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Daredevil is currently one of the most beloved live-action superheroes. His journey from the pages of comics to being popular on a big screen began with Ben Affleck’s iteration in 2003. But his bigger and more popular adaptation started with the 2015 Netflix series. Starring Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock, a.k.a. Daredevil, the show gained a huge fanbase for its dark
Read MoreNora is the exciting debut feature film from Anna Campbell. Campbell is a multi-hyphenate with acting appearances on shows like NCIS, Mad Men, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. She has now written and directed Nora, an emotional and entertaining film about the disasters of motherhood. The film stars Campell in the titular role, along with Nick Fink and Sophie Baaden. The audio and
Read MoreAs we now enter the final phase of the Multiverse Saga later this year, all eyes are on the upcoming Avengers films that promise to be two of the biggest Blockbuster movie events of a generation. Come May 2026, Marvel fans will experience Avengers: Doomsday, a film that will signal the beginning of the end of the Marvel Cinematic Universe we’ve
Read More$320 million. Three hundred and twenty million dollars. That is the budget of Anthony and Joe Russo’s latest post-Avengers: Endgame blockbuster, The Electric State, an adaptation of Simon Stålenhag’s graphic novel of the same name. $320 million for a direct-to-streaming piece of “content” that will never see the light of day in a cinema beyond promotional screenings, nor will it ever
Read MoreIn 2021, following an almost year-long absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Marvel Studios kicked off a new era of storytelling with the Multiverse Saga, where in Phase 4, we saw a whole array of bold storytelling and new characters we hadn’t seen before. While some fans debate the hit-or-miss quality of those releases, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten
Read MoreAs Marvel Studios continues to push out their release slates and dominate the mainstream media during the first quarter of the year with Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Captain America: Brave New World, & Daredevil: Born Again, Kevin Feige and co. behind the scenes, continue to lay out the groundwork for their upcoming projects as we reach the end of the Multiverse
Read MoreThe new A24 film Opus spurs reflections about the recently deceased Gene Hackman. The late actor rarely found a genre he could not improve in some form. Hackman made it a point to flourish in movies like The Birdcage, where the role required him to tackle progressive topics with sincere comedic timing. Similarly, he could navigate a darker role, much like
Read MoreAfter 3 long years, Andor will finally return to our screens with the second season of the hit Star Wars show. The first season of Andor, which aired in late 2022 didn’t quite hit the highest highs of The Mandalorian in viewership, but was far more critically acclaimed than almost any other Star Wars project, bringing a high level of accolades
Read MoreMickey 17 is the newest film from acclaimed South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, with Robert Pattinson as the lead character, Mickey Barnes. On a spaceship expedition to colonize the snowy planet of Niflheim, Mickey is brought on as the crew’s “Expendable”, which is a nice way of saying that with cloning technology, he is reprinted and disposable to the mission. Mickey
Read MoreTime for the third part of our March 2025 Alex Perez Q&A! Here, Alex answers questions about one of his favorite topics, Spider-Man, as well as Thunderbolts*, Thor, Vision, X-Men, as well as some miscellaneous topics! [Questions and answers below may have been lightly edited below for brevity, grammar and spelling.] Spider-Man, Venom, Madame Web, and Beyond the Spider-Verse FootlongSlinky: Hi
Read MoreNovocaine would be a starring vehicle for Jim Carrey in a different timeline. In the late ’90s, Carrey was the ruler of physical comedy with an added gimmick. The Mask, Liar Liar, and even Bruce Almighty would beg to question, “What if Jim Carrey but X scenario?” Novocaine is not a starring vehicle for the Ace Ventura actor, but it performs
Read MoreControl Freak is a brand-new horror film written and directed by Shal Ngo. Ngo is an up-and-coming Chinese-American filmmaker known for The Park (2023) and several shorter works, making this surely his biggest project to date. The film stars Kelly Marie Tran (Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Miles Robbins, Toan Le, and Kieu Chinh. In the story, a woman finds the
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