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YOUR GUIDE TO JULY’S HOTTEST RELEASES OVER 40 REVIEWS INSIDE INCLUDING: MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 GODS OF EGYPT EYE IN THE SKY KUNG FU PANDA 3 VV33_01_FrontCover.indd 1 15/06/2016 3:56 pm Strong violence Strong themes and violence Scan Trailer Scan Trailer Supernatural Mild violence themes and Strong coarse and coarse animated language language violence Scan Trailer Scan Trailer Scan Trailer July.indd 1 9/06/2016 2:45 pm AD TEMPLATE.indd 1 15/06/2016 3:41 pm JULY 2016 P.14 The fi rst shot in the battle of the From the biggest Hollywood superheroes is fi red this month 5-10 NEWS blockbusters to unsung gems with the release of Batman V What have the bold and the premiering on DVD and Blu-ray, Superman: Dawn Of Justice, which beautiful of fi lm and TV been up we cast our eye over the brings together the world’s two to lately? We check out the latest month’s biggest new movie most famous crimefi ghters – not reports from home and beyond and television releases. to mention Wonder Woman – for the very fi rst time. With Marvel’s P.16 own mini-ensemble movie Captain 14-15 ACTION America: Civil War also not far away now and X-Men: Apocalypse waiting 16 DRAMA in the wings, the second half of 2016 12-13 EYE IN THE SKY is sure to put a smile on the face of Oscar winner Helen Mirren is 17 COMEDY comic book fans. July is actually a big no stranger to playing rulers month for action releases: as well as – but this gripping drone thriller 18-19 TV the superhero blockbuster, there is gave her the chance to also the fantasy opus Gods Of Egypt, play a very different sort 20 THRILLER the third fi lm in the Divergent series, of commander. Allegiant, and Michael Bay’s gripping 22 FAMILY 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi. Add in the acclaimed chillers 10 Cloverfi eld Lane and The Witch, feel-good comedies like My P.17 Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 and the animated hit Kung Fu Panda 3, and P.12 you have another bumper line-up on tap this month. THE TEAM P.18 P.22 Publisher: Tilo Grieco [email protected], Editor: Kit Razer Sub Editor: Chelsea Graham, Contributors: Robert Hislop, Accounts: Tracy Kingman [email protected], Production: Al Netherclift, Design: Rebecca Rowlands, Contributor: Scott Hocking Address: Scribal Publishing Pty. Ltd., PO Box 2051, Richmond South, VIC 3121 TKE33_03_Contents.indd 1 15/06/2016 2:40 pm hotnewreleases 1st JULY 6th JULY 7th JULY 7th JULY 7th JULY 14th JULY 14th JULY 20th JULY * This is not final artwork 20th JULY 20th JULY 20th JULY 27th JULY * This is not final artwork * This is not final artwork JUST PRESS PL Y AD TEMPLATE.indd 1 15/06/2016 3:26 pm &A YOUR MONTHLY FIX OF NEWSREEL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS BETTER CALL DAVID Bob Odenkirk made his name as executive producer alongside Shawn drug dealers’ lawyer of choice Saul Ryan, creator of The Shield. “I read Goodman in Breaking Bad. Now he David’s story when it came out and is about to play a real life drug addict was wildly entertained by his saga,” in a new mini-series for the network the actor enthuses. “It’s a story behind the aforementioned show and of survival fi lled with pain, crack, its prequel Better Call Saul. journalistic righteousness, abandoned The Night Of The Gun is based on cars, crooks and lies. Then there’s the the memoir of the same name by two little girls who saved his life journalist David Carr, which told the – it’s overstuffed with humanity.” story of his journey from the crack Keep a look out for the second pipe to esteemed columnist for season of Better Call Saul, which The New York Times. is expected to be released on DVD/ Odenkirk will also serve as Blu-ray towards the end of August. BAY RESCUES UNLOVED POOCH He doesn’t always get the best press, but blockbuster director Michael Bay has shown his kinder side by coming to the rescue of an English pooch that has been dubbed “Britain’s loneliest dog”. The fi lmmaker took to Twitter to announce that he had cast the dog Freya in Transformers: The Last Knight, the latest installment in the sci-fi franchise due for release in 2017. Bay was moved by the unfortunate canine’s plight when he read a tabloid report that Freya had been rejected by prospective owners more than 18,000 times. “Freya has epilepsy and has been in a shelter her whole 6 year life,” he tweeted. “We are also going to fi nd her a home. If not she will come to my house. Welcome to the cast Freya!” • Bay’s latest movie 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi