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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  • October 8, 2009
    Footage from Bottle Rocket’s cancelled Flash Game

    No, I don’t mean an Adobe Flash based game, I’m talking about the DC Comics character The Flash.  A former employee of Bottle Rocket Entertainment has posted some footage from a very early build of their cancelled video game starring the Scarlet Speedster.  While the game was only 6 months into development when it was […]

  • October 8, 2009
    Superhero Status Updates

    Everyone is on Facebook these days, hell even my Grandmother uses the site.  Superheroes are no exception, they use social networking sites just like the rest of us. However, their status updates are decidedly less banal than ours—or are they? Chris Sims takes a look at what superheroes have been posting on their Facebook accounts. I […]

  • October 7, 2009
    Brody and Grace to take on Predators?

    Arnold “The Governator” Schwarzenegger. Bill “Henchman” Duke. Gary “Actually Crazy” Busey. Carl “Apollo Creed” Weathers. Jessie “The Body” Ventura. Danny “I’m gettin’ too old for this shit” Glover. What do these titans of the 80’s and 90’s action film have in common? All have gone toe-to-toe with the intergalactic hunter known as the Predator. Despite rippling biceps, superior numbers, and […]

  • October 2, 2009
    Zombieland Review

    All over the world there are screenwriters toiling away at their keyboards, each desperately racing to finish the next big Michael Cera comedy vehicle.  The writers of Zombieland were definitely the former, but sadly Cera was not available.  Luckily for everyone, Jesse Eisenberg (the thinking man’s Michael Cera?) was available and Zombieland is much better […]

  • October 1, 2009
    Star Wars: Fan Recreation of A New Hope

    Star Wars: Uncut is the ultimate fan collaboration project, the aim of which is to attempt to recreate the entirety of Star Wars: A New Hope one fifteen second clip at a time.  Anyone can participate, all you have to do is pick a scene, film it and upload it.  Be sure to check out […]

  • September 30, 2009
    Music Video: Carl Sagan Auto-tune Remix

    Musician John Boswell of Colorpulse has created perhaps the most unlikely music video you’ll ever see.  Taking footage from the television series Cosmos (hosted by the late great Carl Sagan) and Stephen Hawking’s Universe, ‘A Glorious Dawn’ is a musical adventure through the world of cosmology.  Featuring auto-tuned singing by none other than Carl Sagan […]

  • September 24, 2009
    Cronenberg Remaking The Fly… Again?

    The Risky Biz Blog is reporting that Canadian director David Cronenberg is set to remake his own 1986 film The Fly.  Cronenberg’s original version of The Fly was itself a remake of a 1958 film of the same name. The 1986 Fly starred Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis, and was arguably Cronenberg’s breakout movie.  The […]

  • September 22, 2009
    The Joe Shuster Awards Happen This Saturday

    The fifth annual Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Awards happen this Saturday.  The Joe Shuster Awards recognize outstanding achievement in comic book creation, among the categories awarded are: Best Artists/Art Team, Best Writer, Best Colourist, Best Cartoonist, Best Cover Art by a Canadian Artist, Best Publisher, Best Web Comic Creator and Best Writer.  Most of […]

  • September 19, 2009
    TIFF Review: Solomon Kane

    With only a few middle-of-the-road horror films to his name, Brit filmmaker Michael J. Bassett tackles sword and sorcery with his third directorial effort, Solomon Kane.  Adapted from the short stories and poems of Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian), Solomon Kane tells the tale of the eponymous 17th century mercenary and thief.  […]

  • September 16, 2009
    TIFF Review: Defendor

    Think Gotham City is the only city with a monopoly on costumed vigilantes?  Think again.  Hamilton, Ontario has its own guardian of the night: Defendor, a well meaning citizen hero bent on cleaning up the streets of The Hammer, or at least trying to. Defendor is the first feature film from Canadian actor Peter Stebbings, […]

  • September 16, 2009
    Paranormal Activity Trailer

    Odd things start occurring shortly after a young couple moves into a seemingly typical suburban home.  A mysterious presence is in the house, keeping them up at night.  In an effort to get to the bottom of these disturbing events, the couple setup a camera to record the bedroom as they sleep.  Things get scary […]

  • September 14, 2009
    TIFF Review: The Road

    If you saw director John Hillcoat’s last film The Proposition, then you know that he is perhaps the only man suited to adapt Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road.  The world as we know it has been utterly destroyed: Society no longer functions and every bit of infrastructure is gone.  A father and son struggle to […]

  • September 11, 2009
    Solomon Kane Trailer

    The first trailer for big screen adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s Solomon Kane has hit the net.  The film (which is one of my picks) is set to debut during Midnight Madness at the Toronto Film International Film Festival on September 16th, so this trailer is just in time. [youtube width=”560″ height=”344″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZGy61iCNJg[/youtube] Solomon Kane does […]

  • September 10, 2009
    Comic Book Cover Remixes

    Covered is an awesome blog that features user-submitted remixes of classic comic book covers.  The blog accepts submissions from any kind of artist, regardless of style or background.  The stated goal of the site is to feature cover remixes by established artists as well as indie artists. From the golden-age through today, from mainstream to […]

  • September 9, 2009
    Will’s TIFF ’09 Picks

    The 2009 Toronto International Film Festival starts tomorrow, running from September 10th until the 19th.  Featuring over 300 films from over 60 countries, the festival has an amazing lineup of movies this year.  Dork Shelf will be there, giving you all the latest news and reviews from the 34th annual film fest. You can expect […]