STACK #184 Feb 2020

FILM REVIEWS

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Welcome to the day after Judgment Day. TERMINATOR: DARK FATE

Release Date: 12/02/20 Format:

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Deleted and Extended Scenes A Legend Reforged World Builders Dam Busters: The Final Showdown VFX Breakdown: The Dragonfly

Original Terminator star Linda Hamilton and producer James Cameron return to give the franchise a hard reboot. 22 years after the apocalypse that never happened in 1997, history repeats itself with the arrival of a pair of time travellers in New Mexico – one a protector, the other a Terminator. The mutual target this time is a young factory worker named Dani Ramos (Natalia Reyes), who is rescued from the liquid metal clutches of a machine

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timeline, instead using the two Cameron films as a foundation to reset the franchise; hardcore fans will find plenty of temporal knots to unpick concerning Judgment Day and Skynet. Plot similarities notwithstanding, it’s the trinity of Hamilton (still awesome), Cameron, and of course Arnie, that makes Dark Fate feel like the Terminator is well and truly back. SH (See page 16)

assassin (Gabriel Luna) by augmented future soldier Grace (Mackenzie Davis). During a frenzied freeway chase, a fourth party enters the fray – the legendary Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), packing some serious firepower and badass attitude. And the girls should come with her if they want to live. Dark Fate doesn’t rewrite the Terminator

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

The world will shine again. DOCTOR SLEEP

Release Date: 19/02/20 Format:

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Director’s Cut (180 mins) exclusive to the Blu-ray edition

Doctor Sleep is not only a successful sequel to The Shining , it’s also one of the finest screen adaptations of a Stephen King novel to date. Director Mike Flanagan (who helmed King flick Gerald’s Game and TV series The Haunting of Hill House ) remains remarkably true to the book while deftly folding the events of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining into the new narrative. And it all gels quite brilliantly. 40 years after his terrifying experience at the

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when torturing children with the shining, and she needs Dan’s help to stop them. Kubrick’s film is undeniably a masterpiece of horror, but by no means a faithful adaptation of King’s novel. Conversely, Doctor Sleep not only captures the essence of King’s writing and characters, it’s arguably better than the book it’s based upon, thanks to Flanagan’s bold decision to reconcile the two Shining universes. SH

Overlook Hotel, Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) is finally finding some comfort in life. But his newfound peace is shattered when he makes a connection with a courageous teenager named Abra (Kyliegh Curran), who shares his ability to ‘shine’. Abra is being hunted by a nomadic cult of psychic vampires who feed on the ‘steam’ released

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The Shining

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