film ARTICLE: Movie Picks of 2012 Part One: New Releases
Chris Ward looks back over the last year and picks his ten favourite new for 2012 releases.
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PODCAST: OneMetal Podcast Season 3 Episode 1 – WE ARE BACK BABY!
That’s right kids, your favourite bus ride antidote is back, ready to unload its love right into your ears and make it all OK on some level – presumably.
game ARTICLE: Look Back in Anger: Batman for the ZX Spectrum
Aside from being the superhero franchise that even snooty movie critics reckon it’s OK to like, Batman has also featured in many videogames including the wildly successful Arkham Asylum series. Oliver Longden wouldn’t know about that because he fears new things. Join him as he takes a look at the very first game to feature the caped crusader, released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum and simply titled Batman.
film REVIEW: The Dark Knight Rises
Chris Nolan’s Batman films have redefined the landscape for comic characters on the big screen, so does The Dark Knight Rises match up to the first two instalments?
game REVIEW: The Amazing Spider-Man: The Game
Don your spandex onesies, boys and girls – The Amazing Spider-Man is here to sweep you off your feet. But can he survive giant robots, mutant animals – and worst of all – endless comparisons to Arkham City?
film REVIEW: The Amazing Spider-Man
It’s a scant ten years since Spider-Man first appeared in cinemas – does the franchise really warrant a fresh start already? Leigh Forgie investigates.
book REVIEW: Batman: Death by Design by Chip Kidd and Dave Taylor
Chip Kidd moves from designer to writer in this beautiful 30s-set Batman tale.
game ARTICLE: Five iPhone Games Better Than Spending Time With Your Relatives This Christmas
Christmas comes but once a year and brings with it the routine horror of spending time with your so-called loved ones while you all compete for heart disease and type two diabetes before lapsing into a gentle coma in front of a Bond movie. This year Oliver Longden suggests a few festive iPhone treats to keep you sane during this difficult time.
book REVIEW: DC’s “New 52″ Comics: DETECTIVE COMICS #1 BY TONY S. DANIEL
Our latest look at the reinvented DC Comics lineup sees Leigh Forgie tackling the Caped Crusader in the new ongoing Batman series, Detective Comics.
book REVIEW: DC Universe Reboot – Justice League #1 by Geoff Johns
Last week saw DC making comic book history by beginning their long awaited reboot of virtually every single series in their franchise. Does this reboot pass muster, or is it just another Crisis for DC?
film ARTICLE: ASSASSIN’S NEED – A PLEA FOR A COLLATERAL PREQUEL
With prequels, sequels and unnecessary reboots clogging cinemas everywhere, Dan Tandy puts forth an impassioned case for revisiting a character that genuinely has more to give.
film ARTICLE: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CINEMA TRIP
Remember the cinema in the days before mobile phones and the Orange adverts? Dan Tandy does. He has an axe to grind with everyone in the cinema who isn’t him, and quite right too.
film NEWS: Michael Gough R.I.P.
Michael Gough, the veteran British actor best known for his four-time appearance as Alfred Pennyworth, the long-suffering butler to Batman / Bruce Wayne, has died aged 94.
game NEWS: New In-game Batman: Arkham City Trailer Strikes From The Shadows
The first in-game footage of the long-awaited Batman sequel appears online.
film NEWS: Tudors Actor Henry Cavill Will Be Zach Snyder’s Superman
British actor Henry Cavill has bagged the lead role in Zach Snyder’s upcoming Superman film, bringing the number of English guys in tights in LA to near-pantomime levels.
film NEWS: Catwoman And Bane Confirmed for Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises
Warner Bros. have unveiled the villains and the actors playing them for the new Batman Film. Details inside!
game NEWS: Batman: Arkham City Announced
The sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum gets a new title, and brand new images to boot. Take a look inside for all the info on this elusive game.
book NEWS: DC Comics Goes Digital
DC Comics has signed two deals that will see their comics appear on both the Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch and Sony PSP.
book ARTICLE: Must Read: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
This week in Must Read, OneMetal finds out what happens to superheroes past their prime in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
book ARTICLE: Must Read: Batman: The Killing Joke
In the latest of an ongoing series, Dean Reilly continues his look at some of the best comic books and graphic novels ever made. Next in the Must Read spotlight is Batman: The Killing Joke.