Your Guide to October's Hottest Releases

YOUR GUIDE TO OCTOBER’S HOTTEST RELEASES

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So little time before Christmas, so many brilliant releases to jam 4-8 NEWS 14 ACTION into your viewing schedule. But What have the bold and the X-Men: Days of Future Past, don’t fret, we’ve laid October’s beautiful of fi lm and TV been up A Good Man, Edge of Tomorrow, offerings out nice and clearly so to lately? We check out the latest The Prince, Art of the Steal, you don’t have to dawdle around reports from home and beyond Godzilla and more the store – unless dawdling is your style (we hope for your 28 COMING SOON 16-17 COMEDY P.16 gift shopping sake that it’s not). New releases to look forward The Other Woman, The Trip to Italy, This month our features are two to next month action spectaculars which play Life After Beth, The Longest Week, with time: Edge of Tomorrow, Sharknado 2: The Second One, which is something of a sci-fi Blended and more Groundhog Day, and X-Men: Days of Future Past, which hurls ol’ mate 18-19 DRAMA Wolverine into the ‘70s to put a Grace of Monaco, The Fault in stop to a particularly dastardly 9 Alien: Isolation our Stars, Imaginaerum, It’s being called one of the most deed. Aside from that, Alien: The Face of Love, The Rover, authentic survival horror games Isolation is fi nally out into the Under the Skin and more ever, and we’re taking a closer peek gaming arena and you can read P.18 our write-up on page 9, and the 20-21 THRILLER drama section is particularly The Scribbler, Jamesy Boy, marvellous this month, Grand Piano, Mindscape, with The Fault in our Stars, Banshee Chapter, The Babadook, Under the Skin and The Rover The Calling and more all waiting for you to take ‘em 10 Edge of Tomorrow home. Now go forth and watch! We look into the machinations of 22-23 TV THE TEAM how Tom Cruise’s latest sci-fi action fl ick was created 24: Live Another Day, Glee S5, Suits S3, Supernatural S9, 12 X-Men: Days of The Mentalist S6, The Big Bang Future Past Theory S7 and more It turns out that crafting a fi lm set P.20 during two wildly different time 26 FAMILY periods requires a huge bunch of Rio 2, Monster High: Freaky creative people to work together Fusion, Malefi cent, Summer’s Shadow and more

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One of the best things about mock teaser promo for 23 remakes is when they get Jump Street, in which our all self-aware, such as when heroes Channing Tatum and the original stars make a Jonah Hill fi nd themselves slick little cameo a la Paul in medical school? Well, Michael Glaser and David it’s happening. Maybe. A Soul in Starsky & Hutch, third installment of the and Peter DeLuise and hugely successful Jump Johnny Depp in 21 Jump Street reboot is defi nitely Street. And for that last one, confi rmed – writer Rodney things continue to get really Rothman is penning the refl exive. Remember at the script with input from end of its sequel, 22 Jump Tatum and Hill. Open wide Street, when there was a and say ‘Ahh!’ Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum

QUENTIN SHARES HIS SPOILS Did you know that Quentin Tarantino owns a movie theatre? Neither did we, but we aren’t to be blamed because QT hasn’t had anything to do with the running of the New Beverly Cinema since he bought it in 2007. But now the adored director plans to have a big hand in the stately theatre’s programming, organising a bunch of double features which will show off his own personal 35mm print collection which includes classics such as A Fistful of Dollars and The Thin Man movies. We can only imagine the treasures he’ll pull out of his cache; perhaps there’s still time to move to Los Angeles.

PRECOGS IN THE PIPELINE

Fox has nabbed itself the a man he’s never met. rights to a series based The show will focus on on the 2002 fi lm Minority one of the male ‘precogs’ Report, and has promised (telepathically-inclined us a pilot! The series will beings who predict violent be a sequel to the movie crimes) and his struggle to and is to be set about 10 adapt to the real world. We years after the action- have a funny premonition packed adventure Tom that this is going to be Cruise found himself on insanely popular. To get when, as a detective in your reality-bending fi x the PreCrime unit of the of Tom Cruise right this Washington D.C. Police minute, fl ip to our feature force of the future, he on Edge of Tomorrow Tom Cruise as Chief John Anderton in the is predicted to murder on page 10. Minority Report

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Bill Murray GHOSTGALS Melissa McCarthy THE MOST POPULAR RENTAL TITLES ACROSS AUSTRALIA

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Kristen Wiig

Emma Stone

Aubrey Plaza

Bill Murray has some excellent also illuminating to hear who we think the best actress to suggestions for which ladies the comedy great fi nds truly match and maybe top the A MILLION WAYS could play the Ghostbusters, funny. His picks? Melissa sarcastic, blank-faced humour 1 TO DIE IN THE WEST should the extremely McCarthy (Tammy), Kristen of Murray’s character Peter unfounded rumour that a third Wiig (Bridesmaids), Linda Venkman is defi nitely Aubrey movie is not only imminent, Cardellini (Freaks and Geeks), Plaza. Check out our review BAD NEIGHBOURS but might have an all-female and Emma Stone (The Amazing of her new dark comedy Life 2 line-up, prove to be true. It’s Spider-Man). Personally, After Beth, on page 17. 3 DIVERGENT KINGDOM COMES 4 NOAH CBS has done really well with its series man who is dealing with survivor’s guilt after 5 THE MONUMENTS MEN adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Under a strange compulsion made him take the day the Dome, which is now moving into its third off from his job at the World Trade Centre that season. So why not go with a similar idea fateful day. When creepy objects start turning TRANSCENDENCE again? The network has submitted a pilot for up in his apartment, he realises they belong 6 The Things They Left Behind, an adaptation of to his colleagues who died in the terrorist a short story of King’s, with a view to making attack. For another creepy ‘King’ fl ick, have CHEF it into a series. The story is set one year after a look at our review of found footage horror 7 the events of 9/11, and revolves around a The Possession of Michael King on page 21. 8 DRAFT DAY

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With ﬁ lms such as The Matrix and Johnny Mnemonic under his titled New Angeles. It’s about a guy who wants a new belt, Keanu Reeves knows a thing or two about virtual realities. identity, and so sinks into a parallel world of ones and That’s why he’ll be lending his know-how to a new television zeroes – but he’ll ﬁ nd more than he bargained for. script to be directed by Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, As far as we know this character will not be played Godzilla [the 1998 version], Stargate, The Day After Tomorrow), by Reeves, but some lucky, as yet unnamed, Chosen One.

FINCHER AND ELLROY, WALKING DEADEND ELLROY AND FINCHER Robert Kirkman, the writer responsible for the comic Los Angeles crime fi ction Se7en and Fight Club, is book series on which AMC show The Walking Dead is writer James Ellroy is best apparently a great admirer based, has confi rmed that the story will indeed come known for his belters LA of Ellroy and the feeling is to a close at some point. That may sound obvious, but Confi dential, Street Kings mutual, which means this The Walking Dead is such a popular show for AMC – it’s and The Black Dahlia, rumoured collaborative still going super strong in its fi fth series – we’re a little all of which have been crime drama for HBO is sad to hear the truth. “I do have a lot of road laid out adapted into feature fi lms, going to be very smooth before [the conclusion] that is going to take a long time, and now the novelist is indeed. There are awfully but I certainly know exactly what I’m building to,” he said teaming up with one of few details at the moment in a recent interview. Perhaps AMC will nonchalantly the greats: director David but keep your eye out, wave away any defi nitive ending from the comics and Fincher. Fincher, whose because we anticipate roll the thing out for decades to come, and honestly, various gems include The more info will be trickling that probably wouldn’t make us too upset. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, down soon.