is out on DVD and Blu-ray this month. JOKER’S WILD The eagerly-awaited version of Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s celebrated 1988 graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke will get its world premiere at this year’s Comic-Con. Essentially an alternative origin story for The Joker, the latest DC Universe Original Movie explores how a struggling stand-up comedian became a crazed super villain. Mark Hamill will once again provide the voice of The Joker, while Kevin Conroy will reprise his regular animated role of Batman. Batman: The Killing Joke is due here on DVD and Blu-ray in August. For more on the latest DC live action blockbuster Batman Vs Superman: Dawn Of Justice, see page 14 5 TKE33_05-08_NewsReel.indd 5 15/06/2016 2:47 pm NEWSREEL AMERICAN GODDESS Gillian Anderson is reuniting with Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller for the highly anticipated TV version of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed contemporary fantasy novel American Gods. The series will trace the confl ict between the traditional gods of mythology and new icons who have ascended through modern society’s obsession with money, technology, celebrity and drugs. Anderson will play Media, the mouthpiece for the new gods, and joins an eclectic ensemble that also includes Ian McShane, Peter Stormare, Emily Browning, Sean Harris and Crispin Glover. These days based in the UK, Anderson continues to divide her time between US and British projects. She was most recently seen on DVD in the reboot of The X Files and later this year will be seen in the third and fi nal season of the BBC crime drama The Fall. And this month, she stars opposite Ben Kingsley in Robot Overlords, a fun sci-fi comedy from the makers of the cult favourite Grabbers. GREEKS BEARING GIFTS Nina Vardolos was inspired life was now like for the by her own experiences extended Portokalos of motherhood to write clan, Vardalos wrote the a belated sequel to her screenplay over a four global smash My Big year period. “I wanted to Fat Greek Wedding. The show that the pressure idea came when she that accompanies burst into tears on the the female-parenting fi rst day of her daughter experience is tremendous starting kindergarten. and self-defeating,” she She now laughs: “I was continues. “I know I can’t struck by such panic and be volunteering at my fear at the thought of my daughter’s school, and at daughter leaving me that work, and have time for I realized I had morphed my family and my parents. into my own overbearing, I can’t be everywhere, bordering-on-suffocating, and yet I keep trying.” For Greek parents!” Setting more on My Big Fat Greek out to explore what family Wedding 2, see page 17. 6 TKE33_05-08_NewsReel.indd 6 15/06/2016 2:47 pm SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE ON Science fiction TM themes and violence [NYSE:LGF] The Divergent Series: Allegiant © 2016, Artwork & Supplementary Materials ON BLU-RAY & DVD JULY 27 ™ & © 2016 Summit Entertainment, LLC. All Rights Reserved. WINWIN AA DIVERGENTDIVERGENT SERIESSERIES PACKPACK Full Name: Phone: Address: Suburb: State: Post Code: Tell us in 25 words or less, how would you break the boundaries of your world? *Terms and Conditions Apply. Competitions runs from 1st July 2016 until 31st July 2016. Please submit your entry in store or send to ‘Allegiant Competition’ PO Box 1234 Chatswood NSW 2067 AD TEMPLATE.indd 1 15/06/2016 3:27 pm PROYAS BACK www.leadingedgemusic.com.au NEWSREEL TO HIS ROOTS Shooting Gods of Egypt helped director Alex Proyas reconnect with his roots in a number of ways. Proyas was born in Egypt, but moved Down Under when he was three. And while the fi lm didn’t give him the chance to revisit to the country of his birth, it did allow him to shoot his fi rst fi lm in Australia since 2009’s Knowing. Unsurprisingly, there’s also a healthy Australian contingent involved in front of the cameras, too. As well young leads Brendon Thwaites and Courtney Eden, the cast of Gods Of Egypt also includes Aussie icons Geoffrey Rush and Bryan Brown, plus other familiar faces like Emma Booth, Bruce Spence and Rachael Blake. Gods Of Egypt is reviewed on page 15 Go online to www.leadingedgemusic.com.au & sign up to our monthly newsletter and like us on Facebook to get one of 100 x $10 Leading Edge Music voucher redeemable at any Leading Edge Music store. The first 100 people to sign up to the Leading Edge Music Monthly newsletter and like us on Facebook (if already liked you only need to sign up for newsletter) will be sent a $10 voucher.