TV Review: Daredevil (1×08) “Shadows in the Glass”

If my notes are anything to go by, I can’t say that I was terribly enthusiastic for an entire episode focused on Wilson Fisk. Fisk is easily the most interesting villain the Marvel Universe has given us so far (depending…

TV Review: Daredevil (1×07) “Stick”

Flashbacks in superhero origin stories hold less impact now than they did in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins or Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man.There’s a big sense of “been there, done that” which makes the seemingly onslaught of reboots all the more eye…

TV Review: Daredevil (1×05) “World on Fire”

Episode five is when I like to think that the show really hit its stride. Narratives began to hit their mark clearly and simultaneously, not one plot feeling extraneous. There were action-packed set pieces, much needed character development with Foggy…

TV Review: Daredevil (1×03) “Rabbit in a Snow Storm”

“I’ve been preoccupied with questions of morality.” I think this is when things began to slip into high gear. Maybe it was due to delirious binge watching, but by the end of episode three I was so entirely hooked that…

TV Review: Daredevil (1×02) “Cut Man”

It was the ending sequence that solidified my intense captivation with Daredevil. Episode two was a hanging question mark for me because it’s where the story could easily falter the most after such an invigorating beginning, but instead it’s the…

Five Reasons you Need to be Excited for Netflix’s Daredevil

Let’s all take a deep breath together, Marvel fans, because after seeing the first five episodes of Netflix’s Daredevil, I can tell you that it’s all we could have hoped for. It is dark, the fight sequences are riveting, it…