The Black Dahlia, Fight Club, LA Conﬁ dential, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

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Actor, songwriter and singer Peggy Lee, who died in 2002 CAN YOU TELL at the age of 81, boasts an incredible life story full of US ANY QUIRKY struggle and glamour, which has been ripe for the feature CUSTOMER TALES? fi lm market for years. Revered screenwriter and director We are a small country town and Nora Ephron had been working on a script about the icon’s life at the time of her death two years ago, with Reese customers don’t present their Witherspoon attached to star. It was thought indefi nitely membership cards often when shelved, but now Witherspoon has revealed that Todd hiring movies. We all know each Haynes (Velvet Goldmine, I’m Not There) is taking over the other. When a man came to the director’s chair and will likely be working from Ephron’s counter to hire his movie I didn’t script. Don’t forget that Witherspoon won an Oscar for her recognise him so I asked his depiction of singer June Carter Cash in 2005’s Walk the name. He said Bond – James Line, so she’s well qualifi ed. Bring on the fever! For another Bond. I looked at him and said WHAT WOULD BE super anticipated biopic, turn to page 18 for our review of “Really”. He gave me the eye and YOUR IDEAL MOVIE Nicole Kidman’s Grace of Monaco. winked. He showed me his I.D. MARATHON? which said James Bond. I said RED, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Reese Witherspoon “Shaken but not stirred”. We Love Actually and Avatar. as June Carter in laughed out loud together. I have Walk the Line never forgotten his name since. TOP 5 ACTORS/DIRECTORS /PRODUCERS YOU WOULD INVITE FOR DINNER? MOST ANTICIPATED NEW RELEASE Will Smith, Hugh Jackman, Helen FOR OCTOBER 2014? Mirren, Judi Dench and Sam Neill. The Other Woman. WHO WOULD YOU ALL TIME WANT TO PLAY YOU FAVOURITE MOVIE? IN A FILM OF YOUR LIFE? U.S. Marshals. Barbra Streisand AFFLECK’S PICKS Ben Affl eck often cops aff-fl ack for the fact his movies are pretty much always set and shot in Boston, but he does it because he loves his hometown. That’s not so weird, is it? Therefore it’s not really a surprise that his newest project is Live by Night, an adaptation of the novel by Dennis Lehane, set in Prohibition Era Boston. And he’s got a trio of solid stars confi rmed to play the female leads: Zoe Saldana, Sienna Miller and Elle Fanning. None of those three are Boston natives but hopefully they’ll be able to imbue their performances with the kind of reverence for the city that Affl eck knows it deserves. Thankfully the fi lm’s lead character Joe Coughlin will be played by Affl eck himself, so he can lead the way. Zoe Saldana in Out of the Furnace, Sienna Miller in Alfi e and Elle Fanning in Ginger and Rosa

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In what would seem to be assume the role of Ellen learn to utilise equipment the perfect tie-in with the Ripley’s daughter, Amanda around the space station in 35th anniversary of Ridley Ripley, who arrives at the the quest to do so. A word of Scott’s seminal 1979 sci-fi space station Sevastopol warning: This will undoubtedly classic, Alien, British studio in pursuit of news of her be the most terrifying game The Creative Assembly, best mother’s disappearance. You you will play this year. Make known for its Total War series, can guess who she runs into. sure you keep the lights on! is unleashing Alien: Isolation However, this is far from the this month. Designed to bullet-laden shooter we’ve capture the retro-futuristic come to expect from Alien- aesthetics of Scott’s fi lm, the themed games. Here, players Dead Space game, like the fi lm, features must evade the clutches of only one deadly alien. Players a prowling Xenomorph, and Dead Space 2

FORMAT: XB1, 360, PS4, PS3, PC RATING: MA 15+ PUBLISHER: Sega GENRE: Survival Horror ONLINE: No RELEASE DATE: 07/10/14

TKE12_09_GamesEditorial.indd 9 15/09/2014 3:25 pm In this pressure-cooker of a sci-ﬁ thriller, Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt found room to bring the script’s comical aspects to life through the singularly bizarre situation the two ﬁ nd themselves in during a prolonged, epic battle. BY ZOË RADAS

e all know Tom Cruise is good to become not only the soldier, but the at being the action hero – Top man, he has to be. When I fi nd a project W Gun, Born on the Fourth of like this, that has a deeper meaning July, Mission: Impossible, conveyed with tremendous action and RATED: M Minority Report, Jack Reacher and War great humour, that’s a movie AVAILABLE: October 8 of the Worlds will all attest to that. But I want to make.” STARS: Tom Cruise, we also know Cruise has the dramatic The star himself was drawn in to Emily Blunt, Brendan chops to carry a character’s emotive Liman’s project by the extremely Gleeson, Bill Paxton transformation throughout a fi lm: just tense, confusing and unanticipated DIRECTOR: Doug Liman look to Jerry Maguire, Magnolia, and circumstances his character fi nds Rain Man. In Edge of Tomorrow, Cruise himself in – which creates a neat irony DURATION: 113 mins meshes these talents into a rather for Cage, seeing as his ability to ‘reset’ FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray peerless storyline: he is Major William the day gives him the ability to ‘foresee’ Cage, who, far from being a top-notch the horrifi c defeat the humans will fi ghter, is actually a military experience. “The structure of PR worker who has the story and the way the never even seen battle. Cruise has the dramatic time loop works allow Unfortunately, when his chops to carry a character’s the audience to come temper gets the better emotive transformation in, understand the rules, of him and he threatens and then go right along a far superior offi cer, throughout a fi lm with Cage on a constant he’s sent to the coalface of accelerative progression,” the current war – which pits the Cruise explains. “Even though human United Defense Force against an he is living the same day over and over, extremely persistent and resistant alien it never feels the same because his army (the ‘Mimics’) who are trying to behaviour always changes; he always infi ltrate our world. He’s outweighed on moves the action forward. Cage was a his very fi rst day, of course, but instead really fun character to play. He’s in the of perishing in the fi eld, he awakens... military, but he’s not really a military guy; the previous morning. he’s the talking heads’ face of the war and “The concept of this really unique he’s not the least bit heroic. In fact, he’s time loop hooked me in,” says director not even a reluctant hero. He’s a coward Doug Liman, who boasts a short but who’ll say anything to get out of the high-quality resume which includes fi ght. And now he has to live through this Swingers, Go, The Bourne Identity, bloody battle over and over.” Mr & Mrs Smith, and Jumper. “It Cage needs a little bit of help in opened everything up and created discovering how he’s come to absorb an opportunity to explore what was the questionable blessing of resetting, interesting about Tom’s character and in realising that he can possibly use and to witness, day after day of it to his – and humanity’s – advantage the same day, what takes Cage in the war against the Mimics. That help to the brink. It also forces him comes in the form of Sgt. Rita Vrataski,

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BATTLE SUITS

EXOSKELETON, ELYSIUM (2013) A smuggler named Spider (Wagner Moura) agrees to help our hero Max (Matt Damon) get to the idyllic, elite paradise of a space station Elysium, in exchange for inside information. To help the ailing, radiation-poisoned Max make it through the powerful defensive crew which Elysium uses to stop intruders getting in, Spider and his team surgically attach a combat exoskeleton to Max’s body, imbuing him with awesome ﬁ ghting powers.

