Nick Cowen

Jan 31, 2025 | the404.co.za | Nick Cowen

It feels like a sign of the times that in The Day Of The Jackal – the latest prestige series to hit Showmax – there is really no one for the audience to root for. Cast an eye at current affairs and it’s easy to see why a story with no clear heroes resonates.

Nov 13, 2024 | the404.co.za | Nick Cowen

Now that House Of The Dragon (HotD) is finished for the year, viewers craving a similar kind of show – one set in a sci-fi/fantasy universe with a story crammed with sex, violence, religion and political intrigue – might want to cast an eye in the direction of Dune: Prophecy.

Oct 30, 2024 | the404.co.za | Nick Cowen

Atten-SHUN!!! You are disgusting maggots!! You know nothing in this life! You are nothing in this life! You don’t have your mommies around now to wipe your asses in this unit! You’ll do what I tell you to do! Any of you piss-spawn give me one word of lip and you’ll wish your father pulled out!!! The only thing you need to know at this stage of your pathetic, pointless existences is there is a new Call of Duty game in play! Call Of Duty 6 Black Ops, to give it its full title! Codename...

Oct 18, 2024 | the404.co.za | Nick Cowen

While she’s never been as disempowered as Mario’s Princess Peach, Princess Zelda has always played second banana to the franchise’s hooded hero, Link. Her roles in the Nintendo adventure series named after her have seen some changes over the years, but in the most recent Zelda titles, her characterisation has felt underwhelming.               This is probably why The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (hereafter referred to as Echoes) feels like such a refreshing change.

Sep 18, 2024 | the404.co.za | Nick Cowen

[Warning: This review contains spoilers for the movie The Batman]Anyone who has seen Matt Reeves’s The Batman will remember it features a few brief scenes of The Penguin, played by an unrecognisable Colin Farrell. Buried under a metric tonne of makeup and prosthetics, Farrell’s Penguin was a hard-bitten mob thug sporting a Brooklyn accent who looked like he would be more at home in an episode of The Sopranos than he would on the pages of DC’s Finest.It fits the look of the film.