STACK #184 Feb 2020

REVIEWS FILM

They took the American Dream for a ride FORD v FERRARI

Based on the iconic book series. SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK

Release Date: 26/02/20

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Release Date: 12/02/20

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Ford v Ferrari focuses on two key participants in the rise of Ford as a 1960s motor racing success story – Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon), a former racing driver turned car developer, and British driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale), who’s now running a car workshop in the US. Given a car based on the British Lola Mk6 to work with, the pair construct and hone what will become known as the Ford GT40 into a genuine Le Mans contender. But the road to glory is fraught with bumps… If you go into Ford v Ferrari expecting

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark isn’t an anthology film like Creepshow , but rather integrates the spooky tales – taken from the ’80s children’s books by Alvin Schwartz – into the main narrative, which involves a group of teen outcasts who discover the titular tome in a haunted mansion and are subsequently haunted by their deepest fears. This is a horror flick for youngsters that are too old for Goosebumps but still too young for IT . The setting is 1968, but the scary-but-safe tone recalls

a lot of exhilarating racing footage then you’ll be pleased, but the movie is much more than just that. It’s the sort of human underdog story that will appeal to even the least petrol-headed of viewers. AF

the films of Joe Dante and Amblin from the ’80s. And with the visual flair and macabre mind of producer Guillermo del Toro behind it all, adult horror fans will find plenty to be impressed with here. SH

ACADEMY AWARD ® NOMINEE SIX NOMINATIONS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE

GOLDEN GLOBE ® WINNER BEST MOTION PICTURE FOREIGN LANGUAGE

HHHHH “THIS IS 2019’S FIRST TRUE MASTERPIECE MOVIE. IT’S, IN A WORD, PERFECT ”

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