JAEGERS, PACIFIC who is heralded as the most talented starts every day wanting nothing to do RIM (2013) and fearless combatant amongst the with him. He must break through her Charlie Hunnam is Raleigh soldiers of the resistance. Cage faces carefully constructed, emotional wall, Becket, a former Jaeger total scorn from every other member over and over again.” robot pilot who has been of the military when he tries to explain An innovative, exciting and humorous called out of retirement and back into battle with the Kaiju, what he is experiencing, but to his total achievement, don’t miss Edge of enormous monsters who are tearing shock, Rita not only acknowledges what Tomorrow this month. the earth apart. Raleigh must hop back he’s dealing with but seems to know into his Jaeger cockpit, which enables more about it than he does, and implores him to manipulate the huge robot and him to come and fi nd her when he next fi ght for his right to live. awakens. In Emily Blunt, Liman found the actress who could portray Rita’s tenacious qualities while maintaining an EXOSUIT emotional connection with the audience. CARGO-LOADER, ALIENS (1986) “I was really excited to play someone Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) as tough, badass and physically thinks they’re home and dangerous as Rita,” Blunt says. “But hosed when she and Bishop when I read the script, mixed in with make it back to the Sulaco, but this very cool story and intense action that alien queen is pretty irate that all her sequences I also found a lot of laughs, eggs were destroyed so she gets into the as well as incredible determination and landing gear and pops up through Bishop’s perseverance of the human spirit.” body. Ripley dons the robotic forklift suit There were many opportunities for normally used to move cargo around the humour in Edge of Tomorrow, in the ship, and battles the queen to the death. situation of a pair of people bound together but with only one of them IRON MAN SUIT, remembering the previous details of IRON MAN (2008) their connection. “Cage begins as a self- We simply can’t go past serving media spin doctor who initially the ultimate battle suit, sees Rita as a means to an end,” says the costume created by engineer Tony Stark (Robert screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie. Downey, Jr.) which turns the “But she has unmatched combat industrialist into superhero Iron Man. experience and understands his It’s made of extremely strong, totally situation better than he does – fi ctional materials and is aided by a force in short, she’s the key to ending fi eld, while also boasting onboard weapons, his nightmare. Meanwhile, she augmented strength, radar and radio systems and the power of fl ight. 11

TKE12_10_11_EdgeOfTomo_Feature.indd 11 15/09/2014 3:28 pm IT WAS A MAD WORLD OF Professor Charles Xavier (played by Patrick Stewart in the ‘future’, and by COLLABORATIVE CREATIVES The swinging between James McAvoy in the ‘past’) uses to detect LOOKING AHEAD AND past and future provided humans and mutants. Production designer John Myhre constructed Cerebro entirely BEHIND THEMSELVES, some interesting challenges, DURING THE MAKING OF THE on its blueprints from the fi rst X-Men particularly in the order of fi lm, and star Hugh Jackman confi rms LATEST X-MEN ADVENTURE. sets and design. how incredible it was to see this original version of the familiar sanctum. “For he newest installation in the me, and for Halle [Berry], and for Patrick formidable, hallowed X-Men [Stewart], walking down those hallways series is the most spectacular interesting challenges, particularly was deja vu – like we’d gone back fourteen T achievement of the franchise in the order of sets and design. years in time,” he says reverently. to date. As the initially confusing title – “This was a fun one for me,” says One of the other chief setpieces was the Days of Future Past – will tell you, it’s a Newton Thomas Sigel, director of X-jet, which our heroes board at the climax time-bending trip from the future to the photography. “I lived through the ‘70s of the fi lm, and is something of a “fortifi ed 1970s and back again, led by the intrepid so I had a cultural reference for the warship”, says Myhre. Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) and involving ‘past.’ In creating the ‘future’ there is no “The X-jet felt true to the original X-jet several cast doubles at different stages cultural memory, and no reference to of the comic and of the earlier movies,” of their characters’ lives. The swinging go on. So my approach was to create a explains producer and screenwriter Simon between past and future provided some visual vocabulary to get my ideas across. Kinberg, “and yet it was completely new The past is warmer, grainier and almost and different. The team wanted to create muddy, whereas the future is cooler, a sleek, futuristic looking vessel without darker and starker.” visible joints, using various shapes, scales Infl uencing and informed by these and layers.” elements of Sigel’s ‘visual vocabulary’ But there were smaller, more personal were an absolutely staggering number items to consider too: the design of of sets: 40 in total, accompanied by Professor Xavier’s wheelchair and of the 36 practical locations in the heart of Cerebro helmet were carefully formulated Montreal, Canada. One of these major to fi t with the styles of the previous sets was Cerebro, the device that fi lms and comics, and to make sense on a practical level. The 1973 Cerebro had to be constructed according to the aesthetics of the time and using materials that would be comfortable for McAvoy’s head; meanwhile, in the future, Professor Xavier’s wheelchair does not operate with wheels, but instead uses magnetic force for propulsion. As for the bright, smooth costumes which pepper the X-Men comics – costume designer Louise Mingenbach knew this wouldn’t be true to the dystopian future

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SPECIAL BITS OF HEADGEAR

THE MASK, THE MASK (1994) The mask’s origins are a bit murky: we know it’s wooden, it’s Aztec-looking, and it’s found in the washed- up detritus in the city harbour by Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey). Of course when he touches it to his face, it instantly becomes a gakky, sentient thing which wraps around his entire head, gives him a zoot suit and allows him to be the loud, garish, cartoon-inspired whacko that the X-Men fi nd themselves in during the blockbuster together, that has enraptured apparently he is inside. Good job. age of the sentinel war. “They are being fans. Director Bryan Singer remembers the hunted; therefore sleek, clean, shiny suits overwhelming reaction from the audience ACTUAL HEADGEAR, were not going to work,” she explains. at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con, when CHARLIE AND THE “It was diffi cult to make the intricate pieces the cast members fi led onto the stage CHOCOLATE and hand them over to be destroyed, accompanied by an ear-bleeding roar of FACTORY (2005) but they came back looking more realistic, appreciation from the crowd. In the Johnny Depp version like they had been in battle.” “If I had been at Comic-Con 25 years ago of the fi lm, we learn why It was also about fi nding costumes that and Han Solo and Luke Skywalker and Wonka is so obsessed with candy: his dad sat in that special spot between loyalty to Princess Leia walked across the stage I was a dentist, and never ever let the poor the mutants’ personalities and individual would have freaked out, too!” he laughs. little Willy eat any sweeties. He also gave characteristics, and innovation for the “I feel extremely at home with this him a bunch of (probably unnecessary) benefi t of the audience. It’s something we universe. I love being in it, exploring it treatments, including making him wear orthodontic headgear. But you gotta admit, often see in comic-to-movie adaptations, and having a lot of fun with it.” Let us praise Wonka sure has perfect teeth. as occasionally the costumes devised the heavens that Singer enjoys bringing by graphic illustrators aren’t the most these “modern day mythologies” of the reasonable things when it comes to X-Men to the big screen, because we sure THE SORTING HAT, actually decking out an actor who must don’t want him to stop any time soon. THE HARRY POTTER move, fi ght, be believable while doing it SERIES (2001 – 2011) and not inspire the audience into cackles During your fi rst year of of laughter. (Just imagine if Jamie Foxx’s school at Hogwart’s, you have to sit in front of the whole Electro in the recent The Amazing school while the Sorting Hat is Spider-Man 2 had actually worn the jammed on your head, decides which of the lurid green and yellow lightning-bolt four houses you will join, and then shouts cum maple leaf face mask that his its answer out to everyone while lifting the character dons in the comics?) edges of its brim up excitedly like a T-rex “The costumes in Days of Future Past trying really hard to wave. are really more about each mutant’s individual powers rather than looking like THE FACEHUGGER, RATED: M they are part of a team of superheroes,” ALIEN (1979) Mingenbach says. “Bryan has always AVAILABLE: October 15 This friendly little understood and been insistent about the STARS: Hugh Jackman, parasitoid likes to attach fact that fi lm is a totally different medium James McAvoy, Michael itself to your visage, curling than a comic book, so the costumes have Fassbender, Jennifer its legs around your head and wrapping its tail around to look real and practical.” Lawrence your neck, so that it can stick a proboscis There’s something about not just DIRECTOR: Bryan Singer down your throat and implant an embryo. the story of Days of Future Past, but DURATION: 126 mins Although you’re unconscious, it administers the immense, collaborative, creative FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray oxygen into your lungs so that you stay energy which has gone into piecing the alive long enough for its darling offspring to gestate and, eventually, chew through your chest. Cute! 13

