STACK NZ Oct #78

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Issue 78 OCTOBER 2016

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• Alisa Xayalith on the new Naked and Famous LP; Ewan McGregor talks about jazz biopic Miles Ahead . Pg 8 • Competition, quiz, STACK Social. Pg 10 • Techn: LucidSound's new wireless headphones. Pg 12

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DVD Ghostbusters: Paul Feig on rebooting the beloved comedy fantasy. Pg 14-15 Ash vs Evil Dead: STACK catches up with star Bruce Campbell and producer Rob Tapert. Pg 16 Independence Day: Resurgence: Sci-fi disaster specialist Roland Emmerich is back with the sequel to his groundbreaking 1996 smash hit. Pg 18 Vikings: There’s a lot of big decisions to be made in the fourth season of the Norse saga. Pg 20-21 GAMES Battlefield 1: Designer Daniel Berlin on taking the revered series back to the First World War Pg 22-23 Dragonball Xenoverse 2: Bandai Namco are back with their most expansive video game yet. Pg 26 Rise Of The Tomb Raider: What better way to celebrate Lara Croft's 20th anniversary? Pg 28 Mafia III: We made lead writer Bill Harms an offer he couldn't refuse. Pg 30 DVD/Blu-ray Warcraft: The Beginning , Popstar , The Legend of Tarzan, Alice Through The Looking Glass , American Horror Story: Hotel , Central Intelligence and more Pg 31-35 GAMES Titanfall 2, Gears Of War and more Pg 38 MUSIC Pixies, Beth Hart, Public Image, Drive-By Truckers, Koi Boys and more. Pg 40-42 REVIEWS

Cobie Smulders and DanikaYarosh on playing opposite Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back . Words Gill Pringle cruise sets the pace on sequel

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field," she adds. "Usually on set, you learn by observing, but Tom actually took it upon himself to full on teach me, especially with stunt work. “If he was doing a big stunt, even if I wasn’t in it, he would make sure that I was on set, and have me right next to the cameraman, so he could teach me about angles, and how stunts work, and how to keep yourself safe; he even had me training with the stunt crew, just so I learned for future work.”

H e’s 54 years old, but Tom Cruise can outrun most actors half his age. “When you do a Tom Cruise film you better be prepared to run. . . A lot,” laughs Cobie Smulders, who plays an army ranger on the lam with Cruise in the Jack Reacher sequel, Never Go Back . “Tom is like a bullet, he is so fast,” she continues. “Day one, we started on the treadmill, and we had to push it to 21 miles an hour, and then do that sixty times. It was very intense. Honestly, I don’t know how I did it.” To make matters worse, Smulders broke her leg prior to shooting. “It was so stupid, I always injure myself when I’m just walking down the street, but I was in my apartment and I just tripped over something, and snapped my tibia, so I was on crutches for six weeks. A week later I was in the gym with Tom Cruise, probably the weakest physical shape I’ve ever been in my life,” shudders the actress best known for her role as Agent Maria Hill in the Avengers films. For the second Jack Reacher film, Cruise has two women in tow – Smulders as his former army colleague who he breaks out of a military prison, and a daughter portrayed by newcomer Danika Yarosh. A TV actor and former dancer, the 18-year- old actress describes her big screen debut as “probably the best first experience ever." “Tom took me under his wing and taught me about everything, in every different

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is due in cinemas on October 20

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