Dan Kleiner

Journalist at iGB Affiliate

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Slick, Stylish, and Slightly Hollow: The Ballerina Review

3 weeks ago | fanboyfactor.com | Dan Kleiner

“Tend to your wounds or you will get sepsis and we will have to cut off your feet.”The Ballerina is a sumptuous, globe-galloping, action-packed assassin adventure that takes place in the world of the John Wick movies. Ana de Armas is lithe and gorgeous; she gracefully and believably performs her fight choreography in addition to her gun-fu.
QiH finds new CMO in James McCarthy

3 weeks ago | igbaffiliate.com | Dan Kleiner

McCarthy arrived at QiH after three-and-a-half years at LiveScore, where he served as the company’s managing director. He originally joined as head of digital before taking on the role of director of digital marketing. David Murphy, who served as QiH’s previous CMO, joined in April 2024 and exited the role in January 2025. McCarthy will be based in the affiliate’s London office and manage the marketing team of 17, with plans to expand the team’s headcount to 27 in the coming months.
The End of the Line: Cruise’s Mission Trips Over Its Own Legacy

1 month ago | fanboyfactor.com | Dan Kleiner

“Just keep telling yourself it’s only pain.”Tom Cruise is known for running in his films, it’s a trope at this point. Unfortunately, Mission: Impossible- Final Reckoning limps this aged franchise to the finish line. This globe-trotting sequel to 2023’s Mission: Impossible- Dead Reckoning is beautifully shot film with action ranging from exotic locations like the frigid Bering Sea, St. Matthew’s Island, and the armored depths of the hardened Doomsday Vault.
The Accountant 2: A Brutal, Brainy, and Surprisingly Warm Action Sequel

2 months ago | fanboyfactor.com | Dan Kleiner

“The fall didn’t kill him. It was the abrupt stop.”Ben Affleck returns as Christian Wolff, the titular, autistic, Spec-Ops trained accountant in The Accountant 2. The Accountant 2 is an action-comedy seen through the prism of a buddy-cop flick where the buddies are estranged brothers who aren’t cops but trained to be two of the best killers in the world.
Lazarus: Watanabe’s Neon Resurrection of Cyberpunk

2 months ago | fanboyfactor.com | Dan Kleiner

“If you can’t feel any pain, there’s no difference from being dead.”Lazarus is sleek and stylish, cynical and cautionary. It is an ominous cyberpunk portrayal of a possible near-future. Visionary director Shinichirō Watanabe returns to the genre with a new, 13 episode series 27 years after his monumental cyberpunk masterwork, Cowboy Bebop aired in 1998 and upended the field.
No Pain, No Problem: Novocaine’s Bloody Path to Love

Mar 12, 2025 | fanboyfactor.com | Dan Kleiner

“Everyone is hiding something. We’re all looking for someone to show it to.”Novocaine is a bleak love story. It’s another bloody and black comedy, an action movie that dances on the edges of sadistic torture-porn. It is savage, silly, and definitely not for the squeamish. The movie is full of fight scenes that are inelegant, brutal, brutish, and bloody.
Acroud reports mixed revenue amid recent ownership shake-up

Feb 25, 2025 | igbaffiliate.com | Dan Kleiner

The affiliate’s new depositing customers (NDCs) fell in Q4 by 5% from 2023 with 43,199 sent through to operator partners while adjusted EBITDA dropped by 16% year-on-year to €1.2 million (£1 million /$1.3 million). For the full year, Acroud’s reduced revenue came in at €38.6 million, while its adjusted EBITDA dropped down by 27% to €4.7 million. Its largest decrease came in the 46% reduction in NDCs to 175,740 across the whole of 2024.
Better Collective posts positive Q4 but shifts from M&A model for now

Feb 20, 2025 | igbaffiliate.com | Dan Kleiner

The affiliate’s end to the year helped to push its revenue for 2024 up 14% from 2023, while organic growth was still negative with a drop of 2% year-on-year. Recurring revenue was also increased in Q4 by 28% year-on-year to €63 million with a full-year up by 14% with a result of €231 million. EBITDA before special items also rose by 14% to €34 million with a margin of 35% in Q4, with the full-year metric up by 2% to €113 million with a 31% margin.
Gentoo Media's revenue up 38% in 16th consecutive record quarter

Feb 18, 2025 | igbaffiliate.com | Dan Kleiner

The affiliate’s revenue for the quarter was €35.9 million (£29.8 million/$37.6 million), up from 2023’s €26.1 million representing 38% growth, 28% of which was organic. EBITDA in the same period amounted to €14.3 million from €10.9 million the year before with 22.9% growth. While revenue for the full year was up 41% to €124.5 million, 17% brought in by organic growth, as EBITDA increased year-on-year by 45% to €57.2 million.
Love Hurts: A Bloody, Baffling Misfire That Even the Goonies Can’t Save

Feb 7, 2025 | fanboyfactor.com | Dan Kleiner

Love Hurts is a misconceived action vehicle for Oscar-winning star, Ke Huy Quan. It is a patchwork monster of slapped-together genres given a glitter glaze and a neon gloss. Love Hurts is an awkward action rom-com laden with inexplicable romance, callous characters, black comedy, and cruel, over-the-top, cartoonish violence. There is an abundance of gore running through the length of the feature. Everything is flashy, sparkly, and spectacularly stupid.