Will Perkins

Will Perkins

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Will Perkins is a film and game journalist and marketing professional based in Toronto, Ontario. He co-founded ThatShelf.com with Jeff Brown and Lucas Rizoli in 2009. He has contributed to such outlets as Yahoo Movies, Design Bureau, Kill Screen, Maxim and Steel Bananas – work that has afforded him the opportunity to interview some of the world’s most acclaimed filmmakers, actors, and game designers. Will is the former co-owner of Art of the Title.

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  • August 19, 2010
    Deus Ex: Human Revolution
    Gameplay Trailer

    Square Enix and Eidos Montreal have finally released a gameplay trailer for Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The video comes on the heels of the impressive pre-rendered trailer for the game which debuted at this year’s E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo). [youtube width=”560″ height=”344″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usOUtOBntB4[/youtube] Deus Ex: Human Revolution is the third game in the Deus Ex franchise […]

  • August 17, 2010
    TADFF 2010
    HIGH School Review

    Toronto After Dark is always full of pleasant surprises. Having only seen this rather enigmatic trailer for HIGH School, I really had no idea what to expect. I was vaguely aware that the movie had been well received at Sundance earlier this year, but beyond that I knew nothing. That’s probably the best way to […]

  • August 17, 2010
    TIFF 2010
    Midnight Madness Lineup

    Midnight Madness has always been a favourite refuge for dorks at the Toronto International Film Festival. Free from the stuffy attitude that plagues the rest of the festival, Midnight Madness is just about the movies. Awesome, weird and insane movies. The programme is a showcase for the best in sci-fi, fantasy, action, horror, animation and […]

  • August 16, 2010
    Drew: The Man Behind the Poster Trailer

    Whether you realize it or not, you’ve probably seen Drew Struzan’s work. He’s the man responsible for some of the most iconic movie posters in film history. When you think of movies like Back to the Future, The Thing, Star Wars, The Goonies, Big Trouble in Little China E.T. The Extraterrestrial or Harry Potter their […]

  • August 15, 2010
    BioShock Infinite Trailer

    Ken Levine and Irrational Games have been busy these past few years. While 2K Marin was hard at work on BioShock 2, the team that made the original game were quietly working on a game of their own: BioShock Infinite. [youtube width=”560″ height=”344″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_gEzOZKyE4[/youtube] So as you can see it’s not your Big Daddy’s BioShock. “Skyoshock”, […]

  • August 13, 2010
    Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Review

    I won’t lie, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World was practically made for this site. It’s a film adaptation of a video game inspired comic book that is not only set in Toronto, but was filmed here too. We cut our teeth covering various aspects of the film’s casting and production. So—despite the fact I’ve only […]

  • August 12, 2010
    The Expendables Review

    Thanks to Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis, the action film reached its height in the late 80’s and early 90’s. It was a world where a man could battle an army of terrorists single-handedly and not only survive, but slaughter them all; where a man could fire forty rounds from his hand gun—while […]

  • August 11, 2010
    Son of Kung Fu Fridays goes Underground

    This Friday (August 13th) Kung Fu returns to the space at 186 Spadina with Son of Kung Fu Fridays! The Toronto Underground and Colin Geddes, curator of Midnight Madness and the original Kung Fu Fridays have teamed up to present the Shaw Brothers classic Mad Monkey Kung Fu. Chen (director Lau Kar-leung) and his sister […]

  • August 5, 2010
    Toronto LED Lightsaber Battle
    Pictures & Video

    This past weekend the steps of the Royal Ontario Museum played host to an epic battle between local Jedi Knights and Sith Lords. Thankfully, the combatants were of the wannabe variety and the lightsabers of the LED kind, so no one lost a limb or an eye to an errant bolt of force lightning. The […]

  • August 2, 2010
    Wright Stuff comes to The Underground

    While shooting Scott Pilgrim vs. The World in our fair city last year, director Edgar Wright made Toronto his home. When Wright wasn’t busy making his movie—which wasn’t often—he was engaging with the local film community. On several occasions he curated his Wright Stuff film series at a local movie house that shall remain nameless. […]

  • July 29, 2010
    Thor Comic Con Trailer

    The much talked about trailer for Thor that Marvel screened for fans at the San Diego Comic Con last weekend has unsurprisngly found its way online. The Kenneth Branagh directed film stars Chris Hemsworth as the titular Norse god of thunder, Anthony Hopkins as his father, Odin, and Natalie Portman as his love interest, Jane […]

  • July 29, 2010
    Toronto After Dark Announces Film Lineup

    The 2010 Toronto After Dark Film Festival has just announced their lineup of films for this year. The fest runs from August 13 – 20 and features the best horror, sci-fi, action and cult films from around the world. They have some truly awesome, strange and ridiculous films playing this year, so don’t miss it! […]

  • July 28, 2010
    Batman: Under the Red Hood Review

    Batman: Under the Red Hood is the latest DC Comics animated film from Warner Premiere and WB Animation. The film is based on two well known Batman comic book stories:  the groundbreaking 1980’s arc A Death in the Family and the controversial 2005 arc Under the Hood. The former was significant because it featured the […]

  • July 27, 2010
    Sucker Punch Trailer

    Leave it to director Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen) to find a reason to put five beautiful young actresses in leather school girl outfits and have them fight everything from mecha-samurai to dragons and fighter planes. Snyder has described his new film Sucker Punch as “Alice in Wonderland with machine guns”, which judging by the trailer […]

  • July 26, 2010
    Street Fighter versus Tekken Games Debut

    You’ve really gone and done it now Japan! In an announcement likely to make fighting game fans everywhere go weak in the knees, Capcom and Namco Bandai announced Street Fighter X Tekken this weekend at the San Diego Comic Con. The game is being developed by Capcom and will pit characters from both long running […]