How Daredevil Season 4 Could Include X-Men Mythology

This interview contains spoilers for the end of Marvel’s Daredevil Season 3, which is now streaming on Netflix.

The ending of Daredevil Season 3 hints that Benjamin “Dex” Poindexter is right on target (sorry) for a transformation into Bullseye in a potential Season 4 of the Netflix drama, with the final shot of the season evoking Bullseye’s iconic symbol of concentric circles through a reflection in Dex’s eye.

Some fans have speculated that this shot means that the surgeons operating on the villain are imbuing Dex with special powers in addition to reinforcing his spine with cogmium steel, but showrunner Erik Oleson clarified the moment for IGN in a recent interview, which you can watch above.

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Netflix’s The Night Comes For Us Review

In a month where Netflix released 52 original films and series–including massive flagship series like Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Daredevil–it’s not surprising that you might’ve missed some of the new offerings from the streaming service. But hidden amongst the Halloween tie-ins and superhero serials is one of the most searing, brutal, and great action films of recent years. Timo Tjahjanto’s The Night Comes For Us is a martial arts movie wrapped in a horror film dipped in some serious action pedigree with the violence and gore turned up to 11.

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The Death of FilmStruck is a Terrible Thing

It was announced this morning that WarnerMedia is going to be discontinuing FilmStruck – the streaming service devoted to the best in classic, international, and art cinema – on November 29 of this year. That gives us just over a month to view as much of their carefully curated collection as we can before the library is, effectively, scattered to the winds.

This news is, of course, a great blow to fans of classic and international film. When FilmStruck was first announced back in 2016, cinephiles everywhere were elated. No longer would those seeking great movies have to deal with the fickle, ever-mutating online catalogues of services like Netflix that filled up their archives with a spate of brand new original releases and, often, unknown B-movies of dubious quality (not that there is anything wrong with said original programming, or even with unknown B-movies, but when on the prowl for classic cinema, it did tend to get in the way). Now we could simply subscribe to a service that offered the best of the Criterion Collection and Turner Classic Movies instantly. FilmStruck was essentially delivering on the promise that online streaming services originally made: complete, easy, instant access to a collection of the best movies in the world.

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The Simpsons Is Reportedly Going to ‘Drop the Apu Character Altogether’ Following Controversy

Following the controversy surrounding the character Apu in The Simpsons, it appears Fox is reportedly set to drop the character from the long running show.

Speaking to IndieWire, producer Adi Shankar said that he got some “disheartening news” and claimed Apu will not be a part of the show he joined all the way back in 1990 during its first season.

“I got some disheartening news back, that I’ve verified from multiple sources now: They’re going to drop the Apu character altogether,” said Shankar. “They aren’t going to make a big deal out of it, or anything like that, but they’ll drop him altogether just to avoid the controversy.”

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