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ACTION All of your faves are back, with some new characters to boot... and a couple that are in between: in this decade- jumping adventure, you’ll get to see the younger versions of Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart, versus James McAvoy) and Magneto (Sir Ian McKellen versus a wonderful Michael Fassbender), when Wolverine has to travel back in time to the ‘70s and fi nd the younger mutants. This is all in order to stop Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) from committing a crime that will change the face of the future, in which a huge army of frightening robots has been created, their sole purpose to fi nd RATED: M and exterminate mutants. The action and sets are absolutely terrifi c, with primary AVAILABLE: October 15 kudos going to Hugh Jackman for another STARS: Hugh Jackman, moving performance as the perenially James McAvoy, Michael tough and reluctantly affectionate Fassbender, Jennifer Wolverine. It’s basically two ripper movies Lawrence in one, and you won’t want it to end. DIRECTOR: Bryan Singer DURATION: 126 mins IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE... FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray X-Men: First Class X-Men: The Last Stand X2

THE PRINCE GODZILLA

This is quite the line up: Bruce The big boy is back, and although Willis, Jason Patric and John you may take that to refer to Bryan Cusack are coming at you for a Cranston (whom we are dearly slightly formulaic but still enjoyable missing since the conclusion of action fi lm based in the sooty New Walter White’s saga), we actually Orleans underworld. Patric is Paul, mean the big scaly monster a retired crime boss who, after the who titles this blockbuster. A death of his wife, pours his heart reimagining that is still humble into bringing up his only child Beth enough to bow to the classic (Gia Mantegna, real life daughter story’s roots, Godzilla matches the of Criminal Minds actor Joe creature’s horrifi c size and fury with Mantegna). When Beth is snatched a believable, emotive family story: from home by old-time rival Omar Cranston is Joe Brody, a former (Bruce Willis), Paul realises he’s got engineer at a Japanese nuclear to get his hands dirty again and plant, which was destroyed several RATED: MA15+ enlists the help of ally Sam (Cusack) RATED: M years prior. When he becomes in order to delve back into the convinced that the plant’s collapse AVAILABLE: October 30 AVAILABLE: October 1 criminal network of his hometown, was caused by something other STARS: Jason Patric, to save his offspring. Aggressive STARS: Aaron Taylor- than natural disaster, he pleads Jessica Lowndes, shootouts and determined revenge Johnson, CJ Adams, with his Navy offi cer son Ford Gia Mantegna, are the orders of the day here, Ken Watanabe, (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) for help in Bruce Willis although there’s nothing too violent. Bryan Cranston uncovering the truth. DIRECTOR: DIRECTOR: Brian A. Miller Gareth Edwards DURATION: 100 mins DURATION: 123 mins FORMATS: DVD FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray

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THE PRINCE GODZILLA JASON PATRIC BRUCE WILLIS This is quite the line up: Bruce The big boy is back, and although Willis, Jason Patric and John you may take that to refer to Bryan JOHNCUSACK Cusack are coming at you for a Cranston (whom we are dearly CURTIS “50 CENT” slightly formulaic but still enjoyable missing since the conclusion of JACKSON action fi lm based in the sooty New Walter White’s saga), we actually Orleans underworld. Patric is Paul, mean the big scaly monster JUNG JI HOON a retired crime boss who, after the who titles this blockbuster. A A.K.A.RAIN death of his wife, pours his heart reimagining that is still humble into bringing up his only child Beth enough to bow to the classic (Gia Mantegna, real life daughter story’s roots, Godzilla matches the of Criminal Minds actor Joe creature’s horrifi c size and fury with Mantegna). When Beth is snatched a believable, emotive family story: from home by old-time rival Omar Cranston is Joe Brody, a former (Bruce Willis), Paul realises he’s got engineer at a Japanese nuclear to get his hands dirty again and plant, which was destroyed several RATED: MA15+ enlists the help of ally Sam (Cusack) RATED: M years prior. When he becomes in order to delve back into the convinced that the plant’s collapse MERCY IS FOR AVAILABLE: October 30 AVAILABLE: October 1 criminal network of his hometown, was caused by something other THE WEAK. STARS: Jason Patric, to save his offspring. Aggressive STARS: Aaron Taylor- than natural disaster, he pleads Jessica Lowndes, shootouts and determined revenge Johnson, CJ Adams, with his Navy offi cer son Ford Gia Mantegna, are the orders of the day here, Ken Watanabe, (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) for help in Bruce Willis although there’s nothing too violent. Bryan Cranston uncovering the truth. THE DIRECTOR: DIRECTOR: Brian A. Miller Gareth Edwards DURATION: 100 mins DURATION: 123 mins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray PDIRECTED BY BRIAN A. MILLER

905296 THE PRINCE - 1/2 PAGE RENTAL MAG AD.indd 1 8/09/2014 1:28 pm TKE012_14-15_Reviews_ACTION.indd 14 16/09/14 10:45 AM EDGE OF NINJA: SHADOW A GOOD MAN THE ART OF ACTION TOMORROW OF A TEAR THE STEAL RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: Oct 15 RATED: M AVAIL: Oct 8 RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: Oct 15 STARS: Steven Seagal, RATED: CTC AVAIL: Oct 23 STARS: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, STARS: Scott Adkins, Kane Ron Balicki, Claudiu Bleont, STARS: Kurt Russell, Matt Dillon, Brendan Gleeson, Bill Paxton Kosugi DIRECTOR: Isaac Massimo Dobrovic, Elias Ferkin Jay Baruchel, Kenneth Welsh DIRECTOR: Doug Liman Florentine DURATION: 91 mins DIRECTOR: Keoni Waxman DIRECTOR: Jonathan Sobol DURATION: 113 mins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray DURATION: 103 mins DURATION: 90 mins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray FORMATS: DVD This is the sequel to 2009’s Emily Blunt proves herself dexterous Ninja, and Steven Seagal is still going This is a really interesting next to the bankable Tom Scott Adkins reprises his strong in his special brand of group of actors to bring Cruise, in this quite exciting, role as Casey Bowman, macho action, as A Good Man together, headed by Kurt Groundhog Day-esque thriller. an American trained in enthusiastically conﬁ rms. As Russell and the brilliant As a race of rather hostile Japanese martial arts. familiar as the story is - Seagal Terence Stamp. It’s a and deadly aliens mow over In this follow-up, Casey is a former mercenary who criminally comedic caper humankind, a pair of military has settled with a young has to protect a young woman about a stunt motorcyclist ofﬁ cers must discover why family, but his idyllic life is from Chinese gangsters - the and art thief (Russell) whose time is resetting at the end shattered when mysterious man’s weapons skills are really begrudging involvement of each day, and how they assassins murder his wife. quite amazing, even compared in one last heist ends can use the effect to He travels to Thailand to some top-notch stars. He up setting off a chain of their advantage. to seek revenge. must practise a lot. incredible events.

