagh was inspired to write the movie after seeing billboards about an unsolved crime while travelling “somewhere down in the Georgia, Florida, Alabama corner.” There is no town in Missouri named Ebbing. The movie was shot in a small North Carolina town called Sylva.

with beats of black humour that hit at exactly the right moments. McDormand’s robust Mildred is the heartbeat of the film – a feisty, foul-mouthed force of nature in a boiler suit, who’s also capable of compassion at the most unlikely moments. Watching this unpredictable, pressure cooker tale is like waiting for a stick of dynamite to explode. Highly recommended. SH

but it also sets in motion a chain of events that will disrupt the entire town and set Mildred on a collision course with some unsavoury types. Having won fans with the irreverent crime capers In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths , writer-director Martin McDonaugh delivers his finest film to date; sombre and morally complex,

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Seven Psychopaths

Fitting in is overrated. I, TONYA

Release Date: 02/05/18

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Audio Commentary with Director Craig Gillespie Interview Footage - Working with Director Craig Gillespie All Sixes: The Perfect Performances of I, Tonya Irony Free: The Totally True Story Behind I, Tonya The Visual Effects of I, Tonya Behind the Scenes: VFX Deleted Scenes Although Margot Robbie trained extensively for the role, she was unable to perform a triple axel, nor could a skating double be found to do so, as very few female figure skaters are able to perform the jump. The scene was accomplished with visual effects.

Figure skater Tonya Harding achieved infamy in 1994 when she was involved in a scandal involving the hobbling of rival Nancy Kerrigan with a retractable baton. For a moment she was America’s number one villain, before O.J. Simpson stole her tabloid thunder. I, Tonya turns this debacle into a lurid, pitch black comedy that doesn’t let the truth get in the way of a good story.

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excelled; the antithesis of the prim and proper poster girl, she dragged figure skating into the gutter. Robbie is terrific and plays the role with undisguised relish, but it’s Oscar-winner Janney who ultimately steals the film as the foul-mouthed, chain-smoking LaVona. As a biopic on the disgraced Olympian, I,Tonya is as questionable as the testimonies given, but as a trip through redneck America, it’s an absolute blast. SH

Structured around “wildly contradictory” interviews with those involved, including Tonya (Margot Robbie), her husband Jeff Gillooly (Sebastian Stan), and her monstrous mother LaVona (Allison Janney), it purports that Gillooly was the mastermind behind “the incident.” What is clear, however, is that Tonya’s white trash upbringing clashed with the elegant sport at which she

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Battle of the Sexes

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