STACK #188 June 2020

FILM REVIEWS

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A whole new speed of hero. SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

RELEASE DATE: 03/06/20 FORMAT:

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Around the World In 80 Seconds Introduction by Director Jeff Fowler Deleted Scenes Original Opening Super Observant Carl Baby Sonic

Sega’s mascot hits our home movie screens in all the style you’d expect from such an icon. He’s fast, he’s blue, he’s spiky and he has attitude to spare! A young and very blue hedgehog is advised by his guardian to hide his extraordinary powers of speed. Like most young kids when it comes to being told what not to do, he ignores the advice and ends up fleeing to Earth as a consequence. Sonic (voiced by Ben Schwartz) sets

Tom and Sonic Have A Chat Rachel and Wade Plan a Date Bloopers “Speed Me Up” Music Video The Blue Blur: Origins of Sonic Sonic on Set

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mysterious – and totally whacked out – Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) to hunt the blue guy down. It’s a wild, engaging romp with plenty of action and a plethora of cool little nods to the video game franchise that fans will lap up. The star of the show is Carrey though, who totally lets loose the physical comedy that he still does ever so well. AF (See page 16)

up home in Green Hills, a small town where young cop Tom (James Marsden) dreams of bigger things than speed-gunning turtles. But when he discovers Sonic, he also discovers more about himself… especially after taking the fugitive space hedgehog into his care when the government lets loose the

Brothers in magic. ONWARD

RELEASE DATE: 03/06/20 FORMAT:

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Audio Commentary with Filmmakers Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae

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Quest for Story Citizens of New Mushroomton Heart’s Fire

With four of their last five movies being sequels, a new original Pixar tale was overdue. Onward delivers a grand fraternal adventure in a colourful land of magic. Well, it used to be a land of magic. For while New Mushroomton may be brimming with toadstool homes, centaur cops and unicorns of no apparent fixed abode, modern technology has done away with the need – or want – for wizardry. Enter

Dragon High Wizard Rock Fantasy is Our Destiny Magic Gems Deleted Scenes

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boys with their dad for 24 hours. Things don’t quite go to plan though, with only the bottom half of their father being conjured. Cue a Harry Potter meets Weekend at Bernie’s race-against-time adventure in search of magic enough to complete their dad in time. But, of course, the road is a bumpy one, full of perils – and a dreaded gelatinous cube! AF (See page 22)

young Ian Lightfoot, a high schooler of little confidence, and his big brother Barley, who’s anything but lacking in the self-assurance department. It’s Ian’s 16th birthday, and his mother has given him a stick. It isn’t any old stick, however, for it’s Ian and Barley’s late father’s wizarding staff, which comes with a spell to reunite the

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