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DVD or Blu-ray options and complete the answer in 25
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visit http://www.bauer-media.com.au/terms/competition-termsCOMPETITION ENDS 6 AUGUST
JUNE ANSWERS ACROSS: 7 Kinski, 8/21 Escape Room, 9 Gere,
10 Julian Po, 11 Vertigo, 13 Delpy, 15 Fa ta l , 17 Ian Holm, 20 Ordinary,
23 Keener, 24 Oliver. DOWN: 1 Vice, 2 Osment, 3 Ninjago, 4 Jet Li,
5 Ice Age, 6 Apt Pupil, 12 Eva Green, 14 Babylon, 16 Aliens, 18 Harris,
19 Barry, 22 Owen. ANAGRAM CHRIS EVANS
ACROSS
1 It was judged Best Foreign Language film at
this year’s Oscar ceremony (4)
3 In which Chris Cooper was Sheriff Sam Deeds
(4,4)
9 Roman Polanski’s 2011 ‘destructive’ comedy-
drama (7)
10 Like Leo DiCaprio’s Gatsby or Steve McQueen’s
Escape (5)
11 Richard Fleischer’s 1973 dystopian thriller (7,5)
13 Danny, star of Ruby, Do The Right Thing etc (6)
15 Email C badly for a Bill Pullman, Nicole Kidman
release (6)
17 Director who’s key to the Mad Max franchise (6,6)
20 Film composer Morricone (5)
21 Clint Eastwood’s drug courier (3,4)
22 ‘On target and totally off the wall’ ran the blurb
for this Michael Winner caper (8)
23 It provided Heath Ledger with his second
film role (4)
DOWN
1 In which Mark Wahlberg headed a heavy metal
tribute band (4,4)
2 Film for which Ernest Borgnine won his Best Actor
Oscar (5)
4 World War II heroine portrayed by Anna
Neagle (6)
5 He starred in Point Break (2015) (5,7)
6 Return Of — (Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher,
Harrison Ford) (3,4)
7 She was educated by Michael Caine in 1983 (4)
8 He directed, co-wrote and produced As Good
As It Gets (5,1,6)
12 Peter Weir’s tale of plane-crash survivors (8)
14 Without end — like the Sunshine Of The Spotless
Mind (7)
16 Warren — or Ned, maybe? (6)
18 The title character was played by Gene Tierney
in this Otto Preminger classic (5)
19 Could be Clifton or maybe Jack (4)WIN! END OF EMPIRE ON DVD
GET SET FOR a
real-life Game Of
Thrones as presenter
David Adams crosses
Europe and Asia as he
investigates the
warrior kings who
created vast empires
only for their families
to later dismember the
empire as they fight
over the spoils. End Of Empire is out on
DVD 24 July.
TO ENTER, TELL US WHAT YOUR FAVOURITE
DOCUMENTARY SERIES IS, AND WHY.WIN! THE AFTERMATH ON BLU-RAY
SET IN 1946, this drama
follows Rachael (Keira
Knightley), a British
woman whose colonel
husband (Jason Clarke)
is charged with
rebuilding Hamburg.
When she joins him
there she learns they
will be sharing a home
with a German widower
(Alexander Skarsgård) and a love triangle begins to
take shape. Out on DVD, Blu-ray and digital 31 July.
TO ENTER, TELL US WHAT YOUR FAVOURITE WAR FILM
IS, AND WHY.WIN! BREAKTHROUGH ON DVD
BASED ON THE book of
true events written by
Joyce Smith, whose
adopted son fell through
an icy Missouri lake and
was underwater for
15 minutes before
resuscitative efforts were
started. The next events
are deemed a spiritual
miracle as the young
John lies lifeless, but his mother refuses to give
up. Out on DVD 31 July.
TO ENTER, TELL US WHAT YOUR FAVOURITE FILM
BASED ON A BOOK IS, AND WHY.