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The Man Without Fear, Daredevil, and the mercenary for hire known as Taskmaster, are two of the most talented combatants in Marvel Comics, with their skills in a fight always ensuring that theyre the last ones standing after the dust settles. Not getting the chance to meet in the real world just yet, a new cosplay image shows Daredevil and Taskmaster at each others throats, but who wins in this live-action battle for the ages?

Related Daredevil Cosplay Proves Simpler Is Better for the Man Without Fear

A new cosplay brings Daredevil's all-red costume from the comics to life brilliantly, beating out all previous live-action adaptations.

Shared on Instagram by Caleb (@calebweekss), the Daredevil seen here, and Ernie Cisneros (@s_e_n_t_i_n_e_l_), the Taskmaster cosplayer featured, these two creators have collectively stepped into the shoes of over a dozen popular Marvel Comics heroes and villains,...

Denis Lavant, the iconic French actor of Claire Denis’ “Beau Travail” and Leos Carax’ “Holy Motors,” stars in “Redoubt,” the feature debut of rising contemporary artist-turned-director John Skoog.

Currently in post, the black-and-white film is produced by Plattform Produktion, the Goteborg-based banner run by two-time Palme d’Or winning director Ruben Ostlund (“Triangle of Sadness”) and Erik Hemmendorff. Skoog previously directed the California-set documentary short “Shadowland” which completed for a Golden Bear at the Berlinale.

“Redoubt” (“Reduit”) is a narrative film that expands on Skoog’s video installation by the same name which won the prestigious Baloise Art Prize in 2014, and is also part of the artist’s exhibition “Walls.”

Lavant’s reclusive character in “Redoubt” is inspired by Karl-Göran Persson, a farmer known as a good samaritan on the verge of madness, who lived near Skoog’s home town Kvidinge during WWII. After receiving a warning by the Swedish...

Since its initial launch in 2020, Peacock has brought viewers some of the very best in documentary films and series. From the uplifting Hardball: The Girls of Summer to the Sesame Street-based I Am Big Bird, and even the harrowing true crime docuseries, John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise, the NBC streaming service has absolutely delivered when it comes to pulling back the curtain on interesting, and sometimes hard to watch topics. And, boy are they at it again with their upcoming docuseries, Shadowland.

We have sad news to report this afternoon, as it has been announced that author Peter Straub – whose best known works include the 1979 novel Ghost Story (which served as the basis for the 1981 film of the same name) and his Stephen King collaborations The Talisman and Black House – has passed away at the age of 79.

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in March of 1943, Straub was a voracious reader as a child and said he became aware of his own mortality at an early age, as he survived being hit by a car when he was just seven years old. Although his father wanted him to be a professional athlete and his mother was hoping he would become a Lutheran minister, Straub was more interested in becoming a writer – and after earning an Ma degree in English and working as an English teacher for a while, he began his professional writing career with the novel Marriages,...

We’ve learned the terribly sad news from frequent collaborator Stephen King this afternoon that American novelist and poet Peter Straub has passed away at the age of 79.

Stephen King tweets this afternoon, “It’s a sad day because my good friend and amazingly talented colleague and collaborator, Peter Straub, has passed away.

“Working with him was one of the great joys of my creative life.”

King’s collaborations with Peter Straub include 1984 novel The Talisman, soon to be adapted into a Netflix series, as well as the novel Black House decades later in 2001.

Peter Straub’s horror novels also include Julia in 1975, If You Could See Me in 1977, and Ghost Story in 1979, the latter of which became one of his most well-known works.

Straub’s Ghost Story was turned into the same-titled feature film in 1981.

Peter Straub also wrote the novels Shadowland (1980), Floating Dragon (1983), Koko (1988), Mystery (1990), The Hellfire Club...

Jeannie Seely was a 12-year-old girl in rural Pennsylvania when she first heard Kitty Wells’ song “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels.” It was 1952, and Wells’ unlikely hit was climbing the charts on its way to making country music history. That August — 70 years ago this month — it became the first single by a solo female artist to reach No. 1 on the country charts, and a bellwether for women in the industry.

“I was absolutely thrilled, of course, to hear another girl was a big thing, because there...

““You either die the hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.””

The ‘First Friday’ event will be extra Bat-fun this Friday March 4th at the Saint Louis Science Center (5050 Oakland Ave.) Embrace your inner dark knight on the premier weekend of The Batman and celebrate the DC Comics Universe at Batman First Friday on March 4! The evening will include trivia, feature presentations, educational activities, and more including screenings of the new The Batman movie in their Omni-max and a screening of the St. Louis-Shot The Dark Knight Returns: An Epic Fan Film (2016). Unless otherwise noted, all activities are Free! For more information, go to the Science Center’s page Here

5:00 Pm – 8:00 Pm, Building-Wide Game

Riddle Me This

The Riddler is on the loose in Gotham City and has left a trail of clues. Follow them to rescue the city!

