By Ian McCabe
If there are two things I love in this world (other than a good cup of tea and jammy dodgers), it would be video games and rock music. Throw the two together, put Tim Schafer in the rhythm section, Jack Black as your front man and a whole host of metal legends as your backing band and what do you get? The metal opus that is Brutal Legend, that’s what! But the question is… does it rock?
By Marty Mulrooney
Winter In Wartime is a Dutch film from 2008, directed by Martin Koolhoven and based on the novel of the same name by Jan Terlouw. A huge success in the Netherlands (where it even out-grossed The Dark Knight) it was most recently featured at the Academy Awards, where it was shortlisted (alongside 8 other movies) in the section for Best Foreign Language Film. Winter In Wartime is finally getting a DVD/Blu-ray release in the United Kingdom this month. The wait has been worthwhile.
Filed under Film
By Joseph Viney
Command & Conquer 4, if the developers are to be believed, is the last in the long and drawn out ‘Tiberian Saga’. Is the story of NOD vs. GDI waging war over the mysterious energising green substance speeding to a satisfactory conclusion? Or is it stuttering towards the end with the maniacal bald-headed Kane waving his arms around and using quasi-religious metaphors unnecessarily?
Filed under Games
By Marty Mulrooney
Life On Mars was always going to be a tough act to follow. It fast became one of the most critically acclaimed and best loved British television shows of the Noughties upon release, no doubt due in no small part to John Simm’s highly endearing portrayal of central protagonist DCI Sam Tyler. When Ashes to Ashes arrived in 2008, many were wary of the new spin-off series muddying an already fitting close. Furthermore, could Keeley Hawes as DCI Alex Drake be as successful in the 1980’s as Sam Tyler had been in the 1970’s? We needn’t have worried. The final episode of Ashes to Ashes aired last Friday and it was absolutely incredible. Hopefully, I can now share a little bit of that magic with AMO’s readers by offering my thoughts on the ending. Warning: Spoilers.
Filed under Alternative Musings, Television
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