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Director Nick Cassavetes has delivered COMEDY us some of the most beloved dramas of the ‘00s, including The Notebook and My Sister’s Keeper. Now he turns his hand to comedy, assembling a trio of ladies to push this hilarious, oddball story forward: Cameron Diaz is Carly, who has just begun dating smooth businessman Mark (Coster-Waldau), but discovers that he is married to Kate (Mann). The two betrayed women form a bond, and upon meeting a third woman whom Mark is misleading (Kate Upton), they decide to get even with the mongrel. Cue the litany of revenge scenarios: hair removal cream in his shampoo, estrogen in his smoothies, RATED: M and all manner of other tricks which aren’t AVAILABLE: October 9 exactly inventive but do give Mann a STARS: Cameron Diaz, chance to show off her expert comedic Leslie Mann, Nikolaj timing. The jury is still out on whether Coster-Waldau, Coster-Waldau will make it as a Don Johnson comedy star, but good on him for dipping his toes in. DIRECTOR: Nick Cassavetes IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE... DURATION: 136 mins Addicted to Love FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray This is 40 27 Dresses

SHARKNADO 2: HAIRBRAINED THE TRIP TO ITALY RATED: M AVAIL: Oct 22 RATED: M AVAIL: Oct 15 THE SECOND ONE STARS: Alex Wolff, Brendan STARS: Steve Coogan, Fraser, Julia Garner DIRECTOR: Rob Brydon, Rosie Fellner Firmly embracing the ‘so Billy Kent DURATION: 97 mins DIRECTOR: Michael bad it’s good’ ethos in an FORMATS: DVD Winterbottom DURATION: 109 mins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray affectionate bearhug, the SyFy Although this one borrows cable channel has revived way too much from Wes If you’re not familiar with itself off the back of the Anderson’s 1998 gem The Trip (2010), you must Sharknado franchise. There’s Rushmore, there’re still be told that this sequel defi nitely a ton of love for the some very cute moments. is an absolute necessity whacky premise, and SyFy Eli Pettifog (Wolff) is a in your life if you’re at all could well go on cranking self-described child prodigy, into cynical meandering these hilarious fl icks out when who enters college at age conversations, grown logic, quality and continuity 13. He’s grown his hair into men arguing over whose “A five star movie…blown away aren’t the chief concerns. In an alarming mop to protect impressions are superior, by this superb superhero film…” this sequel to the cult hit, Ian his dazzling brain, which he and/or Steve Coogan. Nerdly.co.uk Ziering and Tara Reid return uses to lead the misfi t trivia See our Winterbottom as Fin and April, who are team into beating a slew of special on page 27. RATED: MA15+ travelling from Los Angeles elite colleges. Twee but fun. AVAILABLE: October 23 to New York City to promote April’s book about surviving STARS: Ian Ziering, the LA sharknado. Before the Tara Reid, plane can land, however, it’s Vivica A. Fox buffeted by airborne toothy DIRECTOR: selachimorpha which get Anthony C. Ferrante into the cabin and cockpit. DURATION: 90 mins Don’t worry, they land safely, but the Big Apple is in FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray for a weird weekend.

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THE LONGEST LIFE AFTER BETH COMEDY BLENDED WEEK RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: Oct 29 Yes, Drew Barrymore and Adam RATED: M AVAIL: Oct 2 STARS: STARS: Aubrey Plaza, Dane Sandler might be a very familiar Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde, Billy DeHaan, John C. Reilly, Molly rom-com team. But why is that? Crudup DIRECTOR: Peter Glanz Shannon DIRECTOR: Jeff Baena It’s because they have such DURATION: 86 mins FORMATS: DURATION: 85 mins effortless chemistry and genuine DVD/Blu-ray FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray rapport that it’s practically a no-brainer putting them We don’t all like Billy This skewed, sweet together. In Blended, they are Crudup. He did leave comedy starts with the two single parents who share Mary-Louise Parker for unfortunate expiration of an awful date, which includes Claire Danes when the Beth (Aubrey Plaza). Her each pretending they have an former was seven months heartsick boyfriend Zack ‘emergency’ to get out of the pregnant. Thankfully, his (DeHaan from Metallica end of the cringe-worthy dinner. presence is mitigated by the Through the Never Embarrassing, but no matter. fantastically paired Bateman and Kill Your Darlings) Except it does matter, because and Wilde. Bateman stars is devastated, until he shortly thereafter they ﬁ nd that as a wealthy layabout who discovers Beth isn’t actually RATED: M they’ve each booked their family is suddenly disinherited, dead... nor, technically, and ﬁ nds himself attracted AVAILABLE: October 22 trip to the same African resort, alive. Zombie goodness. and as they’ve been organised to the pixie dreamgirl Wilde. STARS: Adam Sandler, into a ‘blended honeymoon’ Drew Barrymore, group, the kids and the parents Kevin Nealon, begin to warm to one another. Terry Crews DIRECTOR: Frank Coraci DURATION: 117 mins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray

Starring KATIE CASSIDY from TV’s hit series Arrow

“A five star movie…blown away by this superb superhero film…” Nerdly.co.uk

On Blu-ray and DVD October 8

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DRAMA Based on the 1964 novel of the same name, The Two Faces of January does a beautiful job of exploring balmy Southern Europe during the era - it looks and feels a lot like The Talented Mr Ripley, which isn’t so strange seeing as the novels have the same author, Patricia Highsmith. The fi lm is set in 1962 and tells the tale of couple Chester and Collette MacFarland (Mortensen and Dunst, respectively). They are an American couple staying in Greece, and strike up a friendship with Rydal (Isaac), a tourist guide who also spends his time scamming unsuspecting holidaymakers. Chester is suspicious of this quiet, dreamy-eyed smoothie, not only because he sees his own immorality refl ected back at himself, but because Rydal’s attraction to Collette is obvious. When RATED: M the law-fl eeing details of Chester and Collette’s AVAILABLE: October 23 Greek stay are revealed, Rydal agrees to help STARS: Kirsten Dunst, them organise false passports and escape the Viggo Mortensen, Oscar authorities, but the trio are more likely to tear Isaac, Daisy Bevan themselves down from within than without. DIRECTOR: Extremely stylish and suspenseful. Hossein Amini DURATION: 96 mins IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE... FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray The Talented Mr Ripley Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Side Effects

GRACE OF MONACO UNDER THE SKIN THE ROVER RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: Oct 15 RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: Oct 15 STARS: Scarlett Johansson, STARS: Guy Pearce, Robert Biopics tend to divide Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Pattinson, Scoot McNairy audiences, and true to form, Taylor DIRECTOR: Jonathan DIRECTOR: David Michôd ONE OF THESE some (let’s face it, most) are Glazer DURATION: 108 mins DURATION: 103 mins GUYS IS A tearing Grace of Monaco FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray GENIUS apart while others think it’s a triumph. One suspects the Jonathan Glazer hasn’t Four years after his debut fi lm naysayers are just anti-Kidman- directed many fi lms, but his Animal Kingdom pounded the AFIs ites, because truthfully the list of music videos proves and earned an Oscar nod, Aussie Aussie actress doesn’t do him to be a master of subtlety, director David Michod brings us a bad job at all here. She is secrecy and enduring images The Rover, which echoes 2009’s Movie Trailer Grace Kelly, the glamorous (he’s a favourite of British bands dystopian dramaThe Road. But Hollywood star who married Radiohead and Massive Attack). it’s still a scorching original: set FROM THE the Prince of Monaco in 1956, He’s an excellent pick for Under 10 years after a huge economic WRITERS OF at the age of 26. The fi lm the Skin, a mysterious story collapse, Australia is almost totally POLTERGEIST covers a period of the 1960s about a woman who seduces anarchic, and Eric (Pearce) is a I & II RATED: PG in which Kelly reportedly men with her Scarlett Johannson broken man. When his one joy is AVAILABLE: underwent an identity looks (literally) and then uses stolen, he forces a dense gang October 15 crisis and was experiencing their bodies for creepy purposes. member (Pattinson) to help him STARS: Nicole Kidman, problems within her marriage; Really quite brilliant. on a recovery mission. Milo Ventimiglia, Parker as such, of course many Movie Trailer Posey, Tim Roth details shown here are DIRECTOR: speculative and the criticism Oliver Dahan aimed at the fi lm really only A LITTLE MAGIC seems to come from those GOES A LONG DURATION: 103 mins who don’t agree with those WAY FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray details, rather than issues with Kidman’s quite radiant performance. Intriguing.

