Dog Day Afternoon (1975) The Tragic True Story: On 22 August 1972, John Stanley Wojtowicz attempted to rob a bank (along with Salvatore Naturale and Robert Westenberg) in order to pay for the sex reassignment surgery of Wojtowicz’s transgender partner, Ernest Aron. Wojtowicz was arrested but Naturale was killed by …
Read More »Josh Brolin to reteam with the Coens in Hail, Caesar!
Josh Brolin is set to revive his professional relationship with the Coen brothers, with the star having been added to the cast for Hail, Caesar! Having previously collaborated with the brothers on No Country For Old Men and True Grit , Brolin has taken an undisclosed role in the new …
Read More »First images arrive from The Penguins Of Madagascar
The first images have arrived online for animated spin-off, The Penguins Of Madagascar , in which the flightless birds from the popular DreamWorks franchise take centre stage. The new images show off our pint-sized heroes in action, while also giving us a first look at Benedict Cumberbatch’s character, a wolf …
Read More »RadioRadar podcast 92: Pre-E3 Jitters
We’re doing two bonus episodes next week, so this week’s is short but sweet. We talk about Tomodachi Life, and discuss the things we’re most excited to find out about at E3. Hosts: Hollander Cooper, Sophia Tong, Henry Gilbert, Ashley ReedQuestion of the week: What are you most looking forward …
Read More »22 Jump Street review
“Things are always worse the second time around,” Deputy Chief Hardy (Nick Offerman) cautions our heroic pair of bumbling cops, Schmidt and Jenko (Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum), at the start of 22 Jump Street – a sequel to a remake of a TV show. He’s talking about his charges’ …
Read More »Murdered: Soul Suspect review
A good mystery should keep you guessing until the very end. It should deliver a solution that defies your earlier instincts and speculation, while also making complete sense. Murdered: Soul Suspect does keep you guessing until the end, but for the wrong reason. You’ll wonder if and when Soul Suspect …
Read More »The Sacrament review
Ti West ( The Innkeepers ) makes horror films that burn slow and pay off big. This found-footage effort, however, is (comparatively) spritely and much more effective in build-up than denouement. Two “immersionist” journalists (AJ Bowen, Joe Swanberg) accompany a photographer (Kentucker Audley) on a mission to save his sister …
Read More »Josh Brolin to play Thanos in Guardians Of The Galaxy?
Some fairly major casting news to bring you from the weekend, with Latino Review and Variety reporting that Josh Brolin has been cast as Marvel big bad, Thanos. Last seen in the post-credits sequence of The Avengers , we’ve known that Thanos has been on the horizon for some time, …
Read More »Top 7 Amazing ideas hidden in mediocre games
Silver lining Not every game can be BioShock or The Last of Us–for every critically-acclaimed hit, there are dozens of games that end up in the bargain bin. Some of these are total train-wrecks (I’m looking at you, Ride to Hell: Retribution), but others actually have some damn good ideas …
Read More »RadioRadar podcast 91: E3 Predictioncast
We prep for E3 2014 and run down the biggest rumors going into the show, covering new games from Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft and more. Hosts: Hollander Cooper, Sophia Tong, Henry Gilbert, Ryan Taljonick, Question of the week: What’s your craziest E3 2014 prediction? Let us know to possibly win a …
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