A crew member for the US TV show Cops has been killed by friendly fire while filming an episode for the long-running reality series, after police responded to an armed robbery. Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said 38-year-old Bryce Dion was shot once during a shoot-out between three officers and one suspect in a Wendy’s restaurant
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The Gang show relives the past
THE Z-NAIL GANG (M) Directed by Anton Steel Te Maunga residents may have been sitting on a goldmine.
The Last Saint should be celebrated
THE LAST SAINT (R16) Directed by Rene Naufahu
Boyhood: It’s a wonderful life
BOYHOOD (M) Directed by Richard Linklater The magnum opus of one of the most creative directors of the past two decades is also perhaps the ultimate coming-of-age story.
Inbetweeners sequel offers middling fare
THE INBETWEENERS 2 (R16) Directed by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris After the mayhem of Malia, the four members of Rudge Park Comprehensive’s Banter Brigade have scattered to the four winds.
The Nick Cave movie
Review: If I Stay
If I Stay (M) This young adult novel by Gayle Forman has been made into a distinctly young adult film which might touch the older viewer at times but is largely going to be the cinema-going remit of those who like their pathos double-downed.
Eddie Rayner: One step ahead
In 1985, Kiwi Eddie Rayner, best known as the keyboard player in Split Enz, travelled to Hastings in Britain. About a 20-minute drive from the city was a windmill on a hill overlooking the sea.
Gwyneth Paltrow approves of Jennifer Lawrence
Gwyneth
Review: Henson’s Earnest worth seeing
Earnest Q Theatre, Auckland Some people consider Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest to be full of coded campy references to the Victorian homosexual underground.