While I may love the works of filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro, his name attached to a project never actually fills me with confidence. That’s because the Mexican director has a habit of attaching to really awesome sounding movies and then ditching them later again. But when it came to Pacific Rim 2, the sequel to his fan-favourtie 2013 giant mech …
It takes a lot to surprise me when it comes to movies and series. Guardians of the Galaxy positively drop-kicked my mind out of the solar system, True Detective had me so hooked I was starting to speak like Rust Cohle (time is a flat circle!) and Netflix’s smash hit Daredevil has me practicing martial arts in the dark, much to the dismay of my neighbours and …
Superhero comic books can be immensely diverse. Just because your lead character is decked out in primary coloured spandex doesn’t mean you should be pigeonholed to only telling one type of story catering to prepubescent boys. Case in point: Daredevil. Yes, the character has done his fair bit of camp technicolour swashbuckling, but under the guidance of such vaunted comic …
I wouldn’t be surprised if many people’s first reactions to the trailer and pics for Marvel and Netflix’s Daredevil was wondering why the “Man Without Fear” was running around looking like he was doing a cosplay of the Dread Pirate Roberts from The Princess Bride, instead of donning the red horned costume we all know. As diehard Daredevil fans know, …
With its street-level superheroics and badass ninja mythology, Daredevil is perfect for a live-action adaptation. Alas, the last time Hollywood took a crack at it, it nearly ruined Ben Affleck’s career and left audiences wishing they were blind. But now Marvel has the Man Without Fear back in their wheelhouse, and will be using him to kickoff their collaboration with …
Daredevil is a joke. No, I’m not talking about the character or comics, which has been absolutely phenomenal for years now already, I’m talking about the 2003 Ben Affleck movie, which boasted a Looney Toons version of Bullseye and more horrible wire-work acrobatics than a two-bit Cirque Du Soleil ripoff. But if you were to watch the director’s cut of that …
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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