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October2014.indd 1 8/09/2014 9:09 am TKE012_18-19_Reviews_DRAMA.indd 18 15/09/2014 4:05 pm THE FACE OF LOVE THE FAULT IN DRAMA OUR STARS IMAGINAERUM RATED: M AVAIL: Oct 8 STARS: Annette Bening, Ed RATED: M AVAIL: Oct 29 In the vein of Pan’s Labyrinth, Harris, Robin Williams STARS: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Imaginaerum is a dark DIRECTOR: Arie Posin DURATION: Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern fantasy ﬁ lm which balances 89 mins FORMATS: DVD DIRECTOR: Joshe Boone the line between whimsical imagination and the raw Although The Face of Love DURATION: 126 mins truths of grief and illness. It can’t quite decide if it wants FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray was co-written by Tuomas to be weirdly amusing or just a You may feel like dismissing Holopainen, the keyboardist sentimental drama, it picks up a The Fault in Our Stars because for Finnish symphonic metal few points on each front. Bening it’s been swamped with the band Nightwish, whose music is a widow who is astounded to same fangirl fervour as The also informs the story. It meet Harris, the visual ringer of Hunger Games and Twilight. opens with elderly composer her dead husband. The two begin But the sentiment is well-paced Thomas Whitman (McCarthy) dating, but Bening becomes and not overly mawkish. Woodley deteriorating on his deathbed increasingly awkward as the is Hazel, an intelligent teen with while his estranged daughter truth of her late partner is terminal cancer, who struggles agonises over how to proceed revealed. Robin Williams is very RATED: M to deal with her attraction to with his care. Thomas enters a underused, but it’s wonderful AVAILABLE: October 19 Augustus (Elgort), a young man surreal dreamscape wherein he to see him anyway. she meets at a support group. STARS: Marianne Farley, relives his childhood years, with Quinn Lord, Francis X. strange anthropomorphised McCarthy, Ilkka Villi characters appearing to take DIRECTOR: Stobe Harju on the traits of people he DURATION: 82 mins knew throughout his life, now long dead. In linking the two FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray timelines together, he attempts to reach across his addled reality to make amends with his daughter before it is too late.

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Although the storyline of The Calling THRILLER might sound familiar – and it does use tropes which have been bandied around consistently – there’s actually a really excellent vein of introspection and contemplation running through it, instead of just banging us over the head with a Bible. In the slow, peaceful town of Port Dundas, Detective Hazel Micallef (Sarandon) has been cruising out the twilight of her career whilst caring for her mother (Burstyn). She’s called in to check on an elderly resident, but upon arrival discovers a crime scene in which the victim’s mouth is contorted in a way that must have been manually held into place RATED: MA15+ for some time after the actual death. AVAILABLE: October 30 Religious omens begin to take shape and STARS: Susan Sarandon, Micallef realises that there is more going Gil Bellows, Ellen Burstyn, on than one depraved murder. Old mate Topher Grace from Ally McBeal (Gil Bellows), is actually fantastic as Sarandon’s colleague, as is DIRECTOR: Jason Stone Topher Grace as a nervous junior ofﬁ cer. DURATION: 108 mins IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE... FORMATS: DVD Prisoners The Frozen Ground Fargo

MINDSCAPE BANSHEE THE SACRAMENT CHAPTER RATED: M AVAIL: Oct 29 STARS: Mark Strong, Taissa RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: Oct 22 Traditionally it’s been diffi cult Farmiga, Brian Cox DIRECTOR: STARS: Katia Winter, Ted Levine, for horror directors to amass Jorge Dorado DURATION: 94 mins Michael McMillian, Corey Moosa any sort of serious critical FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray DIRECTOR: Blair Erickson esteem, but Ti West is making DURATION: 87 mins In this chilling and genuinely his presence felt with a string FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray of acclaimed thrillers including exciting tumble of a story, a The House of the Devil (2009), 16 year old girl (Farmiga) is Very quickly-paced, this is a You’re Next (2011), the sleeper examined by a psychiatric masterful mesh of apparent fact hit The Innkeepers (2011), and professional (Strong) to and fi ction (fi rst time director a segment in the inventive determine whether she is truly Erikson researched hallucinogenic anthology V/H/S (2012). The traumatised, or is an intelligent drug experiements performed by Sacrament is placed squarely and incredibly manipulative the US government to inform his in the found footage genre, sociopath. The way she is screenplay). Some real life stock depicting aspiring pop culture examined is through her footage is blended with the story journalists Sam and Jake memories, which Strong can of Anne (Winter), a journalist who RATED: MA15+ (Bowen and Swanberg) enter and move around within is attempting to discover what AVAILABLE: October 15 deciding to fi lm their friend – but he has his own unsolved happened to her friend James, a Patrick (Kentucker Audley) as issues to bear, and this young former schoolmate who conducted STARS: Amy Seimetz, he goes to visit his sister, who prodigy could be bluffi ng him too. his own drug experiments. Joe Swanberg, Kate Lyn lives in a peaceful religious Sheil, AJ Bowen commune. Initially delighted at DIRECTOR: Ti West her health and wellbeing after DURATION: 95 mins her rehabilitation treatment, the boys begin interviewing FORMATS: DVD the commune’s other residents and discover that there’s a very eerie artery of humanity slithering through the territory.

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This post-steam-psycho-punk Filmmaker Trevor White had story is based on a pretty long considered the real life stark, cool graphic novel, in story of James Burns to be which a young woman named worth its weight in gold, let Suki (Katie Cassidy) works alone celluloid, and when out that she’s not so much Burns himself agreed to let fi lled with angst as serious White dramatise the tale, the psychological problems that eager young director went need aggressive attention. on a mission to assemble an Her internal pain prompts impressive cast: newcomer her to write obsessively, to Spencer Lofranco plays Burns, try and make sense of what a teen with a tough exterior she’s experiencing, but her who binds himself into street carers decide to administer gang culture, to the frustration a new treatment that strips of his no-nonsense mother RATED: MA15+ away excessive personalities RATED: MA15+ (Mary-Louise Parker) and his in a process called ‘The quiet neighbour (Taissa Farmiga). AVAILABLE: October 8 AVAILABLE: October 22 Siamese Burn.’ It’s rainy, it’s Soon enough he lands in STARS: Katie Cassidy, dark, everyone’s got Doc STARS: Mary-Louise prison, surrounded by criminals Garret Dillahunt, Martens and lip piercings and Parker, Taissa Farmiga, harder than any he’s ever Michael Imperioli eyeliner, and it’s a sure-fi re James Woods, encountered. The situation could DIRECTOR: John Suits win for anyone who likes Girl, Ving Rhames have darkened Burns’ outlook Interrupted and/or The Matrix. indefi nitely, but instead he is DURATION: 86 mins DIRECTOR: Trevor White It’s also amazing to see Cassidy propelled towards a reformed DURATION: 105 mins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray take on such a different persona criminal (Ving Rhames), who to her usual style; you’ll be FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray acts as something of a mentor, more fl oored than when you and begins to understand the saw Rooney Mara in The Girl positive possibilities for with the Dragon Tattoo. his future.