7:00pm, Energy Stage

Feature Presentation 8:00pm,...

Exclusive: Sarena Khan and Andra Gordon’s Athena Pictures and Starlings Television, led by Chris Philip, have teamed with Propagate Content’s Ben Silverman to co-produce Shadowland, a female-driven wildlife crime thriller series, from Jacqui Barcos, director Darnell Martin and executive producer Peter Elkoff.

Shadowland is based on the real-life experiences of two wildlife crime operatives, both former U.S. special operations counter-terrorism specialists with decades of combined experience working in some of the most dangerous places in the world, now dedicated to uncovering the real drivers behind Africa’s wildlife crime crisis.

After Khan, Gordon and Barcos landed the story rights in a highly competitive bidding process, Barcos and Khan embarked on an undercover trip to South Africa with the operatives to research the project firsthand. In the vein of The Wire, Shadowland delves into both the socio- economic...

Stars: Amelia Eve, Rebecca Finch, Vivien Taylor, Stuart Daly, Tony Greengrass, Jason Harvey, Lily Cooper, Colin MacDougall, Keenan Ben, Susan Coyle | Written and Directed by Simon Kay

If you ask horror fans to name some Scottish horror films, they probably wouldn’t have a long list ready. That said, you could count The Descent, Dog Soldiers and The Wicker Man on the list so there aresome great movies in there. Could Shadowland place its name among them?

The biggest talking point about Shadowland, both before you see it and after, is that one of its leads is Amelia Eve. If that name rings any bells, that’s because she played Jamie in Mike Flanagan’s brilliant Netflix series The Haunting of Bly Manor. And she was superb in one of the lead roles in that show so it’s quite a coup to get her starring in your new low-budget horror thriller movie.

The antics of an evil creature on the loose in an abandoned military base are stymied by impenetrable storytelling

Not to be confused with Shadowlands, the 1993 drama featuring a heartbroken Cs Lewis, or Shadowland, a documentary about a knife-maker, or any number of films called Shadowland. Even without seeing them, you can be assured that this particular Shadowland is, at least in terms of production values, the worst. Almost thrillingly inept, writer-director Simon Kay’s amateurish horror feature would be more amusing to criticise if only it weren’t so lacking in any signs of talent, from the impenetrable storytelling that jumps around chronologically, to the clueless editing, to the cinematography that looks as if it was done on an early smartphone. And the acting? Peerlessly inexpressive, unconvincing, dreary.

With the Shadowlands expansion, the World of Warcraft team hopes to make the legendary Mmo more accessible than it’s ever been before. While I think they’ve done a pretty good job of breaking down some of the game’s more intimidating barriers, that doesn’t mean that Shadowlands offers the perfect new player experience.

In fact, it’s entirely possible to leave Shadowlands‘ new player starting area (an island called Exile’s Reach) without understanding or even knowing about some of the game’s core mechanics. It would have been impossible for Exile’s Reach to teach you absolutely everything you needed to know about the modern WoW experience, but it would have been nice if the new (mostly) universal starting area offered a better taste of the full game.

With that in mind, there are 10 of the most important things you won’t learn about in Shadowland‘s new tutorial area.

Exclusive: Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger has partnered with RadicalMedia and The Atlantic on a new conspiracy theory docuseries Shadowland.

Shadowland is a recurring timely docuseries based on the critically acclaimed multi-article interactive project from The Atlantic. As American history continues to be filled with false narratives believed by so many people, Shadowland investigates conspiracy theories capturing the public imagination and explore the life-changing impact they’re having on supporters and those caught in the crosshairs, to discover whether truth as we’ve known it can survive in the 21st century.

The Atlantic investigated the rise of far-right conspiracy theory QAnon long before it became a household name during the 2020 election. The publication’s interactive project launched in May with a cover story, “The Prophecies of Q,” warning that QAnon’s power—and the rejection of reality it represents—only grows.

World of Warcraft‘s Shadowlands expansion may have been delayed until sometime later this year, but the expansion’s pre-patch is already live. While you won’t be able to explore Shadowlands‘ new zones, dungeons, bosses, gear, and other upcoming content as part of this patch, many of Shadowlands‘ core upcoming changes (including changes to the Mmo’s leveling structure and classes) are already in the game.

It’s around this time that many people start wondering whether or not this is a good time to return to World of Warcraft or even start playing it for the first time. After all, there’s theoretically no better time to jump into an ongoing game than around the release of a new expansion when even veteran players are navigating new content.

At least that’s the question I found myself asking. As someone who never really played World of Warcraft until...