As ID software release Rage, the latest in the apparently endless sequence of dull brown shooters, OneMetal’s own pet luddite Oliver Longden retreats to his cave in the depths of Northampton to go back to where it all began, Wolfenstein 3D. He doesn’t hold with these fancy new consoles, but can a twenty year old shooter released in the days before Pentium chips still hold up to scrutiny today?
He’s tackled nasty Nazi zombies in the north of Norway. Now director Tommy Wirkola turns his attention to the Brothers Grimm and an alternative take on the Hansel and Gretel fairytale. Click for more details!
Valkyrie is based on the true story of a German plot to assassinate Hitler, seize control of Berlin and put an end the Second World War. Its got bombs, covert operations, lots and lots of Nazis, SS troopers and its even got Tom Cruise in the lead role as eye patch-wearing Von Stauffenberg, so it all sounds very exciting… right?
Films from the far north can run the gamut from the sublime to the ridiculous. Local boy David Cox checks out this zombie comedy-horror that goes for the jugular as surely as it tickles the funnybone!