THE BABADOOK GRAND PIANO OCULUS THE POSSESSION OF MICHAEL KING RATED: M AVAIL: Oct 31 RATED: M AVAIL: Oct 1 RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: Oct 8 STARS: Essie Davis, Daniel STARS: Elijah Wood, John Cusack STARS: Karen Gillan, Brenton Henshall, Tiffany Lyndall-Knight DIRECTOR: Eugenio Mira Thwaites DIRECTOR: Mike RATED: R18+ AVAIL: Oct 2 DIRECTOR: Jennifer Kent DURATION: 86 mins Flanagan DURATION: 104 mins STARS: Shane Johnson, Ella DURATION: 93 mins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray Anderson, Cara Pifko FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray DIRECTOR: David Jung We’re glad Elijah Wood is getting Director Mike Flanagan has DURATION: 83 mins The Babadook has received a his peaky features back into thriller remade a short fi lm of his own FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray cavalcade of praise from critics fi lms. This one has an extremely from earlier in his career, and the and audiences, despite not intriguing premise, and takes place result is defi nitely compelling. Don’t invite in what you can’t being particularly high on the entirely within the boundaries of Two plotlines run parallel: one set handle: some advice protagonist winter marketing radar – and a concert performance. Wood 11 years ago follows a married Michael (Johnson) should it’s definitely worth a look, plays Tom Selznick, a pianist who couple slowly rendered psychotic have considered. In this by-the- with genuine creepiness and is intent on making a comeback, by the malevolent infl uence of an numbers but freaky found footage disturbing scares (rather than but as he begins his fi rst piece he antique mirror, while their young chiller, Michael’s atheistic hubris cheap jumps). A widowed fi nds threatening notes scrawled children try to protect themselves prompts him to document a mother struggles to control on his sheet music. He must outwit and escape; the other is number of spells and rituals her young son, who is plagued a hidden sociopath, who seems present-day, in which the now which he requests a psychic to by weird nightmares about a to know all of his secrets, whilst grown children reunite to fulfi l a perform on him. It becomes shadowy, top-hatted figure. playing the most demanding piece pact they made to destroy the quickly plain that God and the of his career. mirror. Intelligent and eerie. Devil certainly believe in him.

TKE012_20-21_Reviews_THRILLER.indd 21 15/09/2014 3:51 pm 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY TV Still adhering to its innovative concept of covering real-time events over the structure of its hourly episodes, there’s a slight deviation in this season: the ﬁ nal installment covers an entire 12 hours, from 10pm on the day the events begin to 11am the folllowing day. Within these parameters churns a layered story which is set four years after the events of season eight. Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) is living in quiet exile, but decides to emerge when he hears word of a probable upcoming attempt on the life of President James Heller (William Devane). The President is amongst negotiations with a British hacking group who extol freedom of information, and who have also convinced RATED: MA15+ Jack’s former and most trusted colleague AVAILABLE: October 1 Chloe O’Brien (Mary Lynn Rajskub) to aid STARS: Kiefer Sutherland, them in their plight. Meanwhile, US drones Yvonne Strahovski, are advancing on London and American Tate Donovan, weapons are used against China, bringing Mary Lynn Rajskub the countries closer and closer to open war. DIRECTOR: Jon Cassar IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE... DURATION: 534 mins 24 FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray La Femme Nikita The West Wing

REVOLUTION S2 GLEE S5 AMERICAN RATED: PG AVAIL: Oct 9 HORROR STORY S3 STARS: Chris Colfer, Jane Lynch, Stringing together several Kevin McHale, Lea Michele RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: Oct 29 ideas in the post-apocalyptic DIRECTOR: Bradley Beucker STARS: Evan Peters, Jessica and survival genres, DURATION: 859 mins Lange, Frances Conroy, Sarah Revolution caught our FORMATS: DVD Paulson DIRECTOR: Alfonso attention with its ﬁ rst season Gomez-Rejon set in 2027: 15 years prior, Season ﬁ ve of super-revered DURATION: 609 mins the world snapped into musical comedy series Glee FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray darkness when every device opens with two episodes which relied on electricity celebrating The Beatles, as The American Horror was suddenly incapacitated. well as introducing Dani Story anthology series has In the years since, the United (Demi Lovato) in the second enjoyed massive popularity, States has devolved into ep. The third ep deals with and this third season is a militia-style dictatorship the death of Finn (the late getting the best reviews named the Monroe Republic. Cory Monteith), and further yet: it following the events While season one was on we get musical tributes inside a boarding school RATED: MA15+ concerned with setting the to Billy Joel, Katy Perry and which is run by several stage and revealing that main Lady Gaga, as the students descendents of a powerful AVAILABLE: character Miles Matheson of McKinley experience love, Salem witch family. October 15 (Billy Burke) may have the key grief and graduation. STARS: Billy Burke, Tracy to discovering and reversing Spiridakos, Giancarlo the effects of ‘The Blackout’, Esposito, Zak Orth season two introduces a DIRECTOR: conspiracy theory which Charles Beeson interlocks the whole, while multiple nuclear attacks from DURATION: 983 mins warring factions rattle the FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray Monroe denizens to their bones.

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SUITS SEASON 3 TV

It’s still all systems go at the fi ctitious New York City law fi rm which is home to Suits protagonists Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), a naturally gifted intellect who never attended law school, and his cold but canny boss Harvey (Gabriel Macht), who will do absolutely anything to settle a case, except twist facts. This season begins with the merger of Pearson and Darby International now in stone, but Harvey is irate that his request to become a named partner is rejected by Jessica (Gina Torres). Mike puts all his efforts into mending his soured relationship with Harvey, as well as discussing his evolving romantic feelings for Rachel (Meghan Markle). But part way RATED: M through the season, the secret of Mike’s AVAILABLE: October 2 fraudulent past is close to being revealed, STARS: Gabriel Macht, which would have devastating effects for the Patrick J. Adams, Rick fi rm, and Jessica uses her new knowledge Hoffman, Meghan Markle of Mike and Rachel’s relationship to try to manipulate his moves. Great stuff. DIRECTOR: Roger Kumble IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE... DURATION: 820 mins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray Law and Order: SVU The Practice Boston Legal

SUPERNATURAL THE MENTALIST PERSON OF THE BIG BANG S9 S6 INTEREST S3 THEORY S7

RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: Oct 8 RATED: CTC AVAIL: Oct 8 RATED: CTC AVAIL: Oct 8 RATED: M AVAIL: Sept 17 STARS: Jared Padalecki, STARS: Simon Baker, Robin STARS: Jim Caviezel, STARS: Johnny Galecki, Jensen Ackles DIRECTOR: Philip Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman Kevin Chapman, Michael Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco- Sgriccia DURATION: 1161 mins PRODUCER: Bruno Heller Emerson, Taraji P. Henson Sweeting, Simon Helberg FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray DURATION: 917 mins PRODUCER: J.J. Abrams DIRECTOR: Mark Cendrowski FORMATS: DVD DURATION: 1105 mins DURATION: 559 mins Brothers Sam and Dean FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray (Padalecki and Ackles) want Simon Baker returns to to continue to discover all of cock his eyebrows another If this conspiracy and The Big Bang Theory is still the demons roaming their day, as the ‘psychic’ (or just surveillance-laden series didn’t kicking butt, doling out fresh way around Earth. But fi rst, really observant) Patrick have you tin-hatting yourself and kooky ideas that play to Sam – who is a knife’s edge Jane. In season six, Patrick after the fi rst two seasons, the strengths of its very sweet away from death, thanks and partner Teresa Lisbon the latest surely will. Jim characters. Season seven to the demon trials from (Tunney) fi nally discover the Caviezel is John Reese, who, sees Penny trying to match season eight – must decide truth about Red John, with after being rescued from the Leonard’s naturally romantic whether to follow the voice a plethora of twists, turns street by a weird billionaire spirit, Sheldon synthesizes a of Dean back into reality, and seriously close tangos (Emerson), now aids him in new, stable element, and Raj or journey to the other with death along the way. catching criminals with an and Stuart continue to fail at side and fi ght from there. advanced electronic system. picking up women.

TKE012_22-23_Reviews_TV.indd 23 15/09/2014 5:08 pm AD TEMPLATE.indd 30 15/09/2014 4:36 pm AD TEMPLATE.indd 30 15/09/2014 4:36 pm THE MINI WITCH MONSTER HIGH: MALEFICENT FREAKY FUSION RATED: G AVAILABLE: Oct 22 This one is going to go down as a STARS: Rachelle Verdel, Porgy RATED: PG AVAILABLE: Oct 2 FAMILY beautiful, haunting epic for viewers Franssen, Annet Malherbe, STARS: Laura Bailey, Kate of all ages. It’s easy to forget that Marcel Hensema DIRECTOR: Angelina Jolie is exceptionally good at Higgins, Paula Rhodes, Haviland Johan Nijenhuis DURATION: Stillwell DIRECTOR: William Lau her craft, seeing as she is something 84 mins FORMATS: DVD of a human headline - but she puts DURATION: 79 mins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray all her powers of subtle tension Quark is a wizard who enjoys and languid, sinister dread into her walking through the Witches’ The ghouls go accidental time- portrayal of Malefi cent, the villain Woods, and one day comes travelling while trying to aid within the story of Sleeping Beauty. across some odd eggs in the Frankie Stein in learning more Once a young faerie and in love with a grass. One hatches and out about her ‘scaritage’; back in human boy named Stefan, Malefi cent pops a little girl, whom Quark 1814 they meet a teen scientist was powerful but not yet bitter. takes into his care, and decides called Sparky who is a little too When Stefan betrays her, cutting off to teach the secrets of magic. interested in the creation of her wings in his determination to He names the mischievous girl life. When Sparky follows the become king, Malefi cent is irate and RATED: M Fuschia, and her attempts to stop ghouls back to the present day, constructs a dark rival kingdom to humans from destroying her it generates a freaky explosion AVAILABLE: October 8 Stefan’s. Years later, Stefan becomes adopted world form the narrative which fuses the ghouls from STARS: Angelina Jolie, father to a daughter... and Malefi cent of this cute Dutch adventure. eight into four! Eek! Elle Fanning, Sharlto is intent on punishing the girl with Copley, Lesley Manville her ferocious revenge. DIRECTOR: Robert Stromberg DURATION: 97 mins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray

DUDE, WHERE’S SUMMER’S MY DOG? SHADOW RIO 2

RATED: PG AVAILABLE: Oct 1 RATED: PG AVAILABLE: Oct 1 It’s time for more cuteness and STARS: Nic Birdsall, Gabriela STARS: Todd Terry, Liz Franke, colour in Rio 2, the sequel to the Castillo, Taisha Monique Clark, Mark Hanson DIRECTOR: Steve mega popular Amazon jungle- Trish Cook DIRECTOR: Stephen Franke DURATION: 80 mins themed romp of 2011. We’re re- Langford DURATION: 84 mins FORMATS: DVD introduced to Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) FORMATS: DVD This is the heartwarming story and Jewel (Anne Hathaway), a pair of blue macaws who reside Ray is a kid whose parents of the determined love a young in Rio with their three kids Carla, think him irresponsible, but to girl feels for a stray labrador Bia and cheeky little Tiago. When prove he can handle the jandal that she fi nds and adopts into the parents hear that there may he insists on looking after the her family. Summer (Belle be trouble back in the rainforest, dog all by himself one day. Shouse, who you may have they decide to return to their native Unfortunately the dog escapes spied last month in a small role Amazon habitat to help fi nd the and, after getting into the house in A Million Ways to Die in the rest of the missing blue macaws. of Ray’s oddball neighbour, is West) may only be 12, but she’s But the devilish Nigel (Jemaine rendered invisible by a scientifi c independent and clever beyond RATED: G Clement), a cockatoo who has formula. Ray must get the dog her years. When tough times hit beef with Blu and Jewel from the back by following its trail of her family and her neighbours, AVAILABLE: Oct 1 it’s Summer and her dog Shadow fi rst fi lm, discovers them on their hilarious destruction. STARS: Jake T. Austin, who inspire the downhearted. journey and decides to get revenge, Carlinhos Brown, and there’s trouble from a crew of Kristin Chenoweth, loggers who are also attempting to Jemaine Clement get in the way. DIRECTOR: Carlos Saldahna DURATION: 130 mins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray

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FARGO S1 THE MULE Everything you’ve heard about this magnifi cent series Why does Angus based on the 1996 Coen Brothers fi lm is true: Billy Bob Sampson look so Thornton is prefectly cast as Lorne Malvo, a sinister unhappy? Because and violent man who uses his infl uence over reticent, he’s trying not to do hapless car insurance salesman Lester Nygaard (Martin a number two. And his Freeman) to organise a series of murders. In their wake freedom depends on it, are Molly and Gus (Allison Tolman and Colin Hanks), in this hilarious Aussie two police offi cers who pool their powers to investigate drug-smuggling the brutal crimes seeping through the small Minnesotan caper, also starring community. Funny, clever, suspenseful, and not to be Saw creator Leigh missed. It’s out Nov 12. Whannell. Get it on Nov 26.

DEVIL’S KNOT This one is a dramatic retelling of the infamous West Memphis Three murder case, which shocked and divided the world. It’s out Nov 26.

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 It’s been ﬁ ve years since the little town of Berk made peace with the dragon population, but there’s new trouble brewing for Hiccup and his mates. Grab it on Nov 12.

TRANSFORMERS: LOCKE AGE OF EXTINCTION The fabulous Tom Hardy This is the fourth Transformers installment, and director stars in this cool drama Michael Bay continues to be a total Michael Bay and as Ivan Locke, a diligent blow everything up in spectacular style. Starring Mark family and businessman Wahlberg as the human ally of the Autobots (a spot who ﬁ nds his life previously held by Shia LaBeouf), it turns out that unravelling over the Autobots are being secretly hunted and exterminated, course of one car ride. in a government project that presents itself as only DIscover the full tale targeting Decepticons. Can Marky Mark help save the on Nov 12. day? Find out on Nov 26.

TKE12_28-29_ComingSoon.indd 28 15/09/2014 3:54 pm DAWN OF THE PLANET JERSEY BOYS OF THE APES The illuminating and dynamic story of You may have been surprised at the rave reviews this Frankie Valli and his latest piece in the Planet of the Apes reboot franchise 1960s rock group received, but let us assure you, you’ll realise they were The Four Seasons did well deserved. Separate groups of humans and apes so well on Broadway who have each survived a devastating global disease that they made it into go head to head in a war of endurance, while one traitor a movie. Brilliant. is determined to see both factions fail. You can wrap Grab it on Nov 11. your opposable thumbs around this one on Nov 19.

SEX TAPE Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel star in this comedy about a committed couple who just want to put a bit of spice back into their union, but end up displaying more than they intended when their naughty recording is inadvertently synched to a bunch of iPads owned by their friends. It’s out Nov 27.

BLACK SAILS S1 TRUE BLOOD S7 Covering the perils and white knuckles of maritime trade All beloved things must come to an end, and so it in the 1700s, Black Sails is a pirate-addled adventure series goes for dramatic vampire series True Blood. The ﬁ nal steeped deeply in informed history. Take a look at the ﬁ rst season sees the Hep V vampires throw themselves into season on Nov 26. invading and pillaging Bon Temps, and that damned antidote is still held tantalisingly out of reach. It’s up to Sookie and her gang to navigate all manner of bizarre hurdles and emotive discoveries in order to restore the peace, hopefully for good. Get it on Nov 12.

22 JUMP STREET If you were pleasantly surprised by the clever, incisive and downright hilarious storyline of 22 Jump Street, you’ll be as excited as we are for the massively anticipated sequel. It’s released on Nov 6.

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