STACK #157 Nov 2017

HIGH-DEF HIGHLIGHTS

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BLU-RAY BEST-SELLERS for OCTOBER 2017

HBO's superb new sci-fi series Westworld doesn't just break new ground in television, it's also the first series to be released for home

entertainment in 4K UHD. It's a worthy contender, given the high end production values

Makoto Shinaki's phenomenal Your Name is the highest grossing anime film to date, with over USD 354 million in global box office. And it's been given the deluxe treatment on Blu-ray in a Limited Edition* that includes a 130-page book, exclusive art cards, Japanese promos, English trailer, Makoto Shinkai filmography featurette, and TV special. Available on Nov 8.

invested in this reworking of the 1973 Michael Crichton film by executive producers Jonathan Nolan and J.J. Abrams. A Blu-ray Steelbook* will also be available if you're not yet 4K-equipped, along with a standard 3-disc Blu-ray set. Each edition contains all 10 episodes of season one along with a premium collector's booklet and exclusive bonus features that include an introduction to Westworld , An Invitation to the Set, the series' Big Moments, behind-the-scenes featurettes, gag reel and more. One of the TV, and HD, events of 2017. Available November 8. The final showdown between apes and humans will decide the fate of the planet! Take Caesar home on November 15 in a Limited Edition Steelbook Blu-ray Edition* with artwork exclusive to JB Hi-Fi. Includes over 110 mins of bonus features. Also available on 4K UHD and 3D Blu-ray.

1 Transformers:

The Last Knight

2 Blade Runner 3 Spider-Man: Homecoming 4 Wonder Woman

*while stocks last

5 Ghost in the Shell (2017) 6 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 7 The Walking Dead: S7 8 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 9 The House 10 Beauty and the Beast (2017)

*while stocks last

*while stocks last

4K UHD BEST-SELLERS for OCTOBER 2017

and 8MM is a good of example of this restraint. He plays a detective

Ozploitation auteurs, deleted and extended scenes, interviews, MIFF panel, an extended Ozploitation

Umbrella Entertainment are re-releasing Dario Argento’s horror masterpiece Suspiria on Blu- ray to celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary, with

hired to determine if a snuff film is authentic, and embarks on a descent into the grim and grotty underworld of pornographers and worse. Slickly directed by Joel Schumacher, 8MM will definitely rattle your cage, but given it was made before the internet took over, it feels rather dated now. Mark Hartley's love letter to "The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!" is now on Blu- ray. Not Quite Hollywood (out now) is even more of a blast in HD, and will have you begging for the films it showcases to receive a Blu-ray

trailer reel, Barry McKenzie, Alvin Purple, and Mad

Dog Morgan documentaries, Ozploitation stills and poster gallery, NQH pitch promos, and much, much more. Needless to say, an essential purchase.

a new HD transfer from the Italian 4K remaster. One of the most stylish horror movies ever made, Suspiria was one of the last films to be processed in Technicolor and will benefit enormously from a 4K scan. This new edition will also feature the 1985 documentary Dario Argento’s World of Horror. The release date is still TBC, but expect it sometime late November/early December.

1 Blade Runner 2 Transformers:

There's more

Ozploitation on offer in the WWII flick Attack Force Z , notable for starring a young Mel Gibson fresh

The Last Knight

3 Spider-Man: Homecoming 4 Wonder Woman 5 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 6 Apollo 13 7 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 8 Serenity 9 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 10 Mad Max: Fury Road

off Mad Max . Umbrella have lavished this

release (if they haven't already) when you see how good the clips look here. Moreover, the disc is loaded with over 9 hours of extras including audio commentary from

1981 obscurity with a brand new 4K scan and restoration from the film's interpositive, and extras include featurette The Z-Men Debriefed, theatrical trailer and photo gallery. Out Nov 1.

Back in 1999,

Nicolas Cage was delivering

performances that didn't overshadow the film